Sprucing Up My Walls

I decided that I needed some excitement on my dining room walls. Sean had taken the above picture of Gavin, which inspired me to take some of the other boys. I made them into 11x14's and sent them off to Sam's tonight. For a whopping $9.87, I can have new "art" in my dining room.

Happy Birthday Gavin!

Gavin celebrated his 1st birthday yesterday. I can't believe it's been a year already. How incredibly fast time goes by! We had a small family party at our house. Gavin wasn't feeling great and was a little whiney and sad, but did enjoy playing with new toys and eating cake. He got lots of fun things!

Happy Birthday Gavi boy! I love you to pieces! So very thankful for your sweet spirit in our family!

Canyon Eagle Shirts

I decided to make Canyon Eagle shirts for us since there are no shirts out there for boys (and even if there are, they don't come small enough to fit my little ones). I created the image in Photoshop and then printed them out on iron-on paper. The boys each have their name on their sleeve (I refrained from putting one on mine, but I did give some thought to the possiblity and decided to let it go). I thought they turned out really cute. They didn't wash up very good as the white shirts bled and the gray shirts show the outline of the iron-on paper. These really were for Homecoming and served the purpose.

Brody and Gavin's 1st Day of School

Brody and Gavin had a great first day of school today. We were running a little bit late, which was a bummer on the first day, but made it there just fine. When I went to drop Brody off at his room, they were already lined up for chapel. I went in to put his stuff away and he kind of just lost it. I ended up walking to chapel with them and then the teacher took him from me. My friend Julianne said she would check on him when she dropped her children off. When she called later, she said Brody was fine, but Gavin was crying. Luckily she new that he needed his "owl" so she went and got it for him and he calmed right down. Both of their teachers said they had a great day!

Finger Problem

I went to wake Brody up from his nap today and he had stuck his finger in this wiffle ball. I tried to get it off before we went to meet his school teacher, but couldn't get it off, so he went with it on there and also had it on to go get Blake. When I got home, I tried cold water, vaseline, and ice. Then I called my mom to come help and she tried Pam and an ice bath. Still nothing! We finally thought of Sean's wire cutters and cut the ball to pieces. His little finger is so swollen and sore. Hopefully he'll not do that again. I mean the poor kid has the chubbiest little fingers on the planet! Grateful that we got it off and didn't have to amputate anything! By the way, the pictures are crummy because I took them with my phone :)

Growing Up

Gavin has done a lot of growing up in the past 2 weeks. We went to California and all of a sudden he could do all kinds of things. He can now eat more solid foods, like Cheerios and Baby Puffs, which he used to choke on. He can wave hi and bye-bye and also crawl like a real baby. The other boys did kind of weird crawling, but not Gavin, he can do it! He's a great little eater except that he's developed a loud yell if you don't feed him fast enough. He's a sweet boy though and we really are enjoying him!

Blake's First Day of Kindergarten

Today was Blake's first day of Kindergarten. His teacher is Mrs. Richardson, who we are so excited about! I think he was a little nervous, but got in the room and did great! We put away his school supplies and then he sat in his seat. So cute! I thought I would cry, but I didn't. It's just an exciting new step in our lives. Happy 1st day, Blake! I love you!