Gavin at 2 1/2

How cute is he???????????

He is definitely 2 1/2....

Gavin is measuring 3 feet and 2 inches, and weighs 30lbs.  As you can see, he still has his blond hair (I hope it stays!!)

He is definitely a little athlete.  He plays baseball, golf, football, badmitten, hockey and more!  He is very good at these sports, especially his baseball!  He always wants to play baseball, and as you have seen in the video he nails the ball.  He makes his dad so proud.  Daddy went out and bought an official t-ball bat, bases, and balls to get ready for t ball NEXT YEAR.

Gavin keeps busy these days, he plays with all of his toys, plays outside, goes to My Gym, swims in his pool, plays with his play dough, plays with his friends, sports....and on and on.  He is always on the go, he is the energizer bunny! 

He is a very smart young man.  He is putting 4-5 and more word sentences together.  He can answer your questions, give directions (more like demands), he uses please and thank you, and can communicate pretty much anything he wants.  He is also smart in that he knows when he is doing something he is not supposed to do.  He will look right at us and say something like "mommy look at me..." He definitely has a very strong personality, and wants what he wants.  But, he is also the sweetest thing at times.  He is your typical two year old, pushing his limits, but in the end, he is our little man!

Gavin is an awesome big brother!  He loves Brady, and is always kissing and hugging him.  He makes Brady laugh, and is very helpful with him.  When they are in the backseat of the car, Gavin will talk to Brady, and smile, and Brady will laugh at him, it is so cute!!  He asks for him every morning, and talks and plays with him all of the time.

He is in the process of potty training, and it is going very well!  He pretty much goes on the potty all day long, with accidents only happening once in a while.  He will tell you if he has to go, or sometimes he will walk right in the bathroom.  He wears big boy underware during the day, and diapers still at night, during naptime, and when we are out and about.  Pretty soon, he will be diaper free!  So exciting! Will keep you posted!!!

Brady 6 Months

Brady is now half way to 1!  He is growing so fast, and has been doing so many new things!  At his 6 month check up, Brady weighed 16lbs 10oz and was 26 1/4  inches long.  He was in the 25-50th percentile for his length, and 25-50th percentile for his weight.  He is filling out a little bit more, but is definitely on the leaner side.  Everything looked great at his appointment!

Brady started eating solids this month, and he loves them!  I started him with just rice cereal (which Gavin did not like at all) and he went to town on it.  He ate from the spoon like a natural.  We then introduced bananas, apples, sweet potatoes and baby yogurt.  He has liked every single one of them!  He is not fussy at all... we will see what happens when we bring on the green veggies.  I am planning on making some more baby food like I did for Gavin, just have not had a spare moment yet. 

I am back to work.  It really stinks, I enjoyed being home with the boys this summer, I really miss them.  My school days have gotten longer, and I feel like I do not have enough time to spend with them.  Once we get a routine down, I think it will get better, we are just learning how to raise a family with 2 young ones, have a decent dinner, get quality time, and still have them in their routine, and to bed at a reasonable hour.  We are extremely lucky because the boys get to stay home with Nani Debbie, and they love it! 

Brady is still a great sleeper.  He takes around 2-3 naps per day, and they are pretty consistent.  One in the morning around 9-10, one in the afternoon, around 1-2, and sometimes one around 5ish...  trying to get rid of that one, and just put him down to bed around 7:30.  He sleeps through the night, only sometimes waking up around 4:30..  usually he sleeps from anywhere between 6-7am.  He now rolls over on his back or side at times to sleep, instead of always being on his tummy.  He still wakes up with that huge smile!  I love it!

He is cooing and "talking" all of the time.  It is so cute.  He is very vocal.  Always laughing!

We think he is going to crawl any day now.  He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth, and will sometimes, scoot both knees forward.  Watch out, by the next post I have a feeling Brady will be mobile!  He also is sitting unassisted for short amount of times, he mostly does the tripod sit, where he is leaning forward, not sitting straight up.

Brady's favorite thing to do right now is to jump in his bouncy seat, he would sit there and do it for hours if we let him. 

Look at that smile!

Brady 6 month Photoshoot

Check out the pictures of Brady's 6 month photo shoot!  There are a lot of pictures, it is every picture from the shoot...

Click on the link below

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