My Boys at 1

Here are Gavin, Greyson and Garett on their first birthdays! Love them!

Garett's Birthday Party Invite

We decided to do a Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday party for Garett's 1st birthday.  I love out the invite turned out.

1 Year

Today is the 1 year anniversary of Mike's job at Sinclair.  I am thankful for them and what they have done for him and taught him this last year.  I know that he is a better mechanic because of the last 15 months of Mechanic jobs he has and it will only serve him better in the future.  Happy 1 year at Sinclair:)

1 Year Update

Here is Greyson's 1 year update!

Weight 18.7 lbs 4th%tile
Length 28.5 inches 14th%tile
Head 18.4 inches 63rd%tile

So he is little with a big head!  haha!

Greyson is crawling all over the place and pulling himself up on anything and everything he can.  He cruises around the coffee table, couch, bed anything that he can walk around while still holding on to something.

He likes to walk when you hold both his hands, but if you even think about letting 1 hand go, he will immediately fall to the floor on his bum.

He is still a pretty good sleeper and eater and loves to feed himself.  He drinks really well from the sippy cup and have already graduated him to a hard spout.

He is still in size 12 month clothes, size 3 diapers and no shoes yet because he isn't really walking.

He has 10 teeth.  6 up front and 4 molars.

He is a talker.  He says, mama, dada, peese, done, Uh-oh, go, no, op (stop), kay, Tricia (babysitter), Camo.

He loves to torture Gavin but really he just wants to play with him.

He is another car boy and loves to play with and push along cars.

He loves stuffed animals and loves to cuddle with him.  He is also a blanket boy, and loves to cuddle up with any and all blankets he can get his hands on.

He is now in a forward facing car seat!  He loves it!

He is not a big TV boy, but would rather play with any car he can get his hands on.

He likes to jam out to music.

We love this little man and are so glad he is ours to love and watch grow.  I will now be doing updates every 3 months for Greyson!

Greyson's Birthday Invites

I love how these turned out!

Happy Birthday Greyson

Happy 1st Birthday Greyson!

I can't believe my baby boy is 1.  Where did this year go?

You are such a happy, loving, cuddly, bundle of joy.  You are still a huge mommas boy & you are my bottomless pit.  I call you "smiley" because you are always smiling at everyone.

You love to play with your brother, and eat anything and everything you can get your hands on.  I love you baby boy!  Happy 1st Birthday & here is to many more incredible years!

Year 1 Photo Shoot

Here is some more pictures from the Photo Shoot with Ashley for Gavin's first year! I hope you like them!

Birthday Pictures

Here are some pictures of Gavin on his birthday. We did a cake that day for him as well & he had MUCH MORE fun with that cake then the Birthday Party Cake. Enjoy!

Sneak Peak

Ashley just sent me some proofs from the 1st Birthday Photo Shoot she did with Gavin a couple weeks ago! What do you think? I for one can't wait to see the rest. ENJOY!

1 Year

Here is Gavin's 1 year update. 1st for his stats:

Weight: 18 lbs - 5th%tile

Head: 18.25 cm - 35th%tile
Length: 28 inches - 23rd%tile

The doc said that his weight was normal because I am still nursing & since he is nursing less & less, that is why he isn't at the 20 lbs yet. That means no forward facing car seat yet (boo!) Everything checked out great with him & he got 4 vaccinations (double boo!) The doc also said that we can now feed him whatever.

Speaking of food, Gavin loves food. He will eat just about anything. He LOVED his birthday cake. I almost think he liked to play with it more, but he did try to eat some of it. He loves Bananas, Grilled Cheese sandwhiches & Cows milk. Now if we can just get the sippy cup down. I have only been working on it with him for 6 months now! Anyone have any tricks, tips or suggestions?

His new thing pulling himself up on the couch & letting go for a couple seconds & then falling to his bum & laughing his head off. He thinks it is the funniest thing & will stand a little bit longer each time he does it before falling. He will be standing on his own soon.

He is becoming the little dare devil & will pull himself up on anything...your leg, the couch, crib, dresser, chair, desk, table, really anything.

He really likes to walk when you are holding his hands & is starting to walk more & more around things.

He has started sleeping on his belly in his crib with his butt sticking up! It is SUPER cute!

He loves reading his books during the day & having "story time" at night! He also loves his Baby Einsteins DVDs. He points & laughs at them.

He is ALWAYS shaking his head "no." I have seen him nod a couple of times but it is mostly "no!"

He still only has 4 teeth.

He still loves bath time & goes to bed about 7:30 every night. I am going to try to start weening him soon in the morning. He has been still waking up at 6 before work so I have been feeding him, but if he starts sleeping longer, I will ween. + we only have about 15 bags of milk left so as soon as that is gone & he is taking a sippy, he will be off the bottle!

I really don't know about "words" that he says now. He does say momma & dadda. He says dahe (doggy) & I don't really know any others. When we ask him where Bear is he will always look around for him & point him out. He has just started crawling over to Bear now when we ask him where Bear is. He will look around for him & when he finds him he will crawl as fast as he can to get to him. He is so cute!

Bear & Gavin play great together & Bear just lets Gavin do whatever.

Gavin is all over the place & into everything. He found the pots & pan drawer this week & loves playing in that.

It has been a GREAT year & we can't wait to discover with the next year will bring.

A look through the Months

Here is a look back through the months of Gavin! From his birth day to today! Love this cute little guy!

Birth Day

1 Month

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months

5 Months

6 Months

7 Months

8 Months

9 Months

10 Months

11 Months


1 year old (notice the little ouchie on his noggin?)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAVIN

Happy 1st Birthday my sweet little Monkey!

We love you so much & we are so glad that you decided to choose us for your eternal family. The last year has been filled with ups & downs, highs & lows, lots of new things, learning from both of our ends, love, happiness, sickness...basically filled with lots of things. It is funny & so true how they say you can't picture your life with a child until you have one & you can't picture your life without a child once you have one. I don't even remember our lives without you in it. It has been a tough road, but we have made it this far. I didn't even think I was going to make it the first 6 weeks, but here we are, moving on to the next chapter of our lives.

You are such a great baby. You do have a slight temper, but who doesn't? Most of the time you have made Motherhood easy for me! There have been times I haven't known what to do or what was going on with you, but we have learned from these experiences. You have learned so much which I have tried my hardest to document in our family blog. It is so fun to look back over the past year & see what you were doing. Hopefully one day I can take all these posts & make them into a book for you. You still have so much more to learn & accomplish & we can't wait to see what's next.

You are surrounded by so much love. Your dad & I love you so much. Your grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, family, neighbors, babysitter love you so much! Remember that we are always here for you if you ever need us.

We love you & thank you for choosing us! We can't wait to see what the next year will bring for you & us! Happy Birthday our cute Little Guy! Here is to many many more birthdays!

Love

Mom & Dad

A Year Later

On this day last year, I called in sick to work (even though I wasn't) & took Mike to the Navy Recruiting office in Provo to be sworn in as part of the Navy. We then drove to Salt Lake & I dropped him off at a Hotel down there for him to stay the night before heading to Illinois for Basic Training. I can't even believe it has been a year. We have made it through some big obstacles! 1 year down - 5 more to go!

I am grateful for the option we have that the Navy gives us. If something were to ever happen, if we were to lose a job or something that way, we can always go into the Navy full time for added security. We would have to move to a coast & there is more possibility for Mike to be deployed, but it is always nice to remember that we have a back up plan just in case something happens.