Gavin and Kayla

So our friends, Rich, Shana, and Kayla came over for a bbq and it was a lot of fun. We had delicious ribs salads, and strawberry shortcakes made with our hand picked strawberries. I am so glad we met them, it is great to have good friends down here is SD. Here is a cute picture of Kayla and Gavin playing with his leaptop, we may put it in their wedding slideshow (getting ahead of ourselves? Noooo....)

A Strawberry Picking We Will Go.....

Another fun fieldtrip with Carlsbad Munchkins and Mommies...... Today we went to U-Pick Strawberries in Carlsbad. Gavin had such a great time!
After watching Mommy pick some, Gavin wanted to try!


We kept the binky in his mouth to keep him from eating the unwashed berries.

He picked the strawberries all by himself and put them in the bucket! He learned how just by watching mommy a few times!

He had such a good time!


He was really good about not eating the berries, but towards the end he took out his binky to eat.... dirt? Haha
We filled our bucket about 2/3 of the way and then had to go home..... why you ask? Gavin started squishing the berries after picking them so we had to rush home and shower. Little stinkers...

Gavin loved the strawberries so much he ate 8 of them for dessert.

Another Milestone

I put on Word World for Gavin while I cooked dinner, and when I looked over the counter my mouth dropped open.

Gavin was sitting on the couch and watching TV like it was no big deal! He can get on and off the couch easily, like he has been doing it for months. He is growing up so fast!

Field Trip To The Firestation!

So our Carlsbad mommy group took a field trip to Carlsbad Fire Station #2. It was so cool and so much fun! They taught us fire safety, stop - cover your face (this one was new to me) - drop - and roll, what to do in case of emergency, and the most common infant/toddler emergencies.



During their presentation all Gavin wanted to know is what was in their cabinets.


Gavin was amazed with the hose coming out of the ceiling.



One of the firefighters got all dressed up in the yellow get-up explaining to us how important it is that our little ones are not afraid of them in that outfit so that they have an easier time rescuing them. Gavin had absolutely no fear of the outfit at all.


Then the fireman put on his oxygen mask and did the Darth Vader breathing and Gavin freaked out. He cried hysterically for five minutes, then clung to mommy for the rest of the trip. I couldn't even get him to go back into the garage. I do not have a picture of this, I shoved the camera in my pocket and held him tightly. My poor little man.

My Own Pool!

We decided to get a fun baby pool for our patio for Gavin to play in. He had such a good time! It has a slide, a waterfall, and a palm tree!

Mother's Day 08

My mommy's group did mommy & baby portraits at the Oceanside Pier and Mike treated me for my mother's day gift.
What do you think?



Thank you Zach for retouching

Potty Time! (little tmi)

Blurb from Mama:

I know that technically you shouldn't even attempt to potty train a baby until they are around 2 years old....... but as I was walking through Target, I had an idea. Parenting books and friends told me to look for the following signs to know if your baby is ready to be potty trained:

-they hold it until they wake up in the morning (his diaper has always been dry when he wakes up) Check!

-they start to poop more regularly (he poops every day in the same spot, same time, same position)
Check!

-they let you know when they have a dirty diaper (he has done this ever since we tried cloth) Check!

-they show an interest in the toilet (for the past month he has tried to climb onto it)
Check!

When I was walking through the baby aisles at Target I saw the little potty seat that attaches to the toilet and thought, "hey, I don't expect anything.... maybe I will read to him there once a day to get him used to it, and if I see him doing his froggy squat on the tile I can race him over to it and save myself some cleaning time."

So that night I put him on the potty and read him a book and heard a tinkle tinkle! It was so adorable (only moms can understand the glorious noise). The next night I did it again and after the first book I heard a tinkle tinkle and cheered! As I was about to lift him off he started to grunt a little bit and we got a poopy in the potty too! The third night we got tinkles and poopy again as well!

Did I mention that he will only stay on the potty if he can hold onto Mommy's birthday balloon from Uncle Zach? Hahaha

Am I trying to potty train him right now? No, I am just getting him used to it and saving myself some cleaning time. I plan on putting him on there once a day for a while then adding more times per day, till eventually we are in full blown potty training mode. Will he be potty trained by 2 years? I am sure he will be way before then.