these were taken at the new playground at the local elementary school. they have a big kids playground and a little kids playground which is just right for gavin now. he tried a few too many death-defying tricks on the big kids one when we were over there once.

he loves the slide and just climbing around the place in general.

he likes it when dad’s over at the slide, but he goes down by himself.
sometimes he goes so fast he ends up on his bum at the bottom!

weeeeee!

gavin also likes help climbing up the top part of the slide.

checking out the drain. you never know what treasures you can find if you just look around. the other day he found a juice box straw. very exciting!

and these are at home.

but instead i thought i’d tell a few anecdotes until i can fix a small problem with those.

gavin’s favorite things these days are cuddling up in mama and daddy’s bed and pulling the covers on top of him. every time we go in the bedroom for a diaper change that’s his first and last stop.

he just figured out how to “twirl” this weekend. chris and gavin and i were all in the living room and then gavin started turning around and around. chris and i laughed and so gavin laughed and twirled some more until he fell down. he’s been doing it since then frequently. i haven’t seen him fall since the first time though.

last night we were all hanging out in the bedroom, reading before bed and i had my chin propped on my hand. gavin reached out for my hand and put my hand to his face and then started saying his version of “Hello!”, which is what he says when he’s pretending to talk on the phone. “EeeeOoohhh!” it was very silly and quite cute. can’t wait to see what he does next!

here we are at Red Butte Gardens watching some orange koi in the lake

Gavin and mama

and one of Gavin’s mama and daddy who’ve been married five whole years!

We had an easter egg hunt on Sunday afternoon in my parents’ back yard.

Gavin liked the basket….

and the eggs…

but he liked to put them back where he found them and tipped them out of his basket. He had a good time and we enjoyed watching him. The rest of us had to finish the egg hunt though. One hidden egg would have been a perfectly fine egg hunt according to Gavin.

Gavin is a big brother! He doesn’t know it yet, but he has a very tiny brother or sister who is scheduled to make an appearance toward the end of September! I’ve always wanted him to have a sibling, as I think it’s one of the best presents/toys he could have. A friend to play with and share with and teach all his tricks. I know he will be a fabulous brother and am looking forward to seeing them together when the baby is here, in the outside world.

We are planning to find out the gender this time, instead of waiting like we did last time. Mostly because we’re hoping it will make it easier for Gavin to grasp, if we can call the baby he or she instead of it and maybe even by name before the birth.

Chris has coded in a couple tickers that I picked out, one for Gavin’s birthday and one for Baby X’s development. (Baby X is our nickname for #2, since Gavin is Baby G and we don’t know the first letter of this one’s name yet.) The ticker gives a little bit of info on what the baby’s up to inside. Scroll all the way down to the bottom to see them. Hope you enjoy!