Finally the 4th!

Sorry this is so belated, but alas, here it is!

Our trip to Nebraska was great, we had a good time with all the Kelly family. Our trip out there was pretty good. Gavin did good, he watched Madagascar, well not really. He would only pay attention to it when the music came on, then he would start dancing in his seat. It was pretty comical.

The actual 4th was a chilly day, Greg, Papa and Gavin were the only ones to actually get into the pool. Gavin was very fascinated with the playhouse in the back and spent the most of his day in there. It was a fun day filled with A LOT of fireworks at the end. It was a long day, but luckily Gavin had taken a 3 1/2 hour nap before the party. So he got to stay up and enjoy it all!

The following day was beautiful and hot so we went back over to Danny & Sue's so we could actually do some swimming. Gavin had a ball and we were so glad to get to spend so much time with everyone! We appreciate all the hospitality and miss everyone!

A day in the life....

......of my little monkey.

being adorable....

playing outside....

sitting down and taking a break....

eating a very messy lunch....

annoying Elvis, once again....

playing in the dogs water....

realizing he just got busted for playing in the dogs water....

As the post shows Gavin is keeping me on my toes. This child may need to go into acting with his great facial expressions! I will blog about Nebraska and the 4th hopefully this weekend. I know it will be a long one and am needing a few special pics from Papa before I buckle down and write it.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday filled with family and fun, we sure did!

Summer Time.....

I really can't believe it is already July 1st! I feel like I have all these wonderful things, plans I want to do and time is just slipping through my fingers. Where does it go??? Our June just seemed to fly by with hosting 2 huge parties, having several small gatherings, going to bbqs, etc. I am looking forward to July, no hosting just a bit of traveling. We are heading to Nebraska tomorrow for some fun filled Fourth of July festivities. Always a good time with the Kelly family.

Gavin is wonderful, getting a full set of teeth and loving playing outside. He also has started finger painting, which he loves, and he is very good at it. His temperament is still wonderful and his new thing is giving kisses. He is so stinking cute when he does it. Puckers up those cute little lips and makes the smacking sound.

When people tell me that Gavin looks like me or looks like Greg, my response is always, "really I don't see it, I can't see us in him. He just looks like Gavin." Until I saw the picture above, I looked at it and thought, that is me! When I was his age, my Mom would cut my hair, so I always had super short hair and was called a boy ALL THE TIME. This is really the first picture that I have seen, that shouts to me, HE IS MY CHILD!!! I loved his facial expression on the bottom pic, even though it is a bit blurry!

Have a wonderful and safe 4th to all!