Finally after 2 1/2 months we are up to blogging again. We are going to move exclusively to our family website but I wanted to post here one last time to let people know. We had a problem with the site and Jacob had to start it over from scratch but it's slowly coming along. A new post should be up Monday or Tues but there are pictures already there.
I am in my second trimester now and am feeling MUCH better! Things here are getting back to normal just in time for the holidays. If anyone needs the website address just send me an email.
I would like to add one final thing... I hear that folks back home in Central Ill. are having snow and sleet this weekend. Here in Ten. it's 74 and we have the windows open. Ha Ha!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Gavin and I both had teeth issues lately. I lost some and he gained some. I had to get my wisdom teeth pulled last Monday morning and it really wore me out. I slept for days! Gavin had two teeth cut through, another in the front and it looks like he is getting a molar. I didn't know babies got them so young. It made him a little cranky for a couple of days but I understood tooth pain :).
Gavin has lately begun singing a lot and he has even started singing into a 'microphone'. The first time I saw him do it I couldn't believe it, where had he even seen someone using a microphone? At first, I just figured it was coincidence. But I have seen him do it other times and when I went to Ellie about it she had already seen him do it also. He uses the plug of an old N64 controller and puts it right up to his mouth and sings. He is so cute!
We head for a trip to Ill. this Friday morning. Unfortunately Jacob can't go so it's just Ellie, Gavin and I. I am looking forward to it but as always I worry that Gavin will not sleep well (and then I won't either) and we are trying a new sleeping bed with Gavin. It will be fun either way but it is always better with sleep!
Gavin has lately begun singing a lot and he has even started singing into a 'microphone'. The first time I saw him do it I couldn't believe it, where had he even seen someone using a microphone? At first, I just figured it was coincidence. But I have seen him do it other times and when I went to Ellie about it she had already seen him do it also. He uses the plug of an old N64 controller and puts it right up to his mouth and sings. He is so cute!
We head for a trip to Ill. this Friday morning. Unfortunately Jacob can't go so it's just Ellie, Gavin and I. I am looking forward to it but as always I worry that Gavin will not sleep well (and then I won't either) and we are trying a new sleeping bed with Gavin. It will be fun either way but it is always better with sleep!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Zoo pt.2
We went to the zoo again yesterday and it was the perfect day for it. Sunny and 70, a beautiful fall day. The only problem was that half of Nashville thought the same thing, it was packed. We had a nice time though in spite of the crowds. Gavin was so excited he kept doing his happy dance. He seemed to be interested in the animals and pointed a lot at them. Of course he always stopped pointing when I took the picture. The night before he fell into a table in his room and got a nice bruise on his cheek, just in time for the zoo pictures :). Of course his hat didn't match his shirt either but he's one so he didn't care.
We watched a bird show (more on that further down) and right after the owl incident a woman with two little girls pulled up beside us -we were standing in the back. Gavin immediately was interested in them and the lady kept talking to him. She turned to me and said what a flirt he was (I totally agree) and then she said she didn't know if he was flirting with her or her daughter who was Gavin's age. I told her it was probably her - he likes older woman like his daddy. I just thought it was funny because that is always how I describe him, a flirt, and she is the first one (stranger) that said that was what he was doing.
The funniest thing happened with this owl. We were watching a bird show and the trainer was going to demonstrate how quiet it is when it flies, even though it is so large (It's giant). She had another trainer put a piece of meat on a bar at the end of the room and let it fly toward it. The problem was that it was still in training so it had a rope attached to it in case it decided to fly off and when it was doing exactly what it was supposed to, the rope got stuck! There was this large bird flying upward and all of the sudden it got pulled backward and it flipped around. It was a crazy sight because with it's wings out it is just humongous. It fell into the crowd freaking out and flapping all around and it was still stuck by the rope. Some guy in the audience was quick thinking enough to jump up and untangle the rope and it made out with no injuries. There was a family with a small boy and girl who were basically right in the thick of it and the little boy was very frightened. His mother had to take him away and he will probably be afraid of owls for the rest of his life. After that the owl refused to do any more tricks and who can blame him?
