Gavin's Eating Habbit

Gavin has found his tongue... and has started making this (I call it a sniffy face) face when he wants a bite of whatever people are eating. You can see his chompers good too. He tries to karate chop the food in front of him all the time now, so I have to be on my toes. And he always does this babbling noise that sounds pretty funny. He can get up on his knees ans crawl now too, best when he doesnt have any clothes on. Ive seen him go from crawling to sitting on his bum, and he can pretty much pull himself up and stand next to things like the couch or chair or something too. He's getting big fast.

More crawling

This video is for you Annie, I heard you wanted more crawling videos. Cant wait for you to be home this summer!

Many faces of Gavin

Tubby Time Gavin...


Pool time Gavin...


Crazy Gavin...


Pooping face Gavin...

Serious Gavin...

Laughing Gavin...

The sniffer face Gavin...

All these are pictures I have been wanting to post but couldn't until now, so this is my catch up work!

New Video!

I finally got some new pictures and videos to post. Let's see... a little G update for everyone. He is a scooting machine... he loves to chase the dogs around the living room and that kid races around the house like a mad man in his walker. (chases the dogs in that too) He poops like a mad man, I think every meal he poops. His upper teeth came in and got big over night I think (now he has 5 teeth.) We have been going to the beach but I haven't got any pictures there yet... (why not???) He loves tubby time! He loves eating all food and has learned that whenever we eat he gets a bit of whatever it is. He is sooo dang ticklish. And he loves toys that aren't even baby toys, like water bottles and cell phone covers and you know the usual. Here is a funny video of him and Renny.

Yum Yum Ganache!

So since all of our pictures are non-accessable and I cant post any fun Gavin pictures... I thought I would share a delicious Chocolate Ganache Cake recipe. I have made it twice now, the first time was just straight ganache on top and the second time I added raspberries and mint leaves and it was really yummy! Its from the cooking light magazine (so added bonus... 1 slice= 179 calories... if your counting) Enjoy!

2 oz. Dark chocolate baking bar chopped

2 Tbsp butter

3/4 C. boiling water

3/4 C. sugar

1/4 C. buttermilk

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp orange extract

1 C. ap flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Ganache:

1/4 C. half and half

3 oz. dark chocolate chopped

Place chocolate and butter in large mixing bowl; add boiling water and stir until smooth. Stir in sugar, buttermilk, egg, and extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; beat into chocolate mixture until blended.

Transfer into 9" round coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 18-22 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and onto a wire rack to cool completely.

In a small sauce pan combine ganache ingredients. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Transfer into small bowl; cool 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Place cake on serving plate and slowly pour ganache over cake, allowing to drape over the sides. Refrigerate until serving.

Neat-O

Ren is famous! Every month Ren gets a Home Theater magazine called CE Pro, and his company just got featured in the section called Neat-O. Its like a before and after article that shows jobs that were a total mess and completely done wrong, and then re-done right. Check out the article! This is really exciting for us!

http://www.cepro.com/article/neato_square_peg_round_hole/

The scoot crawl

He is mobile... G started crawling last week, and I wanted to post a video of it sooner but our computer crashed and I lost the video. (among other pictures...sad face) So I got a quick video to post for now, more to come later. Gavin also has 3 teeth coming in up top. I love it.