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....

Happy Halloween 2008!

It was all about game-time decisions this year! We had lotsa great costume ideas... a greaser (i lost the "$$friendly" jacket on e-bay), cookie monster (the costume ended up being verrrrrrry snug, see pix!), a pirate, and so-on and so-on... Finally we ended up in the Wild-Wild-West! All in all, it was really fun! Gav enjoyed the night, although he was a bit confused by the receiving candy aspect. (he kept trying to give the people his bucket.) :)

like i said, the Wild-Wild-West....

a tiny nibble on a kit-kat...

first time!

hitting the streets...

cantankerous ole' cowboy and his lil' cowpoke!

lil' cowpoke getting ready to head out for the night

talking about learning how to wear a cowboy hat...

the whole gang at Valeria's house

(Kian, Gav, Sophie and Avi.Sophie and Avi are Valeria's daughters...)

cookie monster try-outs!
whoa, this is confusing.... c is for cookie, what???

cookie-monster capris??? MOM!?!

getting in the spirit!

this entire month, Gav has been outfitted in his Halloween garb...
(courtesy of Grandma Jo and Erika!)

(i think that i must have been partial to the black tee...)

off to Valeria's house in the morning!


one of the favorite pastimes, playing with his train...


at the pumpkin patch in Irvine Park!


getting tall!



he kept trying to pick up these ginormous pumpkins...



you can't see it here, but there are Halloween flags hanging in back.
he loved running through them...

...la la la la Elmo's World...

is OUR world. oh man!!! Gav LOVES Elmo....
we found these slippers in Target.... talk about a happy kiddo!

a bit confused with the fact that Elmo is stuck on his toes...

speed racer all over the house in his new kicks...
over and over and over...

cleaning & playing the (Elmo) guitar. very busy guy!

post-nap... having a snack.
n his slippers, of course.

at first Karson wanted to play with the slippers...
a bit more confusion here!