Gavin's First Halloween

Happy Halloween ya'll! I got the idea for Gavin's first Halloween a couple months before he was born. Lonnie is a football fanatic. I cannot plan anything on Sundays because *someone* might miss a football game or he might lose his fantasy football game that week because he wasn't watching the games. So, we decided to dress Gavin up as a football, daddy a football player and mommy as a cheerleader. Thanks to my friend Dana, we found a football outfit for Gavin and Lonnie threw together a football player uniform. I was not successful in finding a cheerleader costume, so I dressed up as a referee instead.

Daddy and his little football.....

Gavin wasn't too thrilled about his costume though. This is what he thought about it.... Daddy doing his Heisman pose....

We had a good first halloween as a family and I'm looking forward to many more in the future. Lonnie and I already have plans for next year's costumes.

Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday, we ventured out to the pumpkin patch to get some photos of Gavin.

He looks thrilled about this, doesn't he? Those pumpkins were huge....or Gavin is just that small. Either way.



Chillin' with some pumpkins....

Such a big boy...

We can take a ride on my big green tractor....


My favorite....

Totally O.V.E.R. it!

Then and Now....

Today's my husband's birthday. And my how things have changed in just a year. Last year at this time, we were at a beach house with our friends to celebrate my husband's 30th birthday and another one of our friends' birthday. We grilled some steaks and steamed some fresh shrimp. We played beer pong.....

....and won over and over again. Which, in reality, winning in beer pong really just means you are the losers because we ended up way beyond drunk. Beer pong led to many bad decisions after that including my husband deciding everyone needed to take a dip in the ocean. So, he threw us in, one at a time....fully clothed. We all had a really good time that weekend.

But, that was then.

Today, I woke up, fed and changed our baby boy's diaper. Lonnie got up and headed off to work after cuddling with the little one and giving me a quick kiss goodbye. After playing with Gavin for a little while and making some breakfast, I baked a cake and attempted to decorate it for Lonnie's birthday. When Lonnie got off work, I asked him where he wanted to eat for his birthday. His answer was: Pizza Hut. Seriously. I think this boy could eat pizza every single day. But, since it is birthday, I had no say-so. So, Lonnie, Gavin and I packed into the car and drove to Pizza Hut. We talked about how our lives have changed and we came to the realization that we don't miss our old lives. They were fun, don't get me wrong, but eating pizza on a Friday night with our new little family is so much better.

Happy birthday to my wonderful husband and baby daddy. I love you more each day.

Pumpkin Carving

On Saturday, the neighborhood gathered to eat some good ole chili and carve some pumpkins. I think the adults were more excited about this than the kids.

We had pumpkin carving kits, complete with all the necessary tools and stencils.
Lonnie decided to carve a spider web for Gavin. Russell decided the tools that came with the pumpkin carving kit weren't good enough, so he cheated and broke out the big guns....

Gavin enjoyed just hanging out...

There's nothing like hanging out with good neighbors, drinking a beer, carving pumpkins and eating chili! Here's a picture of the finished products....

I Heart Baby Feet

My new favorite thing

I don't know if ya'll know this or not....BUT, babies pee and poop in their sleep. And guess what that means? Mommy has to change baby's diaper in the middle of the night. For a few weeks, I would wake up in the middle of the night to a hungry baby, stumble over to the bassinet to my fussy little boy and put him on the changing table to change his diaper. Everything was fine until I got to those stupid little snaps. You know, all those snaps at the bottom of the footie pajamas. I mean, seriously, Mr. Baby Clothing Manufacturer, momma is already sleep deprived and you expect her to snap all those little things perfectly in the middle of the night? I would stand there fumbling with these stupid snaps and cussing at the pjs under my breath because I never got the snaps matched up right the first time in the middle of the night. Needless to say, these pajamas were making me grumpy. That was until I found these Gerber footie pajamas. Ya'll....these are my new favorite things of all time. Instead of those ridiculous little snaps, they have a ZIPPER. A zipper that goes all the way from his little foot up to his neck. How easy is that? No more grumpy momma in the middle of the night. Well, at least a little less grumpy anyway.

One Month Stats

Gavin had his one month well baby visit yesterday. Oh my gosh. One month old already. Where has this last month gone??

Gavin currently weighs 7 lbs 7.5 oz. This is a huge improvement! He was 6 lbs 5 oz when he was born, decreased to 5 lbs 11 oz and has slowly been gaining since. They say he's still very small in comparison, but that they aren't worried. Considering I am 4'10" and was 88 lbs pre-pregnancy I don't think it is a shock to anyone that I have a small baby.

Developmentally, he's doing really well. He's doing everything that they say he should be doing by his next well baby check up. And he's grown an inch since his last appointment. Overall, he's a healthy little boy which is all I can ask for.

Just another Saturday...

Goofy family picture....

My world....