Merry Christmas!!!

So i have been really bad at updating this but i am going to try my darndest to be good again.

We have had a wonderful Christmas season so far.
We saw Santa at the children's museum. We were with Arayah and Rachelle and we let arayah talk to him first and then we put him on his lap. He as ok while arayah was with him but when she got down He started the lip and almost cried. We Took him again to see if it would go better and we were so Wrong!! He would not let go of me and had his head in my shoulder and would not move or even look at him. Not what i expected but still a great memory.



We had christams with the Westerns and the Dingers last weekend. We had a wonderful time and the kiddos got to play together and it was alot of fun. We have had Christmas with my parents and sister, It is always nice to have christmas the way you grew up and Gavin had a blast!! We have so much more to go and we are enjoying every min of watching Gavin enjoy it all!!

We are still in the baking process and have only had a few causalities to Gavin But he is loving watching them bake!!

Computers hate me that means really bad at updates

since the last time i updated the blog Gavin has turned one, he is crawling, he is pulling himself up, and has most of his front teeth. and he is close to walking!!! We have gone to the state fair, a family reunion, a trip to cinni. ,the zoo and haley turned one and joshua has turned two!!
That is alot!!! My computer hates me so i dont have internet but i am hopeing to have that fixed soon!!

Gavin had a great birthday! on his birthday we went to a surgen to find out about his cyst and he said it didn't seem to affect anything and just to watch it. We had a party at our house and it was a blast he did a good job of screwing up his cake just none of it went in his mouth.

Gavin's dr. decided that we should see a neroligist because of gavin's delay and eatting issues. So we saw her and loved her and she couldn't get enough of Gavin. We have to see how far he progresses before his next visit if not we might have to get an mri So because of that he may have to be put under so we went to go see an ENT (ear, nose and throat dr) and we are now waiting to go threw a swallow study and meet with a speech therepist and wait to see if he has food allergy. It has been along road with drs but we are progressing each day more and more. and we are just happy that he is a happy boy and we love him.

gavin also got his first hair cut!! how sad he is getting to be a big boy

My grandma turned 90 this year so i made her 3 cakes and put 30 candels on each. One had beer tabs on it, one had a tolit, and one hadcards. All related to stories or things we all know grandma loves!!! She loved them. While at the family reunion we got to meet bella , one of my cousins kids and they were just so cute together.

We went on a trip to cinni. with branon's mom and brother and had a blast!!! We went to kings island. We road a bunch of insane rollercoasters one that u lie down on. Gavin and grandma hung out and went on some little kid rides. we went to the water park and we took him on lzy river and had a blast. we also took gavin to his first reds game. We lost but still we had a great time!!We went to the state fair 2 times this year. Once with Jenni and joradan and ben and emma and once with my mom and dad. We had a great time. We also went on the fair train with my mom and dad and gavin loved not having to be in a car seat!!



My Best Friend Kim moved back to Indiana!! I am so excited!!! He boyfriend also made the drive from cali back with her and we all got to meet him!!! Gavin Loved Nick!!! He loved hanging out with them!!

Haley also turned one and We went and saw her make a mess!! It was great she had cake all over and even tried to get jeremy (her dad covered in it) Happy Birthday Little Girl!!
Joshua My roommate from College Son turned two yesterday and we got to go to the Zoo with them!! We had a blast all the animals were out and the boys loved seeing them!!! Happy Birthday Joshua

Swimming

Gavin got to go swimming for the first time in a big pool!! He loved it.

still stink at updating

We have been so busy since school has been out!!

Brandon has a job!!! He will be teaching in west dell comm. schools!! We are so thankful and happy.

Gavin is going to be 11 months, I can't belive it my baby is almost a year. I am having a blast trying to get things ready for his birthday and still enjoying the summer.

Gavin had his first trip to the zoo with Rachelle and Arayaha.
Gavin and arayah
Gavin and his Giraffe(cow) and the giraffes

MY FAV PICTURE!!!!! If any one came to our wedding you will notice this is where we got married!! i was so happy i got to take him and see it almost 2 years after we got married!!! so cute!!!

Brandon's family had a get together in southern Indiana at Spring mill national park. We had a great time with the family and getting to take hikes!!!


Grandma BeBe (my mom) and me and gavin all went to minnasota. He got to meet some of my moms best freinds and some of my mom's side of the family. He was such a trooper on the 12 hr. drive. (partly thank you to little einstines)
Gavin meeting Gage Pat (My mom's teaching freinds grandson) Gage is about 4 months older then gavin
Gavin and grandma bebe, and Jen, Mary Jo and me
Everyone, Pat, Jen, Gage, mary Jo, mom, Sharron, Gavin and Me

Grandma shell ( brandon's mom) took gavin on his first Carasel ride at the pendleton fair

And Brandon and I went camping for the first time this summer. We have had so much fun and there is so much to come!!!

P.S. KIM IS MOVING BACK TO INDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy i can't wait!!!!

Sping is here.....

