My Mother's Day...

Sighhh.....
What a perfect day for moi!

My boys and I hit the dog beach and
then Mark made a fabulous dinner for us!
To top it off, Gav ate broccoli like it was
chocolate ice cream! woohoo!!!

...chasing the waves...


sliding down his hand-made slides...


like I said, great day for all boys!


ahhh.... just taking it all in!


Perfect.

the Trike!

Grandad Bill gave Gav a very cool tricycle for his birthday....
Gav calls it his HEBBY BIKE. (in Gav-speak: heavy bike)

"helping" Dad assemble the trike...


alright, here we go!!!


getting the hang of it....


woohooo!!!
pedal, pedal, pedal!!

doctor-day = doughnut-day!

So, Gav's 2-year check-up came...
current stats are:
wt: 27.63 (48%)
ht: 33.5 (25%)
head circumference: 19.75 (80%) (oh dear!)

everything was great until you guessed it...
the big SHOT! ouch!

recovering with his cool Batman sticker...

...treated Gav to a doughnut before
I headed into the office...
He man-handled that thing!

ahhh... happy-Gav!

all is right in the world now.

Hippity-Hoppity-Happy Birthday AND Happy Easter!

checking out the basket of goodies!

hanging in the fire truck after the
Modjeska Canyon Pancake Breakfast

we thought he should try out the all-classic PEEPS!
he no likey...
yay!

the hunt is ON!


no explanation necessary.
this one just cracked me up!


in the middle of the hub-bub,
he insists on cleaning!

just hanging with Daddy and Papa

saying good-bye to Great-Grandma Kay and Aunt Betty

...and now he's 2...

How many times can I say it goes fast???
Gav's birthday fell on Easter this year,
but we had a little birthday shin-dig with
all of his family and pals the day before.
(even Aunt Erika flew in!)

yummy.. JUICE!

bubble magic!


getting rowdy in the bounce-house!

whoa, caught some air!

cake time! he was a little unsure of what to do...
i think he had some good helpers!


concentration!!!


one of his FAVORITE toys, a firetruck!

after a super fun, long day!!!
ready to hit the sack wit his new
firetruck blanket made special
for Gav by Grandma JoJo...

Spring is here!

Enjoying a sunny afternoon in Laguna....



..trying out the cotton candy at the Spring Fling at our neighborhood park...

The last moments in our own little March Madness!

The art of eating a cupcake...


A MAC boy at heart..
Playing around at the Apple store.




The Ball Wrangling...
(code for TANTRUM IN PUBLIC)

This is about the moment where
we began to discuss that he could pick out 1 ball, not 5...

About 5 minutes after the massive
fit in the middle of Old Navy...
it truly was exhausting.
one of these days i'm gonna take a nap in the car!



Rainy day with the horses...
(the "neighs" as Gav calls them)

we had breakfast with Grandpa Marvin
and Grandma Mary and visited the horses next door...



Night-night!
the other night after work, Gav walked
over to the neighbor's yard, laid down
and then informed me that he was
going to go night-night
under the palm trees...
then he asked for his pacifier...