Saturday, July 17, 2010

May-June-July 2010

Hello Hello.............

So hard to keep up with this since we don't have Internet and Im not working this summer.......glad to finally be able to put up some pictures.


What's new with Mia........

She is now 7 1/2 months old

weighs 23.6 lbs

she can "gimme 5"

Almost do "so big" by herself

eats veggies and fruits.......prefers veggies over fruits.....weirdo!

Loves to play with rattles and absolutely ANYTHING she can get her hands on....then it goes right to her mouth

she sleeps through the night

still needs oatmeal cereal in all her bottles but we go back to Children's next month to see if we can take some out...hopefully she has improved

sometimes can hold her own bottle

she was baptised on June 20th.....those pictures were on my other camera that i forgot to bring to upload......next time i guess

She loves to play patty cake and so big

she can skooch herself around a little but hates to be on her knees.....no crawling yet

loves to jump all the time......in her jumper, saucer and whenever she is being held



Gavin Gavin Gavin......

talking up a storm........seriously never stops labeling things and asking questions

has a lot of energy for running and jumping where-ever we go

can count to 10 by himself......can count to 20 with help

can almost say the entire alphabet by himself

loves to sing the song "deep in jungle"

he knows that he is two but will continue to tell you he is 5 if you ask him

is still obsessed with Mia.....always kissing, hugging and helping her
favorite food is definitely yogurt and "pa-tots" (pop tarts)
Would go swimming or play with the hose every single day because he loves water
he is also learning to use his pedals on his bike to move him around
Whenever somebody leaves, gavin always tells them "good-bye and come back"
When gavin thinks that you did a good job at something whether it be eating your food, carrying something or even just talking to him he will tell you "good job" and be very excited about it!!



This accidentally got deleted from the 4th of July picture portion and i love it so much that i had to add it in at the top!! I think Mia looks like a chubby little old lady that hates the beach :)

Cutie Babes in their stroller



out with natalie and abby









4th of July at Camp Pennington






Trent, Garrison, Heather and I at Pike Hole Bar





Many drinks later






a little smooch and hug




at the beginning of the night














Annual family sunset picture










hangin at the beach








Gavin was such a good swimmer.....definitely need to think about getting him into swimming lessons to gain some more skills to put behind his "no fear" thinking












Mia doesn't look like she enjoyed swimming for the first time but she sat in the lake for a good half hour so she really did




gavin is trying to dive into the water





ready to swim



random pic from the fair that i forgot to add earlier.....gavin loved the animal barns


First time watching the fireworks.....gavin kept shouting "again" when one would end and we were waiting for another



Mia decided to sleep instead of watch fireworks

Mia's legs






Cannon Falls Fair
Gavin and Evan at the fair









Mia did so good at the fair.....she slept in the stroller half the time



Evan and Gavin got matching tattoos



bounce house


sooooo much fun on rides......gavin and evan rode all of the rides twice







petting a little chick



Mia at Taylors graduation





Memorial Week-end at Beth and Nicks





always in Mia's face........she hated this for about 5 months and now loves when gavin gets in her face




Gavin and cousin Wyatt sharing the truck


whhhhooooooo- hoooooo




going down the slip'n'slide




playing outside



gavin is seriously a fish.....always in water



laughing at each other





Mia's painted toe nails


ready for a walk



Mia at about 5 months














































Sunday, May 23, 2010

Gavin is 2 Mia is 5 1/2 months

So.......it's been too long since I have updated this. Obviously the kids have gotten pretty big!

