Spring break update

I didn't blog last week because of spring break. Jarrod was home and we went to Gatlinburg. It was so much fun to spend more than just a couple days as a family.

First - all the new Gavin tricks! In the past two weeks, he's learned:

1. How to dance every time he hears music (and sometimes when there's no music at all!


2. How to give kisses on demand. Wet baby kisses are adorable!


3. How to climb steps...while at Grandma and Grandpa Peters' house for our early Easter dinner, he climbed up three steps on his own.


4. How to shake his head no (and he knows what he's doing!) Funny story about this...When Jarrod first got home, he said something to Gavin and it sounded like Gavin replied, "Yeah." I started laughing and said I love how it sounds like he is answering us sometimes. Jarrod then asked, "Gavin, has mommy been reading to you like she's supposed to?" He looked at us, smiled, then very deliberately started shaking his head no. That was the first time he ever did that. Now...he shakes his head no when I ask him something, try to feed him, and when he's doing something he's not supposed to do, like taking outlets covers off.

Gavin was sick at the beginning of spring break, but the doctor said it was just a cold. When he was getting worse near the end of our trip, we decided to take him back as soon as we got home. Sure enough, his first ear infection! After a few days on Amoxicillin, he's doing much better!

Gatlinburg update and pictures later this evening. But for now, a few of Gavin's first Easter...

Getting his first Easter basket from Grandma and Grandpa! Gotta love Elmo. Inside his Elmo basket, was his very first Elmo stuffed animal, an Elmo bib, a new book, and a Barney DVD. Showing Maddie my new Elmo! Family Easter picture
Looking so cute! This was Tyler first Easter sweater.