Baby Animal Days

15 months- Look what Gavin can do!

So here is a new update of the things Gavin is doing and saying. He is learning and growing so fast, I'm not sure I'll be able to keep up with all the words he can say in a few months. He is so much fun, and had developed quite the personality!

Physical Accomplishments:

• Gavin is now running everywhere!
• Has mastered going up and down stairs and is now trying to learn to go down forward (with Mom's help of course)
• Climbs on the couch, runs from one side to the other (mom and dad's hearts freeze in panic everytime) and now he climbs over the arm to get down
• Gavin loves basketball, we set up a nerf hoop and he plays with it all the time, is able to "dunk it" with both right and left hand
• Starting to color with crayons instead of eat them
• feeds himself with spoon/fork
• gives high fives
• blows kisses
• We've started introducing him to the potty and he proudly sits on it before his bath each night!
• jumps up and down in his crib
• still loves to figure out how things work and taking them apart. Cody caught him with a screw driver the other day trying to open the part of his toy where the batteries go....
• Love to open drawers and climbs in and out of the drawers in the kitchen
• Dances to music, bounces, stomps his foot, and turns in circles
• walks backwards

Words he can say:

• Mama/dada Mommy/Daddy
• Allie
• Apple, Waffle, Nanna(bannana), dadoo(means chicken nuggets-no idea where he came up with that word) Gogurt (yogurt), Pizza (sometimes he calls it happy), cheese, juice, peaches
• Basketball, baseball, football (he know which ball is for which sport) Basketball is his favorite, since we put a hoop up he runs around all day saying Bask-ball, when he sees other kids playing, or the Jazz, or our ward... same thing.
• No! Mom says "Do you want to get out of the bath?" Gavin says "No", "Can I change your diaper?" "No".... while Gavin is pulling open a drawer he knows not to get in to he tells himself "no-no" but does it anyway....
• Happy
• Duck
• Kitty
• Ball
• Shoes
• Hat
• Nose
• Eyes
• Ice
• Belly button
• Bronco
• Jeep
• Grandma
• Grandpa
• Night-Night
• Light (sometimes calls lights santa.... a left over from Christmas time)
• Rock and Rock
• Stuck (like when he gets stuck trying to climb under the table, or the ball gets stuck)
• Uh-oh
• Baby

These are the body parts he knows and can point to:

• Hair
• Eyes
• Ears
• Nose
• Tounge
• Teeth
• Belly button
• hands/fingers
• toes

Sign Language:

• More
• Please
• eat/food
• water
• bannana
• thank you
• bird
• trees
• light
• fish

Noises: What sound does a _______ make?

• Kitty (meow)
• Cow (moo-moo)
• Owl (hoo-hoo)
• train (choo choo- chugga chugga)
• Elephant (mmmmmm)
• Lion (Roar- though he does this really quietly)
• Duck (quack quack)
• Bronco (vrooom vrooom)
• He also knows that a bunny "hops"
• and makes the cutest fish face ever!

Words can't explain how much I love being Gavin's mom. My new favorite game to play with him is I sit on the floor and he runs and give me a huge hug and tackles me we fall over laughing, then he gets up, runs to the other side of the room and starts again. Gavin loves being outside, and he LOVES Allie (our dog). Anytime Allie gets in trouble (and gets sent to sit in the corner-yes we really make her sit in the corner) Gavin always tries to save her. He constantly gives her hugs and tries to sneak her food, though Allie knows not to take food from Gavin.

Cody is an Amazing Dad. Gavin adores him and constantly wants his attention. He is home with him 3 days out of the week and everytime I come home Gavin has learned something new. I feel very blessed to have married someone who is willing to be so involved with their kids.

Gavin still takes great naps (morning 2-3 hours, and afternoon 1-2 hours) plus he sleeps from about 8-9pm to 8-9:30am) And he puts himself to sleep.  We read stories, he picks out a toy to take to bed and I put him in his bed wide awake and he plays in his crib (usually throwing all of his stuffed animals out) and then falls asleep. Here are some pictures from the other night, he threw everything out except his baseball.