We watched a bird show (more on that further down) and right after the owl incident a woman with two little girls pulled up beside us -we were standing in the back. Gavin immediately was interested in them and the lady kept talking to him. She turned to me and said what a flirt he was (I totally agree) and then she said she didn't know if he was flirting with her or her daughter who was Gavin's age. I told her it was probably her - he likes older woman like his daddy. I just thought it was funny because that is always how I describe him, a flirt, and she is the first one (stranger) that said that was what he was doing.
The funniest thing happened with this owl. We were watching a bird show and the trainer was going to demonstrate how quiet it is when it flies, even though it is so large (It's giant). She had another trainer put a piece of meat on a bar at the end of the room and let it fly toward it. The problem was that it was still in training so it had a rope attached to it in case it decided to fly off and when it was doing exactly what it was supposed to, the rope got stuck! There was this large bird flying upward and all of the sudden it got pulled backward and it flipped around. It was a crazy sight because with it's wings out it is just humongous. It fell into the crowd freaking out and flapping all around and it was still stuck by the rope. Some guy in the audience was quick thinking enough to jump up and untangle the rope and it made out with no injuries. There was a family with a small boy and girl who were basically right in the thick of it and the little boy was very frightened. His mother had to take him away and he will probably be afraid of owls for the rest of his life. After that the owl refused to do any more tricks and who can blame him?
These two were taken when we were done looking at the animals and were just sitting relaxing. Gavin was in a very silly mood and laughing at nothing.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
September!
What a difference a month makes (Sept.)!! Today it was only a high in the mid 70's and it felt so nice!! That wasn't even a low in July and August. It also has rained quite a bit in the last two days which is very needed. The grass is so dead it crunches when you walk on it. Fall is my favorite season and it feels like it has arrived. Of course half of the leaves have already fallen because of the drought but I'm sure the rest will turn pretty colors. The only thing that is a problem with the cooler weather is Gavin needs a cool weather wardrobe. It's not like I can get out last winters clothes, that would be hilarious. We are heading to Illinois at the end of the month and he will definitely need new clothes by then.
Today is Jacob's graduation and his parents sent him a large balloon arrangement. Gavin loves it. He had the biggest grin on his face and just attacked them! I tried to get a picture of his face but all the balloons just kept getting in the way. Also he'd get all tangled up in them and just run around the house like that, it was pretty funny.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Salutatorian
Jacob is the Salutatorian of his graduating class!!! Isn't that exciting? We are all very proud of him. They wanted him to speak at the graduation but he declined. He isn't even planning on going, no family could come, so he didn't see the point. But it is still a good thing and as Ellie and my mom both pointed out, it will look good on his resume!
Monday, September 03, 2007
We had a good holiday weekend here at our house. Jacob had most of the weekend off, that was nice. Even nicer, my Aunt Judy came today and watched Gavin so Jacob and I could get out alone for awhile.
Poor Gavin has his second cold and that is a bit of a problem for him, he is not used to anything slowing him down. We have some really gross sneeze pictures but luckily for you all, they are only on our phones :).
Here's a quick story.. Most of you who know me, know that I am a bit of a klutz but I out did myself this last Sat. night. We were putting Gavin to bed and Jacob set him down in his room -over the gate in the doorway- and I was behind him with my arms full of Gavin's laundry. I went to step over the gate and something went wrong. Exactly what I'm not sure but I think my shoe got caught on the gate because I went DOWN! I fell hard onto my left side but luckily Gavin had moved into the room and wasn't anywhere in the drop zone. After a few moments lying there I was able to get up (I had to comfort a freaked out Gavin) without too much pain but later in the night I began to get pretty stiff and sore. I could barely sleep that night because I hurt so bad and I definitely could not put any weight on my left side. By today it is a lot better and my back and shoulder only ache a little but I have extremely large bruises on my legs. One takes up my left hip and the other -the part that hit the gate as I fell- has a bruise that goes half way around my thigh. In normal times I bruise like a peach (thanks mom!) but this is impressive even for me.
