Busy Summer!!

Hey Everyone! My have we been busy this summer!! I can’t believe it’s almost September!! I’m going to update you on where we are right now.. Gavin is almost 8 1/2 months old, can you believe it!!?? What a sweet boy that God has blessed us with! Gavin hit so many milestones most happened when he was 7 months… he’s learned how to: sit up all by himself, to crawl (7/18), he learned how to pull himself into a standing position; he got his first two teeth, and he had his first visit to the ER! What an amazing time in his life!! He’s also been saying mama and dada!!! and sings along in the car, and when I sing to him at night! It’s so precious! He still loves Radio Head and that will quiet him instantly if he’s upset. Gavin is soo close to standing up all by himself; right now, he stands with one leg and kneels on the other (as you can see in his video)! He took his first step today!!!! Oh, and his top teeth are very, very close!

So, the ER visit, let me begin by saying how awful it is to have to take your child there. We went to Port Warwick which is amazingly efficient and we were in and out in under 2 hrs!! So, Gavin and I (Katie) were in the kitchen. I was working with some meat on the countertop and Gavin was behind me on the floor. My best guess is that he tried to pull up on the stove and fell down and hit his head; quite a common occurrence in the life of a “creeper”. I wasn’t too worried at first; I picked him up and within two minutes he was vomiting, all over the place (I have to say that it didn’t really bother me tho; I guess it really is different when it’s your own child!!). So, I spoke with the pediatrician on call (dr baust!); and he recommended we go to the ER, which is what I was thinking, I guess I just needed some reassurance! Before we could even get out of the house/ driveway, Gavin threw up another 6 times. Gavin had a CT scan in the ER and everything looked good!!! YAY!!

It has been such a busy yet fun summer!! In June, we went to OBX with Josh’s family (Gavin’s first road trip!). In July, we went home to PA (Gavin’s first trip to PA!) In August, we had lost of visitors and it was very fun!! Jon and Kristin (with Grace, Matt, and Nate) were here the same weekend that Uncle Charlie, Aunt Kathy, Aunt Teresa and “Aunt” Cindy were here!! Char, Kath, Teresa and Cindy all had rooms at the Hilton; which they were incredibly generous and allowed us to use the rooftop pool and saved us seats at the beach too!! Wade and Diana and 2 of their boys visited us this weekend! And Aunt Patty and Aunt Teresa are coming next weekend; and the following weekend Josh’s parents will be visiting!

Hang in there for some more pics and vids!! I’m going to try to update this more often!!