The Difference in a Year!

The other day Gavin found where I'm storing his old jungle seat and wanted to get it out to play with. He got right in it and loved it (even though he is to big!)!! It made me think of when he was in it at about 2 weeks old and pretty much his whole body fit in the green center part! I pulled this picture out to see the difference in a year!!

13 Days Old

13 Months Old!

Update

I realized it's been a while since we've had an update! We had so many pictures with Gavin's birthday that I haven't had many new ones since then! Gavin has been growing into a kid every day! It's so fun to see him really be able to express himself and try new things on his own. I was going to share the details on what he does in his 1 year update but forgot, so I'll do it now! Here's the facts on Gav...

*He signs "please" and "more"
*Says "hi", "doggie", "daddy", "kitty", "piggy", "ball", and "ba" for grandpa!
*Puts 1 hand one his head for "up"
*Puts 2 hands on his head for "all done"!
*Walks into his room by his crib when we say "night night"
*Is a great dancer (video to come)!
*Loves bananas..well any food really!
*Has discovered walking backwards
*Will randomly stop when he's walking around and lay down on his back on the floor and look around (things look different that way you know!)
*Makes this little scream when he hears anything beep (like the microwave, the phone ring)
*Loves his play phones (yes, that's plural!) and puts them up to his ear and says in a high pitch voice "hi"
*Does not cuddle, this boy is always on the move!!

Hmm...that's the highlights I can think of now, I'm sure I'll add more as I think of them!! Here's some pictures from the day he turned 1 that I didn't upload before!

We bought the biggest and smallest pumpkins a Wegmans!!

Gavin's Birthday Bash!

Well, it's true, our little boy is now a 1 year old toddler! I almost don't even want to say it because you hear it so often, but I understand now how fast it really goes! We have had a wonderful year! Andrew and I love being parents and the ways it's changed our lives. It's been more amazing than I ever dreamed to watch Gavin grow and learn. I know he probably has learned and developed similar to most children, but we feel like he's one of a kind and love teaching him and watching him change! We are so thankful for him and we love our little family!

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We celebrated with a real firehouse party at the fire hall in Andrew's fire dept.! Lot's of family and friends came to join in on the fun! We ate firehouse chili, hot dogs, french fries, and dalmatian cupcakes! Everyone was able to play on and learn about the fire trucks which was a lot of fun! We had a slide show to music of Gav's first year, and of course there was cake and presents!! It was great to have both of our families together (minus a few siblings) since everyone is friends! It was a day to remember (at least for us...Gav will see pictures!!)

Ready for a party!

Gavin and his friends Aiden & Nathan!

Trying on daddy's boots!

Joe wearing Andrew's jacket

In the fire truck with daddy

Andrew telling everyone about the trucks and equipment

The birthday boy is ready for cake!!
Singing "Happy birthday to you"!!

He didn't get very messy. He picked off all the frosting first!

Presents!!

One of his favorite presents was a jack in the box from Uncle Nathan Graham and Amber. He laughed so hard!

The big present...a rocking horse that daddy spent many hours making!!

Playing some more with the jack in the box

Testing out the new truck with Uncle Nathan Tomlinson

Our 1 Year Old!!

Gavin's birthday room! We went in his room in the middle of the night and decorated so he had a surprise when he woke up (thanks for the idea Brie) we didn't have lots of balloons like I wanted, but he still liked it!

Our penguin!

Cousins!

Wait for Gav!!


Cousin Virginia!

"Mmmm, think I'll have some donuts too!"

Big News!! (no, I'm not pregnant!)

It's official! We have a walking boy here! Gavin has taken a couple of steps here and there but never really felt like trying more until today. He started by taking a couple on his own (usually we're coaching him to!) then he kept going from me back to Andrew and back to me. By the end of the night he was having fun and very proud of himself trying it a lot more. He's still wobbly of course but will get better and better really quick I know! We'll get a video/pictures posted in the next couple of days, I was just excited to share the news!!

When I got groceries last week it was the first time I didn't buy any sort of baby food item and Gav is only having big boy milk now!! He's such a kid! His first birthday is just a few days away!

Videos!

These are some videos Andrew has had on his phone for about a month, I finally got around to posting them!



This is the best sound in the world! Apparently, Gavin thinks it's hilarious to knock the blocks down as soon as daddy can stack them!




Gav playing basketball. Oh...you'll see the skills!

Fall Family Pictures!