A
friend at the office was pulling up a presentation on the big screen and went
to his desktop, which contained an awesome collage of baby photos. And,
he said . . . this was when I used to take pictures of my kids. 3 kids
later . . . the camera is hard to get to.
Ugh.
I get it.
And,
let's not kid ourselves . . . my last post on this little blog of mine was in
August. No documentation, I tell you. And, I certainly can't rely
on my memory alone. That is a risky deal.
Anywho
. . . I wanted to save all of the little things that I used to write down about
little Gavin and Autumn in one place. It kind of looks pitifully
small. But . . . I'm grateful to have these. And, it's motivation
to capture even more of these moments:
- Gavin's
favorite sayings are Hold me, More dat and Thanks. (4/6/09)
- Gavin
is starting to talk more and more. He surprises me daily with the new
words he says and how he combines a few words at a time. He still signs,
but even says "Autumn" now. 3/22/09
- Autumn's
little attitude has taken on a new intensity. Terrible twos pale in
comparison to the freaky fours. It's a good thing she can be so cute. And,
she adores coloring and drawing. Maybe she's going to be a passionate
artist. 3/20/09
- Our
sweet little Gavin is OBSESSED with the PBS show 'Word World.' I highly
recommend it. But, the moment he wakes up or comes in the house, he starts
signing Dog and screaming "Wuh Wuhhd."
- Gavin
is making amazing progress speaking. Jeff asked today if he wanted to go
downstairs and watch football. Gavin responded, "Touchdown!"
That's our boy! :)
- Despite
understanding everything, Gavin still shows no desire to want to speak,
other than signing. So, we encourage all sounds . . . which has turned
into an almost nightly dinner-time ritual of screaming as loud as
possible.
- Gavin
actually made a real "moo" sound instead of just puckering his
lips (9/6/08), followed by "bye bye" on the phone to Mommy this
week (10/1/08).
- Gavin . . . who refuses to talk . . . has resorted to screaming . . . all the time. We try to force him to talk or sign to let us know what he wants. So, now he signs "please" for everything. (8/19/08)
- We
are definitely proponents of Signing Time (especially since Gavin's way of
saying "no" is to bang his head and scream until we figure out
what he wants) . . . Gavin can sign "more" and "all
done" (as well as "shoes" and "baby"). Now we
just have to get the signs in the proper context.
- Gavin
is quite the dancer and loves to shake his little bum when he hears music.
It's really the cutest thing ever (2/12/08)
- Gavin is back to eating all sorts of baby food. The problem is he is not interested in eating any "real" food other than puffs and bread - and if he doesn't like the texture - he throws up on demand.
- What
does the duck say, Gavin? "Kack, kack" (1/26/08)
- Autumn
is turning 3 on Saturday - and I am heart-broken. I wish I could be more
like Jeff and just relish the moments instead of agonize over them. These
were the themes she had in mind for her party . . . first, Winnie the Pooh
then Rudolph the Reindeer, a short phase of Princess party, then Mickey
Mouse Playhouse . . . and at the party store she immediately chose Finding
Nemo and has been completely satisfied ever since.
- Gavin
has become a master army crawler. I'm so proud. Nothing is going to hold
this kid back.
- Gavin
is starting to refuse all baby food except for Cheerios and Gerber puffs.
We keep offering him a variety of foods and finger foods as well and are
hoping this is a phase! (1/16/08)
- Autumn
is now not only insisting upon saying the dinner prayer every time but the
nightly family prayer as well. She says them in the sweetest voice without
any assistance - sometimes blessing random people and things around the
room, but almost always blessing the food (even if there is none to
bless).
- Gavin
started waving bye bye (it's a delayed response - but, a definite wave . .
. sometimes just his thumb) 1/11/08
- Gavin
is quite the dancer and loves to shake his little bum when he hears music.
It's really the cutest thing ever (2/12/08)
