Breakfast with Santa

Our ward had a breakfast with Santa yesterday and it was so fun! Everything was decorated so cute and the food was amazing! We stood in line for a long time to see Santa...in fact we were the last in line. Gavin didn't cry, but seemed a little shell shocked. He did try to pull off his beard too!
To the naughty little boy that kept kicking Gavin...I am pretty sure that Santa is not coming to your house this year! Seriously I was so ticked at this little kid. I don't even know who he belonged to, but I was about ready to kick him back. I guess it was me just being a momma bear protecting my cub! Have you ever done something to a child that is picking on yours? How are you supposed to react to that when the parent of the other child is not around? Probably not kick him back, I guess I will have to work on my reactions! Merry Christmas to everyone!!! Hope you have a fabulous holiday!

5 reasons

My house is a mess:

1. I am too busy blog stalking people to clean.
2. There is another Law and Order:SVU marathon on.
3. I just have to finish one more chapter of my book.
4. Facebook...need I say more?
5. Gavin is making messes as fast as I can clean them up!

My growing boy!

Gavin turned 1 on Thanksgiving!! Holy cow...where did the time go? We had a fun family party that night with presents and cake. He wasn't quite sure what to think of all the attention being on him, but he enjoyed watching all his cousins play and run around. He just wants to be one of the big boys. I lost the usb cord for my camera but here are a couple of pics from the party! Thanks Ang...I love them!

Digging in to his birthday cake!

The cousins in their Christmas jammies...a little early! In April this family will finally get a little girl and who knows what we will do with her!! She will be so spoiled!

Dating

Yep that's right...I titled this post dating. Do you ever feel like you are back in the dating world when you are trying to make new couple friends? This last Friday our little family walked up to a park that is by our home. There was another little family there with a 14 month old boy that Gavin thought was really cool. (He kept trying to poke his eye out so I figure that is a good sign.)
Anyway, Brandon and the other dad hit it off and were having some great sports conversations while the other mom and I were talking about kids, church callings, etc. Then it was time to leave...so we just left! I didn't want to be all awkward and say, "Sooo we should do this again sometime. I had a fun time. Can I call you?" Ya know what I mean!! How often is it that you find a couple that your hubby and you both get along with?!? And when you do what are you supposed to do? Ask for their number? Tell them to meet back here same time next week? Awkward!! So, how do you make new couple friends? And because my almost one year old is so darling I thought I better post a more recent pic of him too! Isn't he so handsome!!!

12 Weeks Ago Today...

12 weeks ago today I looked like this! I am so glad that Gavin is not in my belly anymore and can't believe he is already 12 weeks old!! Where has the time gone?

On November 25, 2009 I checked into the hospital around 6:00 am to be induced. At first things were going great and the doctor was pleased with how quickly I was progressing. After 13 hours of labor I was at an 8, my contractions were becoming irregular and Gavin was posterior and wouldn't turn. The doctor finally decided it would be best to do a C-section. At this point I just wanted to get Gavin here safe and sound and finally meet the little man! So they wheeled me back to the OR. It turned out to be a good thing because when they were doing the C-section my doctor noticed that the tube I had my ectopic pregnancy in hadn't healed very well and needed to be removed. I was glad we found out that way and not by having another ectopic pregnancy!!

At 7:44 pm Gavin was officially born. He weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces (which surprised everyone) and was 21 inches long! I didn't get to see him when he was being cleaned up because they were closing me up, but Brandon went and hung out with him. What an amazing 12 weeks this has been! I didn't know it would be possible to love someone so much!! I love him more and more everyday and can't wait to see what he learns to do next! I love you Gavin!!! Happy 12 weeks!

Better late than never...

Well...it has been over a year since I have posted and now that I am staying at home with Gavin I have lots of time on my hands! I figure this will be a good way to document all of Gavin's latest tricks! We recently went to his 2 month well child check and it was no fun. Gavin is growing pretty good. He weighs 10 lbs. 15 oz. (40 percentile) and 23.3" (75 percentile). He is tall and skinny like his daddy! Unfortunately he also seems to have his dad's bad ears too. Brandon had to get tubes in his ears when he was 14 years old. 14 YEARS!! Poor little Gavin was just screaming like crazy when the doctor was looking in his ears. Apparently there is a lot of fluid in them and lots of excess wax. We get to go back at the end of February to see if there has been any improvement. Fingers crossed! The good news was he was screaming so hard about his ears that he didn't even notice when they gave him his shots! I felt so bad for him and just cried right along with him. His personality has started coming out and I think he is going to be a feisty one. The other day I was feeding him and I started rubbing his feet. He pulled his little feet in and kicked my hand away with a loud grunt. It was pretty funny. He loves his daddy and is always so happy when Bee gets home from work! He also loves Baby Einstein...he is going to be a genius! His latest tricks are grabbing at toys and putting himself to sleep with his thumb! What a cute boy! Well, that's all for now!