Gavin is 9 months

I took Gavin for his 9 month appointment on Friday - I just can't believe he is so old already! He weighs 18 lbs, 4 oz (25%) and is 29" (75%). He eats SO MUCH that I am really surprised that he didn't weigh more. His check up went well.

He has 5 teeth and is working on more (we were up until 4:15 a.m. last night). I'm hoping they will pop through soon.

His only word is mama, but not for lack of trying! We are all working with him to say dada. All except Raegan that is, who is trying to teach him Raegy!

He crawls like a flash, pulls himself up and is working on walking along furniture. I pulled out a push/walker thing but he doesn't have that figured out yet.

I am just in awe of how sweet he is!

The Greatest Show on Earth!

Raegan experienced the "Greatest Show on Earth" this weekend! Our friends, Myke, Dee& Nathan, had extra tickets to the circus and invited us to go. I made the HUGE mistake of telling Raegan about this a couple of days before we went. Every morning she wanted to go to the circus with Nathan. The day finally came and Raegan was up at 5:30 am ready to go! The good thing was that I got all of our laundry done before Dee picked us up at 8:30.

We took the kids to breakfast at McDonald's before heading to the Palace. Raegan did not want to go to breakfast because she thought that meant she didn't get to go to the circus. Once we got that figured out, she was fine with eating.

After breakfast, we headed to the Palace. We had to stand in line for a while, and Raegan was a maniac! She was dancing around, yelling "look at the ponies" at the flags they had decorating the place. I had to keep telling her to stay by us so we didn't lose her.

Once we were inside, we were able to go onto the floor for some pre-circus activities. The kids were able to try on the costumes, ride the motorcycles & barrel horses, watch the elephants and other acts. I thought that Raegan would freak out by all of this stuff. Boy was I wrong - she LOVED it!! Throughout the whole show she danced in the aisle! I guess the cotton candy and marshmallows I let her have could have played a role in it but since she was spending the night with her Nana and Papa, I let her indulge. She really had a good time and now I can't wait to take her back!

She crashed on the way home!

Major Update!

Ok, I am finally going to update the website! Hopefully there will be enough that Uncle Mike will have a couple of days of reading material and pictures.

Please scroll down to catch up with the Wheaton's over the last month!

Gavin's first ear infection

You may be wondering why in the world I am celebrating Gavin's first ear infection, but when Raegan was this age, we had already had at least three!

Daycare told me on Thursday that he had been tugging on his right ear and they thought he had an infection. I didn't think a whole lot of it since he does tug on his ears a lot (I mean there is a LOT to tug on!). On Friday, he woke up with crusty eyes - YUCK! Throughout Friday the goop kept coming fast and furious. It was also a neon yellow! I probably should have taken him to the doctor on Friday, but I figured he just had a cold. When he woke up this morning, he wasn't any better, so I made an appointment for later this morning. Lo and behold, he has a BACTERIAL eye and ear infection! Not only did he hold off on his ear infections for 8 1/2 months, but he has to go and get a doozy of an infection!

I'm hoping he will feel better soon!

Mamamamamama!

Gavin's first word is Mama!!! Of course we have not been able to catch it on tape yet, but as soon as we do I'll post it here. He said it for Bob long before he said it for me, but he does know what it means now! He will look at me with sad eyes and say "mama, mama, mama" and then lay his head down. It just melts my heart and I pick him up instantly!

The other words in his vocabulary are "BBBBBBBBBBBBBB" like a motor boat, "AAAAAAHHHHHHH" Raegan taught him that and they will scream at each other for an hour! Last night, Bob finally had to put a stop to it and make Raegan move onto a different toy!