...the crazy month of December...

ok, so i'm a little behind!
i'm trying to catch up to post a zillion different moments!

Grandma Jo's new baby...
Roxi is a German Shepherd puppy... 

Gav had sooo much fun meeting her!




quality time with the boys...

Gav is always sharing the dog beds with the doggies...

apparently they're super comfy, but very hairy!

some of Gav's best pals....

the gang at Valeria's!

hello Mr. 20-Months!

Pinkeye! Day 1.... no fun!

Pinkeye: Day 2:
A little bit challenging. Definitely feeling better, but still contagious.
Since it was a rainy day, (huh?) we figured out some other stuff to do.
a little bit of finger-painting, some dancing and alot of blanket forts!

Let the holidays begin!

At Irvine Park with Grandma Mary and Grandpa Marvin

about to take the Christmas train to see Santa!

Oh, the anticipation!!!

Gav was soooooooo excited to see Santa 

that he could barely even stay in line...

Well, that was until they got up close and personal!!!

...a few minutes and a candy cane later,

all is good again....

He still loves Santa, but from a distance.

oh boy... he is just such a BOY!

in heaven!
"driving" the tractor... complete with sound effects and all!
hanging out on Grandpa Marvin's tractor...
where the old canyon house used to be



more, more, more football....
(i think this may have been the OU vs OSU game here...)


loves his balance bike!!!


testing out the skater world over at Aunt Sandy's.
mark took him to the skate park the other night and he was in awe....

the day after...

...after Turkey Day, that is!
We hit the tide pools with our resident Marine Biologist.
(our very own Kendra!) The rain cleared up, awesome day out!

learning from the master...


helping Cousin Anna...


checking out the hermit crabs...


the family!



...just woke up...

Turkey Day 2008

Thanksgiving was awesome! Aunt Kendra came down and we had a blast!
...Just a few highlights from the busy Thanksgiving day...

started out with Kendra arriving the night before...
(unbeknownst to JoJo! she cried!) heeheehee....


playing in the rain...
at the time it was fun to teach him to jump in the puddles...
BUT, now he thinks it's fun each time he comes across one.
hmmm... guess i can't blame him, huh?

(the funny thing is that he really didn't know what the rain was!)


Gav met a kitty who he just LOVED.


playing some soccer outside with
aunt Kendra and all of the cousins...


tug-of-war with cousin Evan and cousin Meghan? :)


a rare photo of us!
maybe next time he'll smile. :)


just one of the many, many, many
hugs he was handing out!



playing the piano...


now, playing the piano HIS way....


hanging out with Grandma Mary...
(stairs, the conventional way!)


just right after a sneak-hug attack on Grandpa Marvin!

silly guy...

sometimes he's just so funny....

loves going down the stairs on his bum.
(a new hobby, thanks to aunt kendra!)



hellooooo.... echo, echo...


i was doing laundry and i kept hearing him say uh-oh!
voila! then he thought it was really funny as he attempted to walk...


another new hobby....
and, once again, trying to walk!

Sunny Sundays at the beach...

Last weekend we went to the tide pools with my good friend Heather and her kids, Kae and Ty. (while the dads were at the Charger game) It was a beautiful day out!!! Gav loved the water, especially the "bubbles"! (the froth when the waves crashed on the sand)


checking out his shadow...

Gav collecting rocks for Kae's sand castle...

handing over his gatherings...

couldn't get enough of the water!
bubbles bubbles bubbles!

the kick-start dance...

some of Gav's favorite moves....

Gav's 1st hair-cut...

Well, we went in for a TRIM. (prompted a few cowgirl comments on Halloween...) Gav came out with a hair-cut... I just wanted them to clean-up his little curlies... sighhhh.... 

BEFORE

the ideal time for Gav...

sitting in a fire truck AND watching Elmo! wow!

AFTER: who is this kid? :)

post hair-cut! good times on the choo-choo....