Gavin and Jack

We had a great time yesturday at the Martin's home! Gavin and Jack played so well together! They are new best buds! We will for sure have to keep up the weekly playdates! Here are some pictures from yesturday.
Brynn

My mom is here today. She got here around 8:45 this morning. We went up to the hospital to see my granny. She was in some pain and pretty sick today. I hate seeing anyone like that. Sad. Hopefully when I see her later or tomorrow she will be in high spirits!

Bedtime issues!

It's a lonely evening tonight. David is at his softball game this evening :( I'm sad we weren't able to go. The game started at 8:10pm and I thought that would be too late for Gavin. We wouldn't have gotten home until 10:00 or so.. and I want him to have a good night sleep!

Lately Gavin has not been going to bed like he used to. Usually we would tell him that it is time to brush his teeth and get ready for bed, we give him a sippy cup of warm milk and he would be out! Not lately, he does not want to get ready for bed, and hates the whole process. And, he wants to get rocked to bed. The only thing we hear when we mention anything about bedtime is, "rocka, rocka, rocka." Well, my husband who is a softy to Gavin, rocks him to sleep. I dont think it's a good idea to give into him, ecspecially at bedtime when we WERE on a perfect routine! But...tonight, David wasn't home to put Gavin to bed with me so I thought I would try and let him go to sleep on his own again, like he used to. It worked!!! Gavin did cry for about 2 minutes, but then fell right to sleep! Hopefully this will continue! Anyways... We have a busy rest of the week and next couple weeks!

First off, Tomorrow Gavin is having a playdate with Jackson and Brynn Martin! More so Jackson than Brynn, she is only a few weeks old! It should be lots of fun and I will hopefully post some pictures of it tomorrow!

Second, My mom is coming to stay with us for a few days starting on Thursday. My Grandma (Granny) is coming down tomorrow for about three weeks. She will be staying at UW hospital and getting her Stem Cell transplant! Very excited for this to happen, it's a very emotional and wonderful gift she is getting. My Granny has Multiple Myeloma (bone cancer). Although it is not curable she is getting a great gift from her TWIN sister! My aunt Judy is a perfect match for her. The best gift anyone could get/give and ask for. Please pray that everything goes smoothly for the both of them.

Third, Chris, Kristin, Lily, and Nolan are moving back this coming week! It is very exciting for all of us! We are thrilled that they will be closer and we will have more people to hang out with and do more stuff with!

WOW sorry that was so long! I am gonig to go get ready for bed and wait for my hunny to get home!
Nighty night.

Our Sunday

We took a trip to Sam's club this morning for some much needed bulk items for David's lunch, breakfasts, dinner, and diapers! We can spend quite the penny there when we need stuff! When we got home Gavin had alot of fun playing in the boxes from Sam's Club, it probably entertained him for about an hour, he had snacks in there along with all his cars and stuffed animals and of course his blankies! He took a late nap today, fell asleep around 3:30. David and I thought we would have a nice early dinner alone while he was napping. We have steak kabobs, veggies, salad, and...yummy sangria smoothies!

We just got done giving Gavin a bath and we are about to go feed him dinner, we do stuff backwards around here, normal people would give there child a bath AFTER dinner, just incase they get dirty. We didn't think this evening! Oh well. More later.

Noah's Ark

Yesturday we took Gavin to Noah's Ark! He had a blast! He went on 4 waterslides, numerous times, and played in Tadpold Bay for most of the time! We were only there for a couple of hours because the weather wasn't too good. It was in the mid to lower 70's while we were there, and no sun. The water was pretty cold too, except for in Tadpold Bay, which is why we spent most of our time there! We will for sure go back though, hopefully sometime in August.

We also went downtown Wisconsin Dells and walked around! Gavin enjoyed going in all the candy stores!

Here are some pictures for Noah's Ark. Enjoy.

Bug Bite

So this morning before David left for work we went in to check on Gavin, and we noticed that something had bitten him. We were outside last night, and the mosquitoes are pretty bad, but...I don't think they are mosquito bites because I would have noticed them before he went to bed last night. David said they could be spider bites...which would totally gross me out! I have never seen a spider bite before so I am not sure. Take a look for yourself. Poor little guys, they are right on his face too, looks like he has two HUGE pimples! They don't seem to be bothering him though.

These pictures were taken this morning while he was watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Last night the three of us went out to Red Lobster for a quick meal! It was nice, we then came home and just hung out. David has been getting home around 6:00pm everynight this week due to his 4-10's. I think he is liking it! We are planning on taking Gavin to Noah's Ark tomorrow! I am hoping it doesn't rain alot so we can still go!

