For anyone who might me wondering, I'm feeling quite a bit better than the last time I posted. I've had a few "baby" breaks and it’s done me good. I'm still a little down but not nearly as much as before and that’s really only because I have still yet to get some things I really want to done.

So, Gabriel had his 9 month check up today...boy was that an experience! He absolutely HATES being laid on the exam table naked and same goes for the baby scale. He cried the whole time! By the time we left he was so splotchy it looked like he had a rash covering his entire face. Not so cute. And snubbing up a storm too. Ha-ha! He is in the 75% for his weight which I already expected (the chunk) but when she told me he was at just about 100% for height I was surprised. I knew he was a tall baby…but he is a REALLY TALL baby! Lol. Meaning he is almost taller than 100% of babies his age. I was wondering why we had trouble fitting him into 12month sized pants even. Shoooo… I did end up getting him a flu shot even though I have been going back and forth with it. The doctor really suggests all babies over 6m have one this season. They hadn’t had any complaints this yr from the vaccine causing the flu so other than a slight fever he should be fine. (Now if we can stay clear of the H1N1 for now) The bigger boys and I have our flu mist ready to take when they get home. His pediatrician isn’t sure yet if they will be getting the swine flu vaccine or not, but it they do we are already on the list to reserve one for us all.

In other news I was excited to find out today cousin Jessie (pregnant with her first) is having a bouncing boy. Hers due in January which means a boy close to Gabriel’s age for him to grow up with! Yay! The older boys have Jarret and now Gabe will have baby Hayden (well, that’s the chosen name for him at this moment in time) I have sooooooooo many clothes to hand down to her (sorry jenn…I saved them for as long as I could) now I’ll have to rewash and iron them all.

Deshawn’s bridal shower was a hit yesterday. I had fun. Great food and funny games, and it was good to just be around women for a while. Not a one boy in sight. Other than a tiny bit of drama (some about a person in attendance for a short time and another bit revolving around someone who should been but wasn’t there) it was a carefree environment. Now I got to go and find a dress in either apple red or black to match her wedding colors. That’ll be fun. All my boys are going matching in black dress slacks and little red bow ties! CUTE!