Helmet Free!!

Gavin is officially Helmet free. We feel so blessed that he was only in his helmet for about 5 months. He was cleared by the helmet guy on Friday and has been enjoying his helmet free weekend. (And so have Josh and I) He is much easier to cuddle with. I won't lie i do have a fear of his head becoming flat again, but the doctor assured me his head would grow as evenly as everyone else's odd shaped head. So if you are wondering what he looks like then enjoy the picture.

He is soo Cute!!!


Oh and I had to throw this one in. Look at that lip! He was so mad that I took the cell phone away.

Halloween

So to say the least we have been VERY busy. We have moved into our own apartment and so are no longer living with Joanna and Patrick. We feel very blessed to have such great friends that put up 1/2 their house to us, but we are so happy to have our own place again. I am sure Joanna and Patrick are happy to have their whole house again.


We moved into the apartment on Halloween. We had great helpers, Brazos, Clint, Krystal, and Tim (our movers) and Cappy and Nana (Gavin's babysitters). My parents even kept Gavin starting the night before so that way we could wake up early and get going on the moving. My only wish is that we plan for Cappy and Nana to keep Gavin on an overnight where Josh and I are not getting up early to move. Sleeping in sounds good some days.

Gavin had a good Halloween. The weekend before he went to his first Halloween Party at The Little Gym. He had a good time and he was the only Turtle to be seen. Later that week we went with our nephew Andrew to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch. Andrew has been before in the past and so he was an excellent tour guide. Gavin was not in a smiling picture mood, but he was still cute in his overalls. (Josh said he looked like a country boy)

Then on actual Halloween we (Gavin and I) went Trick or Treating with my niece and nephew (Chelley and Xander) and cousin (Kaylee). Josh stayed back at the apartment and unpacked. Gavin had fun but was very tired after just one house. He was a trooper though and kept up and did the whole block. He was not a fan of Mr. Pumpkin Head. By the end of the night he was tuckered and couldn't keep his eyes open another minute.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Hurricane

What happens when you leave a 10 month old in his room for a few minutes while you do some laundry? In case you are not sure look below






A Hurricane comes through!! He was so proud of himself too. Its hard to tell in the picture, but he has the biggest grin.

10 months and First Aggie Football Game

Each day brings new and exciting things for Gavin and us too. Recently his new favorite thing to do is Squeal/Scream. I know that you are supposed to think that your child is adorable no matter what, but after hours of fighting with him and him high-pitch squealing his cute face becomes a little less cute. Oh well, I am sure this phase will end and I will miss it because he will be using his actually words. His vocabulary so far includes Mama, Nana, Nigh Nigh, No, Ba (for Ball). I am sure that he says more but I can not put those into actually vocabulary. He has occasionally said Dada but never for Josh. We think he is just holding out. His stats for 10 months are Weight 20lbs, Length 28 7/8 in.

Gavin also got to help his Uncle Allen Celebrate his 30th birthday on Oct. 3rd. Gavin loved the decorations and couldn't wait to help tear them down.

Gavin went to his first A&M game this weekend and did GREAT!!! We only had to get up once to let him crawl around. To some this may be absolutely disgusting to let your child crawl on the nasty A&M football stadium ground, but I came prepared. I brought GLOVES for him to wear while he crawled. He slept twice for about 30 minutes each time. He was so cute.

Oh and for Halloween we broke down and got Gavin a costume. How cute is he as a TURTLE! HaHa. Josh and I just couldn't pass this up and it seemed that Gavin enjoyed it just as much. So we are all ready for Trick or Treating.

Ok so now for Pictures:

9 months and Cute Pics

Wow! Gavin is already 9 months old. I can't believe this time last year I was preparing and intisipating his arrival. He has given us so much joy these past 9 months. He grows everyday. Everyone says he is just like his Dad but I am beginning to see little parts of me. For example, when he really wants something and it is either denied or taken away he can get really mad. It so sad yet so hard not to laugh at. He is still wearing his helmet 23 hrs a day, and has physical therapy every other week. Some days I just can't wait for this to be over with, but that would mean he is a day older and will be turing one soon. So for now I will enjoy every day, even the ones where he refuses to take a nap. (like today after 45 minutes he is still playing in his crib). So I must now go and attend to his kings needs. Here are his 9 month stats.

Weight 19 lbs 9 oz. (45%)

Height 28 1/2 in. (60%)

His Masterpiece

So who knew that Gavin wanted to be the next Picasso? I sure didn't realize this until yesterday morning. I heard him on the monitor just talking to himself at about 7:30 am. Since he wasn't fussy, I figured he would start when he was ready to get up. (I mean why waste the 10-30 min of extra sleep I can sneak in.) When I woke back up it was 9 am and he still was just playing in his crib. I know it may sound like I have the best child in the world who just lets their parents sleep in until 9am, but unfortunately this is not the case. To my surprise when I went to go get him, Gavin was working on what he thought was a MASTERPIECE! This masterpiece consisted of using the bumper, sheets, and toys as his canvas, all while using POOP as his paint. Yes, poop was everywhere. No wonder why he was so quite. He was entertained with this wonderful new toy. (UGH GROSS!!!) It was everywhere!, even in his hands. I don't want to even really think about whether there was a tasting of the paint, because I could throw up. Well to all of those whose kids are quite in the crib, think twice when just laying your head back down, because who knows what kind of trouble your little one has gotten into.

Trouble is Upon Us

Gavin keeps growing. Not only in height but also in his talents. He continues to do the army crawl. You would think he would figure out how to really crawl, but why when you can get around so fast using the army crawl. Therefore he has gone to tackle his next talent. He can pull himself up to a standing position. He is so proud of himself when he does this. Today when he was supposed to be taking a nap, I kept hearing him bang around. I went upstairs to check on him and found the following

He is sooo proud of himself.

Maybe we should lower the bed even more then we already have.