Our new adventures in daycare

Our new adventure in daycare starts tomorrow! I am so excited for him, but so nervous at the same time. We were so lucky to find our last daycare and Gavin loved it there. But, it was time we parted ways. Gavin is so, hmmmmmm, what is the word I'm looking for? Inquisitive? Full of life? Crazy? (no, not crazy!) We just decided that he needed a little more stimulation and more clear cut leaning environment with kids his own age. It was not an easy decision, but it was the right one. I really think he is going to love it, once he gets used to it that is! 

See, he was in an in home daycare before and now will be in a daycare center. Where he used to sleep in a room all his own, in a pack and play; he will now sleep in a room with 7 other toddlers and on a nap mat! Yikes!   So, I am most nervous about his naps, though everyone assures me that he will adapt to the new routine. I am nervous about his eating and how "I" know that you can't give him an entire bowl of food because it will all go in his mouth at once, but maybe they don't know. And there about a dozen other silly things that I'm sure won't even be a big deal. 

I am excited about so many things, though! I think he is going to grow by leaps and bounds at the daycare center! They do so many things and I can't wait to see all the new things he'll learn from the teachers and the other kiddos. :) He's at such a "interesting" stage right now. So frustrating one minute and so sweet the next. Tonight, he was yelling Mommy while Chris was getting him ready for bed and I was downstairs getting his cup and it just melted my heart! It made me forget that he was being a testy little punk early in the day! Ha ha! 

I will leave you with a great pic from today. 

Mommy, these rocks taste yummy! 

Oh, what fun water is!

So, I have been severely lacking in the updates department and I'm sorry for that. I always think that I'll make a new post and then I read or watch something on TV or something else.

Gavin is getting big. He'll be 17 months in a week and I can't believe how fast the time is going by. He is constantly repeating everything you say (I need to watch the language..I'm so bad!) and copying everything you do. He will point to all his body parts when you ask him ...well at least for Daddy he does it. He will tell you what sounds certain animals make..well at least for Daddy he does it. Are you seeing a pattern here?? I would be annoyed that he doesn't do it for me, but I'm not. It's so darn cute that he does it for Daddy that I don't care. (Well, maybe a little. ;))

I don't know if anyone remembers my Florida post about how Gavin hated the water, beach, sand, ocean, etc, etc? Well, we didn't get him a pool because of that, but I thought he might like a water table. I mean, he likes the bath, so it was worth a shot, right? Well, I put it together, but it was raining off and on all week, so I didn't put it out yet. Well, I needed to distract him tonight so I could make some dinner. I filled it up a little bit ad he really liked it! I think he'll love it when we get it outside and he has a few more toys to play with in it. I am so happy we found something water related that he likes.

This is kind of cool...water everywhere! 

 Hmm..these animals look like friends..I'll splash them. :)

Ok, Mommy, this is not working anymore...I'm sleepy. :(

A word of caution: Do not let you child play with a water table on hardwood floor with no towel underneath...they will slip and fall and you will feel terrible! :( He's okay..just a bump on his head. 

He was a bit of a whiner tonight (we have an eye tooth making it's way in) and I got a great fake crying look picture that I will leave you with. It made me laugh! :) 

This is my crying face...I am SO mad..do you believe me? 

It was bound to happen.......

....his first big owie! :( I know I couldn't go his whole life without him getting hurt, but I sure hoped it would last a little longer than 16 months!

We were outside playing on Friday after I picked him up from daycare. I was blowing bubbles and his was walking around the courtyard; when I saw him fall and heard (yes, heard) the thud. I scooped him up, saw blood pouring out of his poor little mouth and got him inside to check it out. I finally got the bleeding to stop and saw this terrible awful gash on the inside of his lip. :( Thankfully, his tooth did not go all the way through his lip. It was only on the inside. Though he does have a pretty nasty scrap on his chin. He was such a trooper and had pretty much stopped crying by the time I had stopped most of the bleeding. He only started crying again because I did not let him get his bloody hand prints everywhere. (I know...I'm so mean!) So, I called Chris and he picked is up to head to urgent care. We were lucky enough to get a great nurse that came out to see if we "needed" to bring him in to a room to be seen. She said there wasn't anything they could do because the mouth heals so fast it's not worth stitching. I will again say how wonderful he did through this whole ordeal! Mommy did well too....though I was freaking on the inside....I kept it calm so he wouldn't freak out. By Saturday afternoon he had pretty much forgotten it was there. Apparently, nothing stops him from eating or drinking. LOL! It's already healing up very nicely. :)

On a wonderful, non-Gavin side note; Chris threw me a wonderful surprise bday party! It was so much fun and I couldn't believe he pulled it off without me finding out! Good job, Chris. :) Family and friends was a great way to celebrate the day. Big thanks to everyone that helped him out and came to share the day with us. A big thanks to the King's for making the drive down here with the kiddos. It was great to see you.

I'll leave you with an adorable pic of my little man from Memorial Day.