Another Week!

Good Morning,

The start of another week. David is starting 4-10 hour days this week. He said he wants to see how it goes. He would like to have Friday's off to spend with us, But..this may take a toll on him and he may go back to 5-8 hour days, he has been working really hard lately and just started a new house!

Our weekend was very nice, we had the golf outing that was alot of fun, and we did great as a team! I think they had a great turn out as well. We got some wonderful prizes too; $50 in gas cards, 4 Noah's Ark tickets, a booze basket (that had some yummy stuff in it) also a $15 gift certificate to a liquor store, a free Value meal at Taco Bell and a $5 gift certificate to Red Lobster! All in All, we are VERY happy, and it was a great thing for Brandon's family!

Gavin is getting very big for those of you who haven't seen him in awhile. Big in ways where he is talking in sentances, he can count to 10, and he can say his alphabet (sort of), we need to work on that some more, he fills in the letters while you sing it! He is getting GREAT at his flash cards, and can go through the whole deck of them saying what they are/it is. He is also repeating EVERYTHING and I mean everything! We really, or I should say I, need to watch my mouth and watch what I say! Some of his sayings and words that we hear on a normal basis are; NO CHICKEN, freak, rocka, book, no, bless you, please, thank you, welcome, M&M's, I dont know, and alot of others, I just tought I would share a little!

Have a great day!

Our Weekend Ahead!

We have a pretty busy weekend ahead of us. Tonight is low key though. It is 7:00pm and David and Gavin are swimming right now. I just got done wrapping presents and cleaning!

Tomorrow we are going to Neenah for Brandon's Golf Outing. I am very excited for this! A little nervous too. The last time I golfed was two years ago. I really like golfing, although...im not very good at it. Our foursome for this weekend is; David, Dad VV, Myself, and Jessie. It should be interesting and we will have memories for awhile I bet. Jessie has never golfed before, I hope David and Dad VV have the patients for us, hehe!!

On Sunday Mom VV and I are driving to IL for Ashley's Bridal Shower. That should be nice too, Haven't seen the Vander Velde side of the Family in awhile, so I am looking forward to that!

Well, im going to get back to my picking up and cleaning. David and Gavin should be coming up soon, then it is Gavin's bedtime.

Have a good weekend!

Our Day!

My dad came to visit us today for a little while, I swear that man has every other week off for Vacation during the summer time, he deserves it though! It was really nice to see him and spend time with him. He took Gavin and I out to lunch and then we went swimming! David and I are going out to dinner tonight with Doug and Kate! They are leaving this weekend for Colorado for the rest of the summer, so that will be nice to spend time with them before they leave! Gavin will have a fun night with Grammy and Papa while we are out!

Gavin got Caught!

Gavin got caught in the fridge. He knows he's not supposed to be in there without asking, but he was so tempted because there were peanut butter M&M's in there, his favorite now! He can open up the fridge by pulling on the towel, what a little stinker! Gavin and Auntie Ashley on the Carousel at the Zoo!
Gavin and Auntie Ashley on the Choo Choo Train at the Zoo!

Another Showing, cross your fingers!

Good Morning!

It's going to be a HOT one today. I went outside this morning at 6:00am and it was already sticky and humid, I turned the AC on right away! We have ANOTHER showing today. Hopefully this one goes good. We'll see. We have been house hunting some more homes due to the other loss, and we have found some very nice homes. Altought, they might be a little bit of a drive for some, including David to get to work, and with Gas prices how they are, we probably will rule them out.

Yesturday my sister came to visit. We had a good time. We were going to go to Dolphin's Cove, which is a waterpark here in Sun Prairie, but they open at 12:30pm, so it wasn't worth spending $20 a person and $10 for gavin if we were only going to be there for a couple hours (I really want to take Gavin there soon though!) So we went to the Zoo instead, which was FREE and was great because we love it there, we go there about once a week and Gavin is so well behaved there. Auntie Ashley took him on the Carousel and Train, he had fun!

Have a great day!

Bummer!

Bummer...We had a disappointing phone call today :(

The house that we put an offer in on, mind you it was the house that was perfect for our family and it being our first home. It had everything we wanted in it! Anyways... We had put an offer on the home and they accepted it, under the contingency that we sell our condo first though.

Well...we got bumped!!!! Someone else put an offer in on it, we are not sure what their offer was, but they can move in asap, and we can't :( Boo!! So...more house hunting for the Vander Velde Family! It stinks because the next house we buy we are planning on staying in for a long long long time, so we are not just going to settle for something. I HATE THE REAL ESTATE MARKET!... Enough venting about our problem!

