Save the Date!

Potty Training!

For real this time, and I am not giving up! Gavin's doing so well, at first it would literally take him two hours to go, and today he goes within five minutes! I still have to remind him and make him sit on the potty, but I think that will come soon enough. I'll be so happy to have him out of diapers!
As a reward he gets a small candy, put a sticker in his cars book, and one chuckie cheese token. I said "What are you going to do with all your coins?" and Gavin replied "put em in picky pink" I laughed so hard, I'll miss his baby talk!!! He's already just saying Mom instead of Mommy, boo!
Jared is talking more too, he says "Andrea" consistently, along with "bubble". Gavin misses Jared while he naps, and give him lots of kisses!
Jared in his new sweater:

Gavin doing a Stevie Wonder impression:

Merry Christmas!!

The last few weeks have been such a blur!
We all had a wonderfully merry Christmas, and all the new toys keep the boys busy for hours! We had to take all their old toys out just to make room for all the new stuff!We spent Christmas Eve out at my mom's, as well as Christmas morning. The tree was enormous and beautiful! Hunter was there, and it was very peaceful. Danielle was in town for a few days, and we had a blast - even seeing a movie, in the theater! wow...




My birthday was two days ago, and I had a very nice day. My mom took me out to dinner, and other than the big piece of plastic in her noodles, it was pretty nice. Later, Evan, Paige, and Sean came over and we just goofed off all night by the fire. Nice!
Gavin is talking so much lately it seems I hardly get a word in. At least I have someone to talk to while David is working! Jared has added "go!" to his list of words, which are all exclamations! "wow", "yeah", and "go" are pretty much it for the time being, but that's alright, Gavin picks up his slack.
School starts on Monday, and I still don't have my books! Yikes! These next few months are going to be so hectic - but the good kind of hectic the keeps you motivated!
A pic of the younger grandkids/great grandkids:

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Oh my handsome boys, sitting so nicely and smiling for me. Not ripping off the ornaments (which they did later...)
They are so perfect!



So certainly they couldn't have been responsible for this mess could they????



Oh well, boys are boys!




I think he may have eaten some!



Afterwards the destroyers were rewarded with hamburger, carrots, and grapes, the lunch I was off making when the fireplace exploded. I was rewarded with the clean up.

Shhhhh

The boys are taking a nap for the first time in about a week! Gavin has once again been piling things in the crib (mostly clothing) and causing all sorts of trouble.
We've settled in to Jen's basement, and are loving it! The boys have some space to themselves, and seem very content.

We all went to see Andrea's (or Ah-Da in Gavin speak) school Thanksgiving play, it was adorable! I was nice to be back in my old elementary school again - it smelled exactly how I remember! Jared loved clapping and saying "Yay!" and Gavin watched very intently and said "singing!".


The boys are loving taking baths with our NEW SHOWER DOORS! We've all been taking baths exclusively, which is nice for awhile, but boy is it nice to have a real shower! It must feel like a little fort because they will stay in there forever!

Halloween 2009

Well, things have changed! We're living at David's aunt Jen's house now, and it's working out pretty well! We had a great fall, but it was way too short. It feels like winter already.
Halloween was fun, but Gavin was terrified of anyone in a mask. We came home and passed out candy for most of the time, and Gavin really seemed to like that. He showed everyone who came to the door all his cars. David was Kurt Cobain, but the kids thought he was Hannah Montana!
I'll start updating more now that we have steady internet access, but there's another craft fair tomorrow, and I don't have time now!

Hello again, hello.

Whew.

We have been so busy lately! We are still staying at my Mom's house, my Grandma is still not back from visiting my Aunt Kitty, and now she's not feeling well, so I'm not sure what will happen with that. David is gone for the night, just trying to get out a little bit. I'm worn out from all the running around, but we are very happy! The boys are loving all the activity and all the time outside. Gavin's vocabulary is exploding so much I can't even keep track. New phrases: "Oh man!" "Oh Dang!" "Alright!" "See ya tomorrow (ya mahwoah)" "All done!" Plus soo many more! He's also saying "Jawed". And Jared is walking more everyday, his longest stretch being 9 steps! He also said his first word "bye" and waves!
Lots of new stuff!