Gavin Arthur turns 5! [a whole hand!]

Gavin Arthur turned 5 years old on Sunday, October 2, 2011.  I can still remember the first few moments holding him right after he was born and singing Happy Birthday to him!  The past 5 years have totally flown by and I'm truthfully scared about how quickly the next 5 years will go.  My beautiful son is incredibly sweet, fun, sensitive, intelligent, polite, adventurous, kind and loving.  He loves preschool and is always coming home singing the sweetest bible songs.  His heart for the Lord is really growing which makes me one happy momma.  I pray Gavin continues to foster that love and grows to be a strong, responsible, loving man of God.

Gavin,

I tell you this every night when we say our prayers but I am SO thankful that the Lord chose me to be your mommy.  You are an amazing boy and I've loved watching you grow these past 5 years.  I hope you keep that sweet, sensitive side and always remember how much your mommy and daddy love you.  You're the BEST big brother a kid could have - Gage and Gabby are very very lucky!

(a big thank you to my husband for taking pictures so I could hang out on the floor with Gav while he opened his gifts - that was by far the highlight of my night - watching how excited he got about his gifts and how polite he was while opening them!)

Tuesday evening ramble.01

I’m really behind on posts – but thought I’d do a wee bit Wednesday post anyway (a night early.. oh yea!) – I promise the birthday and vacation posts are on the way! Ohh.. and I never posted about my new tattoo – that post is on the way too!

{one} what's your guilty pleasure tv show?

Oh my.. I’d say one of the silly reality shows I enjoy – like Big Brother or sometimes I enjoy watching Access Hollywood (lame, I know!)

{two} ear piercings on men: yes or no?

on some guys it really doesn’t look all that bad – others I’d say no way!

{three} do you have dish or comcast?

Comcast.

{four} what's your favorite current fashion trend?

hmmm.. I guess I’d say scarves.. they are fun!

{five} if you could learn to do anything, money not being an issue, what would it be?

Definitely learn how to fly an airplane. I would LOVE that!

{six} red or white wine?

Red.

{seven} what type of food is your favorite (ex. italian, mexican, etc.)

hands down, Italian!

{eight} hp or mac?

I’ve never had a mac so I’ll have to say hp.

{nine} what color is your bedroom?

very very very boring white.

{ten} what's your favorite form of exercise?

I’ve finally got my running back on track so I’d say running!

what post is complete without a picture or two of the rascals!

(Gavin stole my scarf!)

(Gabby is a great winker but messy eater!)

(such a handsome little peanut butter!)

new rooms!

Besides the big birthdays lots has been going on =)  Miss Gabby is now in a big girl bed and Gage has moved into his big brother's room!  Gabby has been doing well in her bed (well, for her daddy anyway.. not so much for mommy) and she really seems to like her new room.  I do think she misses Gage because as soon as I open her gate in the morning she wants to run over to see her brothers.  I love the way her room came toghether.. there are still a few odds and ends I'd like to find but for now, I think it looks great!

These were cross stitch pieces my Grammie made for me.  I know the purple one she gave me on my birthday in 2000 and the smaller two hung in my room when I was little.  I think she did them in 1992.  It's SO special for me to have them hanging in Gabby's room now!!

I really like the boys' room too!  It's fun and sporty and is a nice size space for the 2 of them.  Gav really enjoys playing in his room now so we wanted to make sure he still has a spot for his trains.  Gage adjusted well to the new room.. actually, I didn't even really notice much change in him at all.  It's fun to hear him and Gav laughing and playing iwth each other when they wake up in the morning =)

I still need to add a beach post, a Tennessee post, a 5th birthday post and a ONE year old post... yikes!

Birthday Boys!

My first born turned 5 a week ago.

My last born turned 1 today.

wow.

Both parties were a lot of fun!  I promise I will post all about them when I have some free time. Right now I’m going to spend some time with my special birthday boys!

Love & blessings.

Happy Birthday Gavin!!

My first born turns 5 years old today… wow.

Where have the past 5 years gone??

Gavin – you are an awesome kid – full of spunk, silliness, sweetness and of course a little back talk!  I’m so thankful that the Lord chose me to be your mommy :)  I pray you have a super special, fun day today!

 

I’ll post more after the party!

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY GAVIN!!!

11 months {photos}

As promised…

my adorable, cuddly, wonderful, silly, chatty, amazing 11 month old! (As some may know, our area experienced some very serious flooding last week and these first few photos are in front of an area that’s typically dry)

         

seriously TOO cute!

almost one year old.

Wow.. it's SO hard to believe my sweet little peanut butter is almost one year old!  Where have the past 11 months gone??  It seems like just yesterday I was worrying every single second about labor and about how our family would manage with a third child.  Gage David is one amazing little fella - he has brought such joy into our family and now I see why the Lord blessed us with surprise #3!

• No idea what you weigh or how long you are - I'll work on that! (safe to say you're a little peanut compared to your brother and sister when they were 11 months old)
• Still no teeth - strange but no big deal I guess! 
• You're crawling all over the place and are super fast! 
• You're also becoming a pro at pulling yourself up and scooting along furniture
• You eat EVERYTHING!  You've completely boycotted baby food and will only eat what everyone else is eating.  I guess I can't blame you!
• You refuse to drink water - only when it's mixed with a little juice.
• You still hate the bathtub. scream the entire time.
• You'll be moving rooms very soon - heading down the hall to your big brother's room - he is very excited to have a roommate! 
• You LOVE Gavin and Gabby - they can always make you laugh and smile even when you're super grumpy!
• You say KITTY!  It's the cutest thing ever - and yes, I know, can an 11 month old really talk... YES - he really does say kitty - I have witnesses =)

(I promise to add his 11 month old photos soon!  Hard to believe we only have one more month of our fancy sticker photo sessions.)