Christmas Recap

What a great holiday season! We love all our traditions of celebrating with family and friends. I don't have near the photos I should of taken to capture it all. We did our annual trip to see Santa in downtown Acworth with the Tharpes and had our small family Christmas celebrations with Amanda and the Davis. We even added a new tradition (Matt objects but he will get over it) of going to ride the pink pig...an Atlanta Christmas tradition. We made birthday cupcakes with Josh and Nana on Christmas Eve and then I watched as my dad ruined any hopes of Gavin eating on Christmas Day with cookies and milk for breakfast. We thoroughly enjoyed celebrating with our families...and so glad we were able to catch up with the Kansas cousins...Kash Man and G Little had a blast dancing away on the pool table. We will have to watch out for the ladies!

Here's G Little enoying his Christmas cookies...in his favorite spot at my parents...

The Big Birthday Bash...

G Little starting coughing early in the week so this Momma thought we would fight early and start his low dose breathing treatments...boy I was I wrong. They were like a squirt gun on a house fire. He woke up early Thursday morning...a very sick little boy so off to visit our favorite pediatrician and the bad news that little man had croup. Loads of steroids and strict instructions on breathing treatments....we left the office with a very upset little boy. And a canceled birthday party. No worries, we will be playing those reindeer games next year!

So instead we spent that Saturday in our pajamas having a G Little Day! The morning started with snowman pancakes...yup the chocolate chips were definitely eaten...pancakes not so much!

Then painting some Christmas crafts.....

And he started feeling a little more like himself...a bath, a fresh set of jammies and a glass of your favorite beverage...he's all smiles!

Getting those Decorations Up...

In early December, we hurriedly decorated the house expecting to have a big birthday bash...Gavin loved helping his daddy put up the lights. We got all the Christmas trees up and decorated with out any crazy incidents...actually he's barely paid them any attention this year. Quite the surprise for our active little guy...

My hubby loves me so much...that he hung colored lights on the house this year :)

13 Months

Gavin is almost 13 months and busy busy busy! He has to find his "route" where ever we go. In other words he finds a path and he walks that path carrying toys..talking...finding things he's not suppose to... you name it! Over Christmas his "talking" exploded with him exploring using his tongue and now he has whole "conversations" with you. Just ask Matt's dad...late one night while we were visiting Gavin was off his sleep schedule and woke around midnight and ended up giving Matt and his dad a lecture including arm motions!

The adventure of taking away the bottle has started. I am not a current believer of going cold turkey because I feel like that will be torture due to his current classroom at school. He's in a transition room from small infants to junior toddlers so many of his fellow classmates are just crawling and still heavy bottle users.

Gavin's current stats: 23 lbs, 29 3/4" in height and 18 3/4 inches in head circumference

Gavin had his first visit to the ER right before Christmas just as we started our trek around the Southeast. We are not quite sure exactly what food items Gavin is allergic to but we are headed for blood tests this week and are armed with epipens. It was quite an experience that I hope and pray we never have again.

We had a wonderful Christmas season with family and friends! And are looking forward to a calm January because February and March are looking to be busy months with a wedding and several babies on the way!

The Christmas Cookie Decorators at Work :)

Just a few of the best Christmas Cookie Decorators hard at work. If you need sprinkles don't hesitate to call on Mr. Jake. He sure knows how to use them!