2009...Looking back on another GREAT year!

I don't know what's worse. That it has taken me SO long to post or that I've copied this from Haley to give me a little guidance! Oh, well. Here goes!


1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?

Had major shoulder surgery that rocked my world. Recovering from something like that with a toddler is not fun!

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I'm pretty predictable...work out more, eat better. Gave it a valiant effort but no exceptional results!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

YES! Several people. Most importantly was my sis-in-law (sister at this point!she's been in our family about as long as Kyle and I love her!) My beautiful neice Stella Rose was born October 20th and she is as Haley puts it YUMMY! Gavin absolutely adores her!

. Did anyone close to you die?

My Aunt Linda passed away last April,after a very hard life of diabetes and illness. She was a wonderful person and I know she is looking down on us all now. We miss her!

5. What countries did you visit?

Just the good ole US of A

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you didn't have in 2009?

Looks like the answer to that will be 2 kids instead of 1!

7. What dates from 2009 will be etched upon your memory, and why?

February 17-shoulder surgery
Mid February-found out I'm going to be an aunt!
October 20th – the day that my beautiful neice was born
October 23rd – the day we found out Gavin is going to be a big brother

8. What was your biggest achievement this year?

Definitely getting through my surgery and the rehab. Don't wish it on anyone. It was harder than recovering from a C-section after having a baby!

9. What was your biggest failure?

Not being a good enough friend. With a super demanding job, a toddler, husband, family...something's gotta give and that is unfortunately where I haven't had enough time or energy to do! I love you all for still being my friend even though I'm MIA a lot!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Yuck. Yes. Shoulder...obviously. And then there was the miserable bout with the swine flu. Which led to bronchitis. And during that whole mess I found out I was pregnant. Which led to nausea...I think that's enough detail!

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Greg's new car. 2009 Buick Enclave. Love it!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

My lovely sis in law Annalise. We have become so close and I'm so glad to have her in our lives!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Can't think of anyone.

14. Where did most your money go?

Bills, daycare, travel, food.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

The birth of my beautiful neice and finding out I was pregnant again.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?

Big Green Tractor by Jason Aldean. My son is obsessed with it and I'm pretty sure we have watched the video on YouTube at least 3,459 times.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?

Happier
Fatter – I'm pregnant, so that's a pretty good reason.
Definitely richer in blessings...about to be poorer when baby #2 gets here!

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Time for myself and girl time. Like I said before, those are the things I sacrifice to get everything else in!

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Working. But that's not really an option!

20. How did you spend Christmas?

With family...in Rogers with Mom and Dad and Kyle, Haley, and Stella and MeMe Christmas eve and part of Christmas day and in the Fort for a couple days with Greg's family

21. Did you fall in love with 2009?

It was a great year. I'm excited for 2010 though!

22. What was your favorite TV program?

I have 2. Modern Family, which is so funny. And I've developed an obsession with the Duggars...18 Kids and Counting.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

Not a hater!

24. What was the best book you read?

Don't remember. I know I read a couple and they were by Sophie Kinsella/ Madeline Wickham.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Wiggles/Tractor videos on YouTube. Hours of entertainment for my little man.

26. What did you want and get?

I guess getting pregnant would be the answer to that one.

27. What did you want and not get?

A huge raise!

28. What was your favorite film of 2009?

Nothing in particular stands out. I'm kind of behind on movies.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

February 11 – 31 – I honestly don't remember what I did! Doesn't really matter anymore. Once you're a mom your birthday kind of disappears!

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Nothing! We had a great year that overall was pretty healthy! Gavin is a little rockstar and I have a wonderful hubby and family. Great job working with great people, and an overall great life! And about to add to our family...couldn't ask for much more!

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2009?

Not sure. Trying to stay a little trendy while being comfortable and chasing a toddler. Then there's the work wardrobe. Kind of a hodge podge of stuff!

32. What kept you sane?

Greg

33. What political issue stirred you the most?

I'd rather not go there.

34. Who did you miss?

My friends and family far away that I don't get to see often.

35. Who was the best new person you met?

Stella Rose! Can't wait to watch her grow up!

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.

You can't do it all. And you don't have to! Life is too short to stress about the things that won't matter next week. Live in the moment and enjoy the present. You never know when it could all be taken away so make the most of every moment!

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

I'm copying Haley on this one, too. This is Gavin's favorite song and he can sing it all. I think God did that for a reason...

”Don’t worry ‘bout a thing, ‘cause every little things gonna be all right.” – Bob Marley

Happy 2010!

