15 Months

Last Friday Gavin turned 15 months old!! Holy cow! Where has the time gone? On Monday I took Gavin to the doctor for his 15 month check-up. He had grown almost 2 inches and has lost .1 lbs. Not good. When we took him in for his 12 month check-up he was just getting over being really sick with a stomach bug so his weight was low then and now he weighs a little less than he did then!!! The doc was slightly concerned but figures he is probably just not getting enough calories. The other thing he was concerned about was that Gavin's body was not absorbing the things it needed to. He asked me many questions about Gavin's poop and now I find myself examining his diaper everytime he poops!! Is it too runny? Is it oily? Oh my goodness...the things us moms do! Anyway, back to the matter at hand. We have to go back to get him weighed in 1 month to see if he has gained. So the doc said to start feeding him more meals per day and supplementing with Pediasure. We were already having a hard enough time getting him to eat 3 meals a day. How in the world am I supposed to get him to eat more?? I also went and bought some Pediasure and he hates it. I have even tried mixing it in with a shake and he won't drink it. So any suggestions or advice you could give would be greatly appreciated! I am a worry wart by nature and am kind of starting to get a little anxious about it!! Where's the Xanax...just kidding, kind of! Oh and for good measure here is a pic of him I took a couple days ago. Doesn't look like a picky eater in this pic and he has awesome hair!!! Such a silly boy!

My Furniture Re-do

When we got married my grandma was getting rid of an end table and offered it to us. As we had hardly any furniture we of course snatched it up thinking that we would replace it with something eventually...it was a little dated! That was almost 5 years ago and we have yet to replace it. I have also fallen in love with it. You see it has doors on it and you can store things inside. It is quite amazing how many toys I can cram in there!! So I decided I couldn't get rid of it and since it was already pretty ugly I figured I would try to refinish it. I am actually pretty pleased with how it turned out! What do you think?

Before:

After:

Tuesday Nights!

Last night we watched this:

while we ate these:


So in 10 years when we are on The Biggest Loser I hope you will all watch and cheer us on!! :)

Gavin's Haircut

So technically this is Gavin's 2nd haircut, but I forgot to put the battery in my camera when he got his 1st one. I know...I am a blonde. He was so good for his Aunt Lori! Thanks!

Getting ready!

Not so sure about this

Awesome mohawk!

The clippers

All done

Enjoying the Journey

When I was in high school I couldn't wait to start dating. When I started dating I couldn't wait to get married. When I got married I couldn't wait to start a family. When I had Gavin I could hardly wait for him to start doing things. Now that Gavin is doing things I can hardly wait for him to continue to learn and maybe develop a little bit more of an attention span. Lately I have been realizing how I am always looking ahead. I feel like that is a good thing sometimes, but occasionally I feel like I need to start doing more things today, especially with Gavin.

I remember the day I brought Gavin home from the hospital. He was asleep so I told Brandon that I was going to go lay down and to wake me when Gavin woke up. Then I would feed him and change his diaper and he would go back to sleep. Then he would wake and I would feed him and change him and on and on. I remember completely coming unglued and feeling like my life was over. I was never going to be able to go anywhere or do anything fun again. How wrong I was! I quickly realized that Gavin was going to grow and change faster than I could ever imagine. Sometimes I feel like I need to do more with Gavin. Turn the TV off and play and explore and have adventures, but for some reason it is hard to do sometimes. This freezing cold weather doesn't help either!!

Last night Brandon had to work late and so I decided that we (Gavin and me) would journey to the mall. I took him to the little play area and the fountains and he loved it!


It was such a simple thing to do and it made such a difference in our day. Then we have days like today where I am considering putting Gavin on KSL Classifieds. He is in rare form today and I am tired. I am trying so hard to enjoy the journey and not miss out on today, but somedays it is really tough. So my question to you is what do you do on days when you are at the end of your rope? How do you enjoy the journey? What do you do to entertain your kid/s in the winter?

A day in the life...

Woke up this morning at 3:30 am
Laid in bed with Gavin across my face, not joking, until 4:30 am
Woke up for good at 7:30
Made the bed...Gavin destroyed the rest of the bedroom in the process
Cleaned up the rest of the bedroom
Went downstairs for breakfast
Swept up about half of breakfast
Turned on a kickboxing DVD
Burned twice as many calories because Gavin insisted I hold him the entire time
Hopped in the car and took some DVD's back to the library
Got home and got ready while Gavin destroyed the bedroom once again
Walked over to play group
Gavin enjoyed hitting the other children and crying when he didn't get the toy he wanted
Left play group early
Had lunch
Swept up half of lunch
Put Gavin down for a nap
Hopped on the computer

It is only 1:16 and I am exhausted!! My "to do" list consists of cleaning 2 bathrooms, folding laundry, cleaning the kitchen, cleaning the destroyed bedroom again and cleaning out my car that looks like I have been living in it. Oh ya and making dinner and entertaining my child when he wakes up. And I thought the job I had before being a mom was hard! This adorable face...



makes it all worth it though!! Wouldn't trade my days for anything!

Gavin's room

When Brandon and I lived in our apartment I always wanted to paint the walls fun colors. We have now lived in our home for 8 1/2 months and we have yet to paint. So on Friday night as we were driving home from a friends place we (and by we I mean me) decided to paint Gavin's room...the next day. What can I say when I get an idea in my head I have to act on it right then. So here are some before and after pics. We thought about painting the whole room the lighter color, but thought it would be too overwhelming in such a small room.
Before

After


I am also thinking about making something similiar to this to hang on one of the walls with pictures of family. Thoughts?

Obviously it would be in colors that would match his room and maybe be smaller.