A little R&R

We started a week of vacation on Friday and have been chilling all week. It has been great. I haven't been on the computer much and it has been nice. We got the house back to normal finally after the carpet install and moved the last box on Sunday. We chilled most of the weekend and just hung around town. We were able to go out and have a dinner without shoving food down our throats and taking turns who ran after Gavin. Thanks to my lovely Ipod, Gavin watched Backyardigans on the really baby tv. He even ate some of the dinner we bought him. He is growing up!

My dad and Lee got into town on Sunday afternoon. Dad was sportin a go-tee (sp?) and looked very hip. It was great to see them. We hung out on Sunday and chatted and played with Gavin.
Monday we went downtown and cruised around some of the local shops and had lunch at our local watering hole, Firestone. Gavin was a little less content at this meal but he did ok. He loves to run away from us though which I don't like. He ran away and into a store, bumped into a lady and ran around a clothes rack. That little bugger. He thought it was sooooo funny. I told Dad and Lee not to laugh when he came out of the store because Gavin would think it was funny. It was kinda funny actually. He runs down the street too and in front of driveways which makes me nervous sometimes so trying to teach him a lesson. We shall see.

Gavin's new phrase is "why not". It is still "I need that" but we have added 'Why not?" Gavin don't run away from me ..... "why not?".

After downtown we went to Avila and checked out the barn, got a cherry pie (yum) and took some photos. Then we made it to the beach. It was overcast but no rain. We had some good retail therapy and everyone came home and took a nap (except Gavin). haha. We ordered up some Woodstocks and did Christmas at Thanksgiving. I got dad a very cool wine gadget and he loved it. It made the wine taste really smooth. Gavin got some stylin outfits and we got a nice dinner out (PF Changs Gift certificate). Lee liked her scarf too. It was fun.

Gavin couldn't decide which name to give Pops. It was Pops sometimes and Papa some other times. We had a great visit and Gavin gave everyone big hugs and kisses when they left. It was a fun time.

Anniversary

We had a great weekend in Carmel. Steve started the weekend on a helicopter ride for work. He went to an oil rig and took a ton of great shots. He even saw a whale. He learned about the oil rig and how people live on it. I am sure I would have been freaked out or queasy on that thing.

It was crazy warm in Carmel. So we decided to take a walk along the beach in Monterey. We rented a Surri. It is a bike with a canopy and two people pedal and one person sits in the middle. Gavin rode in the basket in the front. It was a little small for all three of our butts but we made it work. It was really fun. Gavin was a bit freaked out at first and wouldn't wear his helmet or sit in the basket. Eventually he did. The ocean breeze was awesome and it was great to be outside. We got a yummy lunch, Gavin sat through the whole thing and was pleasant and strolled around Cannery Row. Definitely a quality day when you can enjoy eating lunch with a 2 yr old.

To make the day even better, Mom and I hit the shops for some sales. We did some serious damage and concluded that we were helping to stimulate the economy.

We headed down to the beach at sunset and it was one of the best sunsets I have seen in a while. Gavin was loving it and running all over the place. He could not resist the sand and the puddles. Steve and I were dressed to go out for the night and Gavin got soaking wet. He had a ball so we just let him go crazy. Luckily we had a change of clothes in the trunk. We got him dry and then headed for our date night.

Gavin didn't even cry which is a shocker when we left. That is the good thing about Nana babysitting. We had an awesome dinner at a restaurant called Luca. We had salad, wine, amazing pumpkin ravioli, dessert, and coffee. yummo. We went to a movie and made it home around 10 to find Gavin bathed and in bed. Ahhhh, nice.

The weather was so nice that we went for another hike on Sunday through the trail and the mission. We went down to Carmel River. We have done this walk a few times and we should have known Gavin would pass out again. We forgot the stroller, bummer. Gavin ran and ran on the trail. He said...."Hey everybody, RUN, RUN!". Only person that ran was me. It was really cute. Bailey and Gavin and I ran along the trail. Once we got to the ocean, Gavin was pooped. I carried him half the way, then tried on the shoulders. He was too heavy so we decided to park it while Steve ran home to get the car. Oh my aching back!

We hung out for a while and tried to get Gavin to take a nap. Steve went surfing and Gavin was wide awake...playing with toys and Bailey. We packed it up around 4pm and Gavin was out like a light in about 10minutes. We made it home safely and we were bummed that Monday was coming. The house is still not put back together since the carpet was put in but we will power that out this weekend.

Gavin has been sleeping in his bed now for almost a month. No more pitter patter coming into our room at 2am. It is great. Now in stead of walking into our room in the morning, he hangs out in his room. Our alarm clock is now "Da, da, dee dee, da" instead of "Mommy, it's wake up time"

Moving Day!

All week long we slowly moved stuff off the shelves and furniture into the garage. We are getting new carpet. Basically it is like moving out. Little by little we packed and stacked. It is a serious chore. Instead of working out at lunch, I have been packing.

