We have another walker!

Gavin has been taking steps now for the last month and now we have a full blown walker. . . he walked through about every room in the house last night without falling down.  Everyone is always cheering him on and his big brothers do a great job of alerting Brian and I as soon as Gavin takes more than 4 steps!  We are all very proud of him.  He still loves being picked up and carried around but he also wants to keep up with his older brothers pretty badly!  It is really adorable to see how cute he is toddling around the house! 

Gavin's 1st Birthday!

 We woke the birthday boy up with a parade of balloons and here is a picture of that!  He was excited to see us and hear the Happy Birthday tune that he got to hear all day long.

 We had Gavin's birthday party on Sunday and it was a lot of fun!  We had lunch and then of course cake!  Gavin was not too sure about the cake being in between his fingers.  He started out eating the frosting (which he loved!) and then tried some cake.  Once he grabbed it and squished it in his fingers he wasn't too sure about it anymore.  He made a big mess and then ate more cake when I helped him with his spoon . . . but he wasn't too thrilled with all the commotion over the cake!

I attempted a Rainbow cake and it turned out great!  After the cake we opened gifts and Gavin had a lot of help with the gifts.  The big kids let him work on this first one by himself for about 30 seconds and then they were all over it trying to help him figure it all out.  It was a wonderful day and the kids were also able to play in the water outside. 

Gavin was worn out after the party was over.  I gave him a bubble bath and then he was a little fussy about bedtime.  I think his tummy might have been upset with all that sugar!!  It was a great little party and it was great to see family and friends!

Last Day of Preschool!

This is a "silly face" picture of Austin on his last day of preschool.  He is going to go to the Shamrock Summer program starting on Monday and he is really excited!  This afternoon I am going to his school for a little program that they are having for all the kids on the last day.  Should be fun and it is a beautiful day so I'm also sure I won't want to come back to work!

There is nothing better than this big ol' grin!  Love him to pieces!



Gavin is one!  He started out his birthday morning with a crib full of balloons and a birthday serenade by me, Colton and Austin!  We paraded in with balloons and he had the hugest grin on his face!!  We took treats to Mindy's and that evening we all went to the park.  We checked out our new little park in Hudson!  It was a great day and a great evening to celebrate!  It's so hard to believe that this little smiley guy is already a one-year-old!

I took him to the Dr. on Friday for his 12 month check up and he is 21 pounds and is 30" long.  He is growing!  Turns out he did have an ear infection in his right ear so now he is on amoxicillin for a week and a half. . . poor baby.  Friday Gavin, Colton and I had lunch with Jamie and Keller.  Friday evening Annie and Papa came to see our new house and all of us.  Saturday the boys got to go to the park twice and to the grocery store in Hudson twice!  They got Bug Juice at the store, so this week they have been asking when they can go back and get more Bug Juice. 

This is a picture of Brian and I in front of our house!!  We are still unpacking and getting things figured out but we are loving having a place of our own.  The boys are enjoying it and don't want to go back to our old house.  Colton's favorite thing about our new house is his bedroom.  Austin's favorite thing about our new house is all the nature in our backyard!  Very cute!

Saturday, Jamie came over and helped me paint our kitchen and our fireplace room.  I absolutely love how it turned out.  We spent Memorial Day at Jeff and Jamie's in their swimming pool.  Austin and Colton were swimming for almost a straight 5 hours.  We had to stop them for lunch and then snacks in the afternoon.  Needless to say, all of the boys were exhausted by the time we got home on Monday night.  It was a wonderful Memorial day weekend!

Well, here are the three boys waiting patiently to go look for Easter Eggs from the Easter Bunny!  Last week Austin and Colton got to go to Nick and Courtney's house for two nights and they had a great time.  They went to a bounce house, the animal shelter, toy shopping, and helped Nick chop down a tree.  I heard all about how loud the chain saw was!  I have also been hearing about how much they like puppies, doggies and kitties.  We met up with them on Saturday in Fort Dodge so we could celebrate Easter. 

The Easter Bunny found us!  The boys found around 45 eggs in less than ten minutes.  They did a great job!  Gavin was only interested if the eggs made noise when he shook them, so he found one or two eggs and then he hung out by his easter basket.  We went to church, dyed Easter eggs and had a great ham dinner before heading back to Cedar Falls.  I got the boys adorable matching shirts that they wore to church and for breakfast, then they took them off to go outside to play before I was able to get a picture!  So, I failed on that one and this is the only picture I have of all three of them together on Easter.  Gavin is looking at an Easter egg!

We have buckets of candy and treats now . . . plenty to last us until Christmas!  :)

Colton - just hanging out in his jammies and a Superman hat!

 

Conversation between the boys last night:

Austin - "I want a sister"

Colton - "Me too Austin.  I want a sister too"

Austin - "Well, if I get a sister then we will have to share her"

 

 

I laughed . . . Brian wants to know why they think they need a sister!