My baby is mobile...sort of.

My baby is starting to be mobile. He can't sit up yet but he can roll around and grab stuff. So, I was putting laundry away today and this is where I left Gavin... (notice the bed to the left)



And this is where I found him a few minutes later...



(in case you can't tell, he's under the bed and not very happy about it. he couldn't figure out how to get out.)

Another vacation

We had another 4 day weekend so we decided to go on another vacation to San Antonio. We were supposed to have a pretty full schedule but things didn't exactly go as planned. Here was our itinerary:

Fri: take Christmas pictures and go to timeshare resort and relax
Sat: go to a corn maze and then to San Marcos outlet mall
Sun: go to Sea World
Mon: go to the San Antonio zoo

This is what we really did:

Fri: Christmas pictures and relaxing at the resort
Sat: skipped the corn maze and just went to the outlet mall
Sun: Sea World
Mon: came home because everyone was sick

I was pretty excited while at the outlet mall because we found jeans for the whole family for really cheap. Sea World was really fun again, Landan had a blast. There's this clown that does all this funny stuff before the Viva show and Landan thinks he's hilarious. Kevin spent the entire time trying to be the official Sea World photographer. He had a lot of fun taking pictures of all the shows.

This picture of Gavin was the only one that we got to take because there's not much for a baby to do at Sea World. So while Landan was climbing on the pirate ship I was with Gavin in this little toddler area that is really soft. He was already starting to not feel good though so he's not so happy in the picture. He woke up with croup that night and Landan was coughing really badly and Kevin was still fighting a cold so we decided to just come home on Mon instead of going to the zoo, but it was great to be able to get away for awhile anyway.

More Sea World

I finally had time to put these pictures on the blog. These are from our little Sea World vacation a month ago but it took too long to download the pictures so it took me this long. These are some pictures of some of the shows we went to. There's a sea lion show that is really funny, the Shamu show that is my favorite (I love killer whales), and a dolphin and beluga whale show. The first set are from the dolphin/beluga wale show where our friend Valerie is an animal trainer. We thought it was really good. She actually took us backstage after to show to meet the whales and dolphins and we got to touch a beluga whale. It was great. We had so much fun seeing her do her shows and to meet her new hubby Adam. It made for a great weekend.

Gavin at 6 mo.

I call Gavin my little monkey because he always has his feet in his mouth. It's so funny. So, you know how I said during Gavin's 4 mo. update that I was glad one of my boys would be normal. Well, apparently I spoke too soon. We went to the doctor today and I found out Gavin isn't gaining weight or length properly. Here is a link to his previous stats in case you are curious. click here Here are his current stats:

Weight: 13 lbs 2 oz (from 30% to 0%)
Length: 25 in. (from 20% to 5%)
Head: 43.5 cm (75% to 50%)

So his head is still pretty normal but the rest of him is small. He only gained 5 oz since the last visit 2 months ago. The doctor asked if he could sit up by himself yet and I said no, he tries but he just falls sideways. The doctor said it was probably because his head is so big and his body is so small. So we're going to try some things to get him to gain more weight and he goes back in a month for a weight check. So far all my children seem to be really small. I wonder if the trend will continue.

Mommy's Little Helper

Landan was so funny today. I was fighting with Gavin because he's been really fussy today for some reason. I was trying to fold laundry but it was really difficult with Gavin crying so much. So Landan started helping me. When I tried to do some Landan wouldn't let me. He wanted to do it all by himself. So while I put Gavin down for a nap, Landan put all of the clothes away. Isn't he so sweet?

Trick or Treat

So of course, it's time for the trick or treat blog. I couldn't help but have a little pre-Halloween costume fest so I put Landan's old costume from when he was a baby on Gavin and let Landan try on his costume. They were so sweet.







Landan was so funny trick or treating. He had to have a small conversation with every person he saw. These are some of the things I heard...

"Trick or treat. Thank you for the candy. Bye. ....(as he's running down the driveway) "Mommy, I got it. I got the candy!"

"I love your costume. Do you like my costume?"

"I'm the new Bumblebee from Transformers. I look great. And I'm really brave."

"I love your Halloween decorations. But I'm not scared cause I'm really brave and strong."

He even had a 5 min conversation with one couple about his costume, their decorations, sports and the stone hippo that was in their yard painted with Texas A&M colors. (hippos are a big thing here in Hutto.) When we left, the guy said, "He's got quite the personality doesn't he." It was so cute. He was being so polite and sweet to everyone he saw. It was hilarious.

Gavin spent the whole time sleeping in the stroller. He was so cute in his little Bee costume.

There was this one lady dressed as a witch but she didn't have a hat. Landan asked where it was and she said she couldn't find it. About a block away another lady was wearing normal clothes with a witch hat. Landan walked up to her and said, "Hey, you stole the witch's hat!" She didn't understand so she said, "yeah I am wearing a hat. But I can't find my broom." So landan says, "I'll help you find it." and proceeds to start looking around her porch. He can be quite the charmer when he wants to be.

In case you can't tell, Landan is the yellow and black car named Bumblebee from the movie Transformers.

Sea World

Because we have only one child right now who would appreciate it, we decided to feed the dolphins and sea lions.









Landan also loved going on the kiddie rides at Shamu Happy Harbor. The Shamu one is a short little roller coaster that went on over and over and over and overand...you get the picture.




This was a big climbing pirate ship at Shamu's Happy Harbor. We were afraid landan wouldn't be able to do it but he climbed right up to the top all by himself. He's really strong and he loved climbing all over.



Landan's first Haunted House (it was really a forest and it wasn't
haunted during the day so it wasn't scary for little kids.


More pictures to come. Stay tuned!