Friday came and my old college roommates came into town.... Richelle, Anne and Kirstie. Richelle and Anne stayed at my house and Kirstie was at a hotel. (She was in town for an alumni mtg so we hooked up later). We were very nostalgic and went to all our old joints like old times. We even closed down the bars like the good old days. 2am didn't seem that late until I heard the pitter patter of Gavin at 5am. Brutal! Steve was the awesome husband and took care of Gavin. We had a great time and it was really fun to get out with the girls and be dorks like we were 20 again. It was like no time had past since we all hung out. Great times.

We made it to breakfast the next day. Steve and Gavin went to a birthday party for Ben from daycare. Since I had my friends in town, I didn't go. Steve was once again a trooper and took Gavin. We didn't do much on Saturday except watch tv. It was really nice actually to relax. When Gavin came home we watched Little Einsteins and the little red door about a million times. That is one of his favorite shows and since we were not in the entertaining mood, we all sat on the sofa and watched. We also managed to get in some Wii time of course. Here is Anne on the Wii

Gavin had fun with the girls this weekend and it was fun to all hang out. Gavin has developed a twitch which we are monitoring. We aren't sure what it is but we took him to the doctors and he wasn't too concerned. He said to just monitor it. On Friday I took him to get his hair cut thinking it might be the hair in his eyes. He continued to twitch. He seems to do it when he is tired. He also does it when he watches tv. Not sure if he needs to get his eyes checked. We are going to take him back to the doctor and have him look at the video.


Sunday we moved, moved, and moved some more. My back hurts. We put everything either outside or in the garage. Gavin loved it since he got to ride his scooter all over the living room which he isn't allowed to do normally. We also tried teaching him the art of holding a full cup of juice and not spilling. Normally he drinks that in the kitchen but Sunday we let him do it on the carpet. He spilled the whole cup. Then like a rain puddle, jumped in it. Total boy. Who cares we are getting new carpet tomorrow! Let's pray it doesn't rain. We can't wait for the new carpet but it is a pain to get in. Massages are in order!

Gavin loves to wake up at 5am and say it's wake up time, it's wake up time. We are teaching him numbers and say, when the clock has a 6 on it, we can get up. It doesn't totally work but at least he lays down for a little longer. Not that I can actually fall back to sleep again but I am not actually up at 5am.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was a fun day. We started with the Halloween cheer when Gavin and his 4 daycare pals come by in the morning to trick or treat. They were all so cute and Gavin was in his Mr. Incredible costume. He was so excited to show the kids the house and he looked too cute all buffed out in his outfit. Too bad I had to be on a conference call. I jumped off for 5 minutes to hang out then I had to get back on. I forgot to take a picture! Bad move.

Nana and Papa Meyer showed up in the afternoon to see Gavin trick or treat. We ordered pizza and got out the box of costumes. I did the doctor scrubs and Steve had a scary mask. Angela and Jeremy came over again with the boys and it was starting to get dark. We stuffed our faces with pizza and were getting ready to get on the costumes again. However, Gavin would not get in his costume. What to do? Force him? No. Bribe him? Yes, but it didn't work. Nana came down just for trick or treating and Gavin was having nothing to do with it. I tried last year's costume. I tried the fake dread hat. Too bad I didn't have fake spray on hair dye. I could have just sprayed that on and call it a day. We tried putting 10 glowstick necklaces on him and called him a glow stick boy but that lastest about 30 seconds. So what did we do? We said screw it. We are going trick or treating without the costume. Who cares. He is 2.

So Gavin went trick or treating and bum rushed each house walking inside, tried to take the whole basket of some folks. In the end, I think he had a fun time. He got a decent amount of little candy treats and no one seemed to care he didn't have a costume. I think we were more embarrased than Gavin. I was dressed up so that counts right?

Now each day Gavin asks, can I have my pumpkin? Or can I have my trick or treat? His favorite candy is the twix. He helped us pass out candy and would precisely pick out each twix bar to give to the kids. He obviously hasn't learned my trick on Halloween yet.....pass out the candy you don't like so you can keep the candy you like! Well, it didn't matter anyway since we ran out of candy.

The rest of the weekend we played around town. beach with Went to theNana, had a picnic, went downtown, watched movies and got Nana to play Wii. Hula hoop isn't her game but she did rock the Bowling. Papa was sick the entire weekend and was glued to the sofa. I disinfected the area once he left. haha.

It was a fun weekend. We ended it with Sunday night movie night. Movie pick of the day... was Monster's Inc. Gavin didn't wake up in the middle of the night screaming so that was good. He was a little scared but he liked it.













I think it has been almost a week that he hasn't come into our room at night. The night time pitter patter may be ending. Daylight savings didn't help us though. He was up at 5am. Ugh.