Gavin's First Hair Cut

It's official, we got Gavin's hair cut! Before I get to that, there are some pictures I've taken over the past month. They're pretty good because you can see how long his hair had got and how badly he needed to get it cut....or better said, how badly WE needed to get it cut for him.

Here is our wonderful son watching "A special witness of Christ." He always goes right up to the screen when it starts and just stares. Gavin looks at him for about 30 seconds while Hinckley talks, then goes about playing again. It's very cute and touching for me to watch. Every time, the same thing.

Ok this picture is blurry but I think it's so cute. Rocking out on Grandma Hill's play-horse. He thought it was fun, until he fell off.


Look at that body!! He was playing with his cousin Ashley's beads. I love those chubby little legs.


Getting a closer look before he puts them on. He really likes these, again, for about 30 seconds. He thinks they are the coolest thing ever, puts them on, and then it's off to something else.




Here he is trying to put them on. Sometimes he misses and puts them behind his head.

Okay, here is one of the pictures I took of Gavin eating. I put his hair up because it kept getting in his eyes. We were letting him eat lunch in the front doorway because it was nice out and dad was doing yard work. Yes, it was really long. Doesn't he look funny though?! Matt and I were cracking-up. This wasn't the first or last time we did this. :)

W egive Gavin his baths at night. Afterwards, I always try to comb it down and over. So you can see, it doesn't look so out of control when its all in place. The funny thing is Gavin is my son, Gavin is Matt's son, so that means he loves to move around! When he plays, it doesn't stay in place for long. I love his eyes here!

The day before Fathers day, Matt and I took him to Sports Shear for his first hair cut. Here they are waiting for our hair dresser-person to be ready. Matt calls this Gavin's hippie-hair picture.

In the chair, I'm desperately trying to express to this woman that this is his first time and I really DO NOT want to go super short. Gavin was just hangin out, do his thing which is looking cute and sticking his belly out. I love his leg in this picture too.

And so it begun.

The bangs go first. We thought he looked like" Dumb and Dumber" at first, which was making me nervous.

As she went on, Gavin was still doing really, really well. No crying, no screaming, no trying to get away, but he was starting to get uneasy every time she brought the scissors by his ears. He didn't like that!

This was towards the end when he was getting restless and wanted to be done with the whole thing. He never cried, but he got close here. I kept talking to him, and he would look over at me with these eyes that said,

"I trust you so I won't freak-out, But that doesn't mean I have to like it. This better end real soon mom!"

Getting shorter.

Checking out all the sides.

The happy end result. Shorter and much better. Good-Bye mullet. He loved his sucker, and I really mean LOVED! I was so proud of him, he did so well. The woman who cut his hair said he did amazing for his first time.

His royal Hansomeness. I'm glad we got it cut and it does look a lot better. I'm also so glad he held-up and didn't freak out. One of the other nice things they did was give us a lock of his hair with a big certificate that said First Hair Cut, dates, time, place, people, and some other little details. It's going straight to his Baby book.

Happy Fathers Day Matt. You get a very hansom son, with a dashing new hair cut, who also loves you, and not to mention, a wife who adores you.

May 2010

Over the past week or two Gavin and I have been spending more time inside thanks to the wonderful Oregon rain. Its actually not that bad and we understand that's just how things are. However, we have had some nice days here and there where we got to go and enjoy the sun. Here's some of what we've been up to over the past 2 weeks.

Gavin hanging out on the kitchen floor on one of our rainy days. He was so funny. I gave him his sippy and his blanket and he just laid down, chilled out, soakin up the good stuff. He really is such a laid back, fun kid.

2 weekends ago when it was mostly sunny Matt and I took Gavin for a picnic lunch in the park. He absolutely loves being outside!


Checking out the play ground and the other kids. He really likes to be a part of what the older kids are doing. Always watching and observing.


He was too small for these but thought they looked cool.....at least for 7 seconds.



