Michelle's Wedding Trip Part 2

While we were in Utah we met up with Ariel and David, Gavin's birth parents. It was wonderful to see them again and they loved seeing Gavin and how big he has gotten. On Thursday my mom and I met them at Mimi's Cafe for lunch. It was so sweet watching Gavin interact and smile at them. He was a little fussy by the end of lunch though. We have been trying to figure out nap time again since he started sleeping 10-12 hours at night. Just when I get a routine down, he changes! Then after Jason arrived, Ariel and David came to Jason's parent's house for a couple hours. I really wanted them to be able to play with him and see him roll over and all the fun things he does now. I am eternally grateful to them for giving us Gavin. He is our whole life now. They gave us the most amazing video of pictures of them just after Gavin was born set to music. I couldn't stop crying!! Jason and I love them so much!

Ariel and David with Gavin

David and Gavin

Ariel and Gavin

Ariel and Gavin at the Wells' home

David playing with Gavin

Not only did Jason and I have a busy weekend catching up with so many friends and family but Gavin had a big weekend too. First, Gavin showed off on Thursday, Nov. 13th that he recognizes his bottle and that it's supposed to go in his mouth. I was at Launa's house in the morning and was trying to clean up all of your stuff that was sprawled everywhere (sorry Launa!) while holding Gavin. I picked up an empty bottle to take it to the sink when all of a sudden Gavin grabbed the bottle with both hands and brought it straight to his mouth and started sucking! It was so cute. He had been eyeing his bottle everytime we made him one while holding him but this was the first time he grabbed for it. Then on Friday, Nov. 14th, Gavin pulled his right toe to his mouth for the first time!! For the rest of the weekend he could not keep his right foot out of his mouth. If that wasn't enough for first time parents to rave about for weeks, Gavin decided to add one more new trick. At Michelle's reception I laid out a blanket and set him down to play at my feet. All of the sudden he rolled himself from his back to his tummy and then from his tummy to his back underneath the table. Jason was the one that noticed it and I am so happy he got to see Gavin's first time rolling over in succession because so often Gavin will do something new during the day when Jason's at work. The kid is now an expert roller. I set him down at one end of the room and in a couple minutes he has rolled to the opposite side!!

Gavin sucking his toes