Exciting News

Hi all! In case you haven't already heard thought we would share the exciting news that Gavin is going to be a big brother!!! Baby #2 is due around February 2nd. I just started my 14th week and am excited to be getting my energy back. The first trimester was a little stressful with several scares along the way but thankfully the baby looks great and is measuring right on target so we're hoping for smooth sailing here on out. We went back and forth forever on whether or not we wanted to find out what this one is and finally landed on yes so it's kind of exciting to know that in a few months we will know if Gavin will be getting a little brother or sister. Below is a picture of Gavin in his big brother shirt.

18 Month Checkup

We had Gavin’s 18 month check up on Tuesday and he looks great. Still 90th percentile in head, weight and height and was just under 30 1bs and 34 inches tall. Within the last few weeks it is just amazing how much he is talking. Even his teachers at school have commented on it. He will try and repeat pretty much every word you tell him and really only needs to hear it once and then will remember what something is. He’s also starting to put together basic sentences like more crackers, bye daddy, hi mommy or where go. He LOVES being outside and some of his new favorite toys are his vacuum and mower. He loves being able to mimic mom and dad with them and his vacuum is pretty cute b/c it plays music so he sings doo daa along with while vacuuming. Some of his other favorites include buses, dump trucks, trains and dinosaurs. We see a lot of dump trucks and trains going to and from his school each day and he gets so excited, especially for the choo choo’s. Ever since playing at Grandma Jan’s with her dinosaurs he’s been really interested in them so last weekend we took him to Union Station b/c they actually had a dinosaur exhibit and he had sooo much fun. Not only did he love the dinosaurs but he loved seeing all the real trains drive past the station and they also happen to have a model train exhibit while we were there to so he was in heaven. Below are some pictures from last weekend. I’m also going to try to post of video of him singing his ABC’s soon. He really only knows a few of them but loves the song and will try to sing along with you and it’s so cute!

17 - 18 months

Sorry it's been so long since i've updated the blog. We have been busy, busy, busy! Out of the last 7 weekends we've been home twice and had company one of them so we've been on the go! We headed up to Minneapolis to celebrate Addison's birthday at the end of May. It was great to see everyone and Gavin had tons of fun playing with his cousins. We took Gavin to his first Royals game and he also started swimming lessons. We headed up to Iowa to support Grandma Reynolds and her exciting nomination for Lt. Governor and had a great time last weekend in Iowa spending time with friends and family for the 4th. Gavin has his 18 month check up next week so i will post his stats and more updates after his appt. Check out some new pictures from the last few months. It's crazy how much he has grown and he is just talking up a storm now.. such a big boy!