Gavin's Favorite Books

Two kids are keeping me busy. Gavin has needed a lot of extra attention with Brody around. He has been wanting me to read lots of books to him. The books he is on a kick with are, Click Clack Moo, Cow that Type, Giggle Giggle Quack, The Lazy Ladybug and Dr. Seuss Fish Out of Water which I read 5 times today. The farm books he has memorized. Gavin has also been wanting to sing so we sing to Brody his favorite song right now Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam. He also likes Popcorn Popping and Do As I’m Doing.

Last couple of days with the Parkers!!

Brody is the best little baby ever, last night he went 8 hours without eating I am amazed!! Except I need to learn to go to bed when he does he went from 7-3 and then got up at 6:30. But I didn’t go to bed until 10:00. The little piggy needed to eat all morning to make up for lat night. At least every 2 hours one time he only went an hour. Hey, what ever he needs to do to sleep that long again. Gavin was and still is a horrible sleeper. Up ever 2 hours until around 1.5 years. I still hear Gavin up crying at 2.5. I am worried about them sharing a room when they are older. Gavin has to have his light on and if I turn it off after he is asleep, he just gets up and turns it back on. We turned it off 4 times one night now I just leave it on, figure he is probably get We cut Chris’ hair last night and I really messed it up. I was trying to blend it with a comb like Becky does and totally slipped and cut a nice little mark on his head. I think the haircut went better than usual except the slip. The guards are nice. I tried to leave above it long so it would cover my mistake but you can totally tell. Good thing his hair grows fast I can try again in a couple of weeks.

Yesterday we went to the zoo with Amy and the kids. Let me just say it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have to have Chris or a friend like Emily who doesn’t have kids that can help me. You wouldn’t think two would be that much harder but it is. I decided that if I do go places by myself that I will need to buy a double stroller. Especially if Brody gets any bigger my back is killing me today. So I started with Brody is the stroller and Gavin walking but bad mistake the first thing he did when we got there was run off. I had to chase after him and Gavin is a super fast runner. Then Amy and the kids caught up and Keagan and Samantha were so good to try and hold is hand so we wouldn’t run away. But he doesn’t like his hand held so I ended up having Amy watch Gavin while I ran the car seat that goes on the stroller back to the car so I could make Gavin sit in the stroller. I carried Brody in the front carrier. First thing, Gavin did when I left was run into the river, poor Amy had to get him out without getting wet herself. We decided to take the little train ride they have to see the animals it was way to fast I thought not long enough to sit and enjoy. Then the Children’s Trail was open so we went there. Lots of fun things to do a little play area, Wallaby’s, petting zoo with goats I think there was more but we decided to go home I think we were there like 5 hours. You could probably spend all day on the kids trail. The first little park that was there had a tunnel. And what do you know it had a big mud puddle at the bottom. All the other little kids would walk around it not Gavin he jumped in the puddle. His shoes were already wet anyway what would a little mud do. At the petting zoo the kids loved it they went from goat to goat petting them and I forgot to tell Amy but Gavin and Cloie ran through the puddles in the goat area, I sure hope it was water not goat urine. What is a little urine right? Amy feed Brody for me while I watch the kids in the petting area. I was so hard to keep track of all the kids. Luckily, there was only one exit and Amy was able to sit at the exit to make sure no kids escaped. I don’t know who was easier to keep track of Gavin or Kyler but are hard. At one point the kids were running around this area, Amy sat on one side, and I was on the other. Next thing we know Kyler is not there. So I go and find him he wasn’t far and had him wait by Keagan while I told Amy that he was there and grab the stroller and Gavin. And not one minute later when we got there Keagan was there but were was Kyler he had run off again. Amy spent a little while looking for him and I took the rest of the kids to another area to play. Next thing I know Kyler is there playing with the kids no idea were he came from. Told Amy he was with them, needless to say Kyler had to spend a little extra time in the stroller. Well we finally got to the car to drive home I had to hurry home before Brody got up and wanted to eat again. And you know how most normal kids sleep in a car especially a long hour car ride. Not Gavin he was wining because he was tired and just bugging me and it was close to rush hour so I had to concentrate. So I keep having to tell Gavin to be quite because there was lots of cars. Gavin keep saying he wanted “Car to Crash” well I was going to if he keep talking. He is so weird he always wants the car to crash.

