Gavin - 9 months

Yes I realize that it's the week of christmas and in just a few weeks Gavin will be 10 months. I am a procrastinator! Plus I was hoping to get better pictures of my little guy but it's hard taking pictures of a little mover and then there is his brother who thinks he needs to be in every picture.

So here is the best picture I could get of our little guy....



Gavin is quite the mover. He is crawling like a pro. I thought crawling would make him be more of a free spirit but he still crys when I leave the room. Then he just crawls to find me while crying. Such a momma's boy! There have been the few times that Gavin has crawled out of the room and I let him go to see what he'll do. A few mintues later I'll check on him and find him in his room playing with Zack and/or his toys. Of course if Zack's in the room Gavin always ends up crying shortly after. I'm not saying Zack's a bully (but he kind of is) he just hasn't learned how to share yet or how to be gentle with his little brother. Poor Gavin will find a toy and begin playing with it, and no matter what it is Zack will all the sudden have a special interest in it. I know brothers... I just wish he'd leave poor Gavin alone for 2 minutes. Or Gavin will be walking along the couch and Zack will grab him around the neck and body slam him. I know he just wants to play but he's too rough right now. Maybe that's why Gavin is such a big kid, he has to be with a brother like Zack :).

9 month stats:
23 lbs (95 percentile)
and long (can't find the paper with is stats -- also 95 percentile)

This past month we haven't really done too much. My mom took the boys to the Aquarium and Gavin had his first Thanksgiving. But other then that not really much going on.

Gavin has started saying MaMa. It's as clear as day, just not sure if he is saying it for me or just a sound that he makes. But it's just MaMa... not mamamamamama. It's pretty cute and exciting.

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had so many things to be thankful for this year.

I am thankful for our family. Not just our little family but our ENTIRE family. We have amazing people in our lives and are so blessed.

I am thankful for our health. We have been very blessed to have two healthy little boys and only mild health problems.

I am thankful for our jobs. Even with the problems that we had at the beginning of the year we are both blessed to have jobs that treat us well and make us feel appreciated.

I am thankful for the gospel. Because without it I don't know were we would be.




This was Gavin's first Thanksgiving. And even though he wasn't quite 9 months we still let him eat pretty much anything that we are eating. I'm actually not sure if there is a age that is okay to do that but Gavin is a great eater so we went with it. He loved to squish the potatoes between his fingers.




For Thanksgiving Bob always plays Football with friends. This year was especially cold with it only being about 8 degrees that morning. I would have said No thank you. But for him it's tradition. I stayed in our warm house finishing up my food assignment. I made a Pretzel Salad... yummy!

This year we went to my Grandma's house then to my dad's house. We had yummy food. I have to say I love Thanksgiving! I love the food. Zack loved that he could just eat the entire day. I don't think I've ever seen him eat that much. He took to Thanksgiving perfectly.

I had to work Black Friday at 8 am. But that didn't stop me from hitting a midnight sale at Walmart. Luckily I got what I wanted. Unfortunetly I stood in line for 2 1/2 hours to buy it. I probably would have done more shopping but I needed sleep.




After work we had Bob's parents over for Thanksgiving. It was my first time cooking pretty much the entire Thanksgiving meal by myself. Luckily my mom is only a phone call away with ALL my questions. I think it all turned out really good. I heard no complaints.

We had a great day (both Thurs and Friday) and it was awesome to be able to spend it with family.

Yackity Zack

The month of November has just flown by! Really is it already December? The boys are both doing great. They are active as ever. Gavin is loving the crawling phase of life, but he couldn't just stop there, he is now pulling himself up onto everything! About a week ago he even tried walking. Thank goodness it didn't take yet. But our daring little guy sure is trying. Zack is having fun with him. It just melts my heart to see them playing in the corner together or watch Gavin follow Zack into their room and they play in there. It's awesome. I gotta say having two boys so close together will hopefully have their perks. I can just imagine all that I can get done once they are older and playing together. Anyone laughing yet? I know they'll play together but I also can see that there will be fights. Zack is very protective of his toys and is always yelling at Gavin to not touch stuff. But I can dream right?




Zack is talking amazingly! One minute he's just piecing together words and the next he's saying full sentences. It's so funny some of the things he says.

Me: Do you need a spanking?
Zack: No, Thank you I'm okay.

When he falls or if he's doing something wrong and I give him "the look" he says I'm okay. Melts my heart! I do have to say I love when he rubs my face and says "Mommy, your so pretty." Already trying to charm me. What a stinker. Also if I'm pretending to be sad he'll say "It's okay Mommy, Daddy will be home soon."

Speaking of Daddy, Zack already knows that Daddy is a rock star when it comes to fixing things. We were at JoAnn's the other day and they have a warehouse ceiling. So you can see wires and stuff. Zack was so concerned that something was broken on the ceiling. But he said "It's okay, Daddy will fix it." I just had to laugh.

Zack has also started learning to play with his toys. It's so fun to watch him in his little world of make believe. He's been putting his toys to sleep for a while. But the other day Zack got into the fridge and got out the bag of bread. I told him to put it back. He said Handy Manny was hungry. I looked over and there was Handy Manny in the high Chair. So I let Zack feed him. Such a cute little boy!



I feel so blessed to have both Zack and Gavin as a part of our family. They are wonderful little boys.