It's a GIRL(S)!!

Tis the season for baby girls (at least on my side of the family). My sister, Karen, just found out that she is having a baby GIRL, yeah! Despite Cody's good efforts they will not be naming her Beulah Mae as previously suggested, instead they decided to name her Madisen Marie. I know it's a real toss up, but I guess they get to choose since they are the parents and all. ; )

I'm so excited, but I must admit just a little bummed because I wanted Gavin to have a little boy cousin to play with, but that's OK. My brother dressed up like a girl and played "Little House on the Prairie" with me as well as Barbies and he turned out alright so I'm sure Gavin will be fine.

Also, speaking of baby girls my cousins Mindy & Robyn are also having baby girls of their own so there will be lots of pink & purple ribbons and pigtails running around before to long. Congrats to you all!

I'm an Aunt...again!!!

Welcome to the family Kessler!

Kessler James
Born: April 20, 2009
(National Pot Smoking Day!)
6 lb 4 oz & 19 inches

Kessler is my sister-in-law Cassie's 3rd boy which is pretty ironic because she
is such a girly-girl and she does hair for a living. Kessler looks just like Torrey, his dad. He really does have all 10 toes, the picture makes it look like he doesn't.

Gavin was so gentle with Kessler. Gavin & I had went to the hospital in the morning to see him and that's all Gavin talked about all day and he was so excited when Cody got home because I told him we would go see the baby again when daddy got home.

Gavin and his new cousin Kessler

I LOVE flip flops!

I just wanted everyone to know how much I LOVE flip flops! It is the best part of summer. They are so inexpensive so you can buy hundreds and not feel guilty and you can wear a different pair everyday. They are super easy to get on and the best part is no matter how big your butt gets from that extra piece of chocolate that you shouldn't have eaten they always fit! So if you ever have a "fat day" go shopping for flip flops! They make the world a wonderful place!

Hoppy Easter!

I don't know why or how, but there is a song attached

to my slide show that came with it when I moved the

slide show to my blog. I don't know how to get rid of it,

so just click on the speaker in the upper left hand corner

and it will shut the sound off and the cd image at the

bottom will go away after a few seconds so you can

read the captions on the pictures, sorry!

Brag Blog

This blog is all about Gavin and the funny things he has done lately and just some other things that I don't want to forget about!
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We went to Cody's cousin's baptism and as soon as they opened the doors to the font Gavin wanted to get right in it. We had to hold him back and he kept saying "I wanna bath, I wanna bath". Even after the doors were closed and it was over he went over to the door and wanted to "bath". I tried to explain it to him, but he wasn't really paying attention, he just wanted in that big tub! How do you explain to a 2 year old it's not a bath?!?
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It was time for Gavin to take a bath and this is how the conversation went:
Me: Gavin, come get in the tub
Gavin: PLEASE!!
Me: (after I got over the shock of being taught by my toddler how to be polite)
Gavin, Please come get in the tub
Gavin: OK momma

