Gavn's 1st Day of Pre-School

Yesterday was Gavin's first day of pre-school.  This is his second year of pre-school so he was very excited to go back to school and see Ms. Suzee - we love Ms. Suzee!  Gavin wanted to have waffles with strawberries on them for his first day back to school.  And of course, when I was taking his picture before we went, he had to make some silly faces - he just wouldn't be Gavin if he didn't!  And I was lazy when I made this page, I used the same layout and design I used for Dallin and Matthew's first day back.

mini-golf with Daddy

Monday night was Xactware's annual mini-golf tournament.  The boys look forward to this every year - they LOVE getting to "golf" with their daddy!  This was the first year that Gavin could really golf (he was sick last year) and boy was he fun to watch.  He didn't want to "golf" the way his daddy told him to - he wanted to do it his own way!  On every hole he would tell me that he got a hole in 2 or a hole in 90!  Dallin and Matthew were much more serious "golfers".

Well Child Check-ups for Gavin & Brecken

I was able to sneak in 2 well child visits at once (okay - one was over a month late) before the twins come (and after my mom got here to help me since it is near impossible for me to pick up Brecken anymore).  They are both healthy and doing great!  Brecken is finally on track with his brothers as far as height goes - but I don't know what is going on with his weight (he is only in the 75% for weight).  Anyway - they are both healthy and happy and that is what matters!

Happy 4th Birthday Gavin!

My sweet little guy turned 4 yesterday!  He has seemed much older than 3 for a long time - so it is nice to finally be able to say he is actually 4.  

I was feeling so bad that I wasn't giving him a party with a few of his friends - I just couldn't do it this year - but I think his birthday turned out okay.  I did manage to buy him a few presents and make him a Yoshi birthday cake.  At first, he wanted a Bowser cake but luckily, he changed his mind and wanted a Yoshi cake (for those who don't have little boys, they are both characters in Super Mario Brothers).  After Church, we opened presents and had cupcakes.  That night, we had some friends over for cake and ice cream so in his mind, he did have a party.  Happy Birthday Gavin!  We love you!

He was so funny all day.  He had been asking for weeks if he was 4 yet so when we asked him on his birthday if he was 4 yet, he said, "No, not until I eat birthday cake."  What a silly boy!  So, finally, after we ate Yoshi cake, he said he was 4!

Gavin's Opinion of Mommy at 35 Weeks

While Gavin was eating breakfast yesterday, he very seriously said, 

"Mom, first you were a skinny girl."

Then he paused and said,

"Now you are fat."

What a way to start the day!  At least he started with the fact that I use to be skinny!  But who can blame him for thinking I am fat - look at the pictures - I am HUGE!

Yesterday I was officially 35 weeks pregnant!!!!!  Hopefully I can make it at least another week or two.  But at most, I only have to make it 20 more days (as of today)!  I am miserable and would like to be done being pregnant, but for the twins sake, I hope they stay in until 38 weeks!  My mom comes today so there is hope that I can make it to 38 weeks since I will be able to rest more!  Everyone is very excited for her to come!

Gavin Tax

Gavin is such a funny little guy.  I love that just because there is "Daddy Tax" there must also be "Gavin Tax".  He is so cute and serious when he says it, that I don't even mind when he drinks my drink or eats my food.

Gavin - "I Love Stinky Things"

Gavin cracks me up!  He was taking his shoes off and said he his shoe was stinky.  Then he said,

"I need to smell my other shoe and make sure it is stinky too.  I love stinky things.  Pee uuuueeeeeeee!"

What a gross and silly little guy!

Gavin punishes himself!

Last week, while I had my cute little neighbor babysitting, Gavin took care of punishing himself.   When I got home, the babysitter told me that Gavin had fallen asleep on the STAIRS and then on the couch (oh, I wish I had a picture of him asleep on the stairs).  I thought maybe he wasn't feeling well but then she told me the story.  Apparently, Gavin had an accident (a new thing for him - he just gets so busy playing that he doesn't want to go to the bathroom).  After his accident, he cleaned up the mess, got himself clean underwear and clean pants 

AND PUT HIMSELF IN TIMEOUT ON THE STAIRS

(that is what I told him would happen if he had another accident).  What a good boy (not the accident part)!  My cute babysitter said she couldn't find the mess - so I guess he did a good job cleaning up.  I did find his dirty clothes up in his room.  I love this little guy - I just hope he is done having accidents!

Gavin's opinion of food cooked with love

The other day, the boys were watching a show (while I was cooking dinner & they were eating) and they were cooking something on the show and they said the last ingredient was love.  They boys asked what that meant.  I started to explain that it means the food is cooked with love, that the person cooking the food is cooking it because they love you.  Here is what Gavin thought of things cooked with love:

"Love is kisses." (with a very disgusted look on his face)

Then he took a bite of his food and said, "Yuck, I can taste the love.  I don't want food with love in it.  Mom, cook me some without love."

