Bath time!

 So, bath time is one of Gavin's favorite times of the day.  He starts flapping his arms around and kicking his legs as soon as we walk into the bathroom where he takes his bath!  It is so cute, he gets so wiggly in my arms, as if he is just going to jump straight in the tub and doesn't need me to help him!  He splashes up a storm!  Austin and Colton tried to tell him that he couldn't do that because he was getting water all over.  So, they are trying to let Gavin know the rules but I told them that when Gavin is this little, it is okay to splash all over!  They were confused that Gavin could splash all over and they couldn't, so I assured them that when they were babies, they were allowed to splash all over too!  This seemed to help, so they hid under towels as Gavin splashed away!!!  All three boys (and me) had a great time!

Both brothers also want to help do things for Gavin.  It is very sweet in the mornings . . . Austin will turn off the fan, Colton turns off the space heater, Austin turns off the mobile in Gavin's bed, and Colton gets a new diaper for me and puts Gavin's clothes in the dirty laundry.  The jammies probably don't need to go into the dirty clothes basket every day but we have a great system down and each brother has the same amount of "chores" so it works.  I also think it is funny that Austin calls these chores, "Come on Colton, we have to do our chores for Mommy!"

 

Colton has also taken a particular liking to helping with Gavin's bath.  He will get out a towel and the lotion.  Colton also gets Gavin toys to play with and sometimes washes his belly and back.  He likes me to put shampoo in Gavin's hair and then he rubs it all over.  Colton makes a big production of having his sleeves pulled up (because if they get wet at all, he wants to take his shirt off immediately).  And, as you can see, Gavin is a good sport about letting his brother help!  It is very sweet to have such a great helper at bath time.  I don't know if this will be happening a year from now, but last night it was pretty cute!

 

There is also a rumor from the babysitter that Gavin can pull himself up.  Well, as always, if Mommy and Daddy haven't seen it then it will remain in rumor status!  :)  We are going to keep trying to get him to do it at home and I will keep you posted as to if we are successful this weekend!!!