I guess I'd better start practicing what I preach!
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Gavin is learning all kinds of new words and loves to use them often even in the car. We drive down the road now and this is what we hear:
"Car, blue truck, car, car, house, stairs, house, stairs, car, blue truck, blue truck...etc."
It never ends! And sometimes if we don't acknowledge what he is saying and he thinks we should be he starts saying them louder until we do.
(Every truck is a "blue truck" to him because that's what daddy has, a blue truck")
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He knows all his letters now and if he sees letters he will say them also. We were at Wal-Mart and he saw the name on the outside of the store and spelled it for me all by himself
W-A-L-M-A-R-T
This really isn't that funny, but if you knew how bad Cody hated Wal-Mart and the fact that Gavin's first word he spelled all by himself with no prompting was Wal-Mart, it would be funny!
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Another bath story:
I had just gotten Gavin out of the tub and didn't pull the plug like I always do. I got him dressed and then Cody wanted to show me something on the internet so I left Gavin in his room and went to the computer. All of the sudden we heard splashing. We both thought that Gavin was playing in the toilet so we said in unison
"Gavin, No! Get out of there!"
Gavin replied, "Elmo bath".
Luckily as soon as I heard the splashing I was on my way in there so he didn't get completely soaked but he had his new Alphabet Singing Elmo in the bathtub. I told him that Elmo didn't need a bath and took him from him and Elmo went to the "hospital" to get fixed up. We dried him off really good, opened him up and took his electronic parts out and hoped for the best. Luckily, Elmo recovered completely with no permanent damage.
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Gavin loves bunny's. We took him to see the real one's @ Peaches and he could have stayed there all day. I got out my bunny ears and he was wearing them all over. We kept talking about the Easter Bunny for days, but when we went to see him he wouldn't walk over to him. I went and sat by the Easter Bunny with him on my lap and when he realized who we were sitting next to he jumped off my lap and ran to the back of the store full speed. I went and got him and we started walking to the front of the store to leave and he said "no bunny mom, no bunny!" We had to completely walk the opposite way and then go to the front so he didn't have to see the bunny again. Maybe next year!
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Gavin and I were at the Distribution Center and it was pretty busy. He was over playing with the toys and all of the sudden I hear, "Mom, I pooped!" And I guess he thought I didn't hear him so he came running over to me and once again, "Mommy, I pooped!" Luckily everyone just laughed. What a kid!
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Any time Gavin burps or farts he says:
"Excuse you Gavin"
It's so funny!!!
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Cody put him down for a nap one afternoon (and forgot to take his shoes off of him). I went in to check on him later and this is how I found him, with his shoes on his hands. Notice he also has a binky in his mouth and I have no idea where that even came from because we are now"Binky Free". No more binky's, but apparently he has his own stash somewhere.

Gavin loves to be read to and loves to look at books. He is staring to read them to himself now and it is so fun just to sit and listen to see how he interprets the stories.

He got some finger paint for his birthday and he has a blast with it. Thank goodness I put down the plastic tablecloth, it was everywhere!

I keep my vacuum in his room because I don't have a closet to put it in. I went in his room awhile ago and he had put his vacuum right next to mine. This is exactly how I found it. They really do pay attention to EVERYTHING you do!

My little buckaroo! Besides Elmo, his "horsey" is his next best friend. He loves it!

I have told Cody numerous times that he can't leave his foot powder where Gavin can get to it, but sometimes he doesn't listen very well. Maybe next time he'll put it away!

Pay It Forward...

I got this off of my cousin Robyn's blog and decided to do it!

So. . . here's the idea. Be one of the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post and you will be the lucky recipient of a handmade gift from me some time this year. (I know one year is a long time to wait, but that is going to make it even better, right?) Now here is the catch, you have to post the same thing on your blog and do the same for 3 lucky people. GOOD LUCK! This is going to be a fun thing to try!

April Fool's is over!

O.K. Seriously, enough is enough! We woke up once again to a snow covered ground and so far it hasn't quit snowing and it's almost 1 in the afternoon. If anyone happens to run into Mother Nature please let her know that April Fool's is over and it's not funny anymore. IT'S OFFICIALLY SPRING AND I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE SPRING! Is that to much to ask?

Warning: Grandma's House= Chocolate Overload!

We went to my mom and dad's last night and my mom has this tendency to feed Gavin nothing but candy, icecream and chocolate. I told her last night that she was feeding him so much chocolate that his poop was going to be straight chocolate. I changed his diaper this morning and sure enough, I was right!! His diaper was completely filled with straight chocolate!

Spit Bubbles

Gavin got this cute little dog for his birthday
that blows bubbles out of it's mouth.

Gavin recently discovered that he can do the same thing and did it so long
and so much the other day he had a spit bubble goatee and a wet shirt.

Pinewood Derby

Cody is in scouts as a Weblo's leader. They had the Pinewood Derby the other day and Cody made a car as well. I asked him why it was #732 and he said it was because that's how many days Gavin has been a live and making him happy!! How sweet is that?

Cody also taught Gavin how to kiss the car for good luck so Gavin
kept kissing it over and over again! I am so blessed and such a lucky lady!

Ducks! (and Geese)

Gavin loves ducks so we decided since it was kinda warm (which is an overstatement, but at least there wasn't snow on the ground) that we would take him to the Greenbelt to feed the ducks and geese.

He would jump sometimes when they would grab the bread because they did it so fast, but he kept asking for more bread so I kept giving it to him. He really had fun and we had fun watching him. We went through an entire loaf in no time!