We're still here!

I'll be surprised if anyone reads this...I had just about given up on myself and the blog! But now that the weather is getting cooler and we'll be inside more, I'm going to try to get back into doing it again!

Wow...where to begin. First and foremost, I am ANXIOUSLY awaiting the arrival of Miss Stella Rose, Kyle and Haley's baby! She could be here anyday and we are SOOOO excited to meet her! Please keep them in your prayers for a happy, healthy baby and delivery! I can't wait to be Aunt KK and spoil our little girl!

As for my little guy, he's not so little anymore! He never ceases to amaze me. He has NO fear-I just walked into his room and he had taken his shirt off(random) and was crying because he jumped off his play table onto his little chair and scared himself- and told me exactly what he did! Here are a few new pics of the little man.

I'll be sure to add more soon. We've had lots of fun outings to share! Our next adventure will be a pumpkin patch this weekend. Can't wait!

Spring Pics

Long time, no post...I know. Too busy with the little man, work, and trying to be a great wife/daughter/friend/etc. Something's gotta give! I'll try to get better! In the meantime, here are a few new pics of our little superstar! He's talking (and singing) up a storm. His favorite songs are Pokerface, Boom Boom Pow, and anything by Sugarland. Wonder who he's in the car with the most...me maybe? He has an incredible vocabulary for 16 months, and repeats everything and can even use it in context. It's so much fun! We spend our evenings going to the park, riding tractors in the driveway, and watering plants so there is little time to play and post here lately. Hope all of you are happy and healthy and enjoying the warmer weather! Happy Spring!

What a week...

I guess I should say what a month, since it's been that long since I've taken the time to sit down and post anything. I've officially returned to work since my surgery, and it was a tough week! I had to go to Vegas for a National meeting/new product launch which was great...lots of work but got to play a little too! However, I'm about 40-50% with my shoulder so it wore me out. Really long uncomfortable days...probably should have stayed in at night to do my exercises and ice it but come on...it's VEGAS!!!!

Well, at least it was fun until Wednesday. I then got a call that one of my favorite relatives had passed away. My wonderful Aunt Linda Nicodemus, God rest her soul, left us to be in a better place. She was the kindest, most loving, most humble woman I think I've ever known. She lived a long life of illness and pain but not once did I ever hear her complain. I honestly don't know of anyone that went through what she did in her lifetime. As hard as it is to accept she is no longer here, I am so glad for her that she no longer has to suffer. God has a special place for her in heaven, and I truly believe she was an angel on earth, so I know she'll be an extra special one in heaven. Please keep my Uncle Nick, cousins David and Rachael, and the rest of her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Fun trip to the Park!

Just chose a new background...LOVING IT!

I had to choose a shamrock motif. For those of you who don't know...Greg and I got married on St. Patty's Day almost 3 years ago! Time flies soooo fast! We now have an extremely energetic and talkative 14 month old! Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged. Between work and my shoulder surgery a couple weeks ago, I've been out of commission. Lots to catch up on!

First and foremost...I'm so excited to be an aunt! I can't even express how excited I am to have another little one to love as much as I love Gavin! I see how much Kyle and Haley (aka Buddy and Hay-Hay) love him and it makes me so excited to meet my new neice/nephew! It's just as exciting as having your own! Get ready, Buddy and Hay-Hay, for love like you've never experienced, and love like you've never seen from your family.

I. CAN'T. WAIT.

SPOILED...

Speaking of spoiled...my little one isn't exactly hurting in the attention department. Since my surgery, he has pretty much had double attention most of the time. If I'm home, someone is here to help me. He loves it! His little vocabulary is out of control! We have a new word everyday. Today at daycare he learned to put his finger to his mouth and say "Shhhhh...."

Wow. I can't believe he is telling us to be quiet!

This weekend we went to the park with Nanny (Aunt Annalise) and had a ball! It was our first trip to our neighborhood park and he loved it! He is such a big boy. He went down slides, played in the sand, and walked and ran all over. He is my workout!

Checking out the scenery. I think I like this place...

Loving my Nanny taking me down the slide! Weeeee!

TO MY WIFE KARA, ON HER BIRTHDAY

The above picture is of us at the airport on our way to get married in Vegas. I consider this a fitting image of when my life started with my beautiful wife Kara. It's funny how you look back on your life before you met the one you were destined to spend forever with and details become difficult. Then they become easy. I'll never really know what it is that I said or did to make Kara fall in love with me. Whatever it was, I thank God that I did it right. I will never consider myself a failure in this world because marrying a woman like Kara has to be the greatest success any man could ever achieve. Speaking of details:

I remember everything in detail when it comes to her.

