Playing

Gavin has a few of these blanket/toy/stuffed animal things that he likes to play with. We give him one when he has to be put in his chair, so Mommy can have free hands. He stays occupied pretty well and is so cute!







These are the most recent photos we have of Gavin. Daniel took them on Thursday.
Megan calls him a cheeseball because of his big, cheesy grin. What can we say? He's a happy baby!

Photos by Bonnie Rose

My good friend, Bonnie, is a semi-professional photographer as well as a hair and make-up artist. She works with professional models and other photographers. We took Gavin to her son's 5th birthday party and she thought he was so cute, so she asked if she could do a photo shoot with him to build her portfolio. Of course, I agreed and here are the results.

















Gavin is also doing a 3 month photo shoot in a studio on Friday. I am getting the session on special and I figure that you can never have too many pictures of such a cute baby!

Cute photos

There photos are from the middle of March.
Gavin looks so tiny when he's sleeping in our papazan. I think it was really comfy because I could set him down and he would hardly ever wake up.
Gavin is ready to go out. We were about to go to the beach, so baby needs to wear a hat.

Gavin loves spending time with Daddy. He's wearing rocketship pjs, so I like to sing "Rocket Man" to him.

Gavin also likes to try to escape, so you really need to keep an eye on him!

He moves a lot, but hasn't figured out the rolling over thing yet. He's quite the talker and continues to grow in cuteness with each passing day.

Watch the Baby!

Since going back to work, I have been so busy and haven't posted a blog in nearly a month. I'll probably be posting quite a few this weekend to catch up.

My friend, Megan, has been Gavin's babysitter during the day. I always leave our camera in the diaper bag, so Megan can use it. Over the past couple of weeks, she has taken a couple of videos. Most of you haven't seen Gavin live and in action. Here is your chance! Daniel and I also have Skype and are available for video chats on the weekends if we can plan a time. Then you can see the baby in real time!

Bring on March Madness!

Gavin is getting ready to support our darling Spartans during March Madness. My Aunt Wendy got him started with a couple of onsies and bibs. Daniel's brother, Adam, made Gavin this wonderful blanket. Gavin is definitely already a Spartan fan. We don't need anything from Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, and definitely nothing from Michigan! Gavin is a baby and is easily confused, so we need to make sure that he knows the Spartans are the good guys. Anything else will be roasted on the barbecue. Consider this a warning! :)

Oh, we are just so cute! GO GREEN!!!

Toys!

Gavin had his 2 month appointment on March 9. He weighed 9 lbs. 15 oz. which placed him in the 10th percentile, on the small side even though all this kid seems to do is eat! He measured 23 in. and is in the 50th percentile for length. Perhaps he got tall and thin genes from my side of the family that I can only assume came from my dad and the tall part missed me. Gavin also had the pleasure of getting his two month shots, poor thing. He totally ate up the oral immunization, but wasn't too happy with the three needles. At least he got some cool camouflage band-aids!

We also had to fill out a developmental questionnaire and we realized that Gavin was behind in some areas because he wasn't given time to practice certain things. Truth be told, we didn't have a lot of toys for him because we didn't realize how much he needed them. We pulled out the toys that we did have and went to Target to buy more.

This is Gavin's favorite toy. It's small enough that he can grip and fit into his mouth. He also seems to like toys that play music.

My mom had been wanting us to get a mobile for Gavin's crib, but he didn't seem interested in the one over his pack n play until recently. We found one at Target that also has a picture projected on the top of the mobile and when Gavin gets older, the mobile can be removed and the picture will be projected on the wall. It also plays music, has nature sounds, and a heartbeat function, which I find a little creepy. We stick to using music.

I actually wish we had gotten one of these sooner. Now I can put Gavin in his crib while I take a shower and the mobile usually occupies him until I am done. No more rushing because I have a screaming baby. This thing is fantastic! Oh and it comes with a remote, so we can turn it on from bed at 4am and sometimes Gavin will just go back to sleep!

This blue pad was a gift from my Aunt Carol and Uncle Harv. It's actually a diaper bag/changing pad combo and is pretty neat. However, we've been using it for Gavin to play on and have some tummy time. It's much nicer than putting him on the hard and sometimes dirty floor. Thanks to his extra time playing on his tummy, he is getting really close to rolling over. He can twist his hips around, but struggles with his upper body. I'm sure that he will soon be rolling all over the place.

Gavin's First Lu'au and Uncle Adam Comes to Hawaii!

Daniel's brother, Adam, came to visit for a week. One of the things he wanted to do was go to a lu'au, so we took him to our favorite, Germaine's Lu'au. It was Gavin's first lu'au and I think the loud noise and lights were a little much for him.

Germaine's is right on the water and makes for beautiful pictures under the palm trees. I wonder if I can edit out that wooden pole behind us...

See that look from Daniel? I think he's contemplating another mai tai. We all paid $8 for the bigger drink glass and that was more than enough for me! I didn't even want to use my other drink tickets to get non-alcoholic drinks.

We made sure to bundle Gavin up, since it was a little windy. He has developed a fascination with his fist and it's usually his left fist. I wonder if he will be left handed... He usually sucks on his fist as a soothing technique. He is such a clever baby!

That pig they are pulling out of the ground is what we actually ate and it was tasty!

Before the screaming started when Gavin was still a happy baby. Aren't we cute?

It's a little blurry, but I wanted documented proof that Gavin went to a lu'au.

We also went to Bellows Beach, so the boys could boogie board. Gavin didn't want to be left on the beach, but I told him he needed to wait a few months before he could get in the water.

I think Daniel has been watching too many surfing movies, putting his board in the sand and surveying the waves...

Gavin enjoyed spending time with his Uncle Adam.

The boys caught some decent waves from what I could tell. Gavin and I stayed at a picnic table in the shade while the boys played.

Daniel and Adam also checked out Turtle Beach, so Adam could pay his respects to the sea turtles. The "guardians" put out a red rope perimeter around the sea turtles, so visitors don't get too close.