Random cute pics.

Gavin has taken off lately. He won't sit still... always squirming and wanting to explore the world. He loves to "read" out loud and he eats any and everything you put in front of him. He's had spanish rice, italian beef, pasta, steak, bagels with cream cheese, cereal, waffles, etc. and loves them all.

Gavin reading his new books in his fort.. aka under his jumper.

Such an interesting story. The protagonist really has a well defined story arc.

"Look Daddy! I CAN READ!!!"

"What? I like spaghetti... you try keeping clean with someone else shoveling food into your mouth."

And finally, here's a video of Gavin trying waffles with syrup for the very first time... he likes all food so the question was, how much would he like this.

Daddy's Birthday

Last month Daddy turned 29 and Gavin had a great time celebrating with him.  Gavin thought he'd help Dad out by chewing through the wrapping paper on all of Dad's presents when he wasn't looking.

Gavin using the lesser known method of tasting the paper to figure out what is inside each present. 

Gav is caught red handed by Daddy but finds his reprimand hilarious.

A serious conversation about whose birthday it is and who gets to open up the presents.

All is forgiven as Daddy gets what he really wants for his birthday... a kiss from his little boy.

Gavin decides to hand out an early birthday hug to Mommy as well (7 months early)... such a giver.

Worming away.

Thanks to a request from CJ on facebook, Ryan and I finally decided to get off our butts and update this blog! Gavin has grown a lot in the past few weeks while we took our blog hiatus. Gavin is fully mobile now, but a few weeks ago he was relying on the worm to get him most places. So the videos below show off what I'm sure will be a great dance move at a college party.

In this video, Daddy tried to lure Gavin to do the worm on camera by creating a trail of Puffs. As I'm sure you can guess, food is a great motivator for Gav.



This second crawling video shows what really motivated Gavin to learn to crawl....electrical cords. Basically, Gavin loves anything lethal. When Mommy tries to distract Gavin with safer (and apparently, lamer) toys like balls and trains, Gavin shows his disgust.

The naked southpaw.

Mommy is out with her friends this afternoon so Dad has decided to take over the blog.  Gavin and I decided to watch some baseball and hockey today and have a "man's day" at home.  It's been a lot of fun and we also decided it was time for Gavin to start working on his pitching skills. (and yes Mom... when you're gone Dad get's too lazy to dress your son. He's content showing off his studly physique anyway.)

The day started with Gavin studying some TV
to figure out his form.

Gavin decides that his favorite pitch is going

 to be the spit ball.

He looks a little ashamed when he gets caught

"loading up the ball" by the ump.

A quick video of Gavin's new pitching skills.

The "Naked Southpaw" is pretty pleased with

 himself after striking out the side.

Hi Daddy!

Ryan is in North Carolina for work again, so this blog is mainly for him so that he can see some pictures and video of his favorite boy!  Before Ryan left though, he and Gavin gave me a wonderful first Mother's Day!  They let me sleep in after a night of partying at Shari's bachelorette party.  Then they gave me some beautiful flowers, a new iron (I swear, I really wanted a new one, that wasn't one of those roll your eyes gifts), and some scented candles.  And best of all, Ry cleaned the fridge and freezer, and dry-vacc-ed (that's definitely not a word) up all the dead bugs in the basement! 
Ry left for NC on Monday, and Gav and I drove him to the airport.  Gavin did a great job hanging out in the car, and we had a good time Monday night.  However, Gavin has proved on Ryan's other business trips that he likes to wake up early when Ryan is out of town, and this was no exception.  Gav was up at 5:11, but luckily he has these CDs that Ryan's mom gave us that Gavin just loves. So I put on his Music Machine CD and that bought me enough time to drag myself out of bed and take a shower.  Gavin was being pretty cute during breakfast this morning, so I took a few pics and a video.  Enjoy!

Gavin posing with one of my Mother's Day presents.

Gavin enjoying one of the greatest baby inventions...puffs.  Its essentially fruit flavored air that keeps Gav busy long enough for me to eat breakfast in the morning.

Nothing pleases Gavin more than finally freeing a sock from his foot!

More attempts at crawling.  I'm pretty sure that just like rolling over, Gavin already knows how to do it, and is just faking his inability at this point.  Gavin is an excellent faker these days.  He also fake coughs and fake laughs to get attention and amuse his peers.  I can foresee the parent teacher conferences now...

Finally, here's video of Gavin this morning.  He was saying "dadada" all morning until I started taping...

More fun in the outdoors!

In addition to going to the Zoo this weekend, we also decided to tackle our front yard.  There was much weeding, planting, trimming and mulching (is that a word?) to be done.  Luckily for us, Gavin decided to take a nap while we worked, and when he woke up, he was happy to help us out.  Or at least, he was happy to sit outside and watch us work!   We've got some great pics below, and two cute videos in the post after this!

Gavin inspecting the flowers Mommy picked out.

Gavin was thrilled by the bubbles

Every once in a while, Gav managed to pop one!

Another first for Gavin, his first time on the swings!  He was not very excited for the first few pushes...

...but he warmed up to it pretty quickly!

"Mom, get out of the way!"

Daddy and Gavin and their matching hats

Gavin also took his first ride on the rocking horses. 

Outside videos

We've spent a lot of time playing outside lately. Here are two very cute videos of Gavin enjoying the great outdoors.
Gavin's first experience with bubbles:

Gavin's first ride on the swings: