The Lion Cut

Gracie got a Lion Cut. Pretty Kitty.

Cheers!

Tavin showed us that he could drink out of a big boy cup...he also showed us that he liked to "cheers!"

Gillen Girl Weekend

Tavin had a weekend surrounded by Gillen Girls! On Saturday we all went to Hannie's two year birthday party. (Hannie is the cute little daughter of Heidi's long time best friend, Karyn) Tavin had fun but needed to leave early to get his beauty sleep. Then the Gillen Girls came over for a slumber party. We all went to the library to play and read books. We noticed the sun was peeking out so we made a mad dash to the nearest park! We played on the swings and the slides and ran around in the grass. Afterwards we went back to The Treehouse and ate pizza, french fries, cheese balls and grapes as we all are health nuts (-; We finished the evening with a movie and some popcorn.

Sunday morning we had some home made waffles! Then The Gillen Girls went to church to see their grandparents who had just gotten back from their warm winter down south while Tavin took a nap. After Tavin's nap we all went to visit Great Grandma Elaine in Irene. Grandpa Erickson met us there too! I think the kids had every toy out at Grandma's house, even some lovely musical bells. Tavin had fun playing with his cousins and beating up on Cecilia. I missed the photo opportunity of Tavin sitting on top of the helpless Cecilia as I was in the bathroom for the 5th time in two hours. Baby Lewis must have been sitting right on my bladder! I can feel Baby Lewis jumping around as I type!

Tavin had his 18 month check up today and is now resting peacefully. He weighs 22 pounds and is about 32.5 inches tall. His doctor is very proud of how much he is growing and also thinks Tavin is in the upper percentile with his language skills. Way to go Tavin!

18 Months Old!

Tavin is 18 months old! (tomorrow) Our little man isn't so little anymore. He is so much fun and keeps us very busy. He is always exploring and will climb on anything. Chairs, tables, couches, toys, playground equipment, cats...he will climb on it! He is talking more and is very observant, so watch what you say and do around him because he will repeat it. He likes to look out our window in the living room that looks out onto the street and watch the cars go by and say, "vrrrrrrrrrrrrr, errrrrt!" Between Tavin and the cats the window is covered with face prints, hand prints and little kitty nose prints. Oh well.

Tavin and I have been visiting the library weekly for story-time and of course to play with the toys in the toddler section. He started out a little shy but is now comfortable with the library and the other children that attend story-time. Tavin is also getting some time with different baby sitters and handling his time away from Mom and Dad like a big boy.

Tavin's soon to be little baby brother or baby sister is doing quite well. His/her heartbeat has been around 152 and is very active. He/she was extremely active the other night when we went out to have Toby's cheese balls and chicken. I am definitely showing a baby belly which is much better than just feeling chubby. Now that there is evidence of a baby belly, I've started to talk more to Tavin about there being a baby in my belly. I'm only about 4.5 months along so Tavin has some time yet for it to sink in.

We are finally having some nice weather and we are taking advantage of it too! We went to the park today to explore and play. Tavin likes to run and watch the other kids play.

This little guy is hard to catch!

Extreme close-up! Tavin likes to charge at the camera.

Just look at those precious moment eyes!

Fun on the swing.

Weeeeeeee!

Oh, what are those kids over there doing?

What are these little things crawling around here?

Bath Time Fun

Daddy's are fun! I was in the living room folding laundry and I heard all of these giggles coming from the bathroom. I grabbed the camera and went into the bathroom and recorded the source of those giggles. Tavin and Daddy were splashing, giggling and having so much fun! Dad's can have such uninhibited fun. Dad's don't worry so much about making a mess and they certainly don't worry about the clean up after the mess. I went over to a friends house for a little bit last night. Ted and Tavin had the opportunity to just spend time with each other for awhile. When I came home they were both exhausted and in bed. I thought the house looked as though there had been a struggle. They had a wonderful time!

What a little ham!

We were visiting the Gillen's this weekend and Grandpa came over to see everyone too. Tavin knew he was being watched and loved getting some laughter out of all of us. He is our little ham!

Haircut

I gave Tavin just a subtle haircut around his eyes. His bangs were always in his eyes. Tavin is rather squirmy so I have to be quick! I don't want to give him a buzz cut because those haircuts tend to make kids look older than they really are. I'm just not ready for him to look older than he really is. I attempted taking some self-portrait photos of Tavin and I together and this was the best I could get this time around.