i'm so thankful....

I am finally getting around to writing about mother's day! Laurie and Eric and Owen, came to stay with us on Friday night. Gavin was so excited to have Owen come and stay at our house! They all got to sign his cast too - which made him pretty happy. I got a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and Gav made me a big purple heart. Bryan made me a shutterfly book with a bunch of pics of Gavy and I - it was the most thoughtful gift he's ever given me - I LOVE it! I feel pretty blessed - I have an amazing child, a pretty cool Godson and two wonderful nieces! I love being a mom!

who's the parent here?

Tuesday night, Bryan golfs, so Gavin and I get some nice one on one time together. This past Tuesday, I was putting him to bed, reading some books - when I accidently skipped a page - he got very upset and started crying. I put the book down and told him I would come back when he settled down - here's is what happened next:

G: DADDY.... DAAAAAADDDDDDDYYYYY - I WANT MY DADDY!!! (silence............)
G: Mommy, will you come here please.
G: Mommy, I'm sorry I cried.
M: I'm sorry I yelled at you Gavin, but I am the mom.
G: but I am the boss.
M: No, Gavin, I'm the mom, so that makes me the boss.
G: Mom - you need to listen and I need to listen, we need to both stay on track.
M: ok
G: mom you are on a different road, and you need to get on Gavin's road - stay on track - k?


What happened to me being the mom?!?

busy busy busy....

and this is what Rigley did while Bryan and I were working so hard around the house!

( Gavin with Great Grandma Betty at Sara's shower)

We have been so busy lately doing all sorts of fun stuff. Gavin, in fact, has been running around so much, he wore a hole right through the bottom of his blue cast! Monday morning, he had a cool new red one put on (we almost came home with a pink one again - but I managed to convince him that red was super cool!) The blue one was so fun because it was filled with so many names - we are working on getting the red one just as decorated! Gav is really excited that Laurie, Eric and Owen get to sign it tonight - they are the only ones left of all of his family! The cast comes off on the 13th and I think we will all be ready for that day. He hasn't complained about it at all, but it doesn't slow him down at all either - hence the reason for the new cast. On the upside, we have gotten good use out of the single socks that don't have a pair! Gavin also has been busy with all the projects he got after he broke his foot. He had a ton of fun painting the race car from Lauren and Ellie and he loved making the bouncy balls from Owen!

Bryan and I have also been busy doing little projects around our house. Last weekend, after Sara's shower, Gavin got to spend the night at Lauren and Ellie's house, so Bryan and I had the house to ourselves. We had pizza delivered and spent the night finishing up the projects that just haven't seem to get done over the last three years. I finally finished painting our bedroom and hung some curtains. Bryan managed to not kill himself and hung THREE bathroom light fixtures - you may remember the ordeal we had awhile back trying to hang them. Trust me, this was an accomplishment! I'm not going to go as far as to say it was an easy venture this time around - nor were they hung on the first try - and we did have a slight blow out (lesson learned: you cannot attatch the white wire to the black one - even if you think it is just an extension!) and lets just say on the first try we had three lightbulbs all lit up in different levels of brightness! But, in all fairness, Bryan didn't complain and just kept trying - handy people, we are not - but we sure had a fun night together! He also fixed the hole in the wall from the last time we were hanging up lights and I tore the towel bar off of the wall. And also the one in Gavin's bathroom when he tore his towel bar off the wall using it as monkey bars - it really is an interesting place to live in our house!

funny little dude....

His aunty Jill is a pretty funny lady too! (Gavin thought those mustaches were GREAT!)

My Gavy is a pretty funny little man. He comes up with the funniest little sayings, and he is always giggling and laughing. I haven't met anyone that doesn't think his big smile is infectious. He loves to play dress up and put on different costumes. If he's not theatrical, I'll be so surprised! I have just a couple of funny little stories to share. The other day, as Gavin and I were driving home from daycare, he says to me: "Mom, your head is like an open garage door." To which I replied, "now what in the world does that mean, Gavin?" His answer? "well,there are no brains in it!" Little does he know how smart his mama really is!

This next one still has Bryan and I laughing. Most people know that my child is somewhat obsessed with Happy Meals. He doesn't get them all that often, but that doesn't stop him from asking us nearly everyday if he can have one. He just loves those little plastic toys, and to his credit, he does play with a lot of them. Anyway, as we were driving home from Home Depot the other night, we happened to go right past McDonalds. Gavin perked up right away with - "please, can I get a happy meal? Pretty, PRETTY PLEASE?!?" "No Gavin - it's too late at night - you've already had supper - blah blah blah" He just sat back in his carseat and sulked with his arms crossed. A little while later we were driving along and there was a car pulled over on the side of the road. Bryan just very casually said outloud, "hmmmm, I wonder what that guy is doing? Just then we hear a sassy little voice from the back seat proclaim - "PROBABLY GETTING HIS KID A HAPPY MEAL!" We couldn't help but laugh - he's just so funny!

our first broken bone....

To be quite honest, I'm truly surprised that it has taken three and a half years for me to be writing this post. Gavin is such a rough and tumble little boy, proven by all of the bruising on his little body. Saturday morning, Gavin put on a cape and was calling himself "Harry Potters"he climbed to the top of Nana and Papas playset and jumped - believing that he could FLY! He wouldn't walk on it, but it wasn't really swollen or bruised at all and he stopped crying really fast. I decided to just watch it, on Sunday, I was going to bring him in, but then he took a few steps and it looked about the same. So this morning when he woke up, he still wouldn't walk on it, so I brought him to the clinic for xrays - and it was broken! I feel terrible- I should have just followed my first instinct and brought him to the clinic. I was very impressed with our doctor today, he did a thourough exam and put my mind at ease that no harm was done by waiting a couple of days - but I still feel terrible. The casting was a family affair - but Gavin sat perfectly still and didn't complain at all - he just asked a lot of questions - he's such a good kid. He thinks his blue cast is really cool and can't wait to have people write their names on it. It could have been a lot worse, so we'll take a little broken foot bone!

Our weekend at Leech....

Every year we get to go to Walker and spend a weekend at Leech Lake with my family. It is always so much fun and relaxing too. The big boys go ice fishing - although, I think the two little boys with insist on going with next year! They both cried and cried because they didn't get to go with the guys and fish! We did get to feast on some delicious fish Saturday night! While the guys were out of the cabin, us girls made cookies, played a lot of Mario brothers on the Wii, the little boys played pirates and we took them on a bear hunt - thankfully there were no bears to be found, but we did get a nice little hike out of the deal!

Wednesday night my two favorite boys took me out on a date to celebrate my passing the National Certification of Neonatal Nursing exam! We had a yummy meal at Apple Bees, then went to see "How to Train Your Dragon" in 3D - AMAZING! The movie was so cute, and funny and told a great story! Gavin absolutly loved it, he keeps asking me to go see it again. I can't wait to start having Tuesday night dates again with Gavin this summer while Bryan gets his weekly golf fix. Gav and I both love going to the movies, and he's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever got to take out!