Size Matters

Finally. Finally I get to see the numbers I have been waiting for. Ava was weighed and measured and she is now 45 inches tall, 47.5 pounds with a BMI of 16.5% AND---- she made it into the 81% which means she is in the NORMAL range. WooHoo! She has been working hard this summer playing and running and doing soccer and karate and it finally paid off!

Olivia was also measured. She is 47 inches, 46 pounds, and is in the 39% range which is also considered normal. Liv actually has a great body size. she's not underweight or over weight. She has a cute little girls body.

Gavin, my boy. My huge huge boy dwarfs other babies. At 3 months he weighs in at 17 pounds and safely wears size 3 diapers and 9 month clothing. He will be tall. Like a giant. My friend Leah's baby Tyler is almost 10 months and weighs 18.5 pounds and they are both the same length. I can't wait until they are a year old and can play together. It should resemble something like King Kong vs the tiny skyscraper.

Halloween

Gavin's first Halloween !!!

His little monkey butt looked like this! So cute!

And turn him around and he looked like this...

And of course there were beautiful ladies dressed as a bride and a princess.

With their cute little monkey brother!

A few nights before Halloween the gang carved their pumpkins and roasted their seeds. Those were the best seeds ever. Gavin admired the girls' work and posed for a picture with the pumpkins.

Gavin smiled for the pumpkins.

And then he needed a bath after getting pumpkin goo all over his hands.

But Gavin's still the cutest little monkey ever!

The Friday before Halloween Olivia's class dressed up and had a party and a parade.

Guess who led the entire school in the parade? Yip!

Our little monster liked the idea of Olivia being the leader.

Ava's class had their party on Halloween day. She traded costumes with Olivia and went as a bride too. She also told me she will never get married so she can live with me forever. She would miss me too much. I just love that little girl.

Here's Ava with all of her loot. We should have rotten teeth in no time.

With all of the Halloween festivities the kids had plenty of time to Trick or Treat. They met up with some friends to trick or treat the weekend before in the streets of BW and followed it up with a BBQ and watching Cars 2 in the backyard with their friends and a whole lot popcorn.

They also went Saturday to the outdoor mall's Trick or Treat festivities. They both went to the pumpkin patches and I think they have had enough of Halloween. Now we are ready for Liv's birthday and Turkeyday. Amen.

My kids

Rock!!!

Gavin wearing his cute Converse.

Look at those giant feet!!!

My model- somewhere within the last six months Ava has begun to pose for the camera.

My Olivia- she has a "wear sweats to school day" and is super excited!

Harvest Festival

Today was the annual Harvest Festival so we went to soccer and then headed on over to the festival. There were pony rides which the girls couldn't get enough of... Dave entered a pumpkin pie eating contest and came in a close second. Nick and the girls made some arts and crafts and went through the haunted bus after bouncing around on the jumpy slide. But the best part came later in the evening. Trick or treating in the streets of BW.

The kids all wore their costumes and trick or treated most the stores in BW. Nick, Hayden, and Hunter were there too so it made the night a lot of fun. Most of all, the girls came home with a lot of loot- candy, toys, toothbrushes (my favorite), pencils, and all sorts of other goodies.

like these masks....:)

Gavin had to get in on the fun too.

Since he couldn't trick or treat he played with the pumpkins...

And when the girls were full of candy and tired as ever Gavin and I had a chance to play before going to bed.

Yip, that's my boy right there. I just want to squish him and smooch all over his little face.

He, other the other hand, wants to show off his ability to stand.

What a fun day for everyone. Gavin slept through most of it as he should being 12 weeks old in just a few hours but the girls -- they could have gone all night if we let them. I think besides Christmas this is their other favorite day!

The Bottle

Gavin was offered his first bottle today. Ava refused to have anything to do with a bottle so I assumed Gavin would be the same way. I was wrong and a little bit mortified. He sucked it right down like he like had been doing it since birth. My heart dropped a little bit but I guess it's good to know if I need to leave him for awhile I can and he will be able to have his milk without me. :(

Gavinator- 11 Weeks

My Prince

Fieldtrips

Olivia had her first field trip with her Kindergarten class last week. She got to ride the school bus which she has been waiting to do since she saw Caillou do it on PBS. Dave chaperoned and was able to join her on the bus. They went to the pumpkin patch and picked out some pretty great looking pumpkins.
Ava had her field trip today and was also chaperoned by Dave. I couldn't go because I had to be able to pick up Olivia when she got out of school and I had Gavin's 3 month pictures scheduled in between. Ava also picked out some big juicy pumpkins.

Ava and her best friend at the pumkin patch.

Both field trips went smoothly. The girls had fun with all of their friends and their daddy. After it was all over they created these little beauties for our front porch.

Olivia wants it noted she carved her pumpkin all by herself. She did a wonderful job too.