Your First Thanksgiving Gavey Boo!

Honestly I haven't really been in the "blogging" mood lately. I should be because I feel like you've done so many little milestones lately and I'm slacking, but ughhh Gavin I just don't have it in my lately. Although now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, at this rate it will be Christmas before I write anything again. Yikes. I'm the worst.

We had the best Thanksgiving ever at home with Grams, and the family. You ate sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and then more sweet potatoes :) Mom wasn't on top of things so I packed tons of sweet potato baby foods, and a couple other things. Then when we ran out because again Mom wasn't on top of things, we had sweet potatoes at your Aunts and Uncle's for Thanksgiving and then again at gram's house. If I wake up tomorrow and you're orange, we'll know why. Oops! We also didn't get any pictures! We need to because you had the cutest "My First Thanksgiving" shirt with a little turkey on it. I just might have to dress you up in this again and take your pic. Ok it's decided. Thats what I'm going to do. If I remember.



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Like Father Like Son. Ha



You're my little walker! Ok well maybe not walker since you still prefer crawling over walking, but you can do it at least :)You like walking around everything holding on to it, and then when that doesn't work you'll either take a couple steps or crawl like a crazy man.

We've had the most fun ever playing catch. I swear. Mark my words. You're going to be a little athlete. You love throwing a ball at me, and then I throw it back and we play over and over again. Then you crawl away, find a new toy. And we play catch with that over and over again. Funny little guy!

Throwing it to you

Wait for it...Wait for it...

I have to say I was a little nervous to take you back to New York now that you're a man on the move. Constant move! Ha. Everyone was saying they couldn't beleive you were only 7 months because you were into EVERYTHING Mr. All Boy. I'm actually a little thankful for it because you're keeping me on my toes, which honestly is probably not a bad thing :) We had such a good time spending it with the family. The night before Thanksgiving, you stayed over night at Brian and Tricia's with a new babysitter! You were SOOO good! You ate your food, drank your bottle, and then I got a text that you laid in your back in play, rolled over, and popped your butt in the air. Ha. That's my cuddle monkey.I was nervous you were going to have a tough time but you adapted, and I'm so happy! Your mom and dad had the best night out with our friends, and then I regretted our 2:00 night out the next day when you were ready to hang at 7. Ughhhh. You confirmed that we will be getting a sitter our next night out, and they'll keep you over night. Or i guess we could learn to be more responsible at not stay out so late?! :) That would probably be the right answer.

On the way home we got to stop in Cleveland and see Val. We had a great time because we love seeing our favorite little Val, except she hit your head at the restaurant on a light, and then you spilled my mimosa. I forgive you, although I could have used it after your dad made us stop 1993239 times between Cleveland and Lansing. We didn't get home until way too late. I was a little crabby, but you my friend were so happy to be home. We let you stay up late because you were having so much fun crawling around and playing. It was so cute, and we were heartbroken taking you to daycare today. You seemed so happy at home with us.

Oh and you have your 1st tooth!!! It's sharp, and you love to feel it with your tongue. I have a feeling tooth 2 will be here in the morning. You've been a drooling little bear so let's hope it gets here and as painlessly as possible :)

And the last big news is you've graduated from your infant seat! You're getting way to big to scrunch in their so thanks to your mom (and not so much your dad) you'll be sitting in your Cowmoflouge seat in no time! I'm normally not a fan of Cow Print, but seriously it's so adorable. If it was up to your dad you would have been in the black Britax, but thanks to your mom, you'll have some style, and it will be stimulating. Haha. Ok maybe that was my way to convince him you needed it?! :)



Bye Bye Chicco!


Alright. Here's to your Thanksgiving Post. Kind of boring. Can we blame it on the Nyquil?! Ughhh get me over this cold. But it's done. Your cousin Alexa should be happy now :)

One Step at a Time...