Mia is 5 1/2 months old now! I know!
*She is about 20 lbs
*she wears mostly 12 month clothes
*she has almost mastered sitting alone
*she eats veggies everyday
*we can see her little two bottom teeth through her gums...not through yet, but won't be long
*she is developing great eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.....grabbing and playing with toys and our faces
*everything she can get her little pudgy fingers on, goes in her mouth
*we brought her up to children's hospital to see a respiratory specialist b/c she had a cough for about 4 1/2 months (pretty much all her life) and they did a swallow study and upper GI test on her and figured out that when she drinks formula, it is too thin of a liquid and some goes back into her airways causing a chronic cough. So, we are now adding cereal to all her bottles to make sure it is thick enough to go down the right tube. So wonderful that she is finally got some answers and she is feeling better and not irritated by this cough. She is a really good girl
*she loves to scream......which then gavin seems to think he needs to scream too causing our house to be pretty loud and crazy
*she sleeps in her crib in her and Gavin's room
*when she is on her tummy, she can push herself up so her arms are straight and holding herself up but when she tries to tuck her knees, her knees go up and her arms fall
* she got her toes painted for the first time last week
*now, loves to watch gavin and loves when he gets really close and in her face. He makes her laugh and smile all the time
GAVIN GAVIN the terrible (but wonderful) TWO's
*favorite food now I think is spaghetti
*weighs 30 lbs
*he really loves MIA! Wants to do whatever she is doing like sitting up on a blanket, or laying on the floor. He lays next to her and says "cheese" cause he wants me to take their picture
*he asks "what you doin" all the time and when I answer him, he says "me too" and wants to do whatever I am doing
*He loves to wear sunglasses
*my favorite thing that he is doing now is using his imagination. He pretends to be a puppy and will get down on the ground, pant, bark and crawl around. It is soooo cute!
*He is starting to get into more movies......he loves to watch "cars"....."home on the range"......chicken little"........"brother bear"........"open season"......
*He still makes his "eeeeeerrrrrrr" sound to put himself to sleep-he has done it since he was about 6 months old.......it seems like it puts Mia to sleep too :)
*He is in a real loving books stage again, he even wants to sleep with them
*favorite thing to do is still to go on a tractor ride and play outside
Looking forward to summer vacation and seeing family and friends!! We are also in the process of getting our house on the market! BIG STEP :)
just trying on daddy's boots..........he must think he is gonna be in the army some day or something

playing with mia's toy together and watching mickey mouse clubhouse


Mia is pulling gavin's hair. He just sat there until she let go



being silly





mia is learning to sit up by herself




this was a picture taken while auntie arianne was babysitting.......yeah, she's fired! :)

awww.....
gavin loves to help hold mia's nebulizer mask












Gavin's family birthday party

sittin with bumpa




daddy and mia hanging out


Mickey Mouse cake



3 of my sisters trying to share Mia



help from uncle ryan


very excited about the gift of balls from Great grandpa dean and great grandma cindy


sharing some snack with our dog Hunter and the dog we were babysitting, Hunter #2


chillin out eating a snack


loves to swing



pretty sober



Gavin's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party with friends...........




mmmmm.....cupcake


mickey mouse cupcakes



whoooooa






blowing out his cupcake






our friend joe and tasheena with thier two daughters, Laila and Paisley


Laila, Gavin and Evan sitting in his new sandbox


MIA!!!!!!!!!!


gavin and his bff evan


Mickey Mouse headbands.....yay!


Mickey and Minnie greeted our guests as they got to our house


what a cutie cowboy........looks an awful lot like his dad



new bike from mom and dad



The night before Gavin's birthday, Jason and I blew up a bunch of balloons and put them on the floor of his room while he was sleeping. When he woke up, he was sooooo excited to see all the balloons and then he understood that "today was his birthday". Dad put him in his crib and filled the balloons in there so he could hit them all out





still has that just woke up look





Night out in Eua Clarie with Alissa



all alissa's girlfriends out for a night with me!

Welcome home JOE!!!
Kate, me and Tara (joes wife)

Having a shot for Joe's safe return from his second tour in Iraq. His first tour was with Jason and our other friends in this picutre Jeff and Kate too

Winterfest.....this was our recruiters week-end up in Brainered in March....

saturday night ball



Friday night disco night........Lori, Katherine and Me


J and his enormous fro....it's prety much the entire back0round of this picture




bath time. Mia is big enough to sit in the chair so bath time has become easier when you can have them both in the tub at one time :)


while we went for a walk, gavin helped hold mia's bottle for her......such a good helper again!


sweet......always doing the same things


mia is gaining on gavin for size



happy girl! This is a picture from mid April


mommy and mia



snuggling with dad


Gavin is really in to blocks.......i think he looks like he is 4 years old here





spoon feeding for the first time- April
EASTER


both gavin and cousin wyatt wanted to ride this tractor


such a sweet picture with great grandma Pat




baby's first Easter


Gavin was a pretty cool dude with his new sunglasses from the Easter bunny


family pic at my dad's church



Mia was so tired that she fell asleep while burping


Mid-March



cute towel from unlce trent


her cheeks are so big that when she smiles, it pushes her eyes shut :)


mmmmmm....spagetti face

cheese!


She looks like dad here....zzzzzzzzz




gavin is such a ham