Kyler and Gavin!

Gavin and Keagan!

Gavin down the slide.

Gavin jumping into the mud puddle.

Cloie and Amy and next month soon to be baby girl.

Samantha and Gavin!

Gavin and his favorite Goat!

Today was craft day. Gavin helped me make some blankets for Brody. Well not really blankets I just wanted something lightweight to wrap Brody in at night because he is sweating so much. Mom had suggested wrapping a sheet around him; I thought it was a good idea. So I had grabbed a sheet but it was to big so then I used a crib sheet but with the elastics it keeps going over his head. So today, I had the bright idea to surge a piece of fabric I had to be his blanket. Gavin was a big helper, his job was the peddle pusher. So he would push the peddle and I would direct the fabric. I only had to fix one part because he would not stop but he did really good at listening surprisingly. Then we decided to make our Easter Egg shell craft. Amy gave me the idea to keep the shells from the eggs and glue them on paper. Gavin really only liked putting the glue on the paper. I need to buy stock of glue when school starts again. Last year I had got them for $0.20 what a deal I need to buy lots come August.

Gavin pushing the peddle.

Gavin and the craft project. If it drys well I am sure the Grandparents will get to injoy a Egg Shell paper in the mail. Hope it mails well. I sure hope you don't keep everything we send!

Gavin has the best little memory. Today I gave him some Nilla Wafers first thing Gavin says “Like Grandpa” and every time we read his Vehicles That Go book the white van is “Like Grandma’s” just because last visit she rented a white van and ever truck is like Grandad’s. Sorry mom you don’t have anything that is like Grandma’s yet. Grandpa has actually a couple just because he is crazy. He makes a chocking sound and says “That’s what Grandpa does”, also Yea Yea Yea from last summer vacation to Utah “That’s what Grandpa does”. Gavin’s new thing is calling on the phone. I usually only have him bug Dad and the Grandparents. He is starting to be the best little talker even on the phone if you can tell what he is saying. Last night the home teacher Brother Rupp came and Gavin repeated the prayer with Dad without even being asked. So cute!! Tomorrow Brigham and his wife Lisa are going to watch our two kids tomorrow so we can go to the temple. Then later we are going to a wedding open house for a co-worker and after going to dinner with other work friends Teresa and Adriane. I am glad that Chris works with people I like Emily and Teresa.

Well that was the last couple of days hope everyone else is having as much fun as us. Oh, Sym asked if Gavin was potty trained. Not even close!! He doesn't even want me to change his diaper when it is dirty. Right now I don't feel like I can potty train just because I have to feed Brody so much. And I have heard going on vacation can put them back so I figured I would wait until we got home from Utah to try again. I know it will not be fun but I hope that it will be easier than the last time we tried.

Brody is a Chub!!

Took Brody to the doctor yesterday to get some shots. He is 12.14 lbs, which is the 75% for his age. She also made him do some tummy time there and she said he is very strong almost rolled over on the table. Took pictures of him smiling yesterday, what a cute boy! No wonder my back hurts from caring him around.

This is Gavin a couple of weeks younger. Gavin could get fat one day. All he likes to eat is treats with fruit on occasion.

My two cute boys!!

Egg Hunt

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that you could pause the music on the blog to listen to the video's I had a comment that they didn't like the music because of that. However, if you need help figuring out how to pause let me know.

The kids had lots of fun with the Easter Hunt Gavin had a flashlight and had to carry it around during the hunt. Mike tried to hold it for him and he was very determined to keep the flashlight even though he couldn't pick up the egg he found.