If anyone ever needs a laugh, I'm sure Jacob will be happy to re-enact it for you .
Walking with daddy
Playing xbox live :)
Poor Gavin has his second cold and that is a bit of a problem for him, he is not used to anything slowing him down. We have some really gross sneeze pictures but luckily for you all, they are only on our phones :).
Here's a quick story.. Most of you who know me, know that I am a bit of a klutz but I out did myself this last Sat. night. We were putting Gavin to bed and Jacob set him down in his room -over the gate in the doorway- and I was behind him with my arms full of Gavin's laundry. I went to step over the gate and something went wrong. Exactly what I'm not sure but I think my shoe got caught on the gate because I went DOWN! I fell hard onto my left side but luckily Gavin had moved into the room and wasn't anywhere in the drop zone. After a few moments lying there I was able to get up (I had to comfort a freaked out Gavin) without too much pain but later in the night I began to get pretty stiff and sore. I could barely sleep that night because I hurt so bad and I definitely could not put any weight on my left side. By today it is a lot better and my back and shoulder only ache a little but I have extremely large bruises on my legs. One takes up my left hip and the other -the part that hit the gate as I fell- has a bruise that goes half way around my thigh. In normal times I bruise like a peach (thanks mom!) but this is impressive even for me.
If anyone ever needs a laugh, I'm sure Jacob will be happy to re-enact it for you .
Walking with daddy
Playing xbox live :)
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
What about Gavin?
I finally have my desk top back! This week is Jacob's first week without school and he had time to fix my computer. The funny thing is that I had gotten used to the mac notebook and I have to get used to the PC all over again.
Gavin has grown a lot lately, and I know I say that often - for someone his age it is what is supposed to happen - but it never stops amazing me when he can't do something one minute and can the next. One of the cute things he started is that if you tell him good job he claps for himslef -adorable! He is really into getting into or onto things. He learned how to get into his toy box by himself (something he loves to do) and he also learned to get out of the bathtub on his own. That one scared me because I turned to get his towel and he jumped out of the tub while my back was turned. I was worried he would slip and fall but he made it. He also learned to jump off of furniture and I'm not too thrilled with that. At his age he has no understanding of hurting himself and that worries me. Luckily he seems to understand that is a serious no no and I haven't seen him do it in a few days. One of the funnier things he is trying to do is to jump over things. He first started it with his rocking bug- he would dive over it from one side to the other (what a boy thing to do) and today he started to 'jump' over Jacob. It was on of the funniest things I have ever seen. Jacob was laying on his side and Gavin would do a little bounce and then just dive over him. We think he thought he was jumping but it looked more like falling to us. I went to get it on camera but the batteries were dead :( I was so sad because it truly was hilarious and I hope he does it again. He did a much more successful jump over Jacob's legs (he did a bounce before he just stepped over them) and Jacob got excited and said he would be a hurdler someday. We'll see.
He has also started mmmm-ing (is that a word?) when ever he takes a bite of something. No matter what he takes a bite of he mmm's like it's the best thing. It reminds me of the scene from the movie What About Bob where they are at the dinner table and Bob thinks everything is good and mmmm's alot. In my family that is a classic scene and it makes Gavin doing it that much more funny. (I'm going to try to get that on video also)
When my parents came they brought Gavin various toys and one of them is a simple board with pegs that you hammer from one side to another. My mom got it because she thought Gavin would like to bang on it and he LOVES this toy. He uses the hammer occasionally but mostly he will just push the pegs flat on one side with his fingers then flip it and do it again. He will do this forever! Sometimes he wants me to do it with him and I don't mind admitting that it bores me to tears but for whatever reason he can not get enough of it. He loves it so much that he sleeps with it, sometimes clutching a peg in his hand. I don't get the appeal but I'm glad it keeps him busy for so long.