Swinging with mom. He loves to swing, again, for about 7 seconds. He gets so excited and starts giggling, (so cute) but after about 7-15 seconds he flings himself forward......which scares me because he's still too small for the baby swings. He gets bored pretty fast...hmmm, Sound like Matt?


Alright disclaimer, I hadnt showered yet, which is totally over rated I think. :) But I really didnt care. When it comes to my fam, I dont really care what I look like. :)
Gavin the Great getting bored.

Eating lunch, yumm yumm.

I think this picture is funny, Matt looking serious in a park full of kids, Gavin just knockin down his Juice. He chugs it because he doesn't get juice very often.

We got this hat from a dear friend am I was surprised Gavin actually kept it on. He looks so cute!

Him making himself knows. He likes to yell when he gets excited, and obviously this hat is extremely EXCITING!

Hope you enjoyed. We're doing really well and still taking everyday one day at a time and trying to take advantage of every second.

Lovin every minute of it!

To be honest, we've been really busy over the last month, but at the same time, we've just been living life as normal. Things are going great and we are trying to stop and love every minute of it. Over the past three weeks we went to the beach for our besties birthdays, to Portland for my 27th, (ugh) and spent a wonderful weekend just with each other for Mothers Day. I took a ton of pictures but here are a few to get us up to date. Sorry that some are not set-up properly. I got a wonderful new lap top for my birthday from some dear friends and am still trying to work out all the kinks. Hopefully by the next post you wont have to tilt your head side ways too look. Sorry. :)

When we first got to the coast we drove around and looked for a hotel we wanted to stay at. It was really spontaneous and fun for us. Gavin of course loved the ocean and thought it was very mesmerizing.

This was taken by our friends. It was suppose to be warm but at this point it was really windy and cold. Gavin didn't seem to notice as much as I did. It was extremly beautiful.





Ok, here's one of the many pics on its side. Sorry. We took Gavin to the Aquarium for the first time. He really enjoyed it. Looking at all the fish and other sea animals was quite entertaining for him.

Trying to grab the king crag. That thing was huge!!!!

When we first walked into the tunnel with all the fish and then into the Shark tunnel, Gavin just stopped before entering and looked up for like 45 seconds with his arms up. It was so funny. He was on overload for visual stimulation. It probably took about a minute until he finally walked in.

With daddy pointing out all the sharks. Gavin really did love this tunnel, but I'm going to have to say Matt loved it just as much!


Here they are, my boys..... us being great parents and letting Gavin play with sharks. :)

After we saw all the exhibits we stopped to play for a while, us adults, and took some pictures. It was so funny, we took a ton but I'll only post a few. Some we out of control!
Gavin must think we're crazy.

Yeah, that turtle looks weird, its not just the picture. Gavin liked him though.

Documenting our wing span. After we took these, a bunch of girls saw us doing it so they took some too, only they faced forward so they could get their faces in the pictures.....Yeah, we're smart.

Wish this were right side up. Aunt Sissa helping Gavin do his.

This was when we got home. It was so nice out so we filled his pool up with warm water from the house and let him play. He loved it. Seriously, this kid is just like his daddy. A total fish.

Ah yes, sooo photogenic. What a funny kid!

We got him all dry, dressed, and warm then watched Monsters vs. Aliens. He literally sprawled out on Matt and stayed for the first 35 minutes of the movie right here like this.

This is Mothers Day morning, I know, I know, HIS HAIR!!! I'm not ready to cut it, so say and think what you want, but its not happening.

Showing off his awesome sidekick jammies. These are my favorite jammies he has. Still a little too big, but so darn cute in them.

Getting up close and personal to show his love to his mom. This was right after I got served my breakfast in bed, with a letter from Matt and Gavin, and my mothers Day gift. "Gavin" got me a massage. He knows me so well. ;)

I had a great Mothers Day, and am so happy to be his mom.

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures taken a few weeks back. Erin Sellars, a great girl from Church did them. There are a lot of others, but here are some to look at and enjoy. Hope you like them as much as we did. Gavin can always bring a smile to our faces.