Gavin Nine Months & July 2017

Gavin was nine months on 7/21/17! We just had his nine month check up at our Pediatrician and it went great.  He weighed in at 18lbs 10oz is 28.75 inches long and his head is 17 in round.  While the kids look so much alike at this age there was definitely a weight difference.

We have utilized the parks so much this summer both kids love going - Gavin has become obsessed with the swings and if it's not busy we let him crawl around.

This is what happens when I leave the room for a second to put clothes on.  Avery takes my phone and tells me don't worry Mama i'm taking pictures of Gavin! I thought she was kidding - nope, she knew how to swipe up to the camera and take endless photos!!!!!!!

More park fun, Rachel loves taking them for lunch and picnics.

What a difference having two makes.  Gavin and Avery place so well together.  He gets so excited when she comes in the room and she is sweet as can be with him.

Now that Daddy's office is in the city we are getting home together earlier and in time to do fun stuff with the kids.  This day we decided to walk over to get Avery an ice cream cone, she insisted on wearing he very pink dress.

We have gotten great use out of the deck this summer, water table, pools, bubbles you name it they've done it outside on the deck.

Jake Gottlieb turned two so we went to their house for a fun birthday party.  Mommies co-workers Nanette and Megan loved taking turns holding the baby. 

Burger fest was right behind our house this year so we made sure to make a stop that weekend.  Avery went down the slide all by herself and loved it!

Gavin's first time riding in the cart! He loved every minute!

Cooking with Avery

Avery is becoming quite the little chef.  We have found that if she is involved more in making her food she's more interested in eating eat.  Rachel planned a fun day where they made pizzas for lunch.  They made a shopping/ingredients list and then went to the store and then made everything step by step! it was so cute! Especially because she had to be dressed in her Minnie Mouse Halloween costume. 

Mommy decided to make homemade ravioli's and needed a skilled sous chef, Avery was happy to assist.  We had such a fun time making our pasta from scratch and filling it!

Fourth of July 2017

Fourth of July weekend is here! Finally it feels like summer and we have a nice long weekend to enjoy together as a family.  We kicked off the holiday weekend with a family day at our favorite beach Foster Beach. 

Avery and Mommy in the water

We got this great tent to provide some shade for the baby and also hopefully lessen the amount of sand he would eat that day.  Not sure how well we did on sand consumption but it was at least not super sunny for him. 

Hanging with Daddy

Snack time - Gavin's first time eating from a pouch

This did not go so well - the water was cold and he was not happy

That night The Debias family came over to have a BBQ and let the kids all meet baby Sam.  He is four months younger than Gavin and I know they will be best buds as they get older!

Avery wanted to swim so badly and apparently that meant naked swimming.  How nice for our guests. :)

She also couldn't have been sweeter with the little boys.  She wanted to take a picture with them and made sure no one fell down. 

The boys

The next day we had our annual Fourth of July BBQ with our IU crew.  This year was a little different because we had so many more babies in the mix.  There were 7 kids at the party this year!!!

We filled up the pool and let the babies splash around all afternoon! It was a hit and they had so much fun. Auntie Kara ended up spending the night with Liddy and Webster and it was so fun to have them around in the morning to join us for our Starbucks walk with the doggies.

Gavin and Aviva in the pool

Ladies man - Gavin and Liddy

Aviva watching Avery and her Ipad loving it

Aviva playing in the activity center

On Monday we headed up to Nana and Papa's house for the rest of the weekend to enjoy some relaxing time in the suburbs.   Brisco did not want to miss a crumb from Avery and was all in her business after she had her snack.

We took Avery to her first fireworks - it ended up being a big fail because some loud music scared her and she wouldn't stop crying.  We watched them from the car as we drove away.  However she did have fun up until that moment. 

On Tuesday the 4th we took Avery to the parade in Barrington with Nana while Daddy's stayed back with Gavin while he napped.  

After nap time we all got ready and headed over to BHCC for the annual 4th fun! Avery is old enough to really enjoy all the activities they have now.  Gavin needs a little more time but he had fun dancing to the music and eating. 

Rachel is so great at coming up with cute activites - right before the 4th she decided to have Avery make a fireworks painting.  It was such a hit they did it the week after too with different colors. So cute