Teaching

Here is Cynthia teaching Gabriel the finer skills of doing the dishes. I know that Cynthia is eager to pass on this chore to her younger brother, probably in a year or so but in the meantime Gabe helps clear the table, vacuum the floor and load and unload the dishwasher.

Sleeping Angels

I just had to take some pics of my boys sleeping, it is a favorite time of day

Evan and Connor

Evan has a new friend in Connor who is a younger brother of Gabriel's friend Nicholas. Here are Evan and Connor spinning on our computer chair, they are having tons of fun.

DynaVox

Evan has done very well in his development but speech is a big area where he is very behind, we have been working on signing but their is frustration with both Rudy and I as parents and Evan as the child who cannot get his needs or wants across to us. We have decided to get a DynaVox communication device for Evan, this is basically a personal computer for him that has a program for communication, it has pictures and scenes that he can choose from. He has done a great job in learning to choose and navigate up to 2 screens. Hopefully we will get Evan's device sometime in September so he will have a chance to work with it before he starts preschool in November. These pictures are of Evan and his speech therapist Jane and the DynaVox rep Jamie.

Boys of Summer

Here are some pictures taken at a swim party with Gabriel's school friend Nicholas, Dylan and Yousef. They have had a lot of fun playing together this summer.

Family Wedding May 2007

Gabriel was a ring bearer in Jay and Genessa's wedding. Genessa is Rudy's cousin.

Easter 2007

Here are some pictures of Easter-coloring eggs, egg hunt and Evan on the brink of taking his first independent steps.