Waitttt....I forgot I wrote this the day you took your first steps! I wrote this on 11/17 so here. Ok I'm not as much of a slacker as I thought, I just didn't post it. I'll add pics later to spruce things up a bit :)

I think a BIG congratulations is in order for a Mr. Gavin Pants. Or should I say Gavin Walker Pants? Ha. Ok I'm obviously tired and should not be writing anything right now. BUT I do feel the need to make it a point to note that our Gaveyman took his first steps 2 days ago at exactly 7 months and 1 week. Woo Hoo over achiever. I'm so proud of you! You took off at Cindy's house not even realizing what you were doing. She turned on the fireplace, and you were mesmerized, and just needed to get close and check it out Sooo you took 2 big steps and were on your way! Until you realized what you were doing and then you sat on your booty. I was afraid it was a fluke but you did it again today for momma! Ahhh! Wow. It makes me SO happy and So sad at the same time. I don't want you to be a walker yet. I think it will be awhile until that's your main mode of transportation, you're still a knee guy and prefer crawling everywhere. As. Fast. As. You. Freakiiing. Can. Ugh! You literally make us chase you silly boy. We broke down and bought more gets yesterday. I really didn't want to close off basically every pathway but thanks to you, we have no choice :) I guess I'll let it go this time. It's either that or consistently try to beat you to the water dish and the cat food. Your not a cat so please stop trying to eat like they do.

We have an exciting week coming up!! New York!! Woo Hoooo. I can't wait! I'm in DIRE need of a little time at home with my family and my best friends. I miss them so much. I have a lot of great friends here in Lansing, but there is something about my friends in NY that just make things seem like they're suppoed to. If that makes sense? :) We're going out the night before Thanksgiving, while little Gaveypants stays home. I have to say, I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it. It's a tradition that we do every year but I'm getting too old for this nonsense. I went out with friends last weekend, got home at 1:00 and was literally WORTHLESS alllll day on Sunday. It was so pathetic. Thankfully for me I have the best husband in the world who let me lay on the couch and watch movies all day, while he chased Gavin everywhere. Seriously I don't know what I would have done without him?!

I just booked my flight to San Diego for my NSM. I'm actually pretty pumped because I've never been there. I wish Brybear was going with, but it will be a nice time away with friends I only see a few times a year. Plus it's in California which is SO much better than Florida which is where we've gone the last few Januarys...Wait I think last year we were in Phoenix. Ok regardless. I'm just glad it's not Florida again. Bryan and I also found the best resort ever for our little couple get away this summer. It's in Punta Cana which I've never been to but seriously, I need something fun and exciting to look forward to. Granted we will of course miss you Mr. Gavman but the thought of a week laying out on the beach, drinking fun cocktails, and no e-mail, or cell phone sounds fabulous. I think I should just book it now and be done with it?!

Ok...Once again RANDOM. I just felt the need to mark Gavin's little walking moment down in history :)

HAPPY 7 Month Bday Baby Boy!

Geeze Gav! 7 months?! That's wayyy too crazy! I seriously cannot believe that time is going by THIS quickly. I used to get so sad at the thought of you getting older but, honestly I'm not as sad as I used to be about it. Why is that?! Because every little stage gets better and better. We have so much fun together now as a family. You're so sweet, funny, and laugh at everything. I can see you starting to become this crazy little active boy and I love every thing about it! Now let's move on to the highlights from this last month, k?!

• You are SOOO freakinggg fast!! You crawl everywhere, under things, over things, through things. You're always on the move. Your favorite game is throwing your ball and chasing after it, and throwing it so it hits the wall, bounces off and then chase after it more. Cindy told me the other day you're ALL boy because you're moving constantly and you have a bad habit of crawling over to the kids when they're napping and crawling over them...They have to tell on you! Ha. Ohhh Gav. If that's the most trouble you ever get into I'll be one happy mom :)


• You clap! You just started doing this a week ago but you love it. You are so proud of yourself everytime you do it. You crawl away, sit on your booty then clap and smile. It's one of my favorite things you do because you smile so big I can't help but smile so big right back! Can you do me a favor and not stare at me like I'm crazy when I start clapping back. You always stop and stare at me blankly.
• You are now a pro peek-a-boo player! You used to just love when we would put something over your eyes and then pull it off. Now you're the one who covers your face up with your blanket and then quickly pulls it off. Then you put it up. Then down. Then up. Then down. Sometimes I think you could play this game all day long.
• Youre in love with yogurt! Although I bought you the baby yogurt becacuse I was getting a little possessive over our yogurts. You also love pancakes, and you'd eat everything that we eat if we'd let you. You still have 8 oz every 3 hours during the day and cereal and baby food mixed together twice a day. You're so good at eating it now. I used to dread feeding you because it ended up everywhere. Now you eat it like a champ. Big boy! You're also SO good at eating paper. It's your favorite thing ever. While at the Dr's this week you ate about 20 pieces. You also think that mom's work folders taste phenomonal. Stop. You're not a goat.

