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Here is a video of Gavin today.

Sunday Afternoon

Bjorn is up at the clinic, he was meeting a client, so I am at home haning with Gavin. He is so close to crawling, I really expect him to start every day. We are just playing. He should want to eat his next bottle soon. I should be getting the house ready for his baptism next weekend, but toys are much more fun than housework. Bjorn got a call in the middle of the night, so we both seem to be running a little slow today. We are really looking forward to the baptism next weekend. Derrick is coming in on Friday to stay with us and Kimberly should be coming in later this week. Gavin looks so sweet in his outfit that his GG bought him (this is what we started calling my Dad's mom- it stands for Great Grandma). We are planning on going to meet his other GG in Minnesota early this fall. Boy are we glad we aren't there right now. It is sooo cold. And the weather has been really nice here the last few day.

Well, I guess I better get to some of the things on my list I hope everyone has a great week.

My cowboy loves his vegetables

My little man loves his vegetables! He is such a good eater and likes all of his vegies,we haven't gone to fruits. We wanted to make sure he really got use to the vegetables before we started the sweeter stuff. He has done so good and has liked everything so far. We haven't done much exciting since the holidays, just doing things around the house and playing with Gavin. We have been having a fire when it gets cooler and GAvin is memorized. I am afraid he is going to be a pyromanic. But, since Bjorn and I both love fire I guess it is to be expected. I am going to have to lock up the matches when he gets older! I can't beleive how quickly he is growing. He has been sitting up by himself for a couple of weeks. He wants to crawl so bad, but isn't there yet! Right now he also loves taking a bath he really loves to make a splash.

The picture below is a picture of Gavin on New Year's Day with his dog. Isn't he cute. He got a great report when he went for his helmet check up. He may not even have to wear it the full 3 months, we will see. Yesterday was 5 weeks and it has gone really fast.

So, at 7 months Gavin took his first ride today. Bjorn was over at my parents checking on my dad's horse and Gavin wanted to go for a ride. It sounds like he really liked it and got really excited. I hope I don't have a future team roper on my hands. Although, I don't know many cowboys who ride in their PJ's so I might be safe!!

Also for those of who don't know I have been able to donate some of my milk to the Mother's milk bank in Austin. They processed my first donation recently and I donated about 11.5 gallons of milk! The milk is distributed to premature and sick infants who can't be on formula. This is really a great orginization who does amazing things. I made a second donation after Christmas. I will let y'all know how much it is.

Well, I better get off to bed since I've been so busy at work the last week.

Happy New Year!

Gosh fast the last 6 1/2 months have gone! We had an amazing 2008 and are looking forward to a great 2009.

Gavin had a fun Christmas. The wrapping paper was his favorite part. Santa brought him way too many toys. His current favorite is his piano because he can bang on it and make a lot of noise. We had Christmas morning here at our house and then went to my Grandma's for lunch and then finished the day off at Omie's. We were off the rest of the week I am not sure what we did, but we just relaxed and spent some time around the house. Saturday we never left our house-- actually we never got out of our PJ's. Here are a couple of pictures- including a 4 generation picture- Gavin, me, my dad and my grandma.

For those of you who don't know Gavin is wearing a helmet to round out his head. With sleeping on his back (to reduce the chance of SIDS) the back of his head was a little flat.

Here is a picture of the outside of our house- Bjorn wants to be Clark Griswald one day!

Last night we had a pretty quite New Year's Eve. We went to my parents and her friends Billy and Brunner made some spicy shrimp-- which Bjorn loved. I picked up some BBQ since I am not a friend of any food from the sea! Then we spent most of the morning sleeping. We got up to feed Gavin, play for a few minutes and then back to bed. It ws a really relaxing day- a great way to bring in 2009.

Wishing you all the best!