UsedisBetter is now available online!

UsedisBetter is pleased to announce the launch of our their website,
http://www.usedisbetter.com. They've been in the business of selling
used books now for 4 years, and have finally been able to create a
shopping experience worthy of their own online store.

They'd love to earn your business back, and in doing so they have listed
their titles below the lowest prices online, and their shipping rates are 20% less than the big online shops!!!

So don't wait and go read more books!!! :)

Gabe on the changing table

He likes that a LOT :)

Mayfield Park and Preserve

Yesterday afternoon, Gabe and I joined Ame and Azalea in the Mayfield Park, on W35th St.


It is starting to be much nicer weather to hang out with babies outdoors during the afternoon.. Maybe we were slightly under 90 yesterday?


Anyway, we got to enjoy this beautiful park almost to ourselves, and look at all the peacocks.

We'll have to go back when Gabe is in age to understand what's going on, Azalea seemed to have really enjoyed it :)

Hanging out in the back porch...

... While Shad is rescreening (and gave me the fright of my life when I saw him on the very very tall ladder...).
Thanks to my hubby we're on the way to being able to hang out in the back porch again, swinging in the hammock... Cause Gabe loves it, but right now it's impossible to sit there with all the mosquitoes...

Looks like all that work exhausted him :)

Gabe loves his bathtime now!

Gabe is checking out his first Halloween Pumpkin

I got pumpkins at Whole Foods yesterday... guess we'll carve them a few days before, and we'll take pics with Gabe.. again :)

Playtime with Gabe

We are starting to have a great time playing with Gabe who hangs out for lapses of 15-20min after each feeding. He just checks stuff out and looks around, and makes new cute little noises...

Gabe is slowly waking up...

... ready to breastfeed!

Gabe is one month old today!!!

How said three's a crowd??

Gabe - sept 21-22
Originally uploaded by manueb

When I can't even remember what life was before Gabriel ? :)

Gabe - sept 11th

Gabe - sept 11th
Originally uploaded by manueb

We were super proud yesterday to see that Gabe was losing his umbilical cord, to leave room for the cutest belly button (I'm still not very un-biased... it's true :))
We had a bottle of champagne in the fridge for a week, since we came back home from the hospital, and it was the perfect night to have it..
Funny to see that we're amazed by Gabe just making big poops and stuff...

Gabe is home

Gabe's home - Sept 5th-6th
Originally uploaded by manueb

We brought Gabe home barely 40 hours after delivery... a bit of a challenge, but we did it, and are now (almost) on a routine pattern with the feeding and diaper change, although what happens during feeding time is quite unpredictable: how many diaper changes, how long before he'll go back to sleep, etc... We certainly aren't getting enough sleep and spend most of the time he sleeps resting!
He's just the cutest, most charming little boy ever. And I don't just say that because he's our little boy :P

Gabriel's birth

Gabriel's birth
Originally uploaded by manueb

Our little angel is born one week ahead on Sept. 2nd! Welcome in our lives sweet little Gabriel!
What a weekend we spent! I started having contractions saturday 1st at almost midnight, I tried to sleep it off but that didn't work at all!!! Sunday morning at 6am I told Shad that we need to go to the hospital.. We arrived there at 7:30am. And they admitted us after monitoring me and Gabe for 3 hours, to make sure labor was well on its way.
Soon after that our friend/doula Steph joined us, around noon, to help us through the entire labor and delivery, I don't know what we would have done without her support!
I was induced with pitocin around 5pm, and the contractions became unbarable... then came the epidural, very painful, and it only worked on my left side... But whatever, I managed to feel my contractions and manage them to push him out at 10:55pm.. Pure bliss :)

Shad and the LEGO Mindstorms - 3

Shad and the LEGO Mindstorms - 2

Shad and the LEGO Mindstorms - 1

My bday gift to Shad :)

Shad's 30th bday party

Shad's 30th bday party
Originally uploaded by manueb

Big year for my hubby! Got married, got his wife pregnant, got a new job, redid his entire house, and last but not least, turned 30... :)

Gabe's pillow - in the nursery

Gabe's pillow - in the nursery
Originally uploaded by manueb

I made this cute little alien pillow for Gabe's room today... Just looking at it makes me smile... Impossible to be sad in a house full of cuties! hihihi

Getting ready for Gabe - 3

Getting ready for Gabe
Originally uploaded by manueb

Shad finished building all the stuff we need in the nursery yesterday... While I was resting on our "new" glider bought on craigslist...
So, the stroller and car seat are figured out, we just need to see how to attach the base in the car, but it can't be that hard, can it!?
And on this picture we see Shad folding out the Pack and Play :)

Mobile for Gabriel

Mobile for Gabriel
Originally uploaded by manueb

I made this mobile (my first) for Gabriel - 7 letters and hearts, and a little mini cute animal pendulum in between each letter.
a good 4 hours to cut out all the pieces (especially long to cut out all the letters and the pieces for the felt balls). And another 3 days of assembly. But the result is so worth it, I am super happy with it!