5 Months Old !!

Arizona trip

Gavin and I recently headed to AZ for my grandpa's funeral. I was happy to be there with all ten of my siblings and some of their spouses. The funeral was wonderful and a great celebration of my grandpa's 90 years. I dare say it was the most pleasant funeral I've ever been to.

Gavin is a superstar on the plane and makes us all sorts of random friends at airports. Besides him getting off his sleeping schedule for a day or two, he really is quite easy to travel with. Good thing...we're headed to St. George this weekend.

Seven of the nephews...and yes, there are more!

Annie and Lynsey - The last two of the recently five pregnant sisters

Aunt Karyn and the sink bath (a nice transition tub)

Aunt Annie - always good at making Gavin smile

Grandma and Grandpa Woolf

Gavin and Uncle Matt

Gavin and Cousin Carson


As always, it's good to come home. There is just nothing like it.

I walked in to a vase of flowers and new lights above the sink. We've been wanting to do it forever... Sweet Brian surprised me. How cute is that?

Heart this face!

Happy Hallowiener

That's what we do at our house now. Don't think we weren't in the running for coolest house on the block, because we just may have been. Brian has been serving hot dogs at work on Halloween for the past few years. This year, we parked the grill on our driveway and offered candy OR a hot dog. And if you were really cute, you could have both. We passed out 60 hot dogs and I'm already worried to see how many I'll end up buying next year.

Brian said next year the sign needs to be MUCH bigger. Here's the farmer family in all our glory.



Gavin was the cutest duck on the planet. He got sick of his costume after about eight minutes, so we had to put it on three different times during the day. I took him to see dad at work and he was a hit at my work lunch party. It's hard not to be when you're that cute...


My bosom buddy Karen and her teddy bear, Elsa


This double chin falling out of the hat kills me.


And this is pretty much what he thought about the day - but we had a great time. I've never been a Halloween person, but dressing up a baby made it much more enjoyable for me. It turns out it's a lot less chaotic than the 5th grade kind.

Bottle Baby

I started nursing Gavin this summer not knowing how that would all pan out when I went back to work. My realistic goal for myself was to get to six months. I'm about six weeks short, but this week I finally had to give up entirely. It's been a month coming, but with work, a boy who eats a lot and wants it FASTER than I can get it to him, I just couldn't keep up. He has realized that bottles are much simpler - so I was easy to replace. I was sad at first - it was quite a pleasant experience for me and I'll miss that close time with him. However, this week I had a great time putting away all of my nursing stuff. I just feel like a regular girl now.



In other news, Gavin finally went to his four month appointment (just 20 days late...) He weighed in at 18 lbs. 5 ozs. and was 26 inches long. There are few people that walk by us without making a "big baby" comment. No offense taken here - we LOVE the chub! That puts him in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.

That's my boy...grow, baby, grow!

Haircut

I don't know when most kids get their first haircuts, but this kid needed one. It was getting so long the front piece would flop in his face. My friend Michelle cut it for him when she was doing my hair. He did pretty well - just wondering who in the heck was grabbing his head. No, I didn't save any of the precious locks. Mine are in an envelope that I recently found and I'm not sure what to do with it. I guess just...have it.

Before



After (Seen here with his girlfriend/future wife, Elsa)

Four Months