3 Year Survey

(are we really at this point?!?)

I bought a book called 20 Questions and went ahead and asked him his 3 year questions. Most of them were expected, and I cannot wait to come back and read them in the future.

1. What is your favorite color? red
2. What is your favorite toy? excavators
3. What is your favorite fruit? grapes
4. What is your favorite TV show? Team Umizoomi
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? a sandwich; peanut butter and strawberry jelly
6. What is your favorite outfit? blue shirt with a lot of construction workers (they're actually trucks)
7. What is your favorite game? hide and seek
8. What is your favorite snack? raspberries
9. What is your favorite animal? lions, the loudest animals at the zoo
10. What is your favorite song? ice cream song
11. What is your favorite book? Trucks A to Z
12. Who is your best friend? Boden
13. What is your favorite cereal? I don't like cereal
14. What's your favorite thing to do outside? play in the sand
15. What is your favorite drink? milk
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Larry
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? blackberries
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? (still thinking about this one)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? a construction worker; drive an excavator

Halloween!

Man, life is crazy when you forget about Halloween. For months, Jeffrey was dead set on being Captain Hook for Halloween. So, we got his costume and planned out the costumes for the rest of the family. Then, a few days before Halloween, he decided he wanted to be an excavator (obsessed). Luckily, he was enticed enough by the hook to go along with the original plan. Halloween, overall, was pretty overly stimulating for Jeffrey this year. He had a lot of fun, but it came at a pretty bad time for us. Since Gavin was sick, there was a lot of night-wakings that affected Jeffrey, and he was more tired than usual. Even still, he had a blast going up to a few houses and getting candy. He had way more fun hanging out with my dad and passing out candy, though. This will probably be our last year at my parent's house, so we'll probably test out a Trunk or Treat type deal next year, which may be more his speed, anyways! Gavin was on the upward from his virus, but he still didn't feel all that great. He loves wagon rides, though, so he was a trooper and all smiles in the wagon while we walked down the street. After that, though, he was done. Poor guy. Next year, he should have more fun.

Here's our little family: Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell and Mr. Smee!

6 Months!

I'm a day behind, but that's to be expected when the month-day falls on a Saturday. My little nugget is half a year! I can hardly believe it's already been six months, but I also can't believe that it's only been six months. Having kids doesn't ever make sense, does it?

Gavin had a rough month since he hates that he cannot crawl yet (getting there, though!) and had the virus his brother had. Our little drama baby was NOT a fan of having a fever. He's all better now, although we're now entering the world of teething. I hope it takes awhile, even though I miss sleeping, because his little sweet toothless smile is just too precious. He's been going through quite a few growth spurts this past month, as well. Even still, his little personality is coming out strong and clear. He's for sure going to be as stubborn and independent as his brother, although he's clearly attached to his mommy. He has no problems getting dropped off at church or MOPS, but he will not accept being left with family members. Makes no sense. I'm really just trying to enjoy this baby stage, and I'm pretty sure I still view him as an itty-bitty newborn when I thought that Jeffrey was SO big at this stage.

Gavin's 6 Month Stats:
-over 17lbs, don't know about length
-wearing/growing out of 6 month size clothing.
-sitting completely on his own without falling over
-goes from sitting to his belly
-rocks on all fours
-can get from his belly to all fours and does yoga (plank, haha)
-pulling up, if his positioning is right
-starting to jabber
-excellent small motor control- pincer grab, transferring between hands, etc.
-started solids: banana and avocado
-first illness
-waking up, on average, twice a night. He's been difficult to get back to sleep lately, due to teething.
-loves standing, flipping off the light switch and playing/laughing with his big brother in the car