8 months today!

Gavin celebrated 8 months tonight by blowing raspberries all night. Check out the video below. He was cracking us up lol!

Labor Day weekend

We had a great and busy labor day weekend. Gavin went to his first iowa state football game. We got Gavin's 7 month pictures taken on Friday. I can't wait to see them. We celebrated Avrie's first birthday on Saturday and spent time with my grandma Ramona and got to see Jim, Renee and Rachel on Sunday. Then spent time relaxing and cleaning on Monday. Here are a few pictures from the game. Check out the picasa link for more from this past week.

Baby pictures

I found an old picture of myself as a baby and thought i would post it on the blog along with a picture of Gavin. It's crazy how much we look alike although I definitely think he has Ryan's smile.

First Trip to the Zoo

We enjoyed the great weather this weekend and took Gavin on his first trip to the zoo. He really enjoyed looking at all the people and animals especially the big elephants. Check out the pictures from our trip. I think we wore him out because as soon as we got into the car to head home he was fast asleep.

Baptism

We had such a special weekend. All of our family was in town for Gavin's baptism. He did such a great job during the ceremony on Saturday and we want to thank all of our family for making the trek down here to celebrate with him during his special day. Thanks also to Jen and Jason for being his god parents. Enjoy the pictures from the weekend.

Happy 7 months Gavin!

Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s already been 7 months! Gavin is at such a fun age right now. It seems like he is changing and learning something new every day which is so fun to see and watch him grow. He is such a happy baby and smiles and laughs all the time. Below are some fun stats:
-can sit up by himself and reaches for everything around him
-has his first tooth (bottom on the right) and is starting to get a second one on the bottom
-loves eating baby food especially veggies. I thought for sure he would hate green beans since he has liked everything else and have heard this is the worst but he loved them. We are so thankful that he is such a good eater as you can tell in those chunky thighs :)
-can roll over both ways and doesn’t stay on his stomach for long now that he knows how to roll back over to his back
-loves bath time and splashes like crazy. Ryan and I usually get soaked in the process.
-Talks all the time and says da-da really well. We’re still working on ma-ma.
-Loves blowing raspberries
-Loves his jumparoo. It is so funny to watch him jump because the way he kicks his legs/jumps makes it look like he’s practicing for RiverDance lol.

Enjoy the new pictures from the last couple of weeks. There are a few from the surprise birthday party we threw my mom a few weeks ago. We all had fun with the 70’s theme! This weekend we are looking forward to having family down for Gavin’s baptism.

Thanks for checking in!

6 month check up

We had Gavin's 6 month check up this afternoon. He is still growing like crazy as i'm sure you can tell from all the pictures! He was 22.2 lbs and 29 inches long which are both in the 95th percentile for his age. What a big boy! We've been busy since our last post. Last weekend my parents came down to visit and brought Avrie along with them. It was great to see them and hear all about their trip to Africa and it was so cute to see Gavin and Avrie play together. It's crazy to see how much Avrie has grown and hard to believe she will be 1 soon. This past weekend we headed to Minneapolis for Addison's baptism. It was a long trip but thankfully Gavin did great in the car. It was great to see Derek, Jenny and Will and to finally meet Addison. She is so adorable and we feel truely blessed to be her godparents. It was also nice to see all the aunts, uncles and cousins that live in MN and this was the first time most of them got to meet Gavin. The only bad part was that the trip was too short. Enjoy the new pictures!