And finally..... Gavin is saying mom! It took forever but he finally decided to say it. I'm not 100% sure if he knows it is my name or just something to do with me but it doesn't matter, it's just nice to hear.
I love this picture
making one of his 'infamous' calls (people answer and hear heavy breathing and/or baby gibberish)
what a cheesy grin
Gavin has grown a lot lately, and I know I say that often - for someone his age it is what is supposed to happen - but it never stops amazing me when he can't do something one minute and can the next. One of the cute things he started is that if you tell him good job he claps for himslef -adorable! He is really into getting into or onto things. He learned how to get into his toy box by himself (something he loves to do) and he also learned to get out of the bathtub on his own. That one scared me because I turned to get his towel and he jumped out of the tub while my back was turned. I was worried he would slip and fall but he made it. He also learned to jump off of furniture and I'm not too thrilled with that. At his age he has no understanding of hurting himself and that worries me. Luckily he seems to understand that is a serious no no and I haven't seen him do it in a few days. One of the funnier things he is trying to do is to jump over things. He first started it with his rocking bug- he would dive over it from one side to the other (what a boy thing to do) and today he started to 'jump' over Jacob. It was on of the funniest things I have ever seen. Jacob was laying on his side and Gavin would do a little bounce and then just dive over him. We think he thought he was jumping but it looked more like falling to us. I went to get it on camera but the batteries were dead :( I was so sad because it truly was hilarious and I hope he does it again. He did a much more successful jump over Jacob's legs (he did a bounce before he just stepped over them) and Jacob got excited and said he would be a hurdler someday. We'll see.
He has also started mmmm-ing (is that a word?) when ever he takes a bite of something. No matter what he takes a bite of he mmm's like it's the best thing. It reminds me of the scene from the movie What About Bob where they are at the dinner table and Bob thinks everything is good and mmmm's alot. In my family that is a classic scene and it makes Gavin doing it that much more funny. (I'm going to try to get that on video also)
When my parents came they brought Gavin various toys and one of them is a simple board with pegs that you hammer from one side to another. My mom got it because she thought Gavin would like to bang on it and he LOVES this toy. He uses the hammer occasionally but mostly he will just push the pegs flat on one side with his fingers then flip it and do it again. He will do this forever! Sometimes he wants me to do it with him and I don't mind admitting that it bores me to tears but for whatever reason he can not get enough of it. He loves it so much that he sleeps with it, sometimes clutching a peg in his hand. I don't get the appeal but I'm glad it keeps him busy for so long.
And finally..... Gavin is saying mom! It took forever but he finally decided to say it. I'm not 100% sure if he knows it is my name or just something to do with me but it doesn't matter, it's just nice to hear.
I love this picture
making one of his 'infamous' calls (people answer and hear heavy breathing and/or baby gibberish)
what a cheesy grin
Monday, August 20, 2007
Gavin got his hair cut this past Friday and he did great! I had been a little nervous how he would act but he sat in the chair and didn't make a fuss at all. I was so proud of him! It looks pretty cute and it's nice and short for the warm weather.
When my parents were here they bought us a new gate for the bottom of the stairs - which is great because the one we used to use was the old kind that you have to step over- the new one swings open like our kitchen gate. It's great because I used to bruise myself all of the time walking over it. Anyway, because of the heat I put the old gate into Gavin's doorway because keeping his door open keeps it cool. Unfortunately Gavin does NOT want his door open when he is in it. The second he sees it open he runs over and shuts it. If I put something between the door and the gate to try to block it he gets very angry. It's so strange. Why can't the door be open? He's very particualar for one so young.
