Funny Chubby Baby

Look at my chunky man! He thinks its so funny when you tickle his neck fat! I love my little ball of butter baby!

New Pictures Finally!

So much to blog about! Its been a while since I posted anything, I thought I had nothing to blog about... turns out I kinda have a lot to say. I will write the short and sweet version. Okay, to start the new year, Ren and I always go to CES (consumer electronic show) in Vegas. This year we thought, we can all go... bring Gavin...he's only 4 months old it wont be that hard. WRONG! lets just say Vegas is NOT baby friendly, I found myself nursing him in a bathroom stall sitting on the toilet and listening to people go to the bathroom while feeding a very upset baby...and lay a blanket on the bathroom floor to change his bum. I stayed in the hotel room on the third day... all day. Being at the show was too hard on all 3 of us. You live and learn right?!? So my little G is getting bigger everyday. He is REALLY good at sucking his hands... he loves to do that! He has learned to grab at his toys and put them in his mouth, but still doesn't have full control so he hits himself with his toys too... that's funny. He is good at sitting up with assistance. When he is laying down, he tries to sit up on his own but just cant get there yet. He is at a fun age for me. Still easy cause he's not mobile yet... but he has a lot of character. He has been rolling himself over from his tummy to his back, and then looks at me all scared like "how in the heck did I do that?" Then I smile big and congratulate him and then he realizes its a good thing and smiles back at me! He has a doctors appt. next Monday and I cant wait to see how much he weighs, he is just a round ball of butter!

Merry Christmas

We had such a fun Christmas this year with little baby Gavin! Even though he wont remember it at all... he got lots of fun toys and clothes. He is gonna be one well dressed baby! Ren and I werent supposed to buy eachother gifts this year, but we both cheated. Except I bought him pajama pants and he got me wii fit plus. (totally fair right?!?) It was kinda a gift for both of us. Its nice to have cause its like I get a workout without going to the gym. Its been so hard to go tot he gym with baby G. We took our family pictures last week too. There are some really good ones. If you want to look at them you can go to our friend Patrick's blog. (He was the photographer and a very good close friend of Ren and myself) www.anibaldistudio.blogspot.com.

We blessed baby Gavin in church yesterday, and he looked so cute in his little white outfit! Ren did a really good job on the blessing... brought a little tear to my eye! In our church we give babies a special blessing when they are infants, and then they are baptized when they turn 8. So it was a special day!

McCotter Christmas Party

One of Ren's favorite clients invited us to their annual Christmas party at their new house in Rancho Sante Fe. They are the nicest most genuine people and Ren has really loved working with them over the past few months. So they have a huge Christmas party every year, and its all about the kids. There was probably 3 kids to every adult there and they have a Santa Clause come and the McCotters get gifts for ALL the kids and Santa hands them out! Its so fun. We met some really nice people and had a good time. Gavin got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time. His face looks funny cause his eyes just got huge! So Gavin got a noise maker toy and a candy cane from Santa. Ren ate the candy cane. It was a really fun night!

The Tube Amp

So if you know Ren, you know how much he LOVES great quality sound. I always tell him that he needs a bigger head to hold all his brains because he is so smart. He built his own 6 1/2 inch speakers and a tube amplifier to go with them. He worked so hard on them and it only took him like 2 days! He absolutely loves the set up he made in our upstairs bedroom. I think he was happier getting that set up than when we got married!!! We had our friends Jeff and Justyn over the other night and we just laid on the floor listening to music pretty much all night. He also made it so I could plug in my new guitar that my dad built me. I only know 3 notes so far, but Im learning! (and yeah, my hair is a lot darker... in case you didnt notice!)

Doctor visit :-(

Gavin went to the doctor today and he got 4 shots :/ Poor guy. So on top of him having a cold he has a big ol' bruise on his leg and a huge knot... he has been crying all night. Ren finally took bath with him and he loves the water so it calmed him a little. It was funny being in the doctors office, and all the mom's are worried about their kids getting sick from the other kids... and i'm the one sitting in the corner coughing and sneezing. He weighs 13.6 pounds now and is 26 1/2 inches long. Big boy!

O Christmas tree!

We got our Christmas tree up this weekend!!! I love the way a tree makes your house smell so good! This is Ren and mines 4th Christmas being married, and this is the first tree together. Gavin loves looking at the lights! We've been putting him in him bumbo seat in front of the tree and he just goes into a daze! We took our Christmas card picture in front of the tree today, but all 3 of us are sick with a wicked cold. We hurried and got our clothes for the picture on and then changed back into our pajamas and laid on the couch. Gavin has been doing okay with his cold. He is really congested at night so I have the humidifier going and have him propped up on a pillow to sleep. He cant keep his binky in his mouth cause of all his snot and he has a little cough. Ren and I just stared feeling sick yesterday. We both have sore throats and lots of flem and congestion. So if we feel this icky, I can image how Gavin's little tiny body is feeling. He's a tough little guy though and keeps smiling at me!