• You're "Crusing" as the Dr called it. You pull yourself up no problem, and can stand on your own for a few seconds before falling on your cutie patootie booty. You're crusing in the sense that you walk everywhere as long as you can hold on to furniture. You walk around the ottoman holding on with one hand and you go around. and around. and around. We think you're going to walk soon because you reach out for us when your standing and act like you're going to take a step but then you decide not now mom and dad and sit on the floor. What a little jokester you are!



• You've REALLY found your voice. Now you talk and babble non-stop at daycare and at home. It's so sweet and so cute. I love it. I swear you say da-da but I know it's in my head. Although you do say it whenever you see your dad...hmm...Could you figure out how to say Ma-Ma.I'd love it! You love your daddy by the way...You two have the sweetest relationship and I love it!

• You're still sleeping through the night, and teethless. Although you went through a week where you woke up 4-5 times a night! That was last week and I was ready to get used to the newborn schedule again. Thennn one night your mean parents let you cry it out from 12:00 midnight-2:30 am and then you never did it again. I think that means we won that battle huh Mr. Stubborn?
• I can already tell you're very strong willed. You get your mind set on something and you get so mad if you can't do it or we take it away. You throw yourself on the floor, and kick your feet. You definitly have a temper and I pray that it goes away soon!! I don't want you to have my temper. Please no Gav...Be like your laid back daddy! K?!
• You stayed with your first baby sitter ever 2 weekends ago while your mom and dad went out with the Lenon's for Halloween. You did so good! Plus she treats you like the little cutsey woots that you are so I think our search for the perfect local baby sitter is over! Whew! Your grandparents can breathe a sigh of relief that they won't have to make the trek out here a million times this winter because you need a sitter, thanks to Carly :)

I feel like I'm forgetting some things?! Oh well judging by the length of this, that could be highly unlikely! Ha. I'm a rambler. Get used to it my friend.

I love you so very much Gavin. You truly are the light of my life and you make me so happy. I was just talking to someone today that the feelings and love I have for you are undescribable until you have a child. We read the book Someday tonight, and it made me realize that I'm going to cherish every moment with you. You are so great and so much fun. I'm so blessed that you're mine and I am so thankful for you. Cheers to the next 7 babycakes! I love you!

All about Perfect Timing

For some reason lately I've been thinking all about timing, and how everything happens for a reason. I know it's so cliche, but I guess the older I'm getting the more I'm realizing it... Case in Point- (Gavin don't be mad, k?! :) BUT, when I found out I was pregnant I was anything but happy. I was terrified, and cried, and cried and cried for weeks. I didn't want a baby, all I could think about was how much my life would change, gaining weight, and how my shoe/handbag obsession would quickly be replaced by diapers and formula. I really wasn't one of those pregnant girls who loved being pregnant either which didn't help. Maybe the 2nd trimester I did because I felt great, still had tons of energy, had just a little bump, and was somewhat excited, but then it hit again around the 3rd trimester where, I realized wow this is really happening. We're going to have a baby, I've never changed a diaper, I don't really like kids, babies make me nervous bc I never know what they're thinking, and what if I'm one of those people who have a baby and then never loses the weight. Then I started thinking about the whole process of giving birth, and the thought of pushing a child out of me was absolutly terrifying...We then had him and I didn't feel this overwhelming sense of love that everyone acted like I would feel. I was tired, exhausted, and honestly just relieved it was over. It felt like an out of body experience, but then agian 36 hours of labor felt like an eternity so I think part of it had to do with my lack of food, sleep, and the whole labor side of things. We had so many friends and family come visit and the thing I remember most is when Nate and Neena came by and Nate said Gavin has a dirty diaper, do you want to change it? and I just shook my head no and starting crying. I realized at that moment my life had totally changed, this baby is dependant on me and I have no freaking idea what to do. He ended up changing Gavin's diaper, while I just laid in bed with tears rolling down my face not knowing how I could ever take this baby home with me.