Jacob is done with school this week!! It's finally over. Graduation is in September!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
I don't know if anyone has noticed but there are three things that I have talked a lot about lately, Gavin's hair, Gavin's eating and the heat. I bring it up because I am going to talk about all of them again. Let's start with the heat! I am SO sick of it. Today it is 106 and I think our air conditioning is starting to poop out. It is in the 80's in our house right now and I am sweating like crazy just sitting here typing. It is in the 100's + everyday and when it is not, it is 98 or 99. It's the hottest summer I have ever been through. I talked to my parents today and they said it was 77 in Ill. That is almost a 30 degree difference!!
He was eating bread and butter and wiped butter all over his face
Jacob bought Gavin this cute spider man chair
On to Gavin's hair... I am finally getting it professionally cut. I just can't let the poor boy walk around with uneven hair anymore. I am nervous about how well he will sit still while it is being cut but I think (hope) he will do o.k. Also because of the heat it will be good for him to get a real short cut. Right now his hair gets really sweaty and gross because it is so long, I should have had it cut sooner. It grows so fast that it will be longer when cool weather finally hits.
Last but not least his eating troubles. For the most part he is eating better but he has started this one thing that just drives me crazy! He will eat a few bites of something and just when I think everything is going fine, he will spit out the chewed food. I liked it way better when he just refused to eat rather than spitting out chewed up nasty food!! Today has actually been one of his best days. If he eats more than 50% I call it a good meal and today at breakfast he ate \90% and lunch he ate 80% with only one chewed up spit out. So even though there are more good than bad times, the bad are really bad. At least for someone who's not gifted with much patience (me).
Other little Gavin things- he knows that whenever we go anywhere, whether it is outside or just up or down the stairs, he has to hold someones hand. So whenever he wants to go somewhere he comes over and reaches his hand out, it's really cute. The thing I am most impressed with is that he will not go anywhere -even if he got the chance- without a hand to hold (at least until he hits a rebellious stage) and that makes me feel better about his safety.
When my parents were here my mom brought some clothes for Gavin (and toys and books) and she decided to get 24 months since he is growing so fast. Some of the outfits are for cooler weather (if we ever get it) but some are for now. They looked so big that I thought they couldn't possibly fit yet but I tried them on him and they fit fine. There is room to grow but I was really surprised. He is just growing so fast!
He was eating bread and butter and wiped butter all over his face
Jacob bought Gavin this cute spider man chair
Friday, August 10, 2007
They're gone :(
My family has left and we miss them already. It was a really nice visit and we all had a good time. Gavin maintained a pretty normal attitude with only a few bouts of craziness which was really good. The one thing I really regret is that I didn't really take pictures and I don't even know why. I did get a couple so I guess that will just have to do.
playing with Oliver
My mom has bought all these firetrucks for Gavin. The littlest at Christmas, the middle one for his b day, and the big one she gave him this trip. The reason I bring it up is that each time she forgot that she had gotten him a firetruck before.
While my parents were here the temperature was very very HOT so we didn't get to do much outside. Actually, the day they left the temp got up to 104 with a low of just 82!! (it's still hot with no end in sight)
Also while they were here my dad got a dog. Someone at Ellie's work wanted to find a better home for their cocker spaniel because they felt they were not at home enough to give it the proper attention. My parents were going to get a cocker spaniel eventually so they decided they would take it. (this was before they got here, they didn't just decide to take a dog home while they were here) Luckily they didn't pick him up till the night before they left because for whatever reason Gavin cried like crazy every time he barked. He didn't bark a lot, he seemed like a good dog, but when he did Gavin just lost it which made no sense because dogs barking has never made him cry before. When they left he was very happy to see the dog go.
playing with Oliver
My mom has bought all these firetrucks for Gavin. The littlest at Christmas, the middle one for his b day, and the big one she gave him this trip. The reason I bring it up is that each time she forgot that she had gotten him a firetruck before.
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