A New Post

Wow so much has happened since my last blog. Not so much as in mile stones but just fun. Gavin has become excellent at his alphabet. He can recognize letters anywhere. When he isn't being stubborn he can read his name, mom, dad and Diego. He amazes Kenney and me every day. Recently he started counting to 10. Gavin was doing gymnatics for a couple months not sure when we will start up again. He did All Comers Track Meet and he has become an avid swimmer. He loves to jump from the sides of the pool and go under water. He has just started back floating too. He does all this only using his water wings. Kenney has been playing guitar with him. Gavin knows how to hold a guitar and even some of the basic parts and respect for it. He is very particular about the color of picks he uses. Almost always asks for a green, he does like to keep Dad on his toes and will ask for a red one on occasion. His favorite songs right now are; "Some where over the Rainbow", Mr. Bojangles and Dwight Yokum songs. He is so much fun. His newest obsession is Blue Man Group. Kenney has been watching a lot of Blue Man. We went to Las Vegas in July and Nana took us to see Blue Man. It amazed me that a 2 year old could sit through a live performance but I now understand why. He thinks they are simply amazing. He loves to watch the DVD totally drums along with them and always brings his air guitar out. Here are a few pictures over the past few months. So, that was a lot but it has been a few months so I figured I would throw it all in.

Gavin, James and Anna Gavin on the 4th of July Love this pic of Gavin this is him in between events at track. Gavin, Ethan and Katie Gavin at track doing the long jump. Grandma and Me Gavin meeting Blueman. He was a little freaked at first it was a little crazy. Then when we left he blew him a kiss. Gavin playing Our Family Gav and his pal Hannah.

Hawaii

Thank you sooooo much Nana & Papa for taking us to Hawaii. Nana, Papa, Jacob, Travis, Becky, Zayne, Mason, Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma, Gavin, Kenney and I all went to Hawaii. Becky's Aunt and Uncle also met up with us as well. We had so much fun. We did a lot of things including; snorkeling, Luau, Beach time, Travis and Becky's Vow Renewal, outrigger canoe, surfing and lots of great restaurants. It really was so amazing. We stayed at the Outrigger on Waikiki. The staff was so amazing. The housekeeper made it a point to always welcome our day and close out our night. She remember the kids names and left nice notes. I would really suggest staying there. Jimmy Buffet's restaurant was soooooo amazing. We only went the last night had we known we probably would have gone every night. Breakfast was a buffet that was included in our package and was facing the amazing Pacific Ocean every morning. I can't even begin to say how difficult it was to come home.

Hanama Bay this is where we went snorkeling. Kenney, Nana and I saw a turtle. He was really cool and looked really hungry. Nana and I were paying too much attention to the turtle and missed the baby hammerhead shark that was just over the other side of the reed. Kenney thought it was pretty amazing.
This was our other view from our balcony. Diamond Head. Really amazing.
Kenney on our balcony.
Jacob teaching Gavin how to play.

Travis and Becky's Vow Renewal
Great Grandpa & Grandma also had a great time.
The boys couldn't sit still to watch the whole vow ceremony so Papa & Nana took the boys to play in the sand.
This was our morning/breakfast view.
Spam is really big in Hawaii ever since the military brought it over, McDonald's even serves Spam. This was Spam Jam a big street fair. It was really hard to go anywhere.
This was our view from our bedrooms. Can you believe it? So amazing I was inspired to read my Bible.
Gavin's Aloha Shirt.

On our way to the Arizona Memorial.
On the Arizona Memorial. Truly something everyone should experience.
Gavin did a lot of this. He fell asleep 2 times at dinner. One night he was chowing down on a crab cake the next minute his head dropped and he was sound asleep.

Easter Egg Hunt 2009.

Easter 2009. We had a big day. We went to Seattle then up to Bellingham. Gavin had a great time. His nanny (Kenney's mom) had a big Easter Egg Hunt. Gavin was the youngest and took home a $10 egg. All on his own. His cousin brought him a frog. Gavin thought it would be cool to jump behind him and follow him. Then Aunit Cher thought it would be perfect to put the frog in an egg and give it to Daddy. It was pretty funny.

Gavin's new hair cut.

I totally messed up while cutting Gavin's hair. I took the guard off the clippers to trim up his ears and neck and well like every 2 year old he moved around and up the head the clippers went. I tried to save what I could, but Daddy thought it would look better if I just shaved it off. So here is Gav's new cut.. Poor guy.. Sure makes his head look bigger.

Gavin's 2nd birthday

Gavin had a great time on his birthday. It was full of all kinds of excitement. He had many of his friends came over to share the great time with him. Gavin has accomplished many things recently. He knows most if not all of the letters of the alphabet. He can point out many of them in books. Gavin also associates the letters with animals or other objects. Kenney has also helped Gavin recognize President Obama and President George Washington. It is amazing to see how much he has accomplished. He had his 2 year check and the doc said he is above average for height and in the 95% for weight.. She was really impressed with how well he was conversating with her and he knew the jungle animals on the wall. This is the first time he has been ok with letting the doctor look in his ears and mouth. He sure is getting a personality too.






Cake before decor funny story..

Cake after I decorated it.

Random pictures....

Children's Museum and update.

The last couple visits to the Children's Museum. We went to the one in Everett also that one happens to be amazing. Yesterday we met Ethan, Katy and Bekah. Gavin and Ethan are pretty funny they each like very different things but really enjoyed the fish exhibit together. We had a lot of fun yesterday. Gavin loves the sand box and the music room. He could spend an hour each very. We also talked about the truck and that daddy used to drive a big truck.. He is talking so much and repeats just about everything. He really likes to say "O' Jeez", he can pretty much count to 4 if he is really paying attention. We haven't really started to work on potty training but when he asks to go then I take him. /Gavin's second birthday is coming up and we are planning a Bob The Builder party.