Stay-at-Home {MOM}ents

Dec 21, 2009

Weekend fun

We had a great weekend here! I know many of my friends and family from back home got some snow, but we actually didn't. We totally missed the huge Blizzard of '09 that the east coast got....thankfully!

Jarrod worked in Buffalo all day Saturday. Gavin and I ran a few errands, and then Erin came over and we made a couple batches of Buckeyes and she finished her Christmas cards. It was nice to spend some time with her, and I got to cut some cute little things for some Christmas pages on her Cricut machine. That thing is AWESOME! Love it! When Jarrod finally got home, Gavin was just getting into bed, so we got to relax on the couch with a nice drink and we watched The Hangover. Very funny movie....though a bit raunchy. :)

Sunday was going to be our day to run errands, but Jarrod decided that he needed to do some shopping alone for me. So, we were going to run to Target and Kohls together and then let him go alone. Gavin hadn't slept well the night before, and he was getting really crabby, so I put him down for a nap and told Jarrod to go ahead and run his errands and I'd go when he got back. Well, he was gone for like 6 hours! So, I decided to just wait and run my errands another day. Instead, we took Gavin to look at Christmas lights. We were supposed to go Saturday, but Jarrod's work day was longer than he thought. He was so cute....there was one street all lit up and he kept saying, "Wow....Santa....Ho Ho Ho!....Wow....Santa....Ho Ho Ho!" over and over again. I think he really enjoyed it!

Dec 20, 2009

Snug as a Bug in a Rug

And this, my friends, is how we watch Sesame Street when it's freezing outside in Upstate New York!

Dec 19, 2009

Drummer Boy

'Tis the season of the Drummer Boy. Well, here's our Drummer Boy!

And, remember....my videos are cell phone videos, so sorry for the poor quality, but this is hilarious! I'm sure my neighbors love us!

The pictures and the video were taken on different days. This drumming now happens all the time! On everything....his high chair, the ottomans, his belly while I change him....he loves drums!

Dec 18, 2009

Fun Times Friday

Shhhh! It's a Secret Santa! Gavin had his first ever Secret Santa gift exchange with the playgroup at Melon Bean this week. We had so much fun!

Two of our new additions to the playgroup

Gavin LOVES his food set from his friend, Evan! It came with 96 pieces off food that spends most of the day scattered all over the living room floor. Daddy really loves that :) It's been great though. He is already learning new words to label the foods. Thanks, Evan!

Dec 17, 2009

What do Santa and the barber have in common?

Gavin is scared to death of both of them! You saw how our trip to visit Santa turned out. He loves reading about him and seeing pictures of him, but the actual visit...not so much. Well, even though Gavin doesn't have a ton of hair, we decided to go ahead and get his first haircut today. The back was getting pretty long and shaggy. I noticed it in pictures I took of cookie making....it was becoming a mullet! I put off the first haircut as long as could for two reasons. 1.) I wanted you to be able to see a difference with his first haircut. 2.) After they get their first haircut, they look so much older! I wasn't ready for my little baby to look like a little man. But, we thought it would be nice to have it trimmed up before Christmas. Here's a picture of the back before we left. I told him to go smell the tree in order to get him to stand still long enough to get the shot!

When we got there, he was in such a good mood. We let someone go ahead of us, because Jarrod wanted his barber to do the cut. But, when he still wasn't finished with his client, we went ahead and let this woman cut Gavin's hair. He was already unsure as soon as she came near him with a comb. (But isn't he adorable in his little cape???)

And the rest of the shots speak for themselves....he was not happy with us nor her. I took candy canes, race cars, books, and Dog Dog to try and distract him. Nothing worked!