Busy little man!

Gavin has been a busy little man lately! We started giving him rice cereal last weekend, yeah, he's not so much of a fan of it so far. We tried a couple of times and then stopped because he would just sit there with it in his mouth and cry. It doesn't look very yummy, I might cry too if that was all I got to eat!
We went to Breckenridge with Steve and Nikki a few weekends ago and G got to ride around in the Ergo carrier with Josh. It was cold out but he was a trooper and had lots of fun!
He had his first Christmas this weekend. We are heading to Dallas to see Josh's mom so we did Christmas here this weekend. It was lots of fun!

I have a buddy!

Our wonderful friends Heather and Kaila came to visit from Hawaii last week. It was SO much fun to see them. Kaila will be 4 yrs old in February and she was such a big help with Mr. G, it was like she understood his baby language. She loved to hug him and give him his pacifier. They got to stay with us and that gave Heather and I lots of time to hang out and be moms together, I miss them so much!
On the downside Mr G still has a cold and we took him to the doctor yesterday where we found out he has his first little ear infection. That would explain the waking up and screaming that has been happening at night. He's on antibiotics now and slept all night last night, yay for him! (And us!)

3 1/2 months old!

It's hard to believe Gavin is 3 1/2 months old! He's "talking" more and more every day and surprised us last week by sleeping through the night, from 8 PM until 5 AM! We were so happy, let's make that the norm! Daycare is going well, he seems to like it there and in a few more weeks he'll be big enough the sit in the Exersaucer when he's 4 months.

A few random things

We went to Halloween party a few weeks ago. Mr G got to see a few of him friends, his buddy Asher who we walked with lots while I was on my maternity leave and his new friend Lydia, who was also a little pumpkin. It was fun!
We tried Gavin in a new "straightjacket" but he was able to get out of this one pretty easily at night. It's called the Miracle Blanket and is supposed to be impossible for them to get out of...unless you have a Houdini baby like we do, then it's just a matter of time. So we're back to the Swaddleme for now. But here's a picture of G in the blanket, it's pretty cute.

Happy Halloween (a little late)

Since we're a family around here we like to share things. I'm a little behind on updating the blog because since Gavin got a cold he decided to share it with Josh and I and we are all a bunch of snot nosed kids these days.
Gavin did get to put on his costume and let us take some cutie-pie pictures of him. I know I'm biased but he is seriously adorable. He's still having fun at daycare, he gets so tired that sometimes he falls asleep before we can get him off to bed! We're working on sleeping through the night, it's been a rough couple of weeks but hopefully it'll get easier soon!

We survived!!!

Well, I had no doubt Gavin would survive me going back to work but I wasn't so sure about myself. I was so sad to leave him but it was great to get back with everyone at work. The best part was seeing his smiley little face at the end of the day.
G had his 2 month checkup yesterday and everything looks great. He didn't so much enjoy his shots, however they made him sleepy and he slept from 8:30 until 3:45 last night!!! Wow!!!

Mr Gavin LOVES bathtime!

It seems our little guy has some pretty bad eczema, so the doctor recommended he have a soak in the tub every night. While Mr G wasn't too fond of his first bath, he's gotten to be a pro and might be swimming laps in the lake by next summer! If he gets fussy in the evening, into the tub he goes, followed by a nice warm bottle with his dad and then swaddle time and to bed. Then Josh and I have a few hours to just be "Steph and Josh"!

Our first entry!

We thought it would be a fun idea to have a blog so everyone could keep up with the happenings of Mr Gavin and his parents!
We're all doing well, Gavin has added baths to his list of favorites. So far the list includes: Bathtime, mom's tatas, his swing, Stella giving kisses on his feet and riding in the car. He's not so fond of Stella kisses on the face, getting out of the bathtub and waiting to eat. We're working on it...