Hippo Pillow

Gavin just loves his hippo pillow that Aunt Staci gave him. He buries his face in it or hugs it while he sleeps. I hope you like this picture because I woke Gavin up with the flash when I took it! Then he moved, so it was a one time only deal! (March28)

Working on the Car Again!

Gavin was pulling down the car in the front by the handle so he could spin the toy at the other end of the car! It was so cute! (March 28)



Every time he plays with the car he always manages to turn it on its side, or upside down!

Play Date @ the Park

Yesterday Gavin had a play date at the park with a friend from church. They are so close in age, just about three weeks apart! Hopefully they'll become great friends. Gavin's friend is practically walking with just a little bit of assistance, but Gavin's just not there yet. All in good time. Apparently Gavin thinks that anyone standing is fair game, though, because he tried to pull up on his friend! Most of the time (when Gavin wasn't trying to grab his friend) it was just parallel play, but that's to be expected at this age.

Let me just grab your face, I promise it won't hurt...



You do your thing, I'll do mine.





He's practically walking on his own!!

Gavin's learning new tricks...

...from the cat!!! For those of you who don't know, we rent from my sister-in-law and our house is attached to theirs by double doors. Quite frequently when we're not home, (and even sometimes when we are), the cat will knock at their door and give pitiful cries. He's hoping that Jessica will send the kids up to play and or give him food. Or, perhaps just to run around their place for a few minutes for change of scenery...or escape to the backyard. Either way, he wants their attention.

Gavin has learned that there are indeed people on the other side of the doors...(March 23) I'm sure Jessica will love this picture!



Whenever the door is open, the cat likes to sit at the door to see the sites and smell the smells (and try to escape). Now that it is getting warm again, I have been leaving the door open and Gavin has taken up the kitty's plight. (March 24)





Putting his arm under the door like the kitty does!!!

Adventures in Parenting

I don't have a picture to go with this story because I was just trying to take care of the situation... Gavin and I go for a walk every weekday morning. Before we go I have to eat, feed him, nurse him, and change into my workout clothes. Lately I have been bringing my clothes out to the living room to change, but this time I decided it wouldn't be that long and I would change in my bathroom. I was changing my clothes when the cat walked into the bedroom and I heard movement in the LITTER BOX!!! I went dashing into the bathroom and rinsed the litter off and washed Gavin's hands with soap, hoping I'd caught it before it entered the mouth...but I hadn't...so I swept what I could out of his mouth, but I'm almost 100% sure he swallowed some. So I called Philip and a friend. I had already previously read the cat litter container and it didn't say anything about accidental ingestion. My friend called poison control and they told her it was nontoxic and that there wasn't any action listed for it, so just to watch him and make sure he gets plenty of liquids so he doesn't get stopped up. I need to get the number for poison control because (knock on wood) I think I should have it in case something like this ever comes up again. We will be getting a baby gate for the bathroom so that the cat can get to his potty box, but Gavin can't. Fun times.

Happy Easter!

We got some cute pictures of Gavin in his little suit that he wore to church today. He has his Easter basket with him. The roll around balls were from the Easter bunny and the keys were from Miss Dori, thanks! (They are real metal and we are trying to get him to play with his keys, instead of mine!) He has a matching cell phone somewhere also. So now he can start the tractor and call someone from it as well (they are oh so cute John Deere!)

Pseudo Japanese Baby

I went to the Japanese market with my half Japanese friend and she recommended these baby biscuits to me. They are made of rice, and unlike the American counter part made by Gerber, these dissolve instantly and DON'T STAIN!

I also bought some instant Miso Soup for babies to try out. I'm determined he'll eat Japanese food!

Easter Time!

Gavin visited with the Easter Bunny today! We couldn't get a smile, but it's still cute!

Going up!

Gavin finally pulled up on Friday, 3/14, but we didn't get a picture of it. My friend's house seems to be the magical place because that's the only place he's done it: in her pack and play. She was patient enough to get a video of it for us yesterday. I finally edited the video, it was SO easy using Windows Movie Maker. I just made the video shorter, but they have other effects you can do as well. It looks like fun!

Gavin finally pulled up at home on 3/22 for Daddy while Mama was away in Palm Springs. I'm sure it will become more regular as time goes on! It always does!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

People keep telling me that Gavin is looking less and less like a baby and more and more like a little boy. My mother even told me he looks like a toddler. What do you think? Here's our little shamrock! (He's playing with one of his favorite toys, Mama's keys!)

