Happy Birthday Gavin

Gavin turned 4 on Sunday! But, we got to celebrate it all weekend.

On Saturday we fed the ducks at Highland Glen Park. I love having this beautiful pond only minutes away from home!


**The BIG day!!**
I loved seeing his cute little face light up whenever I said "Happy Birthday Gav!" He has been waiting for this day for a long time.

Whenever I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he always said "Train track, the one that goes wooop!" He has been eyeing this train track that is on a Thomas movie he watches. It has a little zipline, so that is where the "wooop!" comes from. Here he is with Bash, one of the trains from the movie.



He and Kyson have a little system set up. Gavin sits at one end and puts the log through the logger, and then send the train on to Kyson who put more logs into the train.
I didn't know if he'd like this present, because everytime I asked him if he wanted a big bike, he'd say "No, I too scared". But he loved it and rides it really good!
We had Casey's family over for dinner and cake and ice cream. Here are most of them out in the sandbox. Gavin loves his cousins!

He is so cute when it is time to blow out the candles, he sings right along with us.
We continued our celebrating on Monday with my family. He got some fun games and puzzles from both sets of Grandparents, so it has been fun to play those with him.
Happy Birthday Gavin! We love you!!

Midway Vacation

We took a much needed vacation to Midway this past week. My parent's got the condo for Spring Break, but they had their own trips to take, so us kids got to use it! We spent it relaxing, swimming, eating and enjoying each other's company.

The first night and following day the boys spent it like this:

Doug, Aaron, Logan and Casey snuggling while watching Star Wars

We went swimming every day.

Kyson learned to sleep without a crib. We brought our pack and play just in case, but he ended up doing really good on the floor. He is a mover though! I'd find him in the craziest positions!
While we were eating out one night, a lady thought these two were twins. They are a year apart, and one has brown eyes, the other has blue, so I don't see it, but they sure are cute. Bailey came to sit on Kyson's lap.
We played at the park




Snuggling with their blankies. These two are obsessed with their blankets.

Little snacker

Kyson is such a funny boy. He has turned into such a snacker. I have found him many times getting his own snacks. Here he is today getting some chex mix. I love how he got out his own bowl to put his chex mix in.
Here he is a few days ago dumping out his cereal, and only picking out the marshmallow pieces. With a smile like that, how can I be mad?

Best Husband in the World

I have the best husband in the world. This is what I came home to one day....
This was a few days after I came home to him making cranberry-orange bread, and that was a few days after he made cinnamon raisin bread.

No more weeding!!

I have my own little helper, so no more weeding for me!! I am looking foreword to the day when my kids are old enough to go out and help me in the yard, or help me in the house. Today I found Gavin out with his little spade digging up the dirt in the garden. I told him to get all the green stuff, so he started going around and getting all my weeds out. Thanks Gav!

Taco

Meet Taco. Gavin LOVES Taco. He knows that anytime we go to Grandma Deana's and Grandpa Bill's, he gets to see Taco. If it was up to him, he'd take Taco home...good thing it isn't up to him! He loves to have him sit on his shoulder, and would do it all day. Kyson loves Taco too. "Gaco" as he says it.

The first of many...

This is the first of many posts I'll have about Thanksgiving Point Gardens. We love to go here. Saturday was the first day it opened, and the weather was okay, so we had to go! I brought the stroller for Kyson to ride in, but he insisted on walking THE WHOLE WAY. It is a huge Garden, so he walked a lot!

He doesn't like the paparazzi taking his pictures...



My cousin, Charlene, came to visit. Gavin and Kyson LOVED her.

Of course, we have to roll down the big hill when we are all done!

Hopefully next time it will be a little warmer, and more colorful!

Loved

Our puppies are really loved in this house. They are so lucky, they get attention, even when they don't want it! Today I was asking Gavin, "Where is Kyson?" and he said, "He's downstairs, squishing Emma." They get "squished" quite often. They are such good dogs to put up with it!

Emma riding in the dump truck. Don't you love her face? "Please save me!"
Bear is next to Gavin about 95% of the day. Here he is reading to him.
Playing in Kyson's crib. This way the dogs can't escape! They were entertained here for about an hour.

Another picture of Gavin's snuggle buddy. Sometimes we let Gavin take naps with Bear, and he'll actually go to sleep.

Snuggle

Gavin has been into snuggling lately. He loves to just lay in his blankets and watch what is going on (usually Kyson...running around being crazy). The other day after dinner, he turns to Casey and said "Dad, let's go snuggle." His little snuggle buddy has been Bear. Poor Bear. He gets dragged around wherever Gavin wants to go. He is such a good dog.

Here are my cute boys snuggling one morning after their bath. They both needed their blankets, their stuffed animals (Gavin's is his puppy and Kyson has a little Care Bear he calls "Baby") and, of course, Bear.

2 Year Old Boy!

My sweet little Kyson is now 2! Kyson use to be this cautious little boy who was quiet and unsure of new situations. Not anymore! Kyson is our little dare devil! One of his favorite things to do is jump off of things. He doesn't care how high up they are, he just jumps.

He is a little imitator. He especially loves to imitate his brother. He LOVES Gavin. He can't say Gavin's name very clearly yet, but whenever Gavin walks into the room he says "Dadi"!

His vocabulary is growing, but it is hard to understand him. Blankie, Stinky, and Drink sound the same. He can say "George" clearly though. He loves Curious George. Some other words he says good (but not perfect) are: mommy, daddy, Braxtie (Braxton), baby, papa (for Grandma and Grandpa), potty, Jesus, thank you, please, cheese, drink, blankie, stinky, bye bye, socks, shoes.

He is getting close to being potty trained. He is defiantly has a different personality then Gavin. When I was potty training Gavin, he never fought me when it was time to sit on the toilet, but Kyson has fought me from day 1! If he doesn't want to sit, he won't! He is doing better though!

He has no problems going to nursery. He loves to go, which is very different from Gavin. Gavin has always had a hard time. The other day at church, Gavin had to hold both of our hands as he was going to primary, and Kyson refused to hold my hand and went running into his class.

I always say "When he's good, he's very good, and when he's bad he's very bad". He can be the sweetest little boy, but then have these aweful tantrums when he's mad. I guess that is part of being a 2 year old!

Every night he has to say "Night" to Casey and Gavin. If I try to put him to bed with out saying "Night" he lets me know!

He loves his 2 uncles. Uncle Logan and Uncle Darin. He says Logan's name really clearly it sounds like "Wogie". And he loves to "shoot" Uncle Darin. Sometimes he gets them mixed up and calls Uncle Darin "Wogie" and tries shooting Uncle Logan.

One funny thing is that he loves to get his hair done. He'll be my stylish little guy.

He loves the dogs and can say each of their names clearly. His favorite is Emma. He also can tell each one apart, which can be pretty tricky because they all look a like.

I can't believe we have had this little terror for 2 years, but we love him, so we'll keep him!

Kyson's Big Day!

Kyson turned 2 yesterday! We had fun celebrating his day. When Casey got home from work we had him open his presents from us. He is a BIG Curious George fan, so we got him a puzzle and a Curious George and some Curious George books.
Giving George zerbits
That evening Casey took him out for a Daddy date, and then we had our families over for cake and ice cream.
Playing with our gift from Grandma and Grandpa Spence
Camille always says that Kyson is her little birthday present. She's so lucky she gets to share her birthday with him, and have a Curious George Birthday cake!


Enjoy gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Losee...I think Gavin thinks it is for him

My Big Helper!

It might take him a lot longer to vacuum my house, but at least it means I don't have to do it!