Old picture

I just remembered that we have "Picasa"installed on this computer and was looking at it. I saw that it has a button to "blog this" when you have a picture selected. Here I am, trying it out. This picture was from the album "from my phone" and was taken before I got pregnant with Justin. Gavin looks so incredibly young and my face is thin! Well, we all change :-)

Busy day

We have been to Ace and the gorcery store. Gavin watched Seasame Street while I put the gorceries away and fed Justin. Both of them are in bed (Gavin is playing, but at least he's in his room). I put Gavin in his room about 1 hour ago. In that time I have folded 2 loads of laundry and put them on my bed. Put another one in the wash. Put Justin down for a nap. Wiped Gavin's rear after he used the toilet. I just put the last cookie sheet in the oven of a double batch of Oatmeal Scotchies. The dishwasher just finished. I am going to empty it, fill it and run it again. I am starting to pack the food for camping. I also have to pack my lunch for work tonight (yup, got to do that too). I need to pack Gavin's snack for preschool tomorrow morning so that when I get home from work at 8 I can feed Justin, and we can take off again. After preschool we are headed to Ocean Shores for a camping trip. It will be the first time Justin has slept in a tent. Hmmm, fun. Anyway, I am a bit rushed right now because I know I have to leave for work as soon as Justin goes down for the night. I won't be getting any kind of nap, so hopefully I can sleep in the truck a little tomorrow on the drive there. That reminds me, I have to print off directions...

I am trying to keep up on my water intake. I am a bit scatter brained and looked around the kitchen for my water. I didn't see it, so I filled another one. After gulping some down, I set it down. Hmmm, there's the other water, right in front of me. That is seriously where I set the second one. I didn't move it just to take the picture. I realized that maybe I should sit for a spell, so here I am :-)

Ok, back to it!

I'm gonna miss this

I just slow danced to "You're Gunna Miss This" by Trace Atkins in the living room with Justin. He sure loved it and rewarded me with the best smiles! I had a hard time singing along because I was crying. Not only was I enjoying the moment, but I was remembering back when I used to do the same thing with Gavin. I know everyone says it, but time goes so fast. Just take a minute to look around and find the joy wherever you are in your life because before you know it, you will have moved on in one way or another. (the picture may be blurry, but it represents his wonderful smile really well)

It sounded like a good idea...

Yesterday I needed something to do to stay awake, so the boys and I headed to Fred Meyer. Gavin went potty at the gas station, and again when we got to Fred Meyer. That was awesome! Then, he saw the play area and wanted to go in. If you know Gavin, you know that is a big step for him. He is very shy and introverted so to be left alone in a strange place is not his first choice. I explained that if he stayed there, I would be in the store and pick him up when I was done shopping. He was still game, so I happily left him there. Justin and I had a nice time wandering around the store. When we were done I started towards the check out. On my way there I heard my name on the overhead speaker. I figured Gavin was tired of being there, or had to go potty. The nice lady told me that he had had an accident. Oh well, things happen. She wasn't worried about it. Gavin was walking bow legged because his pants were all wet, but I was happy I was done so we would just check out and leave. Right then her manager walked up and the playland lady asked her what she needed to do to clean up the spot on the floor. They had to shut down playland until the carpet was "professionally" cleaned. I sure hope that is refering to the store cleaners and not some outside service. Anyway, I was mortified that we had caused all of the other parents to have to pick up their kids early. I put Gavin in the body of the cart so no one would see his obvious wet pants and know we were the ones. I made sure not to let on to him that I was embarrased though because that's not fair to him. Accidents happen, but to shut the whole place down? Couldn't they have fenced off the offencive area or something? Besides, since he was sitting in the cart, his pee got in it anyway (you really never know what's on those carts!) Overall it was funny, but still kind of sad.

Small shower, Big step

We tried to take Gavin in the shower with us when he was a baby, but it was a big pain and he hated it. Neither of us made it a regular thing to get him used to it, so now he just refuses. We just gave up and realized that someday he will eventually take a shower. He loves his baths, so that's good enough. Recently Cole found a cute shower head that attaches to the big one, has a hose and suction cups down low for kids. The water flow is greatly reduced so it's not so hard and loud. We thought Gavin would never go for it, but he loves it. He is really bummed if we only give him a bath and he doesn't get to take a shower. He has still been pretty resistant to the big shower though.

This morning he decided that he wanted to take a shower with me. I was sure he would back out at the last minute, but when I said I was going to take a shower, he started stripping. I turned on the water and he was a little hesitant, but got in with me. It is a tiny shower so we were pretty cramped, but he did well. He didn't like too much spray on his face, be we worked with it. He started cracking up and I asked why. He said "The water is coming off your boob" and kept laughing. I know, TMI, but it was funny :-)

I am so proud of my baby! He's awesome and growing up so fast. I have the feeling that if he wants to continue showering with me, we will move to his bathroom where there is a tub and more room. That way we can use his shampoo instead of my expensive stuff ;-)

The picture is of him waiting for his clothes. He was a little cold, but very cooperative.

"I love you"

I just love it when Gavin says "I love you!" We are not always allowed to say it back. Sometimes if I say "I love you too" he'll say "No you don't." Ok, fine, I guess I don't. He sure tells us a lot how much he loves us. I'd like to think that it's because he is just copying what we have been doing for the last 3 years. Anyway, he seems to love lots of other things too... He regularly tells Sweatshirt Bear how much he loves him. That's good. As we were walking out the door from preschool on Friday, he said to the teacher, "Bye. I love you!" She was very touched and said it back. She has told me how Gavin reminds her of her youngest when he was little, so occasionally I can see her get a little choked up when she looks at him. I hope he didn't make her cry!

Just a few minutes ago I pointed out that there were slugs on the sliding glass door. Gavin had a good time tapping the door and wondering why they were moving so slow. I took a couple of pictures for you to enjoy, but can you guess where this is going? Gavin asked where the slugs were going and I said they were going home. He said to them, "Bye slugs. I love you. I'll miss you!" Nice.

It's May Day!

From my Grandma
Yesterday my mom reminded me of something my Grandma likes to recite on May 1st. Grandma learned this from her mom. It's so funny to hear Grandma recite it :-)
"Horray Horray it's the First of May!
Outdoor screwing starts today!"
Just picture your grandma saying that ;-)

Addendum, added May 2nd: Ok, so I heard on the radio that it is supposed to be the 8th of May, but the thought is still the same ;-)