2 year check up. Our PERCH.

Gavin finally had his 2 year check up, 2 month late though. But, he is one healthy boy so that is all that matters, right? He weighs 26lbs 6 oz.!! We waited 50 minutes between the time the nurse left and Dr. Burns came in to see us. I for sure thought Gavin was going to blow anytime, but he didn't. He was so good! I brought along some 'new' and exciting things that would keep him occupied! A new matching game, some new cars (which were for the 'shot' time), a few books and some stickers. We played two games of match, had snack time and read 4 books, never once did he complain! Dr. Burns said that she was so surprised that Gavin was potty trained. He kept telling her, "my poops in the potty now" She thought that was pretty funny, and I think it made him very proud of himself. Shot time came and I pulled out the new matchbox cars for him, he held onto them whimpered and cried for about 5 seconds, then he saw the sweet bandaids they put on him and he was done!

Gavin even got a brand new book from Dr. Burns! It's called Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells. It's a cute book about two bunnies (Brother and Sister - Max and Ruby) who makes Cakes for their Grandmas birthday. They both want two totally different cakes. Ruby's is beautiful, and Max's is an earthworm cake with caterpillar frosting, yummy! Anyways, it's a really cute book! I would recommend it. I also believe the Max and Ruby is a t.v. show if I'm not mistaken!

Gavin is going to be our little 'PERCH'. Yesturday I signed him up for swimming lessons @ the YMCA. He starts on March 7th and ends on April 25th. I am very excited to get him into a class. I was going to wait until this summer, but then thought to myself, 1 - summer is when we will need the lessons to pay off. 2 - I will probably put him in another class in the summer anyways. and 3 - Reilly and Gavin are going to be in the same class, so I think Gavin will be more prone to get into the water and participate if him and Reilly are together! I think it is cute how they name the classes. The one they are in is called 'perch', haha too funny!

Have a great Day!

Peanut Butter Fluff Lunch

Who doesn't like a good peanut butter fluff sandwich? I promise you, I did not go over board on the fluff, he just LOVES these kind of sandwiches.

Happy Tuesday!

Sorry I have not felt up to blogging lately. I think I am finally getting the cold that David and Gavin have had for the past week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines day! We had a wonderful day. We started our day out by going to Johnson Creek so David could get some Tools. They have a Factory Tool Store their and he had seen a few thing that he wanted awhile ago, so we went back and got the things he wanted! We then went out ot lunch at The Great Dane! Yummo...I had never been their before, but it was so good. We are trying not to duplicate the places we eat at. Madison has some wonderful places to eat and we want to try all of them, so we are trying to go to a different place everything we feel like dining out. We then went bowling with Gavin, Mom and Dad VV and Kristin, Lily and Nolan. This was Gavin's first time bowling. He seemed to enjoy it, but he was more interested in the game room than bowling...go figure! So after that we went back to Mom and Dad VV's for dinner and then home. It was a really nice "Valentime's Day", as Gavin calls it!

Sunday David and I went snowboarding with his cousin, PJ. Mom and Dad VV watched Gavin for the Morning. It was so nice to go right away in the morning. There was no one there. We were literally the only ones on quite a bit of the hills! It was also so sunny and I truely got warm, I LOVED IT! I can't wait for Utah. Hopefully we will be boarding in sweatshirts :)-----------

Potty Training Update -

Gavin is doing fabulous! Friday night we put him to bed in undies and not one accident! So we kept continuing it and he has yet to have an accident. I for sure thought that we would be waking up in the middle of the night having to change sheets, but...he prooved us wrong! I am so so so proud of him! Can I now say he is potty trained ? We still have not had to "name" the you know what. David and I have no idea what do refer to it as around Gavin, we can't say "peepee" because he will get confused with actual PEE. So do we call it, "penis" or is that to 'out there'. No idea, if you have any suggestions...let us know!

Gavin just went down for a nap! He finished his lunch...got his blankies...and crawled into a ball and he was out! How nice it that!

Just one quick Bachelor Note....I am so happy that Jillian got voted off last night! Gavin was watching it in bed with me last night before he went to bed and his comment for the night was....Peace Out Jillian :) We are now rooting for MEL!!

Have a great day!

Our Doctors Appointments

David and My Doctors Appointments;

I went to the doctor today because I have had this headache/throb/pain in the back right side of my head since Monday afternoon. I thought since I still had it today I should probably call my doctor and see what was up. Turns out...I had Levator Scapula. This muscle which is located in your neck was inflamed and very tight. Therefore I was not able to get the proper 'flowage' and it caused me to get his headache. I never had neck pain though. The doctor I saw today was not an M.D., he was a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) I have never heard of this type of Doctor before...but I LOVE them! He was magical! He did a couple of techniques and therapies on me and I left feeling A LOT better!

David also went to the doctor today, which was well overdue! For awhile now he has been very congested and it got so bad that he was having trouble breathing. David is not the type to just go to the doctor. Until now…Turns out, he has a lung infection…most likely because he is allergic to cedar which he had been working with a lot lately. It was also because he waited so long to go and get this checked out. He also was diagnosed with Late-onset Asthma. So…now he is on quite a bit of medicine to get this taken care of. Hopefully we can get this all taken care of and get him back to normal soon. He also asked his doctor today about he throat. When David eats certain food his throat closes up. It has been happening more and more lately with almost every food he is eating…so…they are sending him to a throat specialist to get this checked out also. They also told him that he should have not waited so long to get this checked out as well.
So…all in all…If you feel something is wrong, don’t wait so long to get things checked out. Chances are it will turn into something worse. We have learned.

update

Potty Training is going really well! Gavin has now pooped in the potty, YAY!!! We have had a few accidents with that since the first time that happened, but I think he is doing a great job and David and I are very proud of him!Yesturday was BEAUTIFUL outside. We had the windows open, took a walk, and just enjoyed it, it felt so good! Too bad the 50 degree weather didn't last!

Gavin's bedroom is now finished and has his big boy bed in it! He LOVES it! There have even been a few nights where he WANTS to go to bed, very unlike Gavin! I am not a fan of his bedding. I have been looking for other stuff, but just have not found something I really like yet. I really don't want to have to paint his bedroom but I think that is probably going to have to happen! I don't see us moving anytime soon either :( We have not had anyone look at our place since Fall. Hopefully this will change when spring comes.

Gavin is going to be finishing up his Valentines today :) I love these little projects, hopefully they turn out good :)