Michelle January 18th, 2010
History… Gavin calls Gingerbread Men… Todd.
We got this Christmas Card from the Kulkarni’s who have seen Gavin’s infatuation with Gingerbread Men. We were eating dinner, Gavin points at the card, and says, ‘Daddy, you look like that with your shirt off’. We both about spit out our food.
Oh, out of the mouth of babes!
Michelle January 17th, 2010
Gavin woke up from his nap and said, ‘I don’t like beer”. That is good news… You are 3… Mommy and Daddy would be in jail!
Michelle December 27th, 2009
Oh, the sacrifices that we make as parents! Scott goes above and beyond to make these little balls for Gavin. Gavin loves to play with them and will request Daddy to make them. Scott has to eat LOTS of Hershey Kisses to make these balls… Oh, the sacrifices!
Michelle December 18th, 2009
Gavin had his first ICEE today and he likes it. If, we need to get an ICEE every time we go… It will be well worth the $1.25.
Michelle December 13th, 2009
We asked Gavin if he wanted to stay home and fix breakfast or go to a restaurant. He wanted to get waffles at a restaurant (He is his Daddy’s boy). So, here we are with a HUGE waffle and Gavin wants Daddy’s food… Huevos Rancheros.
A bite of black beans, bite of waffle, bite of black beans, bite of waffles… Makes for a happy 3 year old!
Michelle December 6th, 2009
Mommy had a hankering for some seafood. So, off to Red Lobster we went. The kid’s menu had mostly fried foods, which Gavin will barely touch. We asked the waiter to switch out the fried shrimp for grilled shrimp and that with a baked potato made for a happy boy.
Until… Daddy got his food. Daddy had jambalaya… sausage, rice, and spicy things. These are some of Gavin’s favorite things. He lost interest in his plate and all eyes were on Daddy’s. After Gavin had a few bites, Scott just gave him the jambalaya. I mixed in his shrimp and… all gone! He loves spicy food, shrimp, sausage, and rice. The meal could only have been better if he could have gotten some black beans and black olives.
Daddy got some cuddle time in before the food arrived. They colored and played tic-tac-toe.
Michelle November 7th, 2009
I was trying to record Gavin dancing around and managed to take this picture.
Interpretive dance? Contemporary dance?
How about football player?
Scott November 4th, 2009
I was trying to play around with adding videos to the site so I thought I’d practice on a few of our favorites. Gavin loves to dance. If you haven’t already seen these they are worth a quick watch. Funny stuff.
The first one is from awhile ago in the restaurant Cheeseburger in Paradise.
The music is hard to hear in the below movie, but he was getting down to the music on one of his toys.
Michelle November 4th, 2009
Gavin’s hair does not start out like this, but it looks like this by the time we get to daycare.
Michelle October 28th, 2009
Daddy had to ‘personalize’ Gavin’s desk. He lowered the keyboard tray so that it was easier for Gavin to use. Gavin (and Bingo) were big helpers. Gavin helped to hold things, Bingo helped measure, and Gavin put all his tools away when he was done. Which is more than I can say for his dad. =)
Michelle October 16th, 2009
When I picked Gavin up from the daycare on Tuesday, his teacher had some concerns. She said that he had not had a very good ‘Gavin day’. He fussed when asked to do things, got upset at lunch, woke up crying during nap, and refused to sing his ABC’s when he washed his hands (he always sings them). We had noticed on Monday that his left eye was watery and the left side of his nose was stopped up. So, we started the ‘get well’ regimen… Motrin, Tylenol, Vicks on his chest, and a Vicks humidifier in his room. He got a couple of hot baths and lots of snuggle time. His flu shot was scheduled for Thursday and we wanted to be sure that he could get that.
I called the doctor’s office on Wednesday to be sure that it would be ok to get the shot. They assured me that as long as there was no fever that it was fine. So, we were going on Thursday. Then, I got a call on Thursday… out of flu shots. They had the nasal kind. So, that is what we will get.
We talked about how the nurse would be squirting some medicine in his nose. I told him that he had to hold very still and do exactly what the nurse told him. We were walking into the doctor’s office and Gavin says, ‘Just like Grandma BB?’. Grandma BB has an oxygen tank that she has to use sometimes. So, Gavin had associated putting medicine in his nose with her oxygen tube that goes in her nose. He is an obvervant kid with an intriguing little mind!
So, we get into the doctor’s office and are done in less than 10 minutes. Gavin held very still and they squirted half the gel up one side and the other half on the other side. Done deal!
Friday morning rolls around and Gavin’s nose is still runny. And, his breath is nasty! We had him brush his teeth after lunch and he took a nap. He sounds so congested… poor kid! While he was napping, Scott and I were talking about his ‘breath’. We realized before his nap that the smell was coming from his nose. Ick!
The plan… use a q-tip dipped in warm salt water and clean his left nostril out. Then, squirt a little bit of saline wash in there. Then we would reevaluate on Saturday morning after soccer and call the doctor at that time. We wanted to catch the infection as soon as possible.
I sat down in the living and had Gavin sitting on my lap facing me. We tried to blow his nose… nothing. We got out ‘the bulb’. I sucked some snot out and then looked again. I had Scott look. Then we asked THE question (which had already been asked earlier with a big NO)… Gavin, did you stuck something up your nose?
Gavin says, “It’s paper towel, I think.”
Scott looked at me and I looked at him… ‘Tweezers?’. I talked to Gavin about what we were getting ready to do. I told him that he had to hold very still just like at the doctors. Then, Scott came down the stairs with the tweezers and a flashlight. He was thinking that we were going to shine that up Gavin’s little nose… Gavin was NOT happy about the light. So, we put the light away.
I asked Gavin to hold still and explained what was getting ready to happen, again. I used the tweezers, reached into his nose, and pulled out a tiny piece of something. I tried a second time. Gavin was getting kind of squirmy. I got another little piece. Then, I explained that if he did not hold still… we would be at the doctor’s office and they would not be as gentle. He held very still. And, this is what I ‘caught’…
Eeeeewwwww! The stench! It was gross! But, I looked at Gavin and said, ‘Does your nose feel better?”. Gavin looked at me with a big grin and said, ‘Oh, yes’.
So, what did you do on Friday night? =)
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