Construction B-day party

We threw Gavin a birthday party today. The theme was Construction Zone (those are construction cones around the bottom, in case you were wondering). My friend, Carina helped me make make the cake. Ok, so she did most of the work, I pretty much just watched! :) It was the first time I'd ever used fondant. Wasn't too bad. I was surprised. I've always been scared of fondant. (we used pre-made fondant. No way was I going to try and make it!)

And I had my camera AND flip out to record everything at the party. And I completely spaced it. I took pics before everyone got there, but then forgot to take any DURING the party. Darn!! I'm so mad at myself. But the party was fun. Thanks for coming everyone!

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Here's some recent pics of Gavman. He's getting tall. But still pretty skinny guy. He's into the walkin thing, not by himself though. So every waking moment, he wants to lead me around the house by the fingers. I think I walk several miles a day behind him! It's fun though. He's starting to cruise and getting braver. He can balance on his own, that is if you can pry off his death grip! He just doesn't have the confidence yet. But I'm sure he'll be walkin on his own pretty soon.

 He can now push toys and talk behind them.

 

 This one was taken this morning. Check out his cute new shoes. I won them on a blog and got them in the mail yesterday. Sweet, huh! They're some of the really nice leather baby shoes. He's got the nicest shoes in the house, for sure. We measured his feet with PediPed's sizing chart and his small feet were 0-6 month size (we measured several times, we knew he had little feet, but not that little!) I ordered 12-18 month size shoes though. He can grow into them. Poor kid has my tiny feet. Plus the blog I won them on knew how old Gavin was so I would have felt stupid ordering 0-6 month shoes.

 He loves playing with blocks and he loves saying, "Uh-oh" whenever he drops something. The funny thing is, that he somehow says it with an Australian-like accent! It's hilarious! We need to get it on video.

 

I just really liked this last picture. I snapped it while Gavin was playing with his tool set. (those are his StrideRite shoes that I got for $5 the other day at Kid to Kid, they're also a really nice brand of shoes)

Gavin turns 1 in 2 days. Crazy. He's growing up. He won't be a baby anymore...he'll officially be a toddler! People ask me if it feels real. Yes, it has been a long, sometimes difficult year. And it feels like a lifetime ago that I left work for a regular Dr. appt and ended up spending the night in labor at the hospital. But it has been one of the best years of my life. I love staying home with my sweet little guy and being a homemaker. I have learned so much in this past year. I hate to see him turn 1, but I'm excited for the different stages and developments it brings.

Sorry, I'm in a reflective mood. Just wanted to record my thoughts for our family journal.