...and you probably thought only dogs did this!

This isn't the first time our kitty's done this, and I'm sure it's not the last, but it's still funny. (Gavin thought so, too.)

Uh oh!

For a week now, Gavin has been trying to pull up on things like the couch, me, and Daddy. Today he was crying as usual when he finished his nap. I walked in and he was on his knees in the crib holding onto the side. Pulling up is not far away, and he's only been crawling for about a week and a half! The pictures were taken at an angle so that we can see his face, but the top his head is already a couple of inches over the edge of the crib and he wasn't even standing!! Good thing we took the doctor's recommendation at Gavin's last appointment of moving the crib mattress all the way to the bottom because he's so tall.

We're getting curls!

This picture is from yesterday, it shows just a hint of curls and red highlights.

Look what I caught!

I have already stated that Gavin really likes the cat. The usual scenario is that Gavin goes up to the cat and tries to touch him, then the cat casually leaves. Today we were all hanging out on our bed...we had all just woken up from an afternoon siesta and the cat was hoping for some food. Gavin grabbed the cat and for once he didn't leave; in fact, he let Gavin practically maul him. Then he got a hold of his tail and the end twitched. The first time Gavin thought it was so funny. This is the second time he caught hold of it. Then the cat came walking towards me, hoping I'd feed him, and I did.

Help! I Can't Move!!!

Gavin was taking a nap today and I could tell he was waking up because he began to fuss a bit. I didn't really think anything of it because quite often he gets bored after he's woken up and is just asking to get out. I was talking to Jessica and took my time going to get him. When I went into the room, this is how I found him. Philip told me this is why we should still use the crib bumpers, but what are you going to do? I took them out so that he can't use them as a step when he starts pulling up to eventually escape the crib!

Spaghetti here, Spaghetti there, Spaghetti everywhere...

...that is except the mouth! I thought we'd give spaghetti a try as a finger food, but none of it ever made it to the mouth, or even near the face! He just mushed around in it for a while, picking up strands then trying to get them off of his hands. He even managed to keep it off of the floor, amazingly enough. One really funny thing, though. I ground up some spaghetti to feed to him, and he ate it, but, for most of the rest of the meal he had his hands up in the air like he didn't want to touch anything with his gooey fingers! He did take a short break with his arms at his sides for a while, but then they went back up...I wonder if his arms were just tired? Who knows. I really wish that I could read his mind at this point in his life. When he gets older, however, I really don't want to know what he'll be thinking. It's unfortunate, but I am aware that he won't be my sweet innocent baby forever. But, for now, he is! I'll have to take each moment as it comes, huh?





After I'd been feeding him the ground spaghetti, he managed to get one long strand stuck to his head.

Litte Explorer

As Gavin is getting to be more adept at crawling, he's becoming more adventurous. He was bound to find the cat's water at some point. Last night happened to be the night, he was exploring around the kitchen while I was getting dinner ready.

Meal Time Fun

For those of you who are parents, you know the fun and challenges that come along with feeding time. Oh how things were simpler when he was only nursing. Comes in one flavor, always likes it, takes it easily. Lately he's been refusing to finish some foods or even eat some foods that he has liked before. He also will refuse to try some new foods completely. Today when I was trying to feed him lunch, he ate a few bites of green beans, then refused. I persisted and then he opened his mouth a bit. Then I went in for the kill and he quickly closed it before I had a chance to get it in there! He faked me out well! (I eventually did get him to eat some more.)

Another funny thing happened at breakfast. Notice the pocket in the bib. It apparently has dual purposes. The parent wants to keep the baby neat and clean and catch any food that might slide down the bib that started up around the mouth area. Gavin has been trying out Cheerios and biter biscuits and they quite often make it into the pocket. This morning I just gave Gavin a bunch of Cheerios while I got things ready for him to eat. I came back and he had a biter biscuit! Apparently he was just saving it for later! (As you can guess, I don't bother emptying the pocket!)

Little Drummer

I also gave Gavin something to do while I was figuring out what to do for dinner. I showed him how to use the wooden spoon to beat on the pot, but he figured out that he could use his hand on his own. (March 4)

Love that Cat!

Gavin LOVES the kitty! He always wants to touch him and stares at him as well. (March 2 & 3)

Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!

Our two children both LOVE bubbles. It's fun to have some entertainment that they can both enjoy! (March 2)