Gabriel's Big Birthday present finally arrived--A rocking dory from Maine. Olay! By now, you have likely noticed that we just might be obsessed a little with the ocean. I guess that's what you get when you have roots in the East Coast. And we are fostering that love for the sea in our young lad.
Gabriel took to his new boat right away and figured out how to rock in it the first day and even how to get out on his own. He's got the hang of it, absolutely. I can just imagine how many hours he will spend sitting in his boat playing Captain and the adventures he will dream up--fishing, sailing away to far off places.
Sometimes on the video monitor, I catch Gabriel lounging (awake) staring up at the painting of the boat above his crib and I like to pretend that he knows it is a picture of a boat and that he is either a) admiring the art his mama painted, or b) dreaming up adventures and pretending he is on the boat. I'm sure he is doing neither at this point, but maybe someday he will. And maybe someday he'll wear his great-grandfather's Captain hat and sail in a real boat. And maybe it will be in Newfoundland. Wouldn't that be something. For now, here is a clip of Gabriel rocking in his boat. Ps. He likes to stand up in it. Silly boy.
I just want to squeeze him!
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