Look at me!!!

Gavin eating spaghetti!

December photos

Happy 9 months!

We can't believe that Mr. G is already 9 mos old! He had his 9 mos check up today. We finally switched to a pediatrician closer to home though we'll miss Dr. Bosley.

G's latest stats: 17 lbs 13 oz and 27 inches.

His latest tricks: he can now pull himself up from sitting to standing while holding on to something. He does a lot of rolling around to get across the family room. Just today he started doing the army crawl - he wants to play with the dogs chew toys - hey, whatever works! Grandma Joyce is in town from PA. She is having a fun time playing and hanging out with him.

He has one tooth that he got around Thanksgiving and the second is on its way. What a great smile!

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

8 months and counting...

mmm green beans...

on saturday night, we asked grandma miriam to feed gavin his "mushies". we wanted to try something new so pureed up some green beans. when we puree, the mushies aren't quite as mushie as the store bought stuff. well, grandma sat down to feed and gave G a few bites. he wasn't too thrilled. he made his funny faces and did his open mouth coughing. we decided that was enough of the green beans and switched back to the old reliable sweet potatoes. well, he finished off the jar then proceeded to spit EVERYTHING up all over the tray and down the front of his bib - good thing the bib had a pouch on the front! what a messy kid. grandma said we set her up! i offered to let her feed him again tonight but she declined. we'll wait a few more days!

More video...

Gavin is having fun these days pulling up and rolling around! Video is taken from our camera so not the best lighting - still pretty entertaining!

Gavin and his knit set

I've been wanting to to take a photo of Gavin in his knit set from Grandma Miriam and her friends in Bakersfield. He is sitting in front of his blanket, with his socks and hat. I had to act fast. Mr. G doesn't keep socks on for very long - he thinks he's a beach boy!

A few more snow photos

Joel thinks we got about 18 inches of the white stuff last week. It's all gone thanks to the sunny days!

Halloween photos at last!

So I'm a little slow at posting Gavin's Halloween photos! We dressed Mr. G up in his lobster costume and dad took him around to a few neighbors to meet and greet (dad dressed as the fisherman and mom was the chef). When they came home we handed out candy to lots of little trick or treaters. I tried to put G into a few kids pillowcases! A few kids were willing to trade me their Snickers bars! Jamie Z stopped over and we ate dinner and reeses peanut butter cups! mmmm! Time change - boo!!!

Current Snow Total

It's 3:30 PM and I just measured 10.5 inches of snow on the back porch. It's still comming down.

Pre-Halloween Snow Storm

Like clockwork, Halloween is this weekend and we are getting snow. I took the dogs out around 8 this morning and there was about 6 inches. It's now after 3 p.m. and there must be at least 8. The driveway is cleared and Joel is threatening to buy a snowblower if we get more snow like this! At the least we need another shovel!

Happy white Halloween from Colorado!

NO more peas, please!

So, we thought we'd try the green foods this week and start with peas. A co-worker (Eloe) said to buy the canned baby peas and puree them ourselves. Joel did the honors. Luckily he didn't puree the whole can! We got a good laugh out of this one! Peas are obviously not as tasty as sweet potatoes!

One more cute hat photo...

Gavin's first Halloween!

We didn't get to the pumpkin patch like we had planned but Joel went out and got a few pumpkins for the annual party! Gavin posed in the backyard with his pumpkins! We went down to Denver to visit Katie, Jay and my buddy Zach. I have carved pumpkins with Zach since he was about 6 or 7 - he's now 14! He still insists on calling Gavin "Laser"! We had a fun time visiting and carving pumpkins. Everyone enjoyed playing with our happy baby. Val gave Gavin a fun little knit hat - amazingly he didn't try to pull it off! JB and I also dressed up with Lobster G. Joel was the scruffy fisherman and I was the chef. We'll take more shots of Gavin in his costume this week!

A few fun photos!

Gavin "eating" an apple

I thought I'd have an apple the other day and hold Gavin at the same time. Gavin had other ideas - he wanted the apple. I handed it over. We got a good laugh!

Uncle David comes to dinner!

Gavin asked Uncle David over for dinner last Thursday! Uncle D didn't realize he had to feed Gavin his daily mush-sweet potatoes-before he got his dinner! We also tried Gavin's Halloween costume on - but it was too small.

Anita and Stefan visit from Germany

Joel's former co-worker and friend from IBM and her husband and two kiddos are in town visiting. They stopped by tonight for dinner. It was great to catch up with them. Haven't seen them since they moved to Germany 4 years ago! They now have an almost 3 year old and a 10 month old. It was fun to watch Gavin interact with other kids!

A few new photos

Gavin is 6 mos!

The little man is already 6 months old! He had his doctor's appt on Friday - his latest stats are 16.25 lbs and 26.5 inches long. We started him on solids that evening - carrots. Here are a few photos of his first bites. After making some funny faces, he did eat some. His latest "trick" is sticking out his tongue when he's happy. SO funny!

Gavin tells us a story!

This just cracks us up...

What's New?

Time keeps flying by. It's already September and Gavin is 5+ months old! He is getting quite the personality - smiling and giggling a lot. He sits up on his own these days and is very active and alert - everyone says we're going to be in trouble! Grandma Joyce came to town for a 2 week visit. She stayed with David and Jen in Loveland for a week then came down to our place for a week. She had fun visiting with Gavin - talking, reading stories and playing with him. Fall is here! The nights are cool and the days are getting shorter. Ski season is just around the corner.