I remember how beautiful you were and what you were wearing when we first met. I mean truly met. I know you had a huge crush on me in Junior High but that was a long time ago.

I remember what you were wearing and how gorgeous you looked on our first official date. I pretty much knew by the end of that night by the way.

I remember how beautiful you were in your wedding dress. (Even Elvis thought so)

I remember where I was when my mom said she hit "reply all" on her email and told every Arbonne Lady in the tri-state area that we went on a date. I remember I told her not to worry about it cause I thought it was the beginning of something special.

I remember exactly where I was when you told me there was a little force of nature growing inside of you.

I remember how in awe I was how you handled bringing Gavin into this world. I swear you never even looked nervous. There are mothers, and then there is you.

I don't remember our first big yelling fight because we've never had one. Ever.

I would pat myself on the back for remembering these things, and a bunch of little things in between, but to be honest it's you that deserves the credit. It's easy to remember the wonderful things that you brought into my world. You always put other people before yourself, you are a perfect mother and wife. You're even an amazing cook and I'm an amazing eater. I mean how perfect is that, you can't make this stuff up. I love you more than I could ever put into words. Thank you for loving me back.

Your Husband,

Greg

And for all you lovers out there, Happy Valentine's Day!

What a fun Weekend!

After a CRAZY week stuck inside, we were all so ready to get out and enjoy some sunshine and fresh air! We headed out Saturday morning to visit Gigi and Papa Skippy at the ranch in Alma. We finally got to meet the new pet llamas! Here are some pics of Gavin enjoying our new furry friends...

From the farm we headed to Conway for more fun! We went to visit our friends Hank and Hollie and Connor, and had a blast! Gavin got a great new truck from Hank's mom which he LOVES and got to take a ride in Hank's 1928 John Deere Ford that his dad built. He had a blast!

T.I.R.E.D.

That word pretty much sums it up for me lately. I really thought that my vacation (2 weeks) over the holidays would make me refreshed and full of vim and vigor.

WRONG.

Between holidays, birthdays, travel, sickness, upcoming layoffs, and the list goes on...I'm just exhausted. Poor little Gavin has been sick for 8 days now. It started out as a bad ear infection and NO sleep, and has progressed to what we're not sure...taking him back to the doctor tomorrow for the third time this week(after 3 different antibiotics and a lot of ibuprofen). Bless his sweet little heart! There is nothing as horrible as seeing your little one sick. I'd rather be 5 times as sick myself. Words can't express how it breaks your heart to see all those little tears!

I didn't realize how lucky we are to have such a great baby who sleeps through the night EVERY night until the last week. God bless all parents who deal with this on a regular basis! I don't deserve to complain but it sure is hard trying to get going on 2-3 hours of sleep.

We have been pretty uneventful other than work and taking care of the little guy. I did enter Gavin in Regis and Kelly's cutest baby contest...(Sarah Thomas if you are reading this please don't enter Kate...I think it would hurt his ego to get beat by a girl at this young age!) As far as work goes, I've been updating my resume just in case...my company is doing a BIG layoff on the 30th so the stress level has been pretty high on my end. Wish me luck! I love my job and hope to keep it!

Hopefully we'll have some fun pictures to add after the weekend. My in-laws have a farm and just bought 2 llamas-yes, llamas- to chase off stray dogs. One is for Greg's sis Addison (his name is Charlie) and one is for Gavin (his name is Lester) so I'm pretty sure if Gavin is feeling better this weekend we will have to go meet his new pet! I bet nobody else can say they are going to visit their new pet llama this weekend!

Everybody loves a smash cake!

Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday Dear Gavin, Happy Birthday to You!

Thank you little man for the BEST YEAR of our lives! I don't remember what life was like without you and I don't want to! It just gets better everyday!

Here are a few pics of little G enjoying his first birthday cake! I'm still finding icing...

Yum Yum! Love me some birthday cake!

Happy New Year/ 30th Birthday Greg!

Me and the birthday boy!

Eric, Greg, Drew, and Birthday Girl Annalise!