Yeah - I will get right on that - food without love!

Gavin & the Big Monkey

Gavin woke-up this morning and came right into our room to tell us the following:

"There is a big monkey outside and he likes to throw us!  He's scary!"

Later he told me:

"There are really 2 big monkey's and they are really freaking me out!"

Seriously, where does he come up with this stuff?

Gavin Playing Itty Bitty Ball

Gavin was so happy that he finally was getting to do something - especially Itty Bitty Ball.  He got to play 5 different sports - baseball, basketball, football, soccer, & volleyball.  I didn't get any good pictures of volleyball so there isn't a page for that.  And the last day was playing games for all the different sports - and I didn't get any good pictures of that either.  The bleachers were horrible for me, but it was worth it - he had a fabulous time!  You can see it in his face that he LOVED it!

Gavin's 1st Day of Itty Bitty Ball

Gavin was sooooo excited that HE got to go to Itty Bitty Ball yesterday (he hasn't gotten to do much of anything with me not feeling so good).  He was smiling and happy the whole time.  When it was over, I asked him what his favorite part was and he said,

"I LOVED all of it!"

I am glad he really liked it because it was hard for me to sit on the bleachers for an hour.  But to see his smile and listen to him talk about it - I can figure out how to survive (only 5 more times).  Yesterday was baseball - they play a different sport each time (it is at our community center and is for 3 and 4 year olds).  I will show more pictures when it is over and I make a scrapbook page (or two).

More Snow Fun (from January)

Family Pictures (way back in August 2008)

Okay - so now that things have calmed down (holidays are over), I am trying to go back and finish up the pages I never got around to doing last year so I can get my first digital scrapbook printed!  Then I have to go back and do 2007 and the end of 2006 (I am so embarrassed to be so far behind - but I was really sick when I was pregnant with Brecken & we had a rough time the first 6 months of his life - and back then, I was doing traditional scrapbooking).  

So, here are a lot of the fabulous pictures my adorable cousin (okay, my cousin's wife) Amanda took for us last August.  She does a fabulous job so if you are in AZ, look her up (click here for her photography site).  Or, if we can get enough people up here in UT, she will come up and take pictures.  Anyway, she really does a great job.  I had a hard time picking which ones to scrapbook - hence the 7 pages!  Thanks again Amanda (and Angela - she was here then too and helped with the kids)!

Gavin's Pre-school Christmas Program

I am finally posting Gavin's 1st pre-school Christmas Program.  He did a FABULOUS job!  He didn't sing all the words but he did all the actions and was very animated (as usual).  And boy was he surprised and excited when Santa made a visit to HIS program and he got a really cool Transformer scarf from his teacher, Ms. Suzee (I don't think it left his sight for the first 3 days after he got it).

He looked so grown-up and acted like a "big boy".  It is so much fun to see him turn into a "big boy" (but sad at the same time).

Crazy Gavin!

This picture is from Thanksgiving (have you ever seen a guitar playing pilgrim?).   Anyway, it is a picture of Gavin being CRAZY - which goes along with what he said to me tonight.  He was suppose to be in bed sleeping when he came down and said,

"Mom, I don't want any presents."  

He looked so said when he was saying it.  Then he said,

"I just a crazy boy!"

Gavin - Making me Smile!

Gavin is always making me smile.  The other day he was being silly (I don't remember exactly what he was doing) and I JOKINGLY asked him if he wanted me to throw him in the trash can.  This was his reply,

"But . . . Mom . . . you love your Gavster!"

He is right, I do love my Gavster!

"Just Checking out the Dark"

The other night, we got home right as it was getting dark.  Instead of going into the house like usual, Gavin started walking out to the street.  I asked him what he was doing and he said,

"I just checking out the dark."

And he kept walking.  When he got to the street, he looked around and said,

"Yup, it's dark.  I need to go to bed."

What a cute little guy he is.

Pre-school Halloween Trick-o-Treating

Gavin had so much fun at pre-school yesterday.  They all got to dress up (which made him very happy - he LOVES being Buzz) for school and have a party.  Then at the end they got to go trick-o-treating to all the mom's in front of pre-school.  I'm not sure who was more excited though - the kids or the moms!

Gavin - so hungry!

The other day, Gavin was telling me he was hungry.  I was in the middle of doing something so I told him to wait a minute.  When I turned around, I saw him with everything from a whole shelf in the frig on the table and him digging in.  He said, 

"Mom, I hungry as the whole world!"

I guess I need to feed him more!