And so is the rain. We have been enjoying the weather but this week we seem to be stuck in rain. We planted all of our flowers last weekend and now the garden is completely flooded. We just can't wait for the weather to improve.

Anderson Schools corp. is laying off a bunch of teachers because of budget cuts and Brandon has been layed off as of the end of the school year. We are praying that he gets one of the open tech jobs. There are not many only a few school systems that still have those classes. We are just being hopeful.

I am getting ready for garage sale season and starting to enjoy my house now that it is all in order. I have my own little scrapbook corner, i am so thrilled about it. I have started Gavins scrapbook and soon will be catching up on the two years that i am behind on. yeah!!!!!!

Gavin is doing great. He is still on the nebulizer (it is indefinite when he can get off of it) He has really learned how to fight us on it. ( I hate it) He is great at the raspberry's and he has now learned how to growl while screaming and it is really funny. He says dada and some little thing of Hi. It is so much fun seeing him grow up and just watching the wheels turn in his head.

The Scream Face
A Mohawk and sweet potatos

The Scream

computers hate me....

I have been a busy person lately and haven't had the energy to get on the computer. We have Rearranged our house and we are kind of working out the kinks and spring cleaning all in one. As happy as i am about it and i am actually enjoying my house so much more, it is hard to change stuff that you are so use to.

But any ways.....

Happy Easter!!!!!!!!!

My dad's side of the family came down to Indy and we got to see them for almost two days!! We colored eggs with Jake and Colin and did Easter egg hunts in the front yard. We really had a great Easter!!!
One of Brandon's Students was the Easter Bunny at the mall So we took Gavin and had his Picture taken

Gavin has had Two play dates in the past month and it was so much fun!!! We went and saw Jenn and Haley and it was interesting to watch them attempt to intereact but in the end just steal toys from each other. And then we went and saw another friend from high school Erica and her son davy. He was only 11 weeks old and 15 lbs. he was adorable and it was fun to see the diffrece in size and actions. Hope we see alot more of the both of them.


Haley and Gavin drinking out of their sippy cups

And.....

Congratulations to Jenni and Jordan and the birth of Emerson Joy (emma)


Jordan and jenni have a son ben who was scheduled to get tubes put in his ears on jenni's due date and jenni said no one ever goes on their due date. haha she was wrong. while ben was getting the tubes put in she started haveing contractions and then drove home and then to the hospital to deliver. She Got to the hospital at noon and was 3 cm got checked and then put in her room and she was 4 cm. She almost didn't get an epidural and had emma at 2:40 She was 9lbs 7 oz. Ben isn't use to emma and he keeps calling emma Gavin. haha Congrats you guys!!!

Ben is Such a good Big Brother!!

Happy St. Patties day a day late

I knew st. patricks day was coming up but i forgot to buy a cute shirt or something for Gavin so i was a weirdo and bought one yesterday but never got around to posting the picture. so here it is and hope the green beer was great and everyone had fun!!!

Developmental update

Gavin went back for another update on his development on wed. and it went well. He is 8 months but his corrected ae is 6 1/2 months. He is ahead at 9 months with his reflexes and his balance when sitting. For his grasping and holding and rolling over and most other things he is at 6 months so he is right on track. but for his speech he is at 4 months. They said that his tongue isn't as strong as it is supposed to be so he is supposed to chew on textured toys. but what kid doesn't stick everything in their mouth any ways so that shouldn't be hard to do. He isn't sleeping threw the night yet (sucks for us) but they said that should come soon since he is delayed. He was in the 50th percential for height and head size and in the 90th for his weight ( no kidding he is 21 lbs.) But overall he is doing great he loves to stand and jump ALL the time. We are just looking forward to spring and summer and letting him play outside!!! Oh and we got a new stoller so we can't wait to use it more!!!

baby shower cake

So Brandon best friends wife Jeni's sister is having a baby ( so is Jeni) and she is throwing her sister a shower. so she asked me to make a cake for the party I really enjoyed making it!!

Childrens Muesum and the Park!! and rolling over!!

Last week we decided to go to the children's museum with our friends Rachelle and Arayah. The kids had a great time playing in the Play scape for little kids and staring at all the different things. It was a fun trip!!!

The weather has also been really nice lately(but getting cold again) so we took avin on his first trip to the park and he had a great time on the swings. We also took him down the slide and the fire engine.


We also finally ROLLED OVER!!! we are so happy! he has been catching up to alot of things lately and it is just one more milestone he has reached!!!

Bronchitis

Gavin has been wheezing off and on for a week and it got kinda bad when he learned to like his stomach. We went to the dr. today and well Gavin has a small case of bronchitis. No fun. He is in a great mood and you would never guess he was sick other then his cough and wheezing. Well they now have him on a nebulizer (no idea how to spell that) and antibiotic and a steroid. He has a cute little dragon mask he has to wear for the nebulizer.

But on a happier note Gavin loves to laugh and i finally got it on video !!!!!