What a week! As if Christmas and New Year's aren't enough activity for one week, we have Greg's birthday on the 4th and Gavin's on the 7th of January. (And Aunt Annalise on the 1st and GiGi and Papa's anniversary on the 3rd...) Too much activity for such a short time frame! And this year is big for both my boys...Greg turns 30 and Gavin turns 1! I can't believe that he's been here for a year. CRAZY!!! Lucky for me I've been off work for 2 weeks.

Well, we decided to ring in the New Year with a party at our house. We did this for several years in a row but it's been a couple of years since our last party. I was wanting to do something for Greg for the BIG 30, but he is IMPOSSIBLE to surprise so he was aware we were having a party. I got him a cake and decorated to throw in a little twist. We had a great turnout (30+ people through the course of the night!) and we had tons of fun! Here are a few pictures of our goodbye to 2008! (As you'll see most of the pics were taken at the beginning of the evening...)

Here are a few of our favorite friends and family! Thanks for taking the time to come celebrate with us...we love you all!

Greg, Me, Kyle, and Haley

Hank and Hollie

Emily, Me, and Annalise

Wilson and Katy

Katy, Haley, Emily, Me, Hollie and Birthday Girl Annalise

Matt and Char

Last but definitely not least, Gavin made a new best friend on New Year's Eve! He fell in love with Hank and had to be with him wherever he went! Here is a picture of him and his new BFF.

Happy New Year everyone! Hope 2009 is a great year for you all!

Santa had all kinds of tricks up his sleeve!

WOW!!!

We have had a REALLY big week around the Heim household. As if the holidays aren't hectic enough with traveling, last minute gifts, and figuring out times to see family and friends that haven't been seen all year, our little one decided to throw in a twist of his own. Gavin started walking this week! I personally think he was a little upset that he didn't have everyone's total attention all the time so he made it his mission to come up with something to direct all eyes back to him. And he did just that! Greg's mom and sisters were keeping him on Monday night and he had stumbled around a little over the weekend. I told Greg that the girls would have him walking before Christmas and sure enough I got a text from Addison that read... "GAVIN JUST WALKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ROOM!!!" And of course I started crying. I couldn't get to him fast enough!

Of course Christmas was wonderful. We went to the Fort to celebrate with Greg's side of the family and my Dad's family on Christmas Eve. We got a visit from Santa at Grandma Heim's...didn't go so well for Gavin. It was his first time to see the jolly ole' guy up close, and he wasn't too stoked about it. (Hey this is Greg, in Gavin's defense "Santa" did say "Booga Booga" real loud right when he sat down and then whispered in his ear that he wasn't actually Santa Clause but Mark Curlett and just showed up cause Mom and Dad gave him a liquid thank you gift wrapped in a purple velvet bag. Ya'll know what I'm sayin. No wonder the poor guy was cryin. Seriously though, thanks to Mark for doing that. Maybe next year he can hide behind a bush outside and jump out and yell "Santa's here!" really loud and give him gifts that way).

We woke up on Christmas day, opened presents from the Heims', and headed back up to Rogers to do gifts and dinner with my parents and Meme. Santa was VERY good to all of us this year! (Hey Greg here, also notice in the background the pastel monkey riding the dumptruck and Gavin is astonished with the gold ribbon. I mean this kid has some focus. Very impressive for a 1 year old).

And my little boy (yes, he is now a little boy. :( not a baby anymore) just seems to keep adding to his bag of tricks! He is in the process of learning how to call the Hogs...he thinks it's the funniest thing EVER and is trying so hard to get the motions down! And dad is teaching him how to drive. Or at least letting him pretend to drive. Which he thinks is hysterical! Here's a sneak peak of the little man behind the wheel.

(That's right Greg here again) Yep, you better believe it ladies and gentleman, Gavin not only started walking this week he also started driving! I mean, they grow up so fast. Of course I set some ground rules such as no drinking out of the sippee cup while driving and no talking to or playing with bun bun. This video was taken at the end of our first driving lesson at the Promenade in Rogers. I will say that the older he gets the more he throws little fits and complains. For instance, he's getting particular about the baby food we give him, he cries when you leave him in a room by himself for hours at a time, and "he can't reach the pedals". I mean come on, time to be a big boy. Anyway, he did a good job with his first time behind the wheel (and may I add that those dorky little bike cops at the Promenade are such fascists, I mean how about you let me parent my own child thank you very much.) We were gonna practice parallel parking but it was cold and mommy and daddy were done shopping so we went home. Happy upcoming New Year everybody! (By the way, Kara thought the whole "leave him in a room by himself for hours at a time" made us sound like bad parents but I always make sure Savvy babysits when we're gone. I mean seriously, like we wouldn't have a babysitter.) Geesh

Hey everybody, it's Greg, I can't sleep and I figured I'd go ahead and make another post all by myself. I'm a little bit like Haley this way (and she knows what I mean) in that I get these extremely random ideas that I want to tell people about and I think they're funny so you people reading this are just gonna have to sit there and take it. So for our first picture, I want everybody to take a good hard look at the items in little G's crib below and tell me if there is anything that is a little weird.

