Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Outside!

Ryan is in North Carolina for work most of this week, and Gavin and I are missing him a lot!  You never realize how much someone does until they aren't there to do all those things!  (Side note:  I am so glad it is not normally my chore to take the garbage out.  Although empyting the diaper pail is a great diet plan.  I may never be hungry again.)

Gavin seems to think that when Daddy is away, its time to break all the rules!  Gav started doing his test squeaks around 4:30 this morning, and at 5:00, it was full on war.  He did not appreciate me playing his projector for him while I showered, so the rest of the morning, he tried to ruin my outfits with spit up.  Somehow I managed to escape all his attacks unscathed!  I can not say the same for our carpet.

After the battle we had this morning, I fully expected a cranky guy when I picked Gav up after school today, and thats what I got.  So given the amazing weather we've been having lately (and my willingness to try anything to make Gav happy), I decided to take Gavin outside to play.

Gavin's experience with Outside has thus far been limited to stroller walks and being carried from the car to the inside of Target, so I wanted to expand his horizons.  I decided to "play" with Gavin in the backyard, which consisted of Gavin playing with his usual toys on a blanket in the middle of the grass.  Gav did however rock his new shades.  Gavin LOVES his sunglasses, and I mean, who wouldn't love shades with monkeys on the lenses?!

However, we may have to work on Gavin's love of Outside.  He was terrified of the grass!  He would reach out to test a few blades, but the minute his hand touched the grass, he pulled back like it was on fire!  But to Gavin's credit, despite his crippling fear of grass, he kept trying it again every few minutes to make sure the green monster was as horrifying as it was before.

Here are a few pics from our Outside adventure today:

Despite the gators saying "chomp" on Gavin's onesie, he looks like a businessman here with his shades and his cell phone.
"Mom, I make this look good!"
Gavin contemplating the terrifying green expanse
Going in for a test grab....
...and recoiling in horror!
Mommy and Gavin looking cool.

Lastly a quick thanks to both sets of granparents for sending us pics that I not so subtly hinted at wanting in the last blog post!  I would post them now, but the 4:30 am wake up has taken its toll.  More blogs to follow soon, including Gavin's 8 months entry!

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