When the Cat is away...

So it has been a REALLY long time since I blogged last. Lots has taken place since I did that so here is a brief catch up on what has gone on in the Kludt house. Thanksgiving came and passed and we had our 'Thanksgiving Dinner' at the fire station. It is always really nice to see everyone and have all this nice food everyone makes. We did our own Thanksgiving dinner and it was chicken breast and mashed potatoes. Ha!Ha!

Gavin and I flew to Michigan the first week of December so I could help my mom out at work and so everyone could visit Gavin. That was seriously the busiest trip ever! I felt like I couldn't get a breath in without coming or going somewhere. It was a nice visit anyway. Next was Christmas and it was great to be able to watch Gavin...watch us open his gifts. He was really happy with what everyone sent. I think we are happiest with all the clothes because this kid is a giant. I think we have him in a few 12 month shirts right now along with what everyone bought him at Christmas.

Gavin slept through New Years Eve ;) But I guess now that leads to now and how much he has changed since everyone saw him in December. Well, he is on the move now! He is crawling very quickly and trying to climb up on things though that is few and far between. He likes to use me as his way to stand by crawling all over me. Lately he likes to climb all over the couch, throw things, pull clothes from his dirty clothes pile into his crib, laugh this incredibly strange laugh (he laughs when hes taking a breath in so it is...very weird.), he has 2 teeth on the bottom, he likes to yell, smile, he enjoys when I wave at him from the other room, he loves to look at himself and now he smiles for the camera on cue. Mostly his busiest time during the day is ALL THE TIME. He never stops and I love it. He is saying Mmmmmm while I am writing this because I put him in his jumperoo and he is mad. Mickey Mouse is sometimes his favorite thing to watch but lately since he is on the move so much- he is less interested in the plot of it. Gavin loves music, he loves to hear the beginning and end of shows and their music (Mickey Mouse, Spongebob, he likes the Danimals commercial, Big Time Rush commercial, Choo Choo Soul, Dance-alot-Robot and we have a radio set up in his room so we can play Disney Music to him while he plays).

Here are some pictures I took today. We haven't had the camera charged so I haven't taken any in a long time but here are just some from earlier today (it's 4:30pm).

Gavin is coming to get me!

Yelling and getting into things

 Um...what are you doing?

Gavin! Get out from under that table!

Diaper changes are fun...

Using my legs to stand

Standing

 Usually this is flat footed and butt in the air but I was amazed by his splits skills! haha! 

The view from the shelf under the coffee table

See my teeth!? 

Beep Beep!!

Beep Beep! Who's got the keys to the Jeep? 

Laughter is the Best!

 Gavin has become quite the character recently. He enjoys doing things I tell him not to do like, "don't put your foot in your mouth when I'm trying to feed you", "don't kick me", "don't pee on me", etc. He loves laughing when I take his diaper off and he just LOVES Prints! He laughs at Prints all the time. Sometimes Prints is the only solution to get him to stop crying. I will cradle Gavin in my arms face down like an airplane and chase Prints and Gavin just laughs and laughs. Tonight, after bath time and getting his bottle, I had Gavin sitting up to burp and Prints came in the room and sneezed and Gavin laughed at him. It's too cute. Here are some recent pictures of Gavin, myself and Prints.

Thinking about rolling over... but doesn't

 Gavin drooling on the guest bed ;)

Mad at mom

Watching Prints eat his toy

 Oops! It's upside down!

I had to include one of Gavin's notorious shocked pictures

BEST FRIENDS!

We don't have enough pictures of just me and Gavin....

So here are some sans make up ;)

"I will beat anyone up who messes with my mama!"

Gavin sitting on his own (He sat long enough for me to go out of the room, get the camera and come back and take this shot...then he fell over)

 Gavin was in my lap watching me take Prints' picture

Gavin took this one himself! Look at Prints posing! haha

Prints <3

That's our Prints!

4 Months Already!?

We took Gavin to his 4 month doctor appointment today for some shots :(  He weighed in at 17.4lbs (89th percentile) and 26inches (85th percentile). Overall he is healthy and even advanced, doing things at a 6 month olds pace!

Since October 17th (Aunt Jamie's birthday), Gavin has been a rolling machine! There is no putting him on the couch and walking away anymore but I guess it was bound to happen sometime. We have been feeding him carrots, peas, green beans, bananas, apples and peaches. He likes all of them for the most part except the peaches. We haven't tried those again but he would only eat them mixed in the rice cereal.

As of yesterday, Gavin also has learned how to stick his feet in his mouth. He hasn't sucked his thumb yet (still  just his fingers) but he has sucked his big toe! 

Random pictures of Gavin...

 We recently hiked down the side of the dam through the trees and came out on the access road and walked home on 306 (though our backyard). It was fun and Gavin stayed awake the whole time. Gavin now enjoys Prints more. He will look for him and laugh at him. His laugh is so contagious. We (Gavin and I) will be taking our first airplane trip at the beginning of December. We have decided not to get him a Halloween costume and will not be participating in Halloween this year.

Stay tuned for up coming events! We will be taking Gavin for his first haircut here soon...as soon as I can find a place around here that is close that will do it for cheap. This long hair thing has been here long enough!!  I think that is all the news updates we have now.

Food fight!

Recently, Gavin has started screaming...not crying, screaming. Like, a high pitched scream once in a while. Also he has done a few roll overs (front to back) and has become more vocal in other ways. He likes to grunt now out of frustration it sounds like... but it's usually a lot of grunting and I'm not sure what can be so frustrating at his age. I am hoping he is just trying to "find his voice." We also bought him a baby gym and he loves to pull on the rings and attachments to make the music come on. He has pulled the rings off several times now and also uses his feet to grab onto the rings while he chews on other toys.

Today, Gavin had his first taste of baby food. We chose some carrots to begin with and it turned out pretty good. He didn't really know what to do with the food at first but by a few bites of it he was actually helping feed himself. Once we started realizing how the carrots and the white pj's would clash- we disrobed him the best we could without taking him out of the seat. Needless to say, the carrots did still get on the pj's but washed right out. I'm sure Gavin will enjoy tasting the green beens, peaches and bananas we have waiting for another day.

Making Progress

Recently, we have been working on getting our family room cleaned out. We still had all our boxes and things from June when we did the final move after Gavin was born so we finally have been able to get that all cleared out and ready for CABLE! Only after waiting 3 months we will be getting Dish. We are so excited; we basically are planning to stay up all night Tuesday watching tv. This is going to be short because it is late due to our really long walks lately in which I plan to update you all on in my next blog with some new pictures but here are some pictures of what the family room looks like now (we still have some changes to make in decorations):

Mounted the TV

Moved the cage

Prints' couch

  

This is just a dining room shot for those who haven't been down here

Living room shot (along with ghostly orbs!Ahhhh!!!!)