He's Walking...watch out!

For all of you loyal blog followers, sorry for the delay...but we've been having too much fun to stop and write about it. Here are just a few highlights...

Yes...those are my pants on my head, silly Daddy!

The biggest Gavin update is that HE'S WALKIKNG...or watch out here I come! He's still a bit like a drunkin sailor, and will crawl if he wants to get somewhere fast! Walking now means that he can reach the blinds, drawers, and most anything else he wants to get into.


What a Big Boy

There's a new man in town...our good friends Kristi and Dan welcomed Liam on Jan 27th. I'm pretty sure Gavin and Liam are going to be good buds, but for now I'm enjoying snuggling him when I can since Liam will actually still snuggle in my arms!
Gavin and Liam finally got to meet when the McNamara's came for our first bbq of the season!

This was Gavin's hairdo after dinner one night, guess who needed a haircut?

Mom and Dad went on a date to the rodeo and Gavin stayed at Eric and Nikki's. Nikki was nice enough to give him a "big boy" haircut. Sorry I don't have the pictures from her yet. Trust me though I'm happy there is no more baby mullet!

We have had a couple of play dates and swim dates with Luciana, Gavin and Luciana love to play in the ball pit together and chase each other through the tunnel! We are still working on sharing toys...that's a bit harder when you are 1.

Looks like Luciana is trying to claim Gavin as her Valentine!

Chili night...

Oh no...I just realized this mess isn't going to be fun to get cleaned off my face!

G all bundled up to play outside!

Mommy and G at the PTO fundraiser!

G pretending he was the Asst. to Principal Daddy at the PTO fundraiser

G is quite the artist these days, here are some of his Valentine projects

Last weekend we took a road trip to St. Cloud to do some shopping at the outlet mall, and spent the night in a hotel swimming with Steph, Stacy, Kaden and Kylie. A busy day sure wears a little guy out! The good thing about staying in a hotel, I can see mom and dad when I stand up in my pack and play in the morning...they can't pretend they don't see or hear me!

Watch out...here I come!

Back to our Normal Routine

We are officially back in the swing of things...no more vacation :(



The day after we got back from Cancun it was time to switch Gavin from formula to cow's milk...and to take away his bottle. Our doctor recommended a cold turkey switch so that's what we went with...Saturday morning Gavin wasn't too happy when his bottle of warm formula was replaced with a cold sippy cup of milk. In fact he threw it at me and refused to take a drink, lunchtime followed the same act. By Saturday afternoon we had a crabby, hungry boy on our hands, but that didn't last too long! By Saturday night Gavin had decided he wasn't going to win that battle and gave in. He is a sippy pro now, the only adjustment is getting past the fact that he is starving when he wakes up in the morning.

Sunday we drove to Rice Lake to spend some time with my whole family, Grandma had invited us all to lunch and we enjoyed spending time together.

Grandma and her boys

Gavin loves hanging with his Dad

Gavin is getting more playful every day. He loves to play catch, play with his baseball game, in his ball pit and with his busy ball popper. We have also been taking him swimming at the Y, he loves splashing around and is getting to be quite a brave little fish. He is starting to talk more...his vocab now includes dadadadada, mamama, uh oh, ball and light.

Gavin has been a good eater, although one day he loves something and then the next won't touch it. Daddy treated Gavin to pancakes and syrup...which created a hyper little mad man! He was cruising around the living room and crawling around in circles.

What a funny little boy G is

Gavin started a new daycare when we got back, although we really liked Emily and Renee, they were only temporary until our next door neighbor Kerri could take him in. Yes, I said next door neighbor, it doesn't get more convenient than that! Things seem to be going very well, and he comes home happy and often with art projects he has done (including an Elmo made from a toilet paper roll that he had eaten half of).

It is getting harder and harder to get pictures of Gavin, he doesn't sit still long enough or won't look at the camera!

Saturday Ingrid and Annika stopped by to play. Gavin loved having a playmate, but wasn't so excited about sharing his toys. Guess we need to work on that!

Beach Fun

Early Saturday morning Cary dropped Gavin, Grandma B and me off at the airport so we could head for my happy place...aka Cancun! We met Rob, Peg and the kids at the airport and we were off! The flight went pretty smooth, and Gavin was a wiggly, but good little boy on the plane. The first couple of days were very nice and sunny and we spent time enjoying the beach and the pool. Gavin loved playing in the sand (and eating it), and splashing in the waves. At this point he is more of a beach guy than a pool boy! Unfortunatly the last few days of our vacation were windy, cloudy and one day even rainy! While it did alter our plans a bit, we managed to find things to do and enjoyed spending time with our family. Besides...it was -20 and home and we didn't have to go to work...who could complain about that? The best part, getting to spend a whole week with my little man! I know I posted A LOT of pictures this time...but I couldn't decide which ones to use...

This is my new favorite photo

I'm pretty sure Gavin ate handfuls of sand

G loves spending time with Grandma B...and I'm pretty sure she feels the same

Besides spending time at the beach and pool...we managed to enjoy some very nice meals. One night we went on a double date to Ruth's Chris steakhouse...mom and I went for an early dinner and when we got back Rob and Peg went for the late shift!

Mom and I heading out for our date

We also had some fun times in the room...Will, Ella and Matthew were big helpers with Gavin, Ella read to Gavin and Will loved to chase him around. We also managed to play quite a few card games...even teaching Will to play Solitare and Cribbage.

Here comes TROUBLE

G loves his toothbrush...

He thought it would be a good idea to use it to clean Will's crocs (no he did not put it in his mouth after scrubbing Will's shoe!)

Grandma B loved hanging out with all of her grandchildren...and they love spending time with her!
At the end of the week we were sad to leave, but we were happy to go home and see Daddy...and he was ready to have us home too! I was a little nervous about G and I flying home alone, but he did great and we managed just fine! It was nice to get home...even though it was freezing cold here!

Bye Bye Cancun! We hope to come back again soon!