Sleep.

Gavin woke at 4:00 with a very wet diaper. Then again at 4:15. I popped the paci in his mouth and went back to sleep. Then he woke again at about 6:00. I decided to let him cry. Not sure how long he cried, 10 minutes maybe and slept until 7:15! I will be trying to move his nap to a little later, keep him up until about 7:00 PM and then 'make' him sleep until 7:00 AM. I do see a light at the end of this tunnel with Gavin, now I just have to work on Sophia!

Monday humdrums

We have a cleaning lady. Her name is Bernarda. She comes to our home every 2 weeks. I fear I may be divorced without her (just kidding, I think!). So, we stayed home most of today. Mary and her best friend Vicki came over for a bit, here are a few pictures from today.

Sophia and Vicki:


Sophia doing the 'Hokie Pokie'




Gavin got a hold of my camera and took a picture of himself. Not bad considering...

TAG

If you have been tagged, just copy and paste the rules and the questions onto your own blog or post. Then delete answers, and insert the ones you think your child/children would choose. At the end of the post tag 5 others and then let them know they have been tagged.

1) My name is: Sophia Pearl/Gavin Walker

2.) My first word was: Mama/Gavin hasn't really said any words yet.. he grunts and points

3.) My favorite food right now is: anything candy related/anything! Gavin would eat paper if I would let him.

4.) My favorite song is: Jesus Loves me/anything I can clap my hands to

5.) My car seat color is: both the kiddos have brown seats

6.) My room color is: lime green/light mocha brown

7.) I love to use this kind of shampoo: We both HATE having our hair washed.

8.) The thing that can make me the maddest is: Getting our hair washed

9.) My favorite person right now is: Mommy/Daddy

10.) I like to read this book over and over and over: Anything by Karen Katz/anything that is very short, I don't like to sit still long!

11.) My brand of diapers is: Sophia only wears a pull up at night (GoodNites by Huggies I believe) and G wears mostly Luvs, but if I can get a deal on something else I will get them.

12.) The cutest thing I say is: EVERYTHING!

13.) My favorite fruit is: Watermelon or Cantaloupe for both kiddos

14.) When I get hurt I want: a hug and kiss

15.) I mostly ride around in a: Grey Honda Odyssey

16.) I go to bed at: 7:00PM for both

17.) I wake up at: 6:30 for Sophia Gavin usually a few minutes earlier. I am trying to get him to sleep a bit later and we are already keeping him up an hour later and still have not seen a difference in his waking time :(

18.) My nap time during the day is: Sophia no longer naps most days/Gavin naps for about 2 hours every day, the times change drastically from an early nap (9:30-11:30) all the way up until a late nap (1:00-3:00). If I give him a late nap he will sleep longer sometimes as much as 3 hours.

19.) My most favorite thing to do is: go to the park or eat candy

20.) My favorite show/movie is: Super Why on PBS.

Tag: Anyone who has not been tagged, I think I was the last to get this, so if you have not been tagged and happen to peek at my blog feel free to do this, it was fun.

Petting Zoo

We went to the drive-thru zoo today. Sophia was terrified. I hope I did not do any permanent damage! We started out being stocked by either an Emu or Ostrich, they both look the same to me. I unfortunately forgot my camera in my haste to get out the door. We will be going back, hopefully next week and I won't make that mistake twice. They had llama's, pot-bellied pigs, all kinds of goats, deer, zebra, giraffe, a rhinoceros, cows (different kinds including the longhorn variety), and more I am sure I am forgetting. It was raining pretty hard by the time we were done with the drive-thru part so we opted to skip the petting zoo part. We will go on a sunny day next time.

Funny story: I did not read the little brochure before going on the drive. It advises you to not feed the animals with your hand, to let them eat out of the buckets. It also lists the animals NOT to feed. I got to the Zebra's area and after feeding the goats and such the zebra looked mighty intimidating, so I thought I would stick the bucket out for him to get a little snack and I would take it back. That is really laughable. He snatched the whole bucket out of my hand dropped it on the ground and ate the whole thing in about 3 bites! After this I was reading in my brochure where NOT to feed the zebra's. Bad Mommy. It was very cool to see the animals up close. I can't wait to go back. I am hoping Sophia will be more into it next time.

Pat's Party

Shannon has a 2nd cousin (I think?) who was recently diagnosed cancer and his family had a big picnic. We spent the afternoon eating, swinging and having a great time. I am glad we got to go and be a part of the day.

Here is a shot of Sophia when we first got there


Shan swinging Gavin.


Probably my favorite shot of Sophia alone today. Her hair is a MESS, but she was having so much fun and you can tell.


Sophia and I went shopping this morning for a hat to wear today and this was the one we ended up with:


We couldn't leave Gavin out of the hat hunt!





Shan, Suzanne and Gavin:


Sophia and Mama Mary:


The lone shot of me today, I had to take it myself!


Mama Mary teaching Sophia to play frisbie.



There were many, many more pictures taken. Go to my dropshot account to see. The link to the right.

Dandy

Thank you God for parks and time spent in them!

We have a tradition in my small group at church. We do a 'popcorn' prayer. The leader opens the prayer, then we give thanks and everyone just pops out things they are thankful for, then we offer up our prayers of confession, then we do our prayer requests and close.

Today I am thankful for parks and time spent in them! Leslie called this afternoon, her son Dylan wanted to go to Gofia's park (read: Sophia's park). We have a small neighborhood park near our house that is great because I don't worry too much about either child. The equipment is pretty doable for both kids, you can see the entire park from anywhere in the park and being small there generally is not a TON of people. There is a small trail that loops around the park and a good sized grassy area for the kids to run and play and chase each other around. We left and got there about 4PM today. I was thinking a quick play date would help them. Boy, was I right! Sophia took quite well to two moms and their kids throwing a Frisbee and tennis ball. She had a blast! At one point I looked over and one mother was chasing her around tickling her, Sophia was truly enjoying herself. It reminded me of the old saying "it takes a village...".

Gavin started out on the swing like he normally does, but once he got accustomed to the children there he wanted out and he went ALL OVER. This was a bit new for him, usually he sticks pretty close. He wanted to go on the slide, which he does normally, but he wanted to do it over and over and over again, so much more than before. I can see that park time is going to be increasingly difficult to pull them away from. I am just glad it is so close and our weather permits almost daily visits. I did not bring my camera and wish I had.

I spent a good portion of today organzing my stock pile. I hope to get it finished and get some new pictures up soon. I don't want you all to think I live in such chaos all the time (even though I do!).

The season finale of Grey's is on tonight. How much of a dork am I that I am soooo excited about this I can hardly contain myself. I read somewhere that the producer said they were going to reunite Meredith and McDreamy and I.CANNOT.WAIT. And it's a 2 hour show! I hope it is all I imagine it to be.