Eight Months

Gavin is eight months today.  He is such a happy baby - laughing and smiling and chattering all the time.  Except when I take my camera out - I seem to never be able to get a picture of him when he is smiling.  I am having such a great time taking care of him three days a week.  

Five

Trevin turned five today.  We had a great day together.  After I picked him up at the bus, we went to lunch with Tito. After a stop at the playground, we came back to the house and played Go Fish with his new cards and his new card holder.  As usual he won 3 of the 4 games we played.

After I took the first picture, he wanted me to take this one, so his Mom could see how tall he is.  When we were at the play ground, he kept telling me all the things he can do better than when he was four - run faster, swing higher, climb higher.  I think he can smile bigger also.  Love you Trevin, Happy Birthday.

My New Boss

Since I retired, I have a new boss and he keeps me pretty busy...

He likes to eat and is pretty vocal when you are slow getting his meal ready.

He does require wardrobe changes

He stays pretty busy with his activities.

He is on the phone quite often.

He does take his breaks.

He likes to be chauffeured around.

He may be demanding at times, but the benefits are so great.

Three Peas in a Pod?

Again, it is hard to get all three smiling and looking at the camera at the same time.

Everyone says they all look alike, that they are cloned.  I know you can definitely tell they are related, but I see so many differences.  I think Kaiden is a great mixture of Nathan and Stacy and has so many freckles, Trevin looks so much like Nathan and Gavin looks like Stacy to me.  It isn't just that he is darker and has brown eyes, I just see a lot of her in his face.

Their personalities are very different.  Kaiden is shy in a lot of ways and has a fear of being wrong/making a mistake in front of a group of people.  (I was the same way).  It is as smart as a whip and loves to read.

Trevin is stubborn and argumentative.  His first response to most anything (other than going to the park) is no.  He is very smart and a quick learner.  He is so proud of his accomplishments in pre-school this year.

Gavin is a very happy baby and content almost all of the time.  He reminds me of Nathan.

Three very different boys, but we love them all the same.

Easter

It is really hard to get a good picture of all three, but this was the best one, 2 smiles, tie outside of vest, shirt scrunched up, but it is life.

Stacy and the boys attended church with us, unfortunately, Nathan had to work.  Brunch was served at church and there was an egg hunt later.

All the kids came to our house for dinner after Nathan was off work.  Cousins, Barbara and Gary came also.  We had our annual egg and basket hunt.  

It was a good day.

Seven Months

Seven months today and got to spend the day with him.  I get to spend 3 days a week with him now.  I am so blessed.  He is so happy and such a giggly little boy.

6 Months

I am really late with this - he turned 6 months on the 20th.  Time is flying so fast.