Once again I count my blessings every day for my wonderful family, and the fun we're having growing and learning together.

A Harris Family Christmas

Over the Christmas Holiday's we went to Colorado to see the Aguirre's (Cody's sister and family) It was lots of fun. Jessica (Cody's other sister) came along with Cody's Mom and Grandma. We were packed pretty tight in the house, but it was great to spend some time together. Gavin had a hard time adjusting to sleeping in a new place, and Cody and I spent many nights pacing around the house holding him, and trying to not wake anyone else up! But during the day Gavin had a blast playing with his cousins and learning lots of new things (like how to roar like a dinosaur and play with batman action figures) Here are a few highlights from the trip!

Gavin and Aunt Jessica!

Jessica got Cody and I awesome old school Stockton Jazz shirts! We Love them! Plus now we can be matchy like the stokers!
Gavin sporting his new PJ's

Jessica was nice enough to take some family pics! I never knew Gavin could make so many different faces without actually smiling!
This present seemed like a perfect Gavin sized seat!
Getting ready to open their new PJ's
You'd think we could get them all to atleast look at the camera at the same time.... well all I can say is getting them to all sit long enough to snap a picture was a small miracle! Aren't they cute though?
The adorable Aguirre's

Grady, Gavin and Jackson in Front of the tree
The boys had tons of fun playing in the bath!
The Heel Click Cody Style!
All Bundled up on our Hike!

The Heel Click, Ashley Style Daddy and Gavin

I took this picture while Ashley and I were trying to help Grandma Gayle down a steep incline, Let's just say we need to get her something other than clogs to wear hiking! The crew! Doesn't Grandma Elaine look great in her Olympic beanie?
Ashley and Gavin!
Gavin learning to shoot hoops!

The Stokers came to town!

We were so happy to get the chance to spend some time with Shari, Jeremy and Olivia over the Holiday's! We even got to be there for little Livy's blessing! Here are some fun pictures of our time with them! (We miss you already)

What Gavin is up to these days

I just had to post the fun things Gavin is doing and saying at the one year mark so I don't forget!

Physical accomplishments!

• Walking all over like a crazy man
• Can throw a big ball with two hands
• Loves to feed himself anything bite sized
• Drinks out of a sippy cup or straw
• Claps
• Waves
• Does the "touchdown" sign
• shakes his head no
• plays peek-a-boo with blankets
• climbs on anything he can
• Loves to dive on to pillows
• takes ordaments off the tree
• Can twist the top of most containers on and off (yeah dangerous)
• Has 6 teeth (4 top, 2 bottom)
• Love to brush his teeth
• Loves bath time

Sign Language

• signs eat/hungry
• bannana
• more
• water
• fishy/cracker
• sometimes signs Bird and dog
• Sometimes Dad

Words

• Mama
• Dada
• Al (for Allie, though he hasn't said it for a while)
• Cracker
• Ball
• Ya-Ya (means phone or Aunt Jessica) or just making noise
• quack- for Ducks
• Gandma/Grandpa
• sometimes love (short for love you)
• Santa (Just in time for Christmas---so cute)
• Will usually try to repeat most words you say

Other cute/funny stuff

• Throws his head back when he laughs
• Cheeser smile
• runs away laughing/squealing when he has something he shouldn't have
• Feeds Allie when he gets the chance
• Also feeds Mom and Dad
• Grabs his hands when frustrated
• Thinks its great fun to throw toys through the gate, and down the stairs
• will lay on the floor in front of you to tickle him
• hugs and kisses Allie all the time
• kisses his favorite pages in books
• Squats down to look at things
• If you give him something he doesn't want, he immediately throws it
• Puts food he doesn't want by the side of his high chair (almost like he's hiding it)

Gavin's Big Day!

We had so much fun celebrating Gavin's Birthday and want to thank all of those who joined in! We got a great start on a college savings account, and so much priceless advice for Gavin's time capsule/memory book! He's very lucky to have such wonderful family and friends! Here are some fun videos of Gavin's Big Day!