WAY behind.....

Seriously... WAY behind on this blog. Wow! Just for my sake of feeling up to date on something in my life, I'm going to spend a few minutes and blog about a few great events these last few months. Hang in there if you want and enjoy the massive amounts of pics :)

In september we spent 1 1/2 weeks in Bakersfield with Devins family:

And 2 1/2 weeks in Clovis with my family:

We had a great time! And I was so glad that Gavin got to spend time with his aunts, uncles and cousin Bruin.

My excuse... it's a good one!

Thank you to everyone who has sent me emails, phone calls, and facebook messages. I'm sorry I have died off from everything! My excuse for my absence for the last 2 months I promise is a good one! Anyone remember how incredibly sick I was when I was pregnant with Gavin? Well... I got just as lucky with this one! I have been unbelievably nauseous 24/7 but we are so happy to announce BABY #2 is on it's way due April 29th!!

That's not all we've been up to lately though... here's the quick recap on the last 2 months:

-I had a birthday.. I'm now a 27 year old lady

-We all went to California to visit both our families for a month (Devin stayed for a week of it)

-Gavin turned the big 2 years old!!

-We're moving again this weekend (this will be Gavins 5th move since he was born!)... don't worry, just 15 mins away from where we are now

*I have a ton of pics from these events... I will post them in posts to follow!

Seattle Temple Picnic

Our temple has been closed for cleaning so a few friends and I thought it would be fun to have a picnic on the grounds so the kiddos could enjoy the view of our gorgeous temple! We are so lucky to have a temple 20 mins away! If I haven't mentioned it before... Gavin has this total obsession with temples! I'm glad we took pics so I could put one in his room! Here's a few of what we took that day!

Holy Hair!

I was going through old files of pics in my computer today and found this one of Gavins hair the day he was born! Should any child be born with that much hair.. he obviously was mine! It's still crazy to me that it all turned blond!

HELP... any advise!!

SO... Gavin started climbing out of his crib last week. Since then I can't get him to take a nap during the day and it takes me forever to get him to sleep at night (an hour and a half last night) Fun right? So he and I are both exhausted! I ordered the convertible piece to his crib to make it a toddler bed but it won't come in for a week or two... I've tried the cry it out method but he'll hold out a long time (an hour of crying at the door and not a single let up) I've placed his mattress on the floor in hopes he would get tired enough and crash.. no luck! I've threatened.. I've promised... I don't know what to do until that convertible piece comes in and then just let him cry it out knowing he can crawl back into his bed! HELP! Any advice would be helpfully... even if I don't know you! Thanks!

Heat

say this with all honesty... I have NEVER been so hot in my life for such a consecutive length of time!!! And I grew up in 105 degree day summers. The difference is in Seattle houses, condos, and apartments AREN'T built with AIR CONDITIONING!!! It was 90 degrees outside last night at 10pm and we had all our windows open because it was cooler outside than in... ridiculous!!My this heat wave pass us quickly!!

Gavin has begged me every night to stand outside and eat popsicles.. he ate 3 last night :)

"Yum!"

"I think something is wrong mom?"

"No!"

"NOOOOO!!" I laughed and laughed! I've never seen him so upset over a broken popsicle... he still ate it of course.. but I saw him consider throwing it down in anger before he decided to)

Derby Days

Growing up we had this fun little town holiday called Big Hat Day.. I don't know what it celebrated... (maybe I should research into it).. but I didn't care.. I loved all the festivities that weekend had to offer. Well much like that they have a fun holiday here called Derby Days. Once again, I don't know the purpose.. but it sure was fun! We enjoyed an awesome Pancake breakfast put on by the fire department (fire trucks are one of Gavins favorite things at the moment) and then watched the town parade. Anyone could register to be in it and ride their bike.. I wished Gavin was older... he really would have loved to be the center of attention! The rest of the day was full of Carnival rides, yummy food booths, and bounce houses. I think Gavin's favorite part though was the bike race. He cheered and giggled as the rode past over and over as the circled the streets. It made me realize how much I love little towns and hope to live in on permanently someday!

4th of July Weekend

We were lucky enough to have Devin's sister Brooke and her husband Josh staying with us for the weekend!!!

We had a great time going to dinner to celebrate Dallas's Birthday...

enjoying the ward 4th of July breakfast...

exploring the crazy "Experience the Music Project" Museum in Seattle ...

(which had a great remembering Michael exhibit which Gavin loved to dance to)...

BBQing at the Park...

and learning Gavin DOES NOT like fireworks!

Thanks again for coming you guys! We had a wonderful time!

Quirky

This funny boy NEVER leaves the house without 2 "somethings" in his hands and a sippy cup. So I had to take a pic of him yesterday to remember his quirkiness :) A sweat band and a ball... usually there are a few cars too! I love this boy!

He thought I was pretty funny taking a picture of him! I love his face when he laughs!

4th of July Treat!

Want something fun to make for 4th of July... I found this on the internet yesterday and Gavin and I had fun making it today! Here's the recipe:

1 cup sugar

3 T. water

1 ½ t. vanilla

¼ c butter or margarine

3 drops of red and blue food coloring ( I used much more)

2 quarts of popped corn

You will make this in three batches one for each color. First mix together sugar, water, vanilla, and butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Pour over 2 quarts of popcorn. Stir until well coated. Pour on a cookie sheet or wax paper to cool. This is your white color popcorn. Next mix together the sugar, water, vanilla, butter and red food coloring in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Pour over 2 quarts of popcorn. Stir until well coated. Pour on a cookie sheet or wax paper to cool. This is your red popcorn. Now mix together the sugar, water, vanilla, butter and blue food coloring in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Pour over 2 quarts of popcorn. Stir until well coated. Pour on a cookie sheet or wax paper to cool. This is your blue popcorn. Lastly, pour the three colors of popcorn in a bowl or brown paper bag. Mix until the colors are blended. Enjoy!