Gavin - 8 Months

Seriously! Has it already been 8 months since Gavin came into our lives?! Next thing you'll know he's going to be 1 years old. How does the time go by so quickly!

Gavin's 7 Month Picture.......................Gavin's 8 Month Picture


Letter to Gavin:

Dear Gavin,
You are a true blessing to our family. It's amazing how much one little person can add to a family. You are a wonderful little guy. You have gotten over your fear of most people. I think the fact that I've started working again has helped you with that. You have such a wonderful smile and you aren't afraid to share it with the world. You love your mom, dad and brother so much. I love when I walk into a room that you are already in and you get so excited to see me. I also love how excited you get when I come to get you out of your crib. Which by the way we've had to lower because you are starting to pull yourself up on the rails and I don't want you to fall out! In the past month (or two) you've gotten two teeth on the bottom of your mouth -- right in the middle. You started getting mobile by commando crawling. And within a few weeks you were 100% mobile. You have entered the crawling phase of life. And you love it! It amazes me how much you get into now. The cat food and water aren't safe from you. You know that you shouldn't get into it but you do it anyways. It's nice that you are mobile because you follow your brother around. I love to look around for you and find you under the table with your brother. It just melts my heart (until I figure out what you two are into). I know that it will be trouble when you get older. Both of you are going to be troublemakers (in a good way). You are a great eater. So far no allergy's or food aversions. You eat the baby food because that's what we give you but you would much rather have solid foods. You love crackers and cereal. I love to hear you laugh. When I'm in another room and I hear you laugh it just makes me smile. When I investigate to find the latest thing that is making you laugh, it doesn't surprise me that Zack has dogpiled on you and you are just loving every minute of his attention. I can only hope that as you get older that love and bond that the two of you have will continue.
Gavin, you are loved by so many people! We are truely blessed to have you in our family. Thank you for choosing us!

Love, Mom and Dad.

In the past month:

Celebrated Great Grandpa's 80th birthday
Mom started at new job at Bed Bath & Beyond
Visited the Pumpkin Patch
Had Gavin's first Halloween

Gavin loves the outside. Now that he crawls we can more then likely find him in the curtains.

If you stand Gavin up and have him grab onto a chair he loves to stand!
Playing with his brother

Halloween

This year was Gavin's first Halloween and Zack's third Halloween. Zack is understanding the concept a little better. Well actually he knows that if he says Trick or Treat someone will give him candy. This year I made both of their costumes. They were both Skeletons. The costumes were fun to make but a lot more involved that I thought it would be. I spent many nights up until 1 or 2am working on costumes. Of course it didn't help that I am the worlds biggest procrastonator. But I did have them done 2 days before Halloween. Amazing right!

The fronts

And the back (taken a day earlier)

I also made my costume. Here is our family Halloween picture. Bob is Axel Rose (he says).

We had a fun Halloween. It started by visiting my Mom and Aunt Jolene about 4:00. Zack Trick or Treated, then we took pictures. We had our Trunk or Treat at 5:30 which ended up being inside the Church because of the rain. (That was interesting). Our luck the weather holds all day long then right when Trunk or Treating is to begin it rains. Luckily we were inside. There were kids coming through the line that were pretty wet. After Trunk or Treat our Ward had a Chili Dinner. We then went to visit Bob's parents at 7:00. Played there for a little bit then headed to my dad's. I feel bad because I told him the day before that we would visit at 4:30 but totally forgot that I told them a time. So we hung out at my dad's house for a little bit then headed home.

Bob, Zack and Gavin Trick or Treating.

All in all it was a pretty good Halloween. Zack and Gavin got a lot of candy and we've had to hide it!
Zack will say to me... Trick or Treat"? When I tell him the candy is gone, he'll find the bowl and say "There it is, I found it". Such a smart kid.