Update on Gavin

Hi everyone, we just wanted to give you an update on how the Moore's have been. After what seems like a million weekend trips or events we are finally settling down. Now we just have to prepare for our big October celebration month. I guess this is what we have to look forward to with children huh? Everything that could happen in our family does in the month of October. G & G Moore celebrate birthdays on the 6th & 13th, then my 30th birthday is on the 22nd, followed by Brian's on the 27th and Gavin's big 1st birthday on the 29th. Oh and I almost forgot Brian and I will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary on the 15th. Yes busy busy for us!

Gavin has been a trooper lately. He is FINALLY getting his top teeth, the only problem is he seems to be getting them all at once. So he's been a little cranky lately! He is crawling so fast all over the house and loves to chase after Stella because she is more his size. She loves it because Penelope won't play with her like that. His favorite thing to do is to secretively crawl to the cat food bowl and sneak a piece of cat food in his mouth. Once he knows that we caught him he crawls under the kitchen table to hide and laughs. Sneaky little boy! He also loves to push his trucks all over the family room floor. Yesterday he said Mom and Mama over and over again while pointing at me! He's been saying it for a while now, but never has pointed to me! I can't believe that he's going to be one year old a month from today!! Where did my little boy go?

That's all for now, I can't believe it's already almost October!!

Meet our new addition!

Well she doesn't take the place of Percy but she does help with the pain of missing her! This is our new baby girl kitten who has yet to be named! She is about 5 weeks old and soooo much fun to have around the house! She runs across the floor and slides around. Her favorite toy is playing in a shopping bag and all of Gavins toys. Of course Gavin thinks it's the coolest thing to finally have a kitty smaller than he is to pick up! We are teaching him about the words "gentle" and "no" which he already thinks it's cool to shake his head when the word is said! Penelope is adjusting much better than we thought too! We still miss our Percer kitty so much though!!

Gavin is already driving!

Mommys little Lion!! Rrrrrr.....

Gavin got a Halloween costume yesterday, but unfortunatly I don't think it will fit in two months! But he sure did have fun playing in it!

Good bye Percy:(

Well I can't even believe that I'm sitting here writing this, but on Friday we had to make the diffult decision to put our oldest cat Percy down. She was very sick with her kidneys and kidney stones. Over the past year and half she has suffered and more recently had lost a drastic amount of weight. She was only 6 years old. I got Percy from a shelter in Columbus, Oh. when she was just 6 weeks old. She was the only one of all her brothers and sisters that actually came back and put her paws up on the cage as I put her down. Once I saw that I knew Percy was the one to adopt. We had a few good years together and she was always the mean kitty until Brian came into our lives. After that she was Brian's girl and calmed down quite a bit, especially after we adopted her sister Penelope. She and Penelope got along great and would always have fun chirping at the birds in the window sill and play fighting. This is one of the hardest things we've ever gone through. Luckily my parents happened to be in town this past weekend to help lighten our mood! We are going to get another kitty in a couple weeks to fill the void in our house and give Penelope a friend to play with. We will miss you Percy!!

Fun at Tahoe, but not for Gavin

Poor Gavin:( Unfortunatly our trip to Echo Lake this year was cut short. Gavin went to the doctor today with a high fever and ear infections in both ears! He cried the whole way up there and we wondered what was wrong and now we know! So after one REALLY rough night on Friday, we decided to pack up and go home for some good r & r. Glad we did because all he is doing is crying and only wants to sleep on our chests. Nice change for us for this busy 10 month old!

Emma Lilly is here!

We are so excited to tell everyone that Emma Lilly arrived on Friday August 22nd around 3:15pm via c-section. She weighed 7lbs 11oz(same as big sister Faith!) and 21 1/2 inches long. Gavin is so excited that he has a new cousin to play with! And big sister Faith is happy saying "my baby" to Emma. Both Mommy and baby are doing well and get to go home soon. We can't wait to meet her in December!

Here are some pics to see!

Happy Birthday Rylee and Morgan!

We had such a fun time at Rylee and Morgan's first birthday parties this past weekend! We got to have yummy cupcakes, play with other babies, and dance to music! Here are some pics from our faboulous time. Thanks girls!

Where did my clothes go??

More picks from the Chicago trip

Congrats to Jena and Chad!! Mr. and Mrs. Murray:)

Well another trip this summer marked off the list! Gosh we've been so busy! Chicago was a blast and it was so great seeing all our friends and family at Chad and Jena's wedding. Mimi and Peepaw came up to see us and even got to babysit Gavin while Mom and Dad were dancing up a storm with friends and G & G Moore! They had so much fun with Gavin and even took him out to dinner and got to put him to bed. Gavin was so good during the trip. Although when we got back he was so relieved to have his own bed and not have to be carried around everywhere! He did great on the plane rides, although a bit cranky on the way back. It's those early morning flights that get him every time! He got a new Baby Einstein video to watch on the plane and a few new toys! Although we found the best trick was puffs and a straw to hang onto. Weird, so every where we went in the airports we were spotted stealing straws!

Gavin was not quite the great sleeper on the trip. The first night we got there he stayed up until 1am! Which of course was only 11pm our time but still that's crazy late for someone that goes to bed at 7:30pm! Luckily each night he would go down a little bit earlier. He got to meet his new best friend Eli for the first time! He loved looking a the baby! He just loves staring at little kids and babies. Jena looked AMAZING at the wedding and seemed to have such a great time with her new husband! They are so lucky cause they got to go to Brazil for their honeymoon! They deserve a good time with everything they've been through lately.

What a great trip! Now we are so lucky because in 10 days we get to see Mimi and Pepaw Coffman again!! They are coming out to visit and see Gavin in his own enviroment for the first time since he was born. I think we are going to go to the State Fair and then do some planning for Gavin's big Halloween birthday bash! Should be fun!