eleven months

i may or may not have found my child crunching on a piece of his 4 legged friends food. there might have been residue that resembled kibbles and bits on his chubby cheeks. but hey, it could have just been the part of the bluberry muffin he ate for breakfast.

except it was brown and grainy.

wait, what?

gavin loves to go on excursions and he can get where he wants via crawling FAST. he is much happier now that he can follow me into every room i go.

his latest trend is being the gatekeeper. he loves to open and shut doors. i think this could potentially entertain him for the entire day. he also loves opening and closing drawers although the drawers seem to have something against him as i've found him more than once with his fingers stuck while he's screaming and can't get them out. mean drawers.

he has a 3 word vocabulary including dada, mama, and ball. he can sign "more" and wave bye-bye now too.

he likes loves table food. i fed him a dill pickle while he was in the hospital and he just giggled. some favorites are spaghetti with meat sauce, blueberry muffins, pancakes, cheeseburger casserole, corn, rice, dairy queen ice cream cake (just kidding) (maybe)

he is 31 1/2 inches tall and is tipping the scales at almost 27 lbs. he's built like a line backer and is wearing mostly 18-24 month clothes and size 4-5 shoe.

brother knows what he wants, when he wants it, where he wants it. my dad nicely put it as "i think he is going to be a very strong willed boy, reminds me a lot of you" no pushover here (read as we are so going to get a run for our money)

on the flip side he can be really sweet as well. like when i'm trying to change his diaper and he escapes and i'm left to chase his little dimply butt and he just laughs and pees all over the carpet. or when he gives out big flirty smiles with his head tipped to the side and i'm told he's going to be a heart-breaker.

i can't believe in less than one month we will be celebrating the big "1". he has brought more joy to my life than i ever imagined possible.