Gabe

ok...I do a lot of posts about Selah...so here is one about Gabe and only Gabe.

He is a total camera hog. Every time I pull out my camera he says, "Take a picture of ME!"
But he makes a really good subject!!

He is really into dressing up right now. In fact I have had to limit him to 1 costume a day - or we would be changing costumes all day long!!

For Christmas he begged Santa for roller skates. We kept trying to brain-wash him
to get him to change his mind. Didn't work...and Christmas morning there were roller skates under the tree!! Here he is skating super fast in our garage.

He is still way into classical music! Oh, boy was he excited to see Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman play at the inaguration!! Here is our little virtuoso playing a real violin at Christmas.

Selah is 7 months old!

Selah is 7 months old today! She is doing great! Sitting by herself, eating baby food and still trying to walk and crawl. We have had to put a gate on our stairs because she has found that the quickest way to get anywhere is to roll....and she rolls all over! I was cooking dinner a few nights ago and within a few minutes she was at the entrance to the kitchen looking for me!! She keeps us on our toes!!

I decided to change the theme in our guest bathroom to rubber ducks. I know, not the most original theme - but I counted about 9 rubber ducks that have been given to Selah. So we are going with it. That said...these pictures are now hanging in our guest bathroom...along with some I did of Gabe when he turned 6 months old (but looks at least 2 months older than Selah now!!)

Memaw's Surprise Party

One of the highlights of our Texas trip this December was Memaw's Surprise 75th Birthday Party. All 4 of her kids (my mom, aunt and uncles) were there as well as 3 of her grandkids and both great-grandkiddos! She was also surprised by many friends. Uncle John made a beautiful Tribute slideshow. It was a beautiful party!

Grandkids - Jason, Me and Rachel and Great-Grands - Gabe and Selah
Memaw and Papaw with their adult children - from left to right - John, my mom (Sarah), Susan, and Michael

Memaw's Sisters...Janette, Virginia, (Vivian), and Irene

A bunch of the party guests came from Memaw and Papaw's last church. Papaw is a retired Methodist minister. These were members of Oakhurst United Methodist while he served as thier pastor.

Vivian and Selah Vivianne!

So surprised!!

Selah and Aunt Rachel

Aunt Susan designed the beautiful birthday cake.

Selah is 6 months old!!

I can't believe Selah is 6 months old today!! She is doing great! She is such an active little peanut. She is trying to crawl...loves to walk holding onto us and is sitting on her own. She has 2 little teeth and is eating baby food now. She weighs 13 1/2 pounds - Just to give you an idea of how tiny she still is - Gabe weighed 14 1/2 pounds at 3 months!!! She just started growing out of her 0-3 month clothes, but the 3 - 6 month are pretty big on her. She is super happy all of the time and such a fun baby girl!!

Byron Serna, MBA

Byron recieved his Masters of Business Administration on Saturday, Dec. 20 in Texas from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor. We are all so proud of him!! This was just one of the many highlights of our busy, busy Texas Trip....more pics from the trip to come!!

Gabe was soooo good during the ceremony! He listened to his MP3 player the whole time!! LOL!
Byron with Nicol, Nick and Dad

Dad Serna, Byron and Selah

Recieving that precious diploma!

Gabe's Guitar Party

We celebrated Gabe's birthday on Saturday at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. It was so much fun! He had a Guitar themed party and ended up getting 3 guitars!! Boy was he happy!!

His electric guitar from Gi-Gi and Pop-Pop.

His accoustic guitar from Mommy, Daddy and Selah.

His guitar cake made by Aunt Suzy.

His "bass" guitar from best bud, Ryder.

Party guests! From left to right: Zander - Aunt Suzy's adopted grandson, Gabe, Anja - Gabe's "girl" (not girl friend just his girl), and Ryder - Gabe's best friend.

Gabe is 3!!

Yesterday Gabe turned 3 years old! I can't believe that 1.) he is 3 or 2.) we have been parents for 3 years! Wow! He is still really into music and musical instruments and is the biggest chatter box ever. Can't help but love him, though.