Fast forward to now. I honestly can say Gavin is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I feel bad, like I should be saying Bryan is, because technically he should be first and foremost than Gav but Gavin is my life. It's so cool to me that even though I had no idea I was missing something so great in my life, God did. We weren't trying to get pregnant by any means, Gavin was a TOTAL shocking surprise, I guess you could even say a gift. It's like I never knew how empty and shallow my life was untl he came along. Now, I would be ok if you took everything away from me, but not my child. Or Bryan :) What's important in my life is no longer having the latest whatever, but knowing Gavin is healthy, happy, and feels so loved. He can drive me a little crazy at times, like last night when all I wanted him to do was eat his peas and cereal and he kept hitting my hand away and spitting them out, or the fact he screams like a crazy man whenever I try to put a shirt on him, but he is the cutest, greatest, best thing in my life. I love you so so much Gaveyman. All I want for you is for you to be happy, healthy, God loving boy and my life will be complete.

Along with timing, it's funny how so much has changed in a year. Friends I used to talk to so much, I hardly talk to, and friends that I thought I would never talk to again, we're talking. Then there are the people who I didn't know before this last year and now they're some of my closest friends yet. It's so crazy how friendships evolve, and I'm realizing that the saying, "There's a reason why people in your past don't make it to your future" is true. I'm not the same person I was then, I'm a mom, I'm someone who's trying so hard to be the best wife I can be and really make my marriage a priority, and I'm someone who is developing such an awesome relationship with God that I will never be the person I used to be. I'm so thankful for my friends, my family, Riverview, my new (and old) small group, and all the ways that I've been blessed. I have so much to celebrate that on days when I feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxiety about something I need to step back and really recognize what matters in life and realize that I have it all.

Now on a FUN note...We can't end a post without pics of Gaveypants, right?!




Daddy's Little Monster...Guess who picked out this shirt?! Ha



Mommy's Little Giraffe all ready for Halloween!

Are you seroiusly making me go to daycare like this?!



Making Fish Lips!



Heyyy Big Boy!!

My little Bubble blower who thinks he's so funny



Love these lips!!!



Ready. Set. Baby Proof!

Who's this big kid?!

Ok. So back in the day as in when Gavin was a little peanut, I couldn't wait until he could crawl, laugh, interact, play, and all of the fun things that come along with having a little mover and a shaker. Now is it bad that I wish I could have all of that BUT with him staying in the same spot the whole time?! My life in the last few weeks has turned into racing him to the cat dish, stopping him from climbing the stairs, and trying to get him to play with his toys which are sooo uninteresting in comparison to the outlets, lamp cords, and curtains. GAVIN your mom and dad have bought you plennnnty of toys, books, blocks, and fun yet you refuse to even look at them. Ok I take it back. You Looooove your little Baby Einstein table which is great, but I feel so uncool going to the gym with the numbers and letters song stuck in my head. What happened to the Kid Rock and Britney that I used to go around singing?! Someday I'll be cool again. Granted by then all of these singers will be on the oldies station.

Sticking his tonuge out and blowing bubbles and he begins his climb.

Real Class Act Gav.

The Newest Baby Einstein...We now find the sitting bouncer to boring so on to this one...

The noisy one.

I'm saying all of this half complaining but not really. I mean I love, love, love this stage. It's so funny playing peek a boo, and chasing him so he tries to crawl faster and than squeals because he's laughing so hard. Seriously I'm loving every single moment. Now work is slowing down a BIT so it's not as crazy so I can find time in the evenings just to relax and not think about anything but my beautiful little babe and my favorite Brybear. Life is good. Well minus bed time. It's such a fight because he wants to stay up and hang out. We lay him in his crib and now that he crawls and stands up he crawls to the side of the bed and then stands up and screams and screams. In some ways it's funny so I laugh, then I feel bad, then I pick him up, and then I try to convince Bryan to let me bring him back downstairs to snuggle, then I can't so I have to put him back down and walk away. The funny thing is he's normally out like 2 minutes after I walk out the door. I think I hinder his progress when it comes to this bedtime ordeal. I should just put him down and walk away. But yeah that's not going to happen.

