What's Up With the David's: Five Fun Facts

I have a million blogs I'd like to write but not a million hours to write them. So in the interest of time, I'll just post a few fun facts and pics about what Jack and Gavin are up to these days. And let's be honest, you all read the blog to see cute pictures of the boys, not to hear me rant like I tend to do. So this is a win-win for everyone! Here goes it...

I'll start with the latest pics of the boys. I can't believe how much of a beast Jack looks like next to Gav. I love my handsome boys...

Gavin's Stats
I had to take the nugget to the doctor last week and our little porker is packing on the pounds. At 5 weeks he was 11 lbs, 5 oz. I also did an unofficial length measurement on my own and he's somewhere between 23-24 inches...it was tough getting the wiggle-worm to straighten out. So he's roughly in the 75th percentile...