Dear, sweet Gavin boy,
(side note, these pictures are completely and totally unedited)
Ohhhh my goodness. Where to begin with you, my little love? You have such a tight hold on my heart that so often during the day I say out loud, with no one but myself to hear, "GOSH! I just LOVE YOU!" And I do!! You are such a sweet, smiley, happy little guy that just melts my heart.
You are now totally and completely mobile. Your preferred method of getting around is most definitely crawling, and you do it well and very, very fast! You are busy and all over the place, into every nook and cranny, climbing into, onto and behind everything you possibly can. All I have to do is look away for one minute and you're off, while I'm left searching the house looking to where you ventured off. (The more mobile you become, the more my "free time" dwindles...which is why these blog posts have become harder and harder haha.)
I love to watch you enthusiastically speed after your big sister, trying so hard to keep up with her. For the most part, you really do keep up with her nicely - you two are already sweet little friends. If there is ever a time that my heart will just BURST with love and joy, it will definitely be while I am watching my two sweet kids play together. I hope, more than anything else, you will always be genuine friends with your sister.
Things you love:
- Dancing. The second music comes on, you bob up and down and sway back and forth with a big grin on your face.
- Eating. Holy moly kid, you LOVE to eat. And you are a fantastic eater who will eat just about anything we put in front of you. When you're done eating, you promptly throw everything left onto the floor. You also LOVE drinking from a sippy cup, which is great since you never really liked bottles.
- You think you're funny and love to play little "games" with Mommy and Daddy. You love to drop your pacifier or toy and when we give it back, you immediately drop it again. Sometimes it takes me a few times to realize you are playing with me and dropping it on purpose. Then you laugh and laugh.
- You can sign a few words in sign language: more, grandpa, milk
- Mom. You are definitely in your "Mommy stage." Especially when we were in Colorado, someone else would be holding you and the second you saw me, you would reach for me and whine and whine until I grabbed you.
- Getting into things
- Being outside
- Playing with other babies and kids - you are very social.
- Waving at any and everyone - you smile at everyone!
Things you've been up to lately:
- You have two new teeth - the top front two teeth. You now have 4 total.
- You were sick for the first time. :(
- I still nurse you about four times a day, but you also LOVE cow's milk (only because you steal Ava's sippy cups and chug the milk like it's the most delicious stuff you've ever had). This makes me hopeful for a smooth transition to whole milk when you turn 1.
- Trip to Colorado for Christmas & New Years! First time in the snow (you hated the cold and clung to me so tightly anytime we were outside), met Santa for the first time, experienced your first Christmas and spent a lot of time with our wonderful family! You are one LOVED little boy! You even learned how to sign "grandpa" while we were there (all thanks to Grandpa Webster and his tireless efforts - that eventually payed off!!)
- Nam and Nampa came to visit San Francisco and stayed with us for several days! They took us to some great children's museums and fun places to play! It was a wonderful visit!
- For Thanksgiving, we went to Southern California and you met the Bryson family, who were extremely nice to have us stay with them for a week! We had a great time at Knott's Berry Farm, visiting Uncle Jayson's mission, go karting and visiting with family!
- In Colorado, you were a TERRIBLE sleeper. And that's all I'm going to say about that. haha :)
Nicknames:
- Gavers
- Gavin boy
- Chunkers (Ava)
- Bubbas (Ava)
- Gav
- Bud/Buddy
I love you, I love you, I love you.
Love forever,
Momma