Life is also about to get A LOT easier. We just hired a cleaning person to come in and clean every Friday. Thank God. I literally felt like when I wasn't working, or playing with Gavin I was cleaning. Granted I'll still need to keep the house picked up and vacuum obsessively since Gavin finds the smallest spec of anything on our floor even if I just vaccummed- he finds it. But, I won't have to worry about cleaning the bathrooms, fans, vents, floors, kitchen, windows, etc. Whew. I feel like I'm going to get part of my life back. I feel kind of dumb because I have one child, and it's not like I live in this huge house but honestly I feel like I just can't keep up. I think this will help relieve some stress so I can focus more on spending time with my GaveyGava and not running around like a cleaning freak everytime he's sleeping.

I'm not sure if I"ll get a chance to update this weekend. Ok. I guess I am sure. It won't happen. BUT we have a few cute Halloween costumes for our little man! I'll need to take pics so I can add them for Gavin's first Halloween!! Woo hoo! How sad is it that I know once Baby Two comes along we won't be doing all of this, and if he's a boy he'll probably be wearing Gavin's costumes. Ahh. I'll own it. This year we're the nerds who dress Gavin up in Halloween clothes during the week of Halloween and send him to the gym and daycare. Yep we are those parents.

Alrighhhht. I guess that's it. Bryan and I have an exciting evening of wine and movies. We went to our favorite restaurant Dusty's the other day and decided it made sense to join the wine club so now we're doing a little wine tasting night and watching ok I lied, not movies but Grey's. We haven't watched it at all this year and it's sitting on our DVR just begging to be watched. So I think it's time to get this exciting party started! Woo hoo. Let's end on a few of my favorite pics of the week!

Just hanging out shopping with mom. Perfect day!

Just hanging out with Schmesh watching the cars go by



It's a lot of work for a little guy

HAPPY (belated) 6 MONTHS BDAY!!

Ok so I'm  a few days late on this.  Is it wrong if  I blame you Mr. Busybody?? You're SO active and so busy now. Wow so much has changed in a month...And can I just say it's not easy to write this or do e-mails when you crawl over to me and pull my screen down and then hit the keys?! Ha How about I do that to you in 15 years when you're trying to write your papers?? :) Just kidding Mr.  (PS idk what you did to my screen but you hit something and now the letters are superrr tiny and I'm  squinting to write this...yikes)

For example this is you now:

This is you the last time I tried to write it:



And this is your mom  getting smart and distracting you with your toys so I can get this done:

So what's new in the world of Gavin this month?!

• You're officially a crawler!!!! You started a couple weeks ago but you woudl only do a couple crawls then face plant. Now you're off and going! Because of this major milestone your dad and I are forced to go baby gate shopping sometime this week! Woo hoo. We also need to get locks for our cabnet because you like to try and get itno everything...Could someone tell me why Bryan and I ever thought it was logical to keep our Cutco knives set in the bottom  drawer?! Dumbbb. But no worries Gavin hasn't been able to pull that open yet, and we will be dong a bit of kitchen drawer rearranging this week. When did my life get so exciting?!

• You can pull yourself up and stand on your own two feet all by yourself! Well you have to be holding something, but you can hold on with one hand and stand there. You did this for the first time on your 6 month bday and then you let go of the side of your pack and play and stood by yourself without holding anything for a couple seconds. Good job! We were so proud of you. Last night dad lowered your crib so you wouldn't pull yourself up and fall out. However it looks like when papa comes over this weekend they will have to lower it again because last night when I was watching you on the video monitor you crawled to the side, reached your hands up, and pulled yourself up and stood there! Stinker! You're one step ahead of us Mr. Gaveyman.

