The Easter Bunny Came

Gavin got a GloWorm and a monkey rattle/teether in his Easter basket. He really likes Gabe's GloWorm and we have been meaning to get him his own since he was born, so this was the perfect time to do it. He got candy filled eggs which Gabe helped him take care of!!

For the last month or 2 Gabe has turned his focus from trains to Cars, the Disney/Pixar movie. I mean he REALLY loves it, he will watch it a couple times a day if you let him. So Michael and I decided to get him all Cars cars for his Easter basket that was Lighting McQueen. We were so excited to give him all the cars we could hardly wait!! Gabe was really excited about all his cars, which made us very happy.

Gavin was so happy after getting his Easter basket we had to take some pictures. He is such a sweet boy!! It was a nice Easter morning with our boys, thanks Easter Bunny (wink, wink)!!

Big, Big Tiger

Last Saturday night we went to the Lakeland Flying Tigers baseball game. We used to go a lot last year until Gabe got were he just wouldn't sit still, he wanted to just run around everywhere. We figured the same thing would happen still but he actually sat and watched the whole game.

We invited Michael's mom, Meme to go with us since she wouldn't be seeing the boys on Easter day. Gabe like having her there to talk away to, like he loves to do. Since it was the night before Easter they had an Easter bunny there and the usual South Paw tiger and Flying Tiger. For some reason Gabe was now terrified of the Tigers and just kept saying "big, big tiger" and then later asked where Pooh was.

Both of the boys were very well behaved, Gavin never even cried just like his first game. He has really come to love it outside which is good because his big brother sure does as well.

After the game Publix sponsored a huge Easter egg hunt with 10,000!!! Gabe was really excited to get to go down on the field with Daddy and find eggs. I still am not sure why I didn't go down with them and take Gavin but I guess there's always next year.

Then like every Saturday night after the game they had a huge fireworks display, it was really great. Gabe was really funny because he wasn't scared of the noise but he acted like the light was too bright and he couldn't look at it. After we got in the parking lot he started saying " I scared", which we have never heard him say, it was so cute. We told him over and over again that he had nothing to be scared of but he just kept saying it all night and the next day. Gavin on the other hand slept right through the fireworks like they were nothing.

Daddy's shoes

I have only seen Gabe try and put my shoes on before and he was pretty unsuccessful. He looked really silly in Daddy's big size 13 shoes!!

This happened later while they were watching baseball. Apparently trying to go up the step is pretty much impossible in Daddy's shoes!! I just love the "i stuck" at the end, that is just about his favorite thing to say.

Easter Bunny

As I have told you all before Michael and I are committed to getting a picture of the boys with Santa and the Easter Bunny every year, whether good or bad. So here is the boys picture for this year, first time Gavin was in on it and he did good. Gabe was really excited until it meant he had to sit with the "big, big bunny" as he called him. He sat down and said "hi" and immediately "bye, bye"!! He just kept saying it over and over again, it was hilarious. Then the bunny put his hand on Gabe's arm because Gabe was putting it up reaching for us. Gabe looked at his hand like he was about to rip it off, Michael and I just died laughing!!!

Gigi Camp

Good Friday we enjoyed the second annual Gigi Camp!!

Gigi and I made these matching outfits for the kids and personally I think they came out adorable. Last year's outfits we made were all blues but this year we mixed it up with bright colors that all went together. The group picture didn't turn out as well as we would've liked but what can you do.

So first thing we did was an Easter craft, they decorated foam eggs. Gabe mostly just wanted to stick things on himself and take the stuff off his egg immediately after putting it on. They all had a good time and then we headed outside to color real eggs. Charles knocked a cup over right off the bat and it made me nervous how it was all gonna go. Gabe didn't want anything to do with the dipper or waiting for the egg to get good and colored. He dropped it in with his hand and immediately wanted to take it out with his hand and stick it in another cup of color. Needless to say his hands were a lovely shade of green right away!! Uncle Andy helped with Gavin and his Ellie since they were too small to join in the coloring.

Then we decorated cupcakes which turned into eating cupcakes!! (All my pictures except the bottom pool pictures are thanks to Angela, I didn't get my camera out till then.) So I don't have any pictures of Gabe decorating cupcakes. He enjoyed eating an un-iced one while I put icing on his, then he had a lot of fun shaking the sprinkles on. I think he had more sprinkles on the table, chair and himself then he got on any cupcake though. Then the kids went out for an Easter egg hunt and Gabe did surprisingly well. I hadn't practiced with him at all but he went right out and started putting eggs in his basket. He was really excited about counting them when he was done, he wanted me to count over and over with him!!

