- I decided at the beginning of the month it would be a good idea for me to attempt to cut Gavin's hair myself. Per my paragraph above, our weekdays are crazy and we seem to always have something going on during the weekends, and I doubted how well Gavin would do in a chair at a salon. I cut his hair while in the bathtub (just the back and the sides) and when it was wet, I was like "ooh, I think it looks okay!". Well it dried and kind of ended up looking like Gavin cut it himself, haha! It's already grown so much so I am thinking of taking him to a kids' haircut place nearby next weekend so they can fix what I messed up!
-We drove to visit our friends Eric & Amy in Cincinnati a few weeks ago (and their son Carter and dog Oscar) and spent the night at their house. Carter was just shy of 1 year old at the time and such a shy little man! Him and Gavin had fun playing together, and Oscar (a labradoodle) and our dog Callie (a goldendoodle) had fun running around and wearing each other out!
- What would a monthly update be without you telling me Gavin was sick again? :) Oh, daycare, I loathe your germs! Sunday 7/20 Gavin was just NOT himself. He had a high fever (103 degrees) and was just soooo tired all day. He wanted nothing but snuggles and even fell asleep on my chest! He hasn't done that since he was a newborn, so it was kind of nice :)
We chalked it up to a random fever, until Monday he started getting bumps all over his bottom and elbow.. at first I thought: eczema flare up & diaper rash. Well at daycare the bumps were becoming more frequent and his teacher thought it looked like hand, foot & mouth. I took him into the pediatrician the next morning, and wouldn't you know it, that's what he had! His rash wasn't terrible but he had bumps on his elbows, knees, feet, upper back and apparently a killer sore throat :( He had to stay home from daycare a few days and unfortunately there are no meds to get rid of it so he had to just ride it out! The rash is sill kind of lingering but he was feeling back to his usual self after about a week. Luckily, once you have hand foot & mouth you *Shouldn't* get it again so at least that's over with and his immune system continues to get stronger :)
- We visited my family in Cleveland 2 weeks ago because my brother was in town from Denver. We decided to leave right after work on Friday so Gavin could sleep a bit in the car on the drive up... it worked fairly well! On Saturday we went out on the boat for a short ride (Gavin did well, but HATED his lifejacket!) and then hung out at the house. We went out for a bit with Brian Saturday night (grandparents "babysat" aka stared at the monitor while Gavin slept!) and then Sunday we went to lunch and then it was already time to go home! We actually get to see Brian again in 3 weeks as we take our first solo weekend trip together (kind of an anniversary trip I guess!) and are leaving Gavin with my parents!
-Developmentally, Gavin is doing great. He's doing really well with "walking" while we hold his hands but is still kind of wobbly. I have no idea when he'll start walking, and am just fine with him crawling for now. He is getting really weird with food and still only likes purees. I've tried giving him "solid" food like tiny pieces of avocado, peas, bread, strawberries, cheese, etc... he is just not a fan! It's weird because he gobbles up Gerber puffs... we are just taking baby steps to eating solid food and taking things slow like Gavin wants to!
I can't believe his birthday is coming up! Ahh, see you next time at his 12 month update!! :(