Easter Weekend

This Easter weekend was lots of fun on Friday we got the plastic eggs out and filled them with candy. However, for some reason the candy did not end up staying in the eggs. Gavin made a mess with the purple grass, had treats all over the floor and in his mouth. Gavin had fun decorating Brody for a picture.

Later that day it got so hot that I had to take off Brody’s clothes so he could go to sleep. It seems weird that it could still be snowing in Utah and we are ready to turn on the air conditioner.

On Saturday, we went to Mike and Amy’s to color eggs with the cousins and have lunch and a Easter egg hunt. The kids had lots of fun, Gavin colored two dozen eggs alone. Before we started coloring, we were getting water ready for the color tablets and Gavin came sat down by me and started eating something I made him open his mouth and he had put a yellow color tablet in his mouth. I tried getting all the pieces out and then he decided that it did not taste good. Chris took him over to the sink to get some water in his mouth to get it out. His mouth was yellow after that, we looked on the box and if you wanted to know the tablets will not harm you if eaten. It just doesn’t taste very good. Well we hope that Gavin now knows that just because it looks like candy it might not taste like candy. Mike cooked us lunch chicken salad and potato salad. That evening Amy wanted to get dresses, shirts, and ties for the kids so we went shopping. Now don’t judge me on the next thing but when we were parking there was a donation bin for some place not sure where. But they had a little kids bike just like Kyler has and well we put it in the trunk and took it home. Chris and I gave it to Gavin for Easter. It wasn’t the DI and well we give things all the time so I justified taking it.

Sunday is Easter and we gave Gavin way more than we need to. We got a car track from the movie Cars and the cars from the movie go around he loves it. In addition, the bike I found and some cheep sunglasses. We didn’t do another hunt figured he didn’t care. The morning just flew by 10:00 church comes a lot sooner then 1:00 still not used to that yet. We invited Mike, Amy and the kids over for dinner. I am in the process of making ham, mashed potatoes, cabbage salad, jell-o, stuffing and ice cream. Amy is bringing some brownies to go with the ice cream. I hope everything turns out good. We love and miss everyone wish we could live close to all our family.

Brody/Gavin Do they look the same?

I have pictures of Both Brody and Gavin around the same age. Just wanted to see what people thought do they look the same or not?

This picture is of Brody.
This picture Gavin around same age.

This is a picture of Brody.

This is a picture of Gavin.

Phoenix Zoo

Went to the zoo today with our friend Emily she was such wonderful help and very patient with Gavin.

So we made a list of everything that is more fun to do than look at animal at the zoo.

Puddles
Doors with Chains
Tree House
Rocks/Dirt
Kicking Dirt
Buttons
Pile of leaves
Water
Fences to climb
Fake animals to climb on

Gavin had lots of fun, Brody sleep through most of it got up for a minute to eat and then back to sleep.

P.S. Brody has topped out at 12 lbs now what a chunk!

Stingray Bay

Playing in Leaves

New Swing Set

One week, 3 hours and a trip to Home Depot and we are almost finished putting the swing set up. Just one more trip to Home Depot and maybe a hour longer and we will be completely finished. Gavin loves his swing set he says same as Keagan’s. However, our swing set is not as high as Keagan’s so it doesn’t go as high and Gavin got really mad he better get used to it because that is as high as it will go. Maybe when we get it anchored down it will go a little higher.

Gavin has this thing with socks he always has to have socks on his feet and gets mad when I change his socks because he wants “socks ON” so yesterday he wanted to wear his flip flops and he couldn’t take his socks off so we is wearing socks and flip flops.