• You hold your own bottle which makes life nice because all we have to do is make it, hand it to you and sit back and catch up on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Perfect!
• You babble, squeel, yell, and fake cough all the time. You also are such a happy little guy. Well for the most part. When you get mad you get maddddd. Mr. Temper. You throw yourself on the floor and kick your right food against the ground.
• You are still so obsessed with the cats. Whenever you see them  you start laughing and if they get close enough you grab on and don't let go. You also love to crawl around and chase them...until one of them  (usually crabby Schmesh) turns around and hisses and tries to get you. No worries, she's declawed and if she ever hurt your cute little face she'd get the boot.
• We now give you baby food a couple times a day...Your favorites seem  to be applesauce, squash and green beans. You're not a huge fan of sweet potatoes unless they're the real thing or bannanas anymore...Although you love pulling your bib off every time I put it on...I usually lose at this game. We are getting smarter and just undressing you down to your diapey so we stop ruining your clothes

• You spent the night at Laura's this weekend with your grandparents well we went out to celebrate our friend's bday and you went right to sleep at 8:30 and slept until 8:30 the next day. Good boy! I wa so happy you slept somewhere else without us without a problem. Granted, you could always throw in a fit here and there to show you miss us, but that's ok. I think you were having so much fun hanging out with your big cousins!!
• Your new favorite game is when dad's holding you and I'm  nearby you reach out for me, and then when I have you, you reach out for your dad. So we can go back and forth. and back and foth. Apparently we like it as much as you do because we stand there and play along. And then we play along again. and again.
• Everyone thinks you're going to be an early walker bc you are so determined to get on your feet! Even when you're crawling you'll stop, push your booty in the air so you're on your tiptoes and try to push up. Take it easy little man. One thing and a time. Your mom  can't handle all of these changes k?! I want you to be my little baby boo forever.
• You also are a little busy body and I'm  afraid our days of going out to eat as a family are coming to an end :( We went to PF Changs this week and you kept trying to grab our glasses, we were at Bravo and you ripped up the table cloth and tried eating it...Looks like we need to find a new DeWitt babysitter for you! Your grandparents are great but it was tough having you gone all night last weekend...it'd be nice if  we could leave for a few hours and come home and see you. Thankfully papa is coming over to watch you for a few hours so we can go out and tailgate for the big MSU vs UM game! Although I know we'll miss you every second big boy!

I have to say Gavin, each month gets better and better. You really keep us on our toes now but I love it. Watching you grow and learn things every day is so cool. I feel like it's such a privledge to be your mom  and I'm  proud of you in so many ways. I can't wait to see what the next 6 months, 6 years, 16 years, have in store for us. Although I would appreciate if they didn't get here too quickly because I want to cherish and enjoy every second I can. You've chagned me so much. Before you, my biggest goal in life was to be a hard worker, be sucessful and buy the nice things, and you know what Gav. None of that matters to me. Well I guess it does but it's not my focus. You are. Your happiness is. I used to come home from work and keep working. You've taught me that, that's not what life is about. It's about enjoying my time with you, and work can wait until after your in bed sleeping because I don't want to go through life working so much I miss the little things wtih you and the big things too o course! You're so special to both your dad and I. Your dad couldn't be a prouder daddy. He talks about you when we're out and his face lights up, he wants to constantly play with you, and sometimes the only thing that can make him  feel better is giving you a biggg hug. Cheers to the next 6 months when we're celebrating your big 1st birthday Gaveyyybaby.  Crazy. Love you so much my little bugaboo. (Or Morty as your dad has been calling you lately...seriously what's wrong with us?! Ha!)

Living for the Weekend!

Wow two posts in one day!!! Ok well not really considering I wrote the other one last week, but let's count it so I feel like it's a record.

I should probably be working right now but ugh I need a break. Gavin's fast asleep, and Bryan's sitting here totally enthralled with Monsters Vs. Aliens. The sad thing is he's ALWAYS watching it!! Do you know how many shows I have on the DVR that I've been waiting to watch once the little boo is in bed, and now I'm sitting here watching this movie for the 100th time. I'm a freak and don't let him watch it when Gavman is around. I'm the crazy mom who will try to keep her kid from watching TV until he's 2 but I'm sure this rule will go away once I'm trying to get work done, relax, or have peace and quiet and he's old enough to watch TV. Let's hope not, but I can weak when it comes to things.

