Week 4 - Trips to Eau Claire

(Grandma Ceal & Gavin)

This week held a few adventures for Gavin…we made 2 trips to Eau Claire, including our first overnight adventure!!! On Tuesday Gavin, Peg, Matthew and I loaded into the car and headed over to visit Grandma B and introduced Gavin to my Grandmas; (his great grandmas!!!) They loved holding him and of course thought he was adorable! Great-Grandma Mary was quite surprised at how loud Gavin can toot!!!(he takes after his mom). Gavin was well behaved in the car and enjoyed being entertained by Matthew, and I enjoyed being out of the house and chatting with Peg!

(Grandma Mary and Gavin)

On Friday we went back to Eau Claire, this time to attend the visitation and funeral of our good friend Scottie’s dad, Dick Erickson. It was very sad, but just as Dick would have wanted many good memories were shared. Once again Gavin was a little champ being passed all around and didn’t make a peep during the funeral, and didn’t do too bad sleeping at Patrick and Heather’s house! We are very happy that he has been good in the car so far because with our families living away, he is going to have to travel!

(Hmmm......The Thinker)

While we were in Eau Claire, we received more bad news that my Grandma had fallen and was in the hospital, luckily she didn’t break anything! We were able to go visit her and seeing Gavin just made her face light up…we sure hope she makes a speedy recovery. It also sounds like Gavin will have some new playmates next summer…my very good friend Heather and Patrick are expecting a little one in August as well as our friends Mike and Angie! It is so fun having good friends entering parenthood with us!

(I'm too sexy for my shirt!)

Gavin and I made a trip to the doctor today and it looks like he is getting plenty to eat. The doctor would have expected him to gain 13 ounces, but Gavin had gained 1 pound 13 ounces. She was very happy with his progress…we are watching his cute little face getting chubbier each day, I can’t believe how much he has changed already.

Week 3- Napping is not for me????

(Our Lil' Burrito)

Another week gone by and little Gavin seems to be getting bigger. We haven’t had him weighed for a while, but now that the newborn diapers are getting a bit snug on the bum, we are guessing that he is growing some. Gavin had a play date this week with his cousin Tyler over in Woodbury. They had some serious discussions about whether Butt Paste or Desitin is better for the bum rash. They tabled the discussion for more, first hand or “butt” research to be done.

(Well, one of us was watching the game.)

Daddy was having fun this weekend staying inside, out of the cold. He focused on putting up the wall mount for the new flat screen TV that went into Gavin’s nursery. Now, we all know that the TV is not really for Gavin, but for Mommy, since she is spending many hours in there each week. She is becoming a fan of the HGTV channel.

(Stick 'em Up!!)

Gavin’s most recent outing was going to the 5-8 Club for a Juicy Lucy burger with Mom, Dad, and Papa T. The burgers were D-Lish, and we were back home in time for the next feeding.

(That's Right!! I'm a Star!!)

Thus far, things are good, except we believe Gavin is taking after his daddy in the napping department. Daddy doesn’t nap and Gavin is starting to think it’s better to stay up when he really should be napping. We think that Gavin finds this very amusing.

Week Two-Getting into the Groove

Jill's baby quilt is on the left from when she was a baby, made by a family friend. Grandma B. made the one on the right for Gavin, so that he had one like his mom.

We’ve managed to still be going after two weeks. It is hard to believe this little guy has been with us that long. Cary is proud to say that he has avoided getting pooped on, unlike mommy however, he has been nailed 2 times with the sprinkler system…..even after taking strategic measures!! Gavin is “sneaky”, and loves it.

We also had visitors this weekend. Aunties, Mindy, and Steph and Uncles Stacy and Jerid and kids came to meet our new little "G". The cousin's thought he was pretty neat, just watching him and touching him so gently.

(Ok, so sometimes you just go with the flow, and anyway, I can't dress myself yet.)

Gavin is doing well and had a good visit to the doctor on Wednesday for a general wellness check-up. He is getting stronger and was back up to 7 lbs. He did however shrink in length, but that is due to the cone-head shrinking back to normal.

Gavin has officially been out and about, going to Doolittle’s for lunch with us and Papa T. He also had a big outing to Grizzly’s and Applebee’s too. Sunday, he was strolling around the mall as mommy went shopping.

(Already sleeping on the job)

Other than a few fussy times, he has been a sweet pea, and has been such a good boy. He is excited to watch some more football playoffs next week. Gavin is thinking that the G-men are the ones to watch out for….he secretly is rooting for them, even thought he is wearing some Packer outfits against his will. :)

Week One - Loving our Little Man more each day!

We have had some visitors since we have been home and we love having our friends and family meet our little guy! On Sunday Eric and Nikki came over with their daughter and son who is 7 weeks older than Gavin…it was amazing how much bigger Tyler is than Gavin, but I’m sure within a year they will be close to the same size!

We all survived Gavin’s first week at home…and we haven’t even broken him yet! We are trying to figure out the whole feeding and sleeping thing, but overall we are falling more and more in love with our little man every day! We think Gavin is going to be a little trickster already as he loves to either sprinkle daddy or dirty a clean diaper as soon as you get it on…and then I swear he gives us a little smile!

We did make a couple of trips to the doctor this week to check Gavin’s weight as he lost too much weight in the hospital and we had to feed him with a medicine dropper after I fed him! We are happy to say he has now gained enough weight that the dropper feedings are a thing of the past. Gavin has also a little bit jaundice as well, but we have beaten that too! I think we are going to have a strong little guy!

Cary goes back to work on Wednesday and I’m really going to miss having him around as he is the diaper changing king and gets the best burps too!!!