Gabriel at 2 months old

Ok, so at the time of this post he's already 4 months old...bare with me.  Life's busy!

The Facts:

1.  Weight: 14.72 lbs (94%)

2.  Height:  23 in (48%)

3.  Head Circumference:  16.25 in (97%)

4.  He smiled at me for the first time on my birthday (a few days before he was 2 months old)

5.  He wears 3-6 month clothes and he's moving into size 2 pampers

6.  He likes to be in a sitting-up position and is rather lazy when it comes to putting weight on his legs.

7.  He's eating 3 oz of booby milk every 2-3 hours with only 1 or 2 feedings during the night.

8.  He grunts more than he cries

9.  His hair is a strawberry blonde.  He's showing the beginnings of a mullet.

10.  Like his older brother Silas, he has eczema, but it is easily controlled with zinc.

11.  He's a happy little guy and we love him!

Official Announcement

Better late than never.  Here's Gabriel's official announcement.  

Birthdays

Well, everyone is a bit older than some of my last posts.  Here's a recap of the birthdays.

Micah turned 5 and celebrated with a hockey birthday party.

Silas turned 2 years old and celebrated with a family trip to Build-a-Bear.

Tom also had a birthday.  The candles may not have been a match, but that cake was delicious--the best chocolate cake EVER!

I turned 32 a few weeks ago. Sadly, well kinda thankfully, I don't have any pictures.  I had a cookie cake and I think I ate three quarters of it. Yum!  Thank goodness I'm still nursing.

Gabriel Foley Deen

Gabriel Foley Deen

May 5, 2014

8:01am

8lbs 3oz 19.75in

Gabe was another C-section like both of his brothers.  It was a rather uneventful pregnancy besides the polyhydramnios, or extra fluid.  He was swimming around in there with well over 4 liters of fluid.  My OB said that if my water broke it would be much like two 2-liter bottles exploding.  Yikes!  Thank goodness that never happened!  

We woke up early on Cinco de Mayo and headed to the hospital for the scheduled delivery.  Everything went as planned and we couldn't have asked for a better delivery.  We are so blessed to have Gabe in our lives!

His Name

Gabriel- As many of you know, we had a rather eventful August last year.  Within a week of Tom's diagnosis, we found out we were having #3.  Talk about overwhelming.  I started going to daily mass a few days a week before work.  It was my quiet time. My time to relax and let God carry my worries.  A few weeks in, the reading was the story of the angel Gabriel coming to Mary and telling her she was going to have a baby.  At that time the story spoke to me.  It felt like God was giving us this baby at that exact moment in time to help us get through the rough times and look forward to the blessings of a new baby that were to come.  Gabriel is our angel in a way.  He is our blessing of hope and a future.

Foley- Twelve years ago I went off to Minnesota for the summer to work as a camp counselor.  While I was there, I met this great guy who later became my husband. :)  Camp Foley will always have a special place in our hearts!

Hey Y'all!

Guess what! We had another baby...2 months ago.

Micah 5yr 11mo; Silas 2yr 9mo; Gabe 2 mo

It's funny how my intentions to update the blog more regularly fell through.  Here's my next attempt at reviving this blog.  It seems as though my mommy duties are a bit more time consuming than they once were.  

Here we go again...I'm going to start on the next post now while the baby sleeps and maybe, just maybe I'll get it posted today. Or next week. Or, well, one day.

Hello...

 

 

Hello.  Is anyone out there?

 

Several weeks ago, I scanned through a few blogs I once read regularly.  I even skipped through a few I'd written to see how things have changed.  Seeing that I haven't written in six months, it made me sad that I've missed keeping records of the little things that have happened in our lives.  These boys are growing up and I'm not documenting them. 

 

It all sparked an interest to get back to blogging.  I may not do a full-blown recap of the last six months, but I'll try to hit the high points as well as keep things moving forward.  After all, we have new big things coming.  We're having another boy in May!

 

 



[Micah 5yr 5mo, Silas 27mo, Me 6mo pregnant]

 

As many of my readers know, we have recently experienced the most overwhelming six months of our lives. Per Tom's request, I will not be posting any news regarding his condition here.  If you would like to follow his updates, please email me at talieann@yahoo.com and I will be happy to add you to the email list.