ALL ABOUT GAVIN

I haven't written a post about Gavin and all of his new tricks lately, so here it is.  He is almost 2 years old now and I cannot believe how much he has changed.  He tries to talk all the time and he will try and repeat just about anything we tell him to say.  He still loves to pretend that he is talking on the phone all the time.  He is a very calm natured boy, soft spoken, shy, and very sweet.  He seems to be shy when we are around new people, but he warms up after a while.  When we are at home, he is pretty wild and crazy. He is still a very picky and unpredictable eater and that makes things a little difficult.  He will LIVE on milk if we let him and never turns down chocolate chip cookies or french fries.  He also likes cheese dogs, chips, macaroni and cheese, scrambled egg sandwiches, spanish rice, and some other stuff (healthy diet right?).  He can point out a lot of body parts and say them when we ask.  Gavin is still crazy about his dad and always prefers him over me, but he is definitely getting more attached to me lately:)

Here are his top 10 favorite things right now:

1. HIS DADDY.  It is the cutest thing to see how excited he gets to see Nate when he gets home from work!
2. PLAYING OUTSIDE...ANYTIME.  He will drop whatever he is doing to put on shoes and go outside.   He will start to say bye to the movie he is watching, Zoee, the milk and anything else around before he goes to the door.  He especially loves when Nate is working outside and he can get his tools and help him out.
3. ZOEE.  He loves playing with Zoee and cannot ever leave her alone.  If she is ever laying around or sleeping, he has to be petting her, pounding on her, or touching her.  He has gotten a lot better about being nice to her.  He always says, "C'mon Zoe," "Nice Zoe," or tells people, "this is Zoe."  She is so patient with him and takes a lot.  I feel bad for her sometimes, but she always comes back for more!

4. SHOES: Gavin loves shoes and wants to wear them all the time and wants everyone else to be wearing shoes too.  He is always trying to put on our shoes and walk around.  He thinks he knows how to tie them, but really he is just tangling the laces.

5. BUBBLES: Bubbles seem to be one of the favorites lately.  He is constantly wanting more "bubbos" and can't get enough.  He uses this bubble blower and then waves to the bubbles as they blow away in the wind.  It is so cute to watch all of his facial expressions when he see the bubbles (that is a whole other post)

6. BAGELS: We take Gavin to the bagel shop or go get bagels and bring them home almost every weekend and he gets so excited.  When we ask him if he wants to go get a bagel, he understands and he starts to say "bagel, bagel, bagel" (it doesn't sound like that, but we know what he's talking about).  I am so surprised because of how picky he is, but he likes a lot of cream cheese on it

7. MOVING OBJECTS: He loves trucks, tractors, airplanes, RVs, trains, etc.  Every time we are in the car or outside, he points these out and says hi and bye to them.  Here are some of his favorite toys right now.  The truck has button on it that turns on some rock music and he rocks out...pretty cute!

8. MILK

9. MUSIC: He loves any music with a good beat.  He will stop what he is doing if he hears good music on the radio or the TV and dance.  He also likes to dance in the car.  I need to post a video soon.  He has a boom box with the Black Eyed Peas CD and sometimes he gets lucky and presses the right button and turns it on all by himself and gets pretty excited about it.

10: MOVIES:  There are 3 movies that he cannot get enough of right now.  I am a little tired of watching them, but he wakes up asking for them.  I think he dreams of these movies because he likes them so much.  It is funny to watch him because he really does understand a lot of parts.  He gets happy or sad at the right times and he tries to copy a lot from them.  They are Cat in the Hat, Stuart Little, and Cars!

11. SAYING GOODBYE:  He will say bye and wave to just about anything.  For example, he says "bye poo" when he throws his diaper away, "bye feet" when we put on his pajamas with closed feet, "bye wah wah and bubbos" when he is done with the bath, and so on.  You get the picture...

He is saying bye to the airplane in this picture

Well, I am sure I left some stuff out, but these are the top favorites that come to mind.  Gavin is such a good boy and we really are lucky to be his parents! It is crazy how much entertainment and happiness you get just from watching your baby grow up.  We love you Gavin!!