Boys will be Boys!

We've noticed over the past month that Gavin has become a lot more independent, willing to try new things, likes to explore his surroundings, and believes that every object serves a purpose and he wants to figure that out, as well as determine how to work it. 

Now, here, he knows that Mommy and Daddy take things out of the dishwasher so he wanted to help.  I was standing right there at the sink and never even heard him climb up. 

Sometime, a while back, Brooks put Gavin on Maggie to help him ride her like a horse (while Brooks was holding onto him, of course).  Gavin has now decided that he should be able to do it himself.  This is the beginning stage.  I had to put the camera down immediately as step 2 was in progress. 

If you know Gavin, you know he tends to drool a little bit (okay that's an understatement, but still) and he likes to eat.  It seems that for some reason his drool and something he ate didn't go well together, thus, creating a small blister on the bottom of his chin.  This was not caused by any "act" that Gavin did.  We have been trying to help it to go away. 

Let's get back to Gavin enjoying exploring his surroundings. The other day, Brooks and I were diligently Christmas shopping trying to knock out our list for all the men in our family.  Gavin was doing amazing sitting in the shopping cart, strapped in, and taking in all the colors, sounds, etc.  Until he decided that he wanted to play with something we had inside the cart.  Because we didn't want to risk him dropping it over the cart, we decided to let him SIT inside the basket with all the gifts and play with them.  At some point, Gavin stood up, which we were okay with becasue we were holding his hands. Then this happened.....

Note to self: children can stumble on their own feet while standing still on a flat, non moving service.  Boxes have corners that can scratch up your child's nose.  Gavin fell and landed directly on a box and it got it pretty good.  He only cried for a minute then was fine.  NEVER once did he act upset that his nose hurt him.  He's tough!  He was nicknamed Rudolph at church yesterday.  Just one more reason Brooks and I deserve the Parents of the Year award. 

If that's not enough, on our way out of the restaurant yesterday, Gavin wanted to walk ahead of us and ended up tripping on a small ramp that Brooks and I didn't see.  Gavin fell and landed on his forehead.  Thus, creating a small knot on his head.  He cried for a few minutes and then was fine. 

 
Brooks and I have accepted that these things are going to happen.  We just wish they weren't all in the same week.  Gavin is still his happy self, though.  Nothing stops this kid from doing ANYTHING!!

Okay people, with the new settings, how in the world do you do a spell check??? can anyone help, please?!