Easter shopping and other things

We went shopping for Easter stuff last night we were trying to decide which Easter basket to give to Gavin there wasn’t very many I liked to pick from. I found a blue basket with a bunny on it that I thought was alright I asked Gavin if he wanted that one he said “no, Pink one” so I pull down the pink basket and asks if he wants that one he says “Yes” Chris gives me a look. I think it is funny that he likes pink so much, so I let him have the pink one. Then Chris says to get some grass I pull down some green grass and ask Gavin if he wants green he says “no, purple” so I get the purple grass and ask if he wants this one he says “yes”. Chris gives another look but doesn’t say anything. Besides, it matches his pink basket that has a purple handle. I don’t have any pictures yet I am sure you will see the pretty basket when we take Easter pictures. We also got some pink and purple plastic eggs to go on the basket. We have an old Easter basket that Gavin has used past years that I will let Brody use if I can find it, not sure were I put it. Gavin will probably not like the fact that he will have a bunch of pictures of when he was younger with pink and purple stuff. He also has a thing for chap stick I have given him a couple he loses them so fast I try to only give him ones that he can’t figure out how to get it out.

Brody is doing good still getting up twice during the night not bad. Haven’t figured out his day naps though yesterday sleep all day couldn’t keep him up. The day before didn’t sleep much at all, the day before that sleep all day. I worry on the days that he sleeps all day that he will not sleep at night but he still does so I guess for now I will not worry to much. He is starting to smile lots more still having trouble getting a really good picture. He still has very fat thighs I can’t get over how thick they are.

Chris took Gavin to the store the other day to get me a watch for our anniversary what a nice husband I didn’t get him anything. But while they were gone I got to enjoy Brody by myself and we did a little dancing. He liked it! Our anniversary we didn’t do much I didn’t feel like cooking so Chris and Gavin went to Sonic and got us some burgers. You probably say burgers how exciting but that is basically the only choices to bring home for us unless I actually wanted to get dress and go out but it was late and Gavin needed to go to bed.

We are going to go to the zoo on Saturday get out all of Gavin’s energy. He gets so tired from walking around all day I love it! We still don’t have the swing set up yet Chris will hopefully pick up what he needs at the store after work today. It would be lots easier to get the parts if Home Depot wasn’t an hour drive away and Chris would get home earlier. It seems like the night goes by so fast and Chris hasn’t been getting home until 6 and he gets off work at 4.

I actually got dress today and we went to the park for the ward playgroup. There is a little girl there named Zora I hope that is how you spell it she is a cute little girl a little younger than Gavin but he says her name so cute. And she says Gavin is my friend. They like to run across the grass to the fence it is a long ways away but we love it because it is quite and they get there energy out.

Well Brody is getting up so I guess that will be it for now I wrote more than I thought I would.

I feel so busy with two little boys I haven't had anytime to scrapbook or do any thing fun for me. Gavin got sick AGAIN! Chris got sick AGAIN! Brody got a cough last time but hasn't caught what they have yet. Gavin is the biggest pain when he is sick you think he is work when he is well add sick and he is in time out most the day. Today he got up before 6 and I was not going to deal with him so I gave him milk and a piece of bread and told him it was to early and he had to go back to bed. But as I went back to bed Brody got up so I feed him and checked on Gavin and he had fallen back to sleep it is 8 and both are sleeping right now so I have a min to update the blog. Last night I gave Gavin some medicine and put the bottle on the counter and went to give Gavin a treat for taking the medicine because he will not take it unless he gets a treat and the little stinker takes the bottle off the counter and takes a drink I couldn't believe it first I have to bribe him and now I think he actually likes it. He didn't get much but I have to be more careful now.

On Saturday we took Gavin to the amusement park that he likes and spent 4 hours letting him play. There were lots more kids than when we went with Grandma and Grandpa but he was still pretty much able to ride what ever ride he wanted for how ever long he wanted.

We got Gavin a swingset for the back yard but Chris couldn't get it to work with the parts they gave him so I guess he is going to Home Depot to get new hardware and hopefully get it put together it will be nice to be able to do something outside while Brody takes a nap and hopefully he will nap better without Gavin so loud inside.

Brody liked his message so much he feel asleep.

Poor Brody will not have very many pictures by himself Gavin thinks he has to be in every picture.

Look at that Belly-March 1, 2008

First Bath-Don't worry it was a long time ago!