Monday, July 28, 2008

Happy Birthday!



On Saturday, Gabriel celebrated his first birthday. He really liked the blueberry muffin Michelle has made for the occasion. Fortunately, Michelle made more than one, so that I got to enjoy them, too.



Some of the noises he is making now keep reminding me of the Crazy Frog.

Gabriel enjoyed unpacking the presents, and he was particularly fascinated by the tape that came with the presents, though it turned out to be somewhat frustrating.



Normally, he does not play with tape. He prefers to cook.



As a little present for us, Gabriel is walking more and more. On his first birthday, he was taking steps by himself consistently enough that we were able to make a movie.



Today, he walked across the entire kitchen toward me, while I kept going backwards. Soon, he will no longer need our reassurance.

By the way: Gabriel got his vaccines today, and was officially measured: He weighs 10.5 kg (50-55 percentile), and is supposedly 80 cm long (90-95 percentile). This is a bit surprising, since he was 78.5 cm two weeks ago in Switzerland. Maybe Canadians are used to tiny centimeters, given that the country switched from inches not too long ago.

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