Gavin Lately

Oh this boy is such a handful. This is one of his favorite things to do...cook in the kitchen. All day long, he gets up on his learning tower and "helps" in the kitchen. He is always cooking "Pas--aaa" (pasta) in pots with water and real pasta. This entertains him for a very long time. He also helps us make whatever we are cooking, and he ends up eating most of what he cooks. 

Gav just got a haircut. I think it makes him look so old! 

Gavin has been blowing us away with how much he is eating lately. Well, he has always been a great eater, but recently he must be going through a growth spurt. He eats such enormous quantities...its pretty amazing. I guess it makes sense since Derek and I both eat a lot:)

Gavin has been sleeping so great. He sleeps about 11 hours straight, we do not hear a thing. Then he has been napping for 2-3 hours in the afternoon. It is wonderful. We are loving it. Now we need to train ourselves to sleep past 5am...since we have been getting up at 5 for almost a year!

Gavy has been talking up a storm. He imitates a lot of what he hears, and if he can't say it, he just says "Oh". He has so many new words, I have not been good at keeping up with his words...Every time I go to write one down, I try to remember all the words that are new (for that day) and then I just give up. I will do more detailed "Gavin talk" in his 19mo post. 

What happens when Momma showers...

I usually shower at night. Or when Dad is home. Why? Little monkey is pretty unpredictable. This was actually quite peaceful knowing that I could shower longer because he was happy playing. Usually I shower so fast because there is silence, and that's never good!

Bugs

Today Gavin found a bug on the way to the park. A ladybug. He picked it up and put it in the wagon with him, and talked to it the whole wagon ride to the park. Once we got there, Gavin would not move from the wagon...he was scared his "bug" would leave. It was very cute to see him with his little pet bug...He kept telling everyone that walked by that he had a "BUG!!!" Gavin knows I do not really like any bugs, but I feel like I need to suck it up, and pretend that they do not freak me out...for his sake. I may pick up ladybugs or ants, but Gavin already knows that I will NOT touch a spider!!!

The Learning Tower

If there is one thing Gavin could do all day long, it would be "cook" in the kitchen! This boy LOVES to help cook, do dishes, and prepare food. He is always wanting to help, and that involves us holding him while we cook so he can see and help out. Pulling up a chair does not really help, he is too much of a monkey, and can't seem to stay on the chair. 

Daddy only worked a half day today (Because I still feel like poop, and Gavin woke up with a fever). When he got home, Gavin and Dad worked on the Tower! This thing is pretty much a really fancy step stool, and SO much more:) First of all, he can't fall off it, because he is trapped inside. He can climb in and out of it by himself, and he has already spent 45 minutes helping with the dishes. 

The bonus about this thing is that it turns into a lemonade stand, puppet theater, fort, and an art easel! It came with all of the attachments too! It has only been a few hours, and this thing is already worth EVERY penny!

Real Monkey Gavin

Here is my proof that Gavin really is a monkey. And daredevil!!! This afternoon while folding laundry, I asked G to help me put away his pants. He brought them over to his dresser, and put them away in the bottom drawer. (Or threw them around the room, and put one pair away) Then he climbed in and stood inside. He does this all the time, no big deal. I continued to fold away.

A few minutes had passed, and he was pretty quiet. I looked in at him and he was standing on the higher edge of the drawer, as if he was trying to get to the top of the dresser. He stood and thought very hard for a few seconds, and then opened the middle drawer, and climbed up inside it, and then to the TOP! Seriously, in a matter of 10 seconds, he was all the way to the top. I was in shock at how smart he was for figuring out how to use the drawers as steps, and I was also in shock that he can now climb to the top of his dresser! Of course I ran right up to him to be able to catch him if he fell, but he did just fine! No slips, like a real little monkey!

The last pics are of him reading one of his favorite books, the baby Bible! He LOVES all the animals inside, and loves to find all the “Bugs” (Ants, flies, and rodents). After story time it was time for a nap.  I know we have been pretty lucky to have made it this far without him climbing out of his crib….I am sure it will be soon!

G's Stroller

While Grandma was in town, we discovered that Gavin LOVED to push around baby strollers. We would go to the toy store and Gavin would push around a pink stroller the entire time. We wanted to buy him one, but of course they only come in a set, with all the other baby stuff that he does not care about. The set was over $50, so we thought we would try to find it that weekend at a garage sale. 

At the last sale we went to that weekend, we found one! It was pink, but that was fine! We explained to the family that was having the sale that it was for my son...and they said they had a BLUE stroller too! HA! So 50cents later we had a little blue stroller for G!

Ever since then Gavin has been in love with his stroller:) He pushes it around all night long, and loves to give his snacks a ride. He does NOT like to push a baby (He throws it out) or a stuffed animal. He prefers either food or milk. :) Last night he thought he would try to sit in it himself. It was a tight squeeze, but he fit!  

Rainy Day

This is just too cute! Gavin and his raincoat and rain boots. I had to stop taking pictures because once he discovers the mud hill, it gets VERY messy! 

Today we went to Carters because we needed to get some new onsies...Gavin has officially outgrown his 18mo ones, and is in a 2T!!! Last night we could not even snap the 18mo ones together...it was time:) I gave in and bought these boots for him...he LOVES to play in the water, and since it is still chilly and wet out, we thought it was a good idea. Plus he would not take them off once he tried them on!

The past few days I have been sick with a yucky cold, so we have been hanging low. Thank God for Grandma Dayle, she kept Gavin all day yesterday and this morning so I could rest. What in the world would I do without her??? Thank you so much Dayle!!!