I've read that it's good for a baby's butt to get some naked time. I don't know if it's true or not, but Gavin LOVES his naked time, so that makes it good enough for me. We spent this evening outside while Brandon worked on his latest project. Gavin LOVED LOVED LOVED being outside, especially when he was completely naked. He kept crawling to the edge of the blanket so that he could play with the grass. When he realized that the blades of grass were sticking up right near his mouth, he must've thought that he needed to taste some. So he opened his mouth and tried to let a couple of blades in his mouth. Thankfully, I caught him before he sucked on some. You know me...I'm a germ FREAK and the very idea of him sucking on grass that was most likely pooped on by one of the girls gave me the heeby jeebies! I know his grass eating is inevitable, but I just hope that he does it without me seeing or knowing!

A Babysitter!

I've finally given in and left Gavin with a babysitter. Does it really count if I put him to sleep before the babysitter came? I guess I need to start somewhere, right? Brandon and I went out for our 5th anniversary so we had our next door neighbor come and stay with Gavin while he slept. We had a really nice time and a super yummy dinner too! Brandon got me the camera that I've been eyeballing, so here are some pics of Gavin and the dogs. There are so many features to this camera, that I've barely scratched the surface of learning how to use them. Hopefully, my pictures will only get better as I learn to use all of the features of my new camera. If you feel like it, leave a comment and let me know what you think, or if I can improve them in any way.

Crawling!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's official...Gavin has realized the power of crawling. He loves when I stack blocks into a tower across the room so that he can crawl to it and knock it over. Check it out...

Fingerpainting

Gavin made a fingerpainting for Brandon as part of his first Father's Day gift. As you can see in the video, Gavin isn't quite sure what to make of the gooey stuff. He ended up having a great time, and his fingerpainting turned out beautifully!

Gavin crawled forward for the first time on his own today! I'm really glad that Brandon was home to see it. He has worked so hard with Gavin on his crawling, and he misses out on so many "firsts" when he's at work.

Solid Foods

Splashes

Gavin loves to splash in the tub. After getting his dinner all over his face every night, we look forward to bath time to help wash all of the food off of Gavin's face, hands, and feet (yes, even his feet get full of food!) Gavin especially loves his baths because that's when he gets to splash around. He just loves flapping his hands up and down to splash the water. He'll even flap his hands when he's not in the water if you say "splashes".