Gavin's 1st pumpkin patch adventure!!!

What a beautiful Sunday! Steven and I took Gavin on his first hay ride/pumpkin patch excursion and he had a great time :-) He was a little nervous at first but warmed up quickly when the tractor began moving. He was giggling the whole way to the pumpkin patches. The tractor dropped us off and the adventure began - our goal - find the perfect pumpkin for Gavin. It didn't take long for Steven to spot it - a pumpkin made just for our Gavin! Gavin grabbed the pumpkin and wouldn't put it down - it was just so cute!! We found a pumpkin for me and one for Steven that we have named our "watermelon" pumpkin :-) I'm not sure if we'll carve them or not, but we sure had a great time!!

Halloween Parade.

Last Saturday Gavin and I went to Grammie and PopPop's house! We hung out there for a bit then walked down to the Parkesburg Halloween Parade. There we met Lauren, her daughter Alivia, Colleen, Ashley and her daughter Mackenzie. It was great hanging out with those girls, watching the parade and just having a good time! Shayna's cheer leading squad did a dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller and Shayna had to be a zombie. My mom and I helped her get ready and I got to pour powder in her hair :-) She seemed to enjoy being in the parade - boy she's growing up so fast!!!

After the parade everyone went back to my parent's house. I had so much fun hanging out with Colleen, Lauren and Ashley. Our kids had fun playing together too :-) Wow - we have kids - when did that happen?! Seems like just yesterday we were gossiping about cute boys and playing M.A.S.H.! We've shared so many fun memories together and I hope that we can all stay close and keep spending time together. A girl always needs her girlfriends, that's definitely a lesson I have learned!!!




On a personal note, we've still been trying for baby #2 but I've recently realized that I don't think I'm quite ready. I don't know.. I want to get back into shape and get healthy again.. I want to save money.. and I really like our time with Gavin. He's on a great schedule and he's just such a great boy. Now don't get me wrong, if we got pregnant now I'd be excited but I don't think I'm going to let it consume me as much as I have these past few months. I am enjoying being excited for friends who are expecting!! My job is going really well.. although some of my clients can drive me nuts sometimes!! This week we had a finalization hearing (wahoo!) and we had a match meeting with a birthmother and birthfather who selected an adoptive family. That mom is due in November and that adoptive family is so excited!! My job is certainly tough.. but it's even more rewarding!! One of my clients delivered a beautiful baby boy a few weeks ago and myself and a coworker of mine got to pick him up from the hospital. It was so great snuggling with a newborn again. It's hard to believe Gavin was actually his size once. Okay, enough about my job.. I actually need to get back to work ;-) I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend. Pray that the rain holds out tomorrow - we're taking Gavin on his first hay ride/pumpkin patch adventure!!

Baseball Day

My adorable baseball boy!! Today is "baseball day" at Gavin's school - he would have been wearing Red Sox gear if he had any - GO RED SOX!!!! I would absolutely love a Phillies vs. Red Sox World Series - our house would be crazy!!!

BIG BOY BASEBALL ROOM!!!

Gavin started climbing out of his crib Saturday morning because he wanted to get out and play with Steven. He got a little farther on Sunday morning, so this was our cue to get his big boy room done asap. Steven worked super hard on Sunday to finish all the paining while Gavin and I went grocery shopping. After the paint dried we got to decorate and Gavin was just having a ball - he LOVED all the fun baseball stuff! I am seriously in love with his new room. He has so much more space to run and play and I was really getting tired of all the Winnie the Pooh stuff in the nursery. If we have another baby their room will definitely not be Winnie the Pooh!!

Gavin's first night in his big boy bed was Sunday night. We put him to bed around 8:20 p.m. and he didn't get up until 8:00 a.m. SO GREAT!!! His school was closed on Monday so I was home with him - he took a 3 hour nap in his big boy bed with no problems!!! Monday and Tuesday night have been great too, we've had no trouble transitioning him.. so far!

This was the first time Gavin saw his bed with his baseball bedding.. he was SO happy!!!

He jumped right on the bed and got comfy!

This is Gavin sitting in his new baseball chair - adorable!!

big boy room.

Not a lot of time to type - just a quick update -

Gavin went to the doctor on Wednesday for his 24 month check-up.. he weighs 29 pounds and he is 34 3/4 inches tall!! He got the first half of a flu shot and he gets the rest of it next month.

We are working on his big boy baseball room!! His bed is together and the painting has begun! Hopefully we'll have Gavin in that new room in the next week or so. I will be sure to post pictures when we have it all decorated!

Blessed!

Gavin had a wonderful birthday on Thursday - my little baby bean is now 2 years old!!! I can still remember my midwife, at my first prenatal visit, telling me, "the baby's only the size of a jelly bean right now but will grow very quickly." Boy she wasn't kidding!!! He spent the morning with Daddy while I had three adoption finalization hearings to attend :-) That was a wonderful start to the day! After Gavin's nap we played with his new train set and he opened a few more gifts from Mommy and Daddy. We took him to JCPenny's to get his 2nd birthday portraits done but as soon as we started walking into the studio he had a complete melt down. He was crying and screaming so the photographer gave us a few minutes to calm him down.. well that didn't work.. he just didn't want to have anything to do with that room or the weird photographer guy with the big huge camera. Needless to say, we did not get any professional portraits done on his 2nd birthday. That's okay - I took about 100 photos that day :-) He's growing like crazy and is learning so many new things. His new favorite thing is counting to five in spanish - as soon as he says cinco he jumps up and down and shakes his whole body - just adorable! I've been looking around for a super fun Halloween costume - if anyone has any suggestions send them my way!




On Saturday Steven and I attended his brother Christopher's wedding. It was a nice day filled with family and fun :-) The bride looked absolutely beautiful and she and Christopher seem so happy together. It was fun spending time with Steven without Gavin, but of course we found ourselves talking about him all day! We got to slow dance together and he even sang to me ;-) Of course I was crying before the ceremony even started. Then I cried again as soon as we got to the reception because they had a table set up in memory of their dad, Gavin's grandpa, who I never got to meet. It was a very nice touch and I know it meant a lot to Steven to see that his father was apart of such a special day in his brother's life. I really enjoy spending time with Steven's brothers and I hope that we can start hanging out with them more - and their significant others too :-)


I really am blessed with wonderful family, wonderful friends and a truly amazing son. I'm still wondering what God has planned for our future, but I trust that he knows what's best and what's right!