So we had the BEST weekend Ever. Loved it. We went home to New York and got to see my gram!! Aww she's so great. Gavin seriously is so in love with her, it's the sweetest thing ever. When he woke up and I took him out to see her he breaks out in the biggest smile, and does that every time he sees her. It was so adorable and made her so happy. Ah! Love it! We did so much while we were home. We had dinner with Brian and Tricia and our 5th little wheel Carebear. Ha kidding. Although she doesn't even know what a blog is, she'll probably never read it. The funniest thing ever was Bryan taking her phone bc she wanted a pic of her and Gavs, and he posted it to her FB and wrote, "Hey Everyone! I just adopted a baby boy from Russia. I'm so happy! He's perfect and his american name is Robbie". Hahahaaaa. Seriously all of these people started commenting right away about how wonderful that was, and God Bless her, etc and she had no idea how to delete it or comment back. Ohhh Brybear. The sad thing is my baby is white enough to be believed he is from Russia!! Our little caucasian babyyy. We also went to Spragues, my favorite restaurant ever, well maybe not ever but it's up there and then went to see my Aunt Bev. Gav man was a little show off for her, laughing, rolling everywhere, and doing his little creep. So cute!



For the record, the only reason you're wearing Spongebob is because we were in the privacy of gram's home and you are a roly poly oly now so I though you needed a compfy outfit.

Gavin isn't a fan of the Buckeyes Brian... He's our little Spartan!!

Gav you are getting SO big!! In the last couple of weeks you went from rocking on your hands and knees to rocking, and then throwing yourself forward and creeping! You will be a full fledged crawler so soon and I'm dreading it. You are already so hard to keep track of Mr. Rolly pants and Creepersneaker, but now it's about to get crazzzzy. Yikes. I'm not sure I'm ready for this :( I miss being able to put you on your play mat and you would just chill. Oh no, not anymore. You creep after everything, and end up all over the floor. Aww and you got your first little Ouchie this weekend at grams! I wasn't paying attention and you creeped your way into the bathroom, while up on your hands and knees you fell face first on to the floor. Poor babe! You got a huge red mark on your forehead and you screamed I felt SO SO SO bad. Your dad and I planned on acting tough whenever you get hurt so you don't turn into a little weak crybaby but nope. Totally not how it's going to be. I was almost in tears because I felt responisble and so sad that you were in pain. Ha. what is wrong with me?! Can we still blame it on pregnancy hormones 5 1/2 months after you were born?!? OH! And we got to meet your new NY BFF- Caleb Jayden. One of Mommy's BFF's Kara and Matt had their first baby boy just a few weeks ago. He is such a cute little peanut! You crawled under his swing, tried pulling off the toys on HIS play mat, and rolled across the floor getting into everything, while he slept in my arms...Made me miss the old days! :)

Anddd your little Teethers are starting to come in! Orajel is now our best friend, along with cold wet washcloths. The little frozen gummies make you scream because I think they hurt your poor little teeth. Which is kind of strange...I need to go stock up on baby tylenol but until then I will throw on the Orajel and hope for the best. I wish I could do more. I can feel your pointy little tooth starting to poke through and I can't even imagine how painful that must be. Ughh. The picture below is what we like to call your cabbage patch face but really it's what you do when we think your teeth are bothering you. Still So cute though Mr. Man.

Ok so now on to new exciting developments. We are now the proud owner of a cow. Well quarter of a cow. We went in with the Lenon's and I'm assuming 2 other couples and bought a cow. The thought that it's going to be killed for us to eat is a bit disturbing, but Im' focusing on the grass fed, lean prime cut steaks we're going to get from this baby!! We bought a freezer this weekend to put in the basement and it's all ready to be filled!! YUMMMMM! Although regardless of how great our new cow will be (ha how funny is that to write out?!) nothing will EVER compare to our fav- Buffalo Wings from the Bar Bill. It's probably good I'm out of New York. I could eat these babies every day of my life. Actually a few times a day. For life.

Alright, once again. Random. I guess I should get started on registering my professors for MyCommunicationLab and MySocLab insetad. Enough procrastinating for one night. Ughhh... Let's end on a fun note. Below is a picture of our drive. This is part of New York where I grew up. So gorgeous!! Far from crazy New York City right?! But I love it and couldn't ask for a better place to call home!