After some lunch the big kids all had to get in the pool and they had a blast!!!

So Behind!

Well with everything going on in my life I have gotten behind blogging for the last couple weeks. In an attempt this is going to be one big post of a lot of random things that I want to get on here.

These I took 2 weeks ago, we were just going out to dinner and I thought Gavin looked really cute in his big boy outfit. Gabe of course had to get in on the action and have his picture taken holding his "bubbie"!

Gavin has been doing a lot more lately like sitting in his Bumbo and grabbing his toys. He has actually picked them up a couple times.

We were cleaning our storage unit out this day so that we could move into a smaller unit and save some money. Gavin was tired so we laid him on a piece of mattress in the back of Michael's truck so he could take a nap. Gabe was up plundering in the front seat and as soon as he saw him he crawled back to lay with him. He loves kissing him and rubbing his head saying "soft".

Alex and Mandy were taking some furniture from our storage unit and it was going to take more then one trip so I took all the kids back to my house while they went back and forth. Emma always wants to hold baby Gavin (that is what she calls him) and then both Gabe and Ethan wanted to as well. They were all on the couch and I took that opportunity to get some cute pictures. Emma looks so sweet holding Gavin, she does a good job.

These are just some really sweet videos of Gavin talking up a storm. I think he may be a big talker like his big brother!!

Bonnet Creek Day

So I am a little behind on my blog, this was 2 weeks ago. Uncle Andy and Aunt Angel invited us to come to Orlando and hang out at the resort with them and have some fun in the sun!!!

We headed over late morning and couldn't wait to get Gabe in the pool. It was really nice weather, just really windy. Gabe had so much fun in the hot tub and kiddie pool, he liked to be able to be free.

They have a lazy river there so Gabe wanted an inner tube to play with, he just ran laps around the kiddie pool in it. I didn't put Gavin in the pool at all because the water was pretty cold and it was so windy, I just didn't think he would enjoy it very much. He did love to lay in the sun though and catch some rays!

This was the first time Gabe had been in a big pool since last Summer and he didn't do much except ride in his floatie boat. So we brought him floaties to try (one of his had a hole in it so he borrowed Charles' extra pair) and he loved them!! He was swimming all over that pool like a pro, kicking his feet and everything!!!

Oh yea Aaron, Angela, Charles and Bella also came over!!! Gabe loves playing with Charles and has really become very interested in Bella lately, so he was so glad to see them!!! Charles showed Gabe how to jump off the side of the pool and they were so cute doing it together.

They also had a playground that we took the boys down to play on. They started taking each other out on the slide and fighting over Gabe's monster truck, just being boys!!

It was just a really fun day and nice to get away from everything. Thanks Uncle Andy and Aunt Angel for inviting us we had a blast!!!

By the time we got home we were all completely exhausted!!

Gavin's First Baseball Game

This past Thursday Michael, Gavin and I went to see the Rays play the Tigers. It was Gavin's very first game and I think he had a good time!!

Gabe wore this same outfit to his first game only it was a NB not a 9 month!! Gavin never cried once during the whole game, which was super surprising maybe he will love baseball like his Daddy and brother.

We nearly got there in time to get Carlos Pena's autograph but not quite, Daddy was disappointed. Even though the Rays lost we had a nice time.

Gabe doesn't understand how to sit still when he's outside and it was way too crowded for him to go, maybe next time buddy.

Duck Lake

Last Wednesday before Gabe's surgery I took both my boys down to Duck Lake.

Gabe really likes going a lot and just being able to run around. He doesn't usually feed the ducks, he feeds himself. He likes for me to throw the bread and then he laughs when they all fight over it. I think that he himself probably ate about 3-4 pieces of bread while we were there.

We had one swan that followed us around more than half the time and would get within about a foot or less of me wanting more bread. Gabe liked it but it just made me nervous, I don't want to get bite by a crazy swan!! Gavin was not happy at first but then he calmed down and enjoyed the sunshine I think.

It is always nice to get out of the house, Gabe just about has to every couple days or he gets really cranky. I was always on the go with him when he was little and now he wants to be all the time. Gavin likes much more that I can tell to be home so he can be in his crib.