We had a good weekend here. It was the annual 'Art Fair on the Square' here this weekend, so David, Gavin, and myself met Mom and Dad VV down there for the day! We saw some really neat stuff! There are some great artists around here!

Here are some pictures of our weekend, they are of Gavin playing on Gammy and Papa's rock pill!

Never Ending!

We have a showing tomorrow from 2-3!! Yippee! Hopefully all goes well with it. David said it was just a realtor coming to look at it. Said they were interested in it. Not sure why? But I could care less who buys this place, just as long as someone does!

It is so fricken HOT out, humid I should say! It is 1:06pm, Gavin is napping, should be up soo though, he has been sleeping since 11:30.

I am on my 5th load of laundry for the day, darks, whites, reds, grays, Gavin's, sheets, towels, it is NEVER ending! I want my own washer and dryer NOW, when we move it is probably going to be my favorite thing! Man I hate running up and down those stairs! Hopefully I won't have to do it much longer!

More later!

Our Week so Far!

Yesturday Gavin and I decided to go to the Zoo! It was alot of fun! Gavin was so good and saw all the Animals, his favorite seemed to be the Bears and Giraffes! It was very busy for a Wed. afternoon. There was the YMCA, La Petite Academy, and about 6 other daycares there all at the same time! We took a carousel ride and played in the park. They also have a new train that goes through the zoo, but it only holds about 20 people at a time, and the line was about a 40 minute wait, too long for Gavin to wait. So we will have to go back next time and ride the train.

Last night David, Gavin, and I went to Concert on the Square! We have been trying to get there for the past month and last night was the first time we could go! It was beautiful out and we had a great time!

This past Tuesday David had his softball game, they won again! 15-0, I believe! Mom VV and I took Gavin, Nolan and Lily to the park while they played their game. David had a home run, a grand slam, and a double (Thats what I heard atleast :))

It is so nice out today, not sure what we have planned to do yet, but tomorrow it is supposed to get into the 90's, so here we come pool!

Have a great Thursday everyone!

Gavin and Nolan

Gavin and I had the pleasure of watching Nolan this afternoon. I have never seen Gavin so gentle, giving, and polite, as he was with Nolan! It was so cute! He also seemed very protected and watched out for him! Nolan even showed Gavin a few tricks :) I think Gavin had a lot of fun. When he woke up from his nap this morning the first thing he said was, "baby nonan, baby nonan?" It was cute, he calls Nolan, Nonan! I thought I would share some pictures I took of them today!

Gavin had another breathing spell today. It started by me not letting him take two unbrellas outside. He got upset and passed out! It is so scary! The scary thing is, is that, I truely do not think he knows that he is doing that to himself. Kristin was here and got to witness it first hand! She was in shock and scared! I think she was suprised that I was calm. I guess I just get used to it, and David tought me that I can't flip out anymore, not good for Gavin or myself. It's something he does and I guess it is common, so for now, we just wait until he grows out of it!

Thats all for now, I just got done watching the Bachelorette! Poor Jason! But...after watching "After the final rose" I can see that they are happy! Anyone who watched the Bachelorette knows what im talking about ;)

Time to crawl into bed with my hubby! Nighty night.

Good Weekend!

We had an eventful and wonderful weekend!

David and his dad started the building the deck! It looks WONDERFUL! We just kinda hung out at Mom and Dad VV's most of the weekend! Friday for the 4th we went to Stoughton fireworks! They were wonderful, probably the best finale I have ever seen! Gavin LOVED the fireworks too! They also had a little petting zoo, so Gavin enjoyed seeing all of the animals!

Saturday Jessie came to visit for the day! It was very nice to see her and hang out, it was low key, very relaxing and needed!

Gavin did alot of swimming this weekend too! He is a fish, and is not affraid of the water at all, even goes underneath a bit, kinda scares me that he loves it so much, swimming lessons here we come!

Tomorrow I get to watch NOLAN for the day! Gavin will really enjoy that I think! Its going to be a nice treat for him!

It is around 6:30pm right now and we just got Gavin out of the Bath, he had taken a little nap (about an hour) all day and woke up at 5:45 screaming his head off! He is getting molars in, he was in alot of pain, and told us exactly where is hurt. He wouldn't stop crying so all that would work was to play in the bath. Now David and Gavin are rockin in the living room watching Franklin! Our favorite!

Here are a few photos of our weekend!