First ER visit

We are officially parents now. We had our first ER visit with Gavin last weekend. We were in the pool at Nik's house and Gavin was having a blast jumping from the edge of the Pool into Steve's arms. He got really excited and jumped to Steve...but Steve wasn't looking. Gavin banged Steve in the forehead really hard. Gavin started to cry and Steve made a loud noise then he threw Gavin over to me. Blood was coming from somewhere..not sure at that point. Trying not to freak, I quickly get out of the pool. I look at Steve and his head is not bleeding so I knew it was Gavin. We sit him down on the side of the pool and blood is gushing out of his chin.

He split open his chin on Steve's forehead. We apply pressure with a towl and get it to sorta stop. We knew it was too big for a band aid and we quickly get dressed since we were all sopping wet in our bathing suits. We weren't sure if we were in for a long night so we didn't want to be wet dogs in the ER. Fifteen minutes or less, we are at the ER. Luckily is was a slow night.

We got Gavin admitted and the doctor's clean the cut. It was pretty deep and open. Hard to watch. But Gavin didn't cry at all once we were there. He laid down very still, closes his eyes while they patched him up. They used skin glue rather than stitches. I was glad since I knew they would have to give him a shot if they did stitches. About an hour later, we were back home. Gavin had a big ouchy and a huge chocolate ice cream cone for being so brave. Ice cream for dinner after a traumatic event is ok by me.

Leave me a-yone

That is one of Gavin's favorite sayings now.... "Leave me a-yone" (he can't really say the "L" in alone).

Today he said... Mommy go away, leave me ayone... I am playing by myself.

Woohoo.. you don't have to tell me twice. I am outtee...off to drink my coffee and watch the tube!

Gavin playing

Gavin now likes to play by himself and talk to his cars and trains. Today I watched him and he makes up little stories for the trains. It was very cute. " I am going to be the first train. I will help you Fred.. ooh no.. Bertie, I will help you."

He brought a train in the car today on the drive to daycare. I didn't realize he was talking to his train and I asked... "what Gavin... what did you say?". He says... "No, I am talking to myself"..then goes back to making up a little story for his train. Very fun to watch. :)

Mother's Day Weekend

We had a great weekend, or at least I did :)

Friday night my mom and stepdad came into town and we had a nice dinner at home. Saturday morning we woke up and my mom and I headed to the spa. ahhhhhhh. We got to soak in the hot springs tub for a half hour then we had a nice massage at Sycamore Mineral Springs spa. It's a nice place. Maybe not the most spa-ish... if that is a word...but it was still very relaxing. We had lunch at the Avila Market and it was beautiful out. The food was amazing. Gavin was also very good. He sat at the table the whole time and we could actually enjoy our food. I am still doing the cleanse but I was able to find something that worked. An ahi tuna salad. Yum!

We came back home and tried to get Gavin to take a nap. Mom and I hit downtown to window shop. Glad we didn't do too much damage. I got one shirt and she got dog food. Boring! haha. It it just fun to go downtown and walk around.

Saturday night we attempted again to go out to dinner and it worked...again! Gavin played with his trains and did an awesome job. Didn't eat anything as usual even though we got him food. I guess it saves up money. :)

We vegged out Saturday night and went to bed. Sunday we went to brunch at Novo and Gavin once again did awesome. We had one episode of him running from the table but overall he is definitely growing up! It was very warm and I even got a little sunburn. Where was the Arbonne?? haha. The rest of the day was pretty lazy. I got to watch an entire movie during the day without interruption. Loved it. Then we felt the need to be a little productive so we did a Costco run and I cheated on my cleanse b/c I couldn't take it anymore...mainly b/c it was Mother's Day and I wanted my treat! Costco Pizza is definitely not on the cleanse but it was heaven! I am back on the wagon this morning with my fruit smoothie and melon for breakfast. One day can't kill me. :)

It was a great weekend. Oh, I got flowers galore too. I bought myself some tulips then Steve came home with Tulips and another beautiful bouquet. Then my mom came with some flowers too. The house is filled. I love it! Great weekend!