Give up? Well the fact that there's not one glow worm but two glow worms is a little strange to me. I mean who invented this doll anyway? It's got arms but no legs, it's face lights up, and its a worm wearing a hooded sweatshirt. I mean I'm pretty sure they were around when I was a kid which is kind of strange and there's two of them here. I honestly have no clue how he aquired the second one but there they are, apparently reproducing (and glowing of course) all around my sleeping son. It, however, is pretty adorable how he sleeps like that with his bun bun. And his um worms.

For this next picture I wanted to show once again what a great job Kara did with the decorations for Christmas this year. But it's not the beautiful decorations that are the highlight of this next pic. Prepare to be awed.

That's right, Savvy's back on the blog. I'm actually really proud of myself with the way that I used the light to really bring out her muscle structure. If you look really close you can almost see where her stomach ends and her neck begins. Just breathtaking. By the way, as I type this blog right now, Savvy is snoring so loud, that is sounds like a tuba player getting in a fight with a bunch of bullfrogs. Ridiculous. After seeing this picture I realized that I need to make an effort to take Savvy on more walks. I mean I know she looks great but if she's gonna win some more blue ribbons she needs to put in a smidge more effort. So anyway I got her leash on her and she gets all excited cause she knows what we're doing, she's actually pretty smart, and I open the front door. We start to walk up the front yard, emphasis on the word up, Savvy doesn't do up, and to make a short story shorter, she's winded by the time we get to the mailbox and I'm freezing cause it's like 4 degrees so we decide to go back inside. I give her a dog biscuit, I make a white russian and we both watch TV. All in all a pretty good father daughter experience. Also, if you were wondering, she's not able to have puppies. Sorry about that. There can only be one Savvy.

This next picture is quite possibly the cutest pic of Little G ever. You see I usually have bath duty cause its just easier for me to lift him in and out of the tube. So naturally I decided to give him a little mohawk and snap a picture. Here ya go.

Pretty stinkin cute. Hey Greg, is that fireman ducky cover for the bath faucet? Yes, yes it sure is.

To finish it off I found this picture online so I thought what the hell. I figure there's at least one guy out there that might read this blog and appreciate it. For those of you that don't know, it's the characters from one of my favorite movies, Anchorman, with a little Razorback flare. Go Hogs.

A few of Gavin's favorite things...

In my attempt to get into the spirit of Christmas, I've had to look to my little one for inspiration. Usually at this point I have all my shopping done, presents wrapped and under the tree, and stockings waiting to be stuffed. Not so much this year. Between work, life, and sick baby, things have been thrown off a little. A lot. Thrown off A LOT! However, I'm trying to recover and my goal is to have my shopping done by Saturday and presents wrapped by Sunday. Monday is my last day of work for almost 2 weeks, and I want to enjoy my time off with Gavin and Greg ( and the rest of our family and friends, too!)

I just read my friend Sarah Thomas's blog and she decided to "reflect" on her daughter's favorite things. What a great idea! So here are a few of Gavin's favorite things...

Bun Bun. His little blue bunny blanket.

He chews on it, loves on it, sleeps with it, eats with it, you name it. It's Bun Bun or bust.

Girls. He LOVES girls. Especially DeDe (my mom), Aunt Hay Hay (Haley), GiGi (greg's mom), Aunt Addi( Addison, greg's sis) and Aunt Anni (Annalise, greg's sis). And any other pretty lady you send his way!

That being said, he loves guys, too. His face lights up when he sees Bob-O(my dad), Pappa Skippy ( Greg's dad) and Uncle Kyle. And all of his uncles for that matter. I'm pretty sure he knows who loves him. :)

(Double whammy in this picture. Uncle Kyle AND Bun Bun.)

Floor vents.

He is obsessed with the vents in our floors. Nothing you can say will keep him from pulling them up. I guess it's just that they're so shiny and warm...and the fact that we constantly freak and shout "NO!" when he pulls them up...he just can't help himself! (Hey this is Greg, found him with the vent cover off the other day and his arm up to his elbow down the vent. I guess he thought Bun Bun was makin a run for it. He's quick for a tiny person. Oh and he thought it was hilarious of course.)

