Update 1.5 to 2.0 or from Baby to Infant or 1st Birthday

One year already has passed! Gabriel has reached the level of an infant, the baby time is over! This was a reason to celebrate his birthday on the whole weekend!
Some facts so far:
Born: 11 September, 2008, 3am, 2830g and 48cm (one month earlier)
25 May, 2009: sitting alone
1 June, 2009: scrabble alone
5 June, 2009: stand up alone with something to hold on
17 July, 2009: stand alone without holding
29 August, 2009: first step alone
7 September, 2009: walking without help
to be continued............

Nothing more to say, see the pics of the parties!

Holidays in Austria

From August 19th to 23rd we decided to explore some more of our beautiful Austrian country! So we drove to Faaker See in Carinthia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faaker_See).
Besides the beautiful lake, beach and countryside, we also went hiking on the Dobratsch (link only in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobratsch).
Gabriel reached his first (but certainly not the last ;-) summit above 2000m!
After active days with cycling, hiking and swimming we also spent one day with sightseeing and shopping in Udine: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udine)

Mallorca

On June 13th we have made our first trip by plane with Gabriel, so we went to the next travel agency, booked an ultra-last-minute flight to Mallorca from June 15th to 21st.
We found out that Gabriel has no problem with flying, he was sleeping most of the time and for the rest he really enjoyed the nice view and the new situation. On Mallorca we couldn't stay the whole week on the beach, so we hired a car and explored the island.
I must say, besides the loads of German and English drunken teens, the island is really beautiful ;-)
However I can save a lot of words with the pictures below:

Our first holidays abroad

After a short stop-over at home we took our luggage and left for Italy on the next day. Our tour started on April 19th in the Toscana, in a small village called Vinci, the birthplace of the famous Leonardo da Vinci. On his footsteps we drove around the beautiful area between vineyards and olive groves, further on to famous cities like Pisa, Florence, San Gimignano, Lucca and Siena. Gabriel enjoyed the sightseeing tour in our carrier, so many new things to see….
The second half of the week we spent in 5 terre for hiking, the amazing coastal villages in the mountains. We decided to hike from Corniglia to Manarola, which is a nice 2 hours walk along the coast. After a short break we went on the “via dell`Amore” to Riomaggiore. Time has passed by too quickly and after an amazing week with lots of pictures (as you can imagine!) we had to leave Italy. Ciao, bella Italia, mille mille baci!



All pics: http://picasaweb.google.at/Gabriel.080911/09041925_Italien

Visit Leonie, Sabine and Mani

From April 15th to 17th we visited our friends Sabine and Mani with their cute 1 year old daughter Leonie. Unfortunately this was our first visit, because we have been in Japan while they build their beautiful house and got married. They live in the hometown of Sabine in Lower Austria in a nice city called Zistersdorf www.zistersdorf.at
We have spent a great time there! Thanks guys! Looking forward to spending some more time together!

Babyswimming

In January we started “Babyswimming” with Gabriel. First he was a bit suspicious about what’s going on, but now he’s already in the “advanced” course and has a lot of fun! Also we visited the Therme Lutzmannsburg which is specially designed for babies and children. http://www.sonnentherme.at/
Gabriel specially loves diving!





Find all pictures on the webalbum:
http://picasaweb.google.at/Gabriel.080911/0901160313_Babyschwimmen
http://picasaweb.google.at/Gabriel.080911/09041315_Therme_Lutzmannsburg

Hiking on Mt. Schoeckl

On Feb. 28th, 2009 we walked up the house mountain of Graz, Mt. Schoeckl. Actually it was the first time for Gabriel and me (shame!), and I must confess, it’s beautiful there! When ever you have the chance to visit Graz you also need to visit Mt. Schoeckl! Here are some impressions:




More on: http://picasaweb.google.at/Gabriel.080911/090228_Schoeckl_Wanderung

Christening Suit of Gabriel

Here you can see two more pictures of the Christening suit from Gabriel. The vest is from my half brother Kevin in Carinthia, thanks!

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The hat was a Christmas present from Karin to me!

January 11, 2009 Christening

On January 11th, when Gabriel was exactly 4 months old, we have celebrated his christening. The celebration was in the church of our hometown in St. Peter with our families. The worship was framed with the music from our friends. As you can see the dress code was Styrian ;-)
Gabriel has already 6.7 kg and 65 cm.
All pictures can be found on: http://picasaweb.google.at/Gabriel.080911/090112_Taufe_Gabriel

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Good Bye 2008 – Welcome 2009

Christmas, New Years eve, lots of parties…..and Gabriel in the middle, what a life!
By the way, did you know why Santa can fly? Below you can see that Santa is in normal life Superboy!

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