Purrrfect

Gavin informed me the other day that Aunt Sarah has kitties. He also told me that when the baby comes out then I can have a kitten in my tummy and than we can have kitties like Aunt Sarah. Blake told Gavin that in fact Mommy does not carry kitties in her tummy we get kitties at the store. Meow.

Quirky Gavin

Gavin has been enjoying Peter Pan lately. He has been dressing up like Jon.

Notice the similarities. Glasses. Check. Hat. Check....kinda. (We don't have a top hat so a flower hat should do.)

It's Done...Kinda

So I finished painting the city scape on Gavin's wall. We are changing his room over so that it is a Batman/Superman theme. Now all I have to do is make a Superman Quilt (I'll post again when I finish it) and we are done.

Random

These are some things that have been on my mind:

• I really dislike Blake's car! (Not to be confused with my car that I love.) It died again...and it keeps doing this. We don't know why. We would love to buy another car that we have been saving up for but alas we have this to worry about

• We are still keeping our fingers crossed that Blake doesn't get layed off. Business here in Vegas is stinking it up. Most of our friends here are having problems with Layoffs too.

• This is how many weeks I have left until baby comes. Please, Oh Please let us have insurance for at least that long.

• Blake made a funny comment the other day and I can't stop thinking about it. He was telling me about a time that we went somewhere together and I pointed out to him that the person in the story was not me. I made a comment along the lines of "it must have been your other girlfriend." And his reply was, "I guess it doesn't matter if it was my other girlfriend because she is not in the memory anymore. It's you now. So you should be happy." I guess there comes a time when reality is not really what happened and just how we remember it.

Gavin's Opinion

My new calling at church is nursery. (I have had it for about a month and a half.) I am also the activity days leader. Yes, I am a two calling kind of gal. Well, in our nursery they have it split in two. Older and Younger. Laney is in the Younger and Gavin is in the Older. I asked to not be in with Laney because she is finally starting to adjust and I don't want to mess with that. So I am in with Gavin. This was our conversation when we got home from church:

Me: Laney did you have fun in nursery today?

Laney: some grunts that mean yes.

Me: Did you play with toys and sing songs?

Laney: starts to sing head, shoulders, knees and toes....(we can only really understand the motions and the word toes.)

Gavin: I had fun in nursery today.

Me: Tell Dad what you did.

Gavin: Well, I can play by myself and have snacks and sing. So, Mom, I don't want you to come to nursery with me anymore.

Me: Well honey I have to come it is my calling.

Gavin: Well I don't want you to. I want to be by myself. Please don't come anymore. You can go somewhere else.

It is funny. Most kids want their parents in with them. Even scream and cry when they leave. Yet, Gavin wants me to be somewhere else. If only it were that easy.

Raging Personality

Laney has decided that she is capable of picking out her own outfits. For the most part she does really well. She normally knows what goes together and knows what colors look good with what. Normally. Her latest favorite accessory is her pink foaties.Then there are times when her outfits are less than desirable. I couldn't resist with this picture. She has got such a funky look on her face. But I laugh every time I see it.

Pictures Galore

Our Day started on the pier at Newport Beach. We walked to the end and went to a restaurant called Ruby's. While we were waiting for our table to be ready the kids watched the people fish off of the pier. They also enjoyed watching the planes pulling banners. Then we went down to the beach. Everything is fun and games until the kids get dirty. And they got dirty! Yes, he is eating a dirt covered Funyuns. Appetizing No?
(On the way off the beach as we were leaving Laney decided to throw a tantrum by throwing her self face down on the beach. I have never seen a little girls face more dirty. She got sand in her eyes, nose and mouth. Blake and I both chuckled and said "perhaps she won't be throwing any more tantrums like that.") We tried some preventative maintenance to keep the kids clean with the occasional Ocean dip and it worked for Laney. She loved the Ocean. Gavin on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it. He actually started to cry if we even suggested it.

By the end our kids were exhausted. Laney fell asleep on my shoulder which is something that she NEVER does. We went back to the hotel took a bath and then back out we went for dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Gavin and Laney both got balloons from the restaurant and were super pleased.

However, Laney lost her balloon and it was devastating. The look on her face....sad.

When we were all done we packed the kids in the car and headed back to the hotel. This time Laney ended up sleeping on the floor.

All in all I would say it was a great little trip.

Laney's Rendition of "Dark Blue"

We bring you a little music interlude by Laney. We are sorry to postpone the rest of the California trip pictures however due to unforeseen Blogger problems we have no other choice. Enjoy.

We would like to point out that this IS the same song Gavin sang here. If you want to listen to the real thing here is a link.

One more thing of interest to note. Gavin in an attempt to escape after bath time goes streaking through the video.