- Last month, I told you how I attempted to trim Gavin's hair at home... it just did not cut it (get it?!). A few weeks later it was already growing out and looking all disheveled. We took him to Cookie Cutters down the street (I was so nervous) right after he woke up from his nap (and had eaten). The whole ordeal only took about 10 minutes... those stylists are FAST! They had cute little seats and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse playing on all the tvs... Gavin just sat there, smiley as ever, and the girl just snipped away without him even noticing. I was so relived, because it seemed like every other kid in the place was screaming. I'm hoping he keeps this up for future haircuts, too!
- Gavin's been into everything lately (I think I say that every month?) and it's just the cutest. He loves looking for "keey" (kitty) under the bed, watching the washing machine, playing with mommy's laptop, bath time, wagon rides and chasing "doddy" (doggy) around the house.
- We've had a FANTASTIC sleeper on our hands since he was pretty much 7 months old. He consistently sleeps through the night, and as of late has been sleeping 13 hours on the weekends and letting us sleep in until 8:30ish! We almost always have to wake him up for daycare during the week (6:30am-ish). He's finally gone down to 2 naps a day (he loved sleep so much, he was on 3 naps a day until 11.5 months old!) which makes weekends sooo much easier to get things done/run errands. His naps are usually 1.5-2 hours, sometimes longer.
- Eating has still been weird with Gavin. Gavin is super picky, and if he had his way, would only eat puffs for every single meal. I've been trying all sorts of finger foods and it's so hit or miss with him. He's still eating some pureed food but we just keep trying new foods to get him used to it. The pediatrician said it's normal for this age and to just be patient. We're also trying to get him used to sippy cups, because we are on the waitlist to switch to a new daycare & they require him to be 100% off bottles, eek. He started whole milk last week (we've been mixing it in with his formula) and it's going well so far.
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| Being a good little eater at daycare |
- At Gavin's 12 month checkup, everything looked great. He's clocking in at 19 lbs, 10 oz (23%), 30.25 in (67%). He had to get 3 shots and a finger prick (to test for iron) and he was not a happy camper :( We have to go back for the 2nd dose of flu shot in 28 days.
- His birthday party was amazing. I couldn't have asked for a better day, truly. I really wanted a low key party and it turned out exactly how I wanted it to! I'll put more effort into the birthdays he can actually remember and will know what's actually going on :) I had minimal decorations (a few Pinterest ideas came into play)
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| Stole this idea from Lauren! |
Gavin slept in until 9am (birthday gift for mom and dad??) & was in such a good mood all day. He woke up from his first nap around 1:30; everyone got to the house around 1:00pm. We had food (everything from Costco, haha!), played with Gavin then opened gifts. He is so spoiled! He loved everything.
We did cake after gifts (I made his smash cake using this recipe, which was perfect because it made about 16 cupcakes, too!) and he was super unsure of the cake, it was funny! He made me feed it to him, and after a while, my dad smashed some cake in his face for photo ops :)
Gavin continued to play with his new gifts with his friends Adalyn & Oliver, and the party ended around 4:00.
This year has been such a whirlwind! I remember the beginning, being clueless/scared/stressed, and slowly feeling more like a mom as each month went by. I look back at myself a year ago, and wish I could just grab her and say "you're doing a great job, you'll make it!". I can finally see how people decide to have more than 1 kid :) I love the little person Gavin is becoming and cannot wait to see him develop as time goes on!
I haven't decided if I'm going to continue with the blog. I do enjoy capturing his moments so I can look back on them, but I honestly dread it each month and I'd rather be spending the time playing with Gavin or catching up on my DVR. I guess we'll see how I feel in a month!