TOUCH.

His favorite word. And action. He must touch everything. The ornaments on the tree, the TV when he's watching "Jack's Big music show" on Noggin (if you don't have kids you will someday understand that this is an essential channel), the light fixtures....he is so intrigued by everything. I love it. (Yeah this is Greg, hell I like Jack's Big Music Show. I mean they had a Bongo Bird on there the other morning actually playing the Bongos. I mean it looked like a puppet but you never know.)

Trucks.

This is a fairly recent discovery. He is officially boy. Trucks are his favorite toys. (Hey this is Greg again, I like trucks too cause lets face it they're just cool. I mean they got big wheels, you can put stuff in them, I get it.)

His daddy.

He is just as much a daddy's boy as he is a momma's boy. And he should be. He has the best dad ever! Greg is so good with him and I couldn't imagine a better father for my son!

ME.

He loves ME. I love it. It's the best feeling EVER. It's hard to explain, but if you've experienced it you know exactly what I'm talking about. TOTAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Wow. (Hey Greg one last time, just wanna say I have the most beautiful wonderful wife in the world. She puts up with me so I know she loves me! Hey, what if I walked around with a giant bun bun, that would be weird. Or if I had a fascination with floor vents, I mean at my age? Even weirder. Anyway, Peace out and Merry Christmas!)

That being said, I need nothing for Christmas this year. All I could ever ask for was given to me almost a year ago in this sweet, precious, (sometimes ornery) little boy!

Disco Elf!

For those of you who don't know me well, I would have LOVED to have been a part of the disco scene in the 70's. Disco is my favorite! Well, since I didn't get to live it then, this is the next best thing. Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/GTUeWCFx61EbJbrRTWlJ

Parent's night out!

Somebody LOVES the camera!
Greg and I took a night away this past weekend to go to Little Rock for my work Christmas party. Uncle Kyle and Aunt Hay Hay were kind enough to volunteer to keep the little man. He obviously had a GREAT time! We don't get out very much since we've had him...he didn't seem to mind that we were away! He loves being with them. He has a HUGE crush on Haley. Anytime she walks into the room he becomes completely oblivious to anything else that is going on. His one and only goal is to get her undivided attention! Needless to say, he does a pretty good job. I'm pretty sure he has her wrapped around his little finger.

Poor little guy has 2 ear infections right now. He has been such a trooper considering the circumstances. I woke up to him and the monitor this morning at 6 o'clock and he was saying "touch...touch..." Touch is his new word...and after "Mama " it's his favorite! He has to touch EVERYTHING! No object is spared. I love it! He is constantly trying to talk to us and communicate. It just keeps getting better everyday!

Yes he's real and no you can't have him.

Hey everybody, Greg here again. Hope everybody had a great thanksgiving. A couple of weekends ago, we went and got some Christmas Pics done up in Rogers and it turned into "how cute could we make Gavin day". As you can see it wasn't very hard. We also dressed Kyle (my brother in law) in the same outfit but they just didn't come out quite as good. Not sure why.












Here's another one of Little G. Merry Christmas everybody.







Here's Little G at Thanksgiving with Uncle Kyle. Apparently Bun Bun has been injured and/or sleeping and he's very concerned. Kyle is of course reassuring him that Bun Bun is just fine and will be his very special friend for a long time. Footnote: Bun Bun is Gavin's little bunny blanket that he has become attached too and sleeps with every night. Hence the concern with Bun Bun's well being.

Whooo Hooo! Bun Bun is just fine and everything is ok. Never in my life that I thought I would type the words Bun Bun multiple times on a website but everything changes when you have a child, trust me on that one and he loves that little blanket.

And this ladies and gentleman is the one and only Emily Heim (formerly Barry) doing air guitar at Papa's Pizza in fort smith. That would be Eric's wife of course. I assure you that she was high on life and um not partaking in anything else. Of course not. We had a great time that night and its always fun to go out in the fort during the holidays cause you get to see random people.

This picture was taken by Kara monday morning. Apparently Gavin really likes milk a whole lot. It's always funny cause he seems to understand that what you hand him is something you drink out of so he always does this. He's a smart little thing.





And I just wanted to highlight the wonderful job my beautiful wife Kara did on our Christmas tree. It is the by far the best tree we've ever had and I was especially impressed with the ribbon look.

Merry Christmas everybody!