Busy Times

I always think that once the summer has ended our busy schedules would somewhat calm down. Apparently not. We are still busy as ever - which is fun, but a little draining sometimes. I am thankfully feeling better, so much so, that I went to Madonna last week! Which was fantastic, we should all have her stamina at 50! And I was finally able to snap a ton of pictures of Gavin! I was feeling a little bad that I was neglecting my boy so much.

He has been of course, the wonderful boy that he is. He is motoring all over the place. He is now just holding on to one finger and he can walk side by side with me. I am just waiting for him to take some steps on his own, that will be a day I will probably cry my eyes out. He is also loving all things that are not his toys. Pots, Tupperware, spatulas, my cell phone. Oh well, keeps him busy!

Yesterday was spent in Boulder for Jackson and Francesca's baptism. Greg and I are Frankie's godparents and were very happy to be a part of their big day. They seemed to have a great time and with the wonderful weather, we all enjoyed the day. Jack was hilarious, the boy did not take off his sunglasses all day! He was very Rico Suave with his white shirt unbuttoned, his rosary on and of course his red glasses. Big sister Pyper kept Gavin occupied during the ceremony, which was very much appreciated.

Sick as a Dog.....

I apologize for my lack of posts lately, I have been fighting the flu for about 4 days! I finally started feeling a little better yesterday and am almost back to normal today. Which is odd to me, I normally am sick for about 12 hours than ready to rock and roll. So to put this mildly, I have been a slacker and negligent to my son and taking his pictures. Oddly enough the only pics I have taken in the past few days are of the dogs. For some reason Elvis is just loving the chairs on the patio, he normally only sits on them when we are out with him or when we are sitting by the fire (yes, we have to have a chair for him). I love the pic of the two boys together just sitting out by the road in the tree. They look like they are bonding. Please notice the nozzle on the table in front of Elvis on the below pics. I had gone out earlier this morning and took it from him and put it on the table, he then decided to get on the chair to get it back! Elvis is definitely my original "problem child".

A few quick updates on my little G man, he is doing wonderful, getting bigger every day. He is now pretty much eating all "normal" food, loving Mommy's homemade Chicken Noodle Soup and mashed bananas. That child would live on nanners if he could. He is also clapping to music, thanks to Aunt Jenny and Papa. He loves to pull all his books off the end table in the living room, sit down amidst them and pretend to read them. He still has not taken any steps on his own yet, but motoring along with his lion as fast as he can go. I promise pics of him soon!

2 for the Zoo

Gavin and I made a trip to the Zoo on Tuesday alone. I thought we needed to take advantage of one of our last nice days! We had a great time, it was unbelievably quiet. There was a few times I was walking and no one was around. It was wonderful. We spent a lot of time in the Primates and Gavin loved watching the monkey swinging and jumping around. We also spent a lot of time watching the gorillas, we were the only people in the enclosure and they were putting on a show for us. The gorilla pictured above would walk right up the glass and just stare at Gavin and somewhat smile. It was very cute, and Gavin did not even blink or freak out. He just stared back! The black bears were so cute napping, one in the top of a tree that I had to take some pics. I am glad we went when we did, it is now 40 and windy. Not happy with that!

All is right in the world....

That is all I will say! I am so glad Colorado is a blue state! Go Obama!

Happy Halloween!

As most of you know Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I start decorating October 1st and it is a little elaborate! Of course I also start watching my scary movies, Halloween being one of them. Greg has definitely gotten into the spirit more and is always willing to get my bales of hay and corn stalks for the porch. And yes, we do some lights! We are geeks.

This year is a very special Halloween it was Gavin's first, and he was adorable as a dragon. For awhile I called him a dinosaur until Greg reminded me that dinos don't have wings! Duh. We had a great time with starting our day going to my old office for lunch and some trick or treating. Then headed out that evening for a hay ride around our neighborhood. We had so much fun, the weather was wonderful, the kids all looked great and it was nice to be able to ride around chatting with our friends! Our neighborhood is not very conducive to trick or treating. We had a great turnout, both the trailers were filled and I have to admit it was very organized. A lot of the pictures have Gavin pulling at his head, he was not a fan of the dragon "hat". I love the last picture of Greg looking like he is losing it! We ended up leaving the ride early because Gavin had had enough.

Once we got home, we decided to pack up and head to Kristi and Steve's for some adult Halloween partying. Gavin was a champ and slept the entire time of course! That kid can sleep, just like his Mommy. A lot of people wonder if we even get trick or treaters and we do! Last year I had about 40, this year Greg's parents and sister stayed at our house to pass out candy while we were gone. When we left we left the bowl out (we have a great honor system out here, a lot of our neighbors do this and the children are very respectful) and when we got home, had about 5 pieces left. So I am sure we had more this year, heck on our ride there was about 15 or so kids! And yes, we did trick or treat our own home! Overall it was a wonderful day and I think Gavin had a great time, especially being around the big kids!