gavin sure does love to eat butternut squash! mmmmm. i think he’d eat the whole squash if we let him.

meara and gavin on mothers day…that’s not his hair, that’s a wreath on the wall behind him. i swear it’s true!

here’s gavin standing on his very own toy chest from Grandma and Grandpa Reynolds. he will try standing on just about anything these days. he stood on his own on the couch for about one and a half seconds two days ago for the first time.

we saw so many waterfalls, with all the snowmelt. it was nice weather too, so we really got lucky with the timing of our trip.

here’s a view of the top of “bridalveil fall” with the sun catching the spray. there was so much water when we were there that we couldn’t get within 100 feet of the bottom of the fall without getting completely soaked.

the rivers were really full and fast. this one was bright green…very pretty.

here’s one of my favorite pictures from the park.

here’s gavin in his car seat…he spent alot of time in it around yosemite.

these are gavin and daddy in front of a sequoia with a hole cut in it. i think it was called the “tunnel tree”.

here’s one of me on some of the boulders.

daddy and gavin at the mariposa grove. gavin had a great time on hikes. all the trails were easy for him!

mama and gavin by a waterfall on the mariposa grove trail.

the whole family by the same waterfall (minus cats and bird)

yesterday afternoon, i decided to put henna in my hair. this is something i do fairly regularly. chris was at work and gavin was in his exersaucer, happily watching signing time. i mixed it up and put it in my hair and then covered my hair in a plastic bag (not the most attractive thing, but it gets the job done) to let it sit for a half hour or so.

i went out to the living room and gavin saw me, he looked at my head for a bit, then went on watching signing time. a few minutes later he was done with the dvd and was whining for me to pick him up, so i did. he started crying. like i was someone else. i think the smell of the henna and the bag on my head was too weird for him. he didn’t calm down until after i fed him, at which point he was content with the idea that yes, i was actually his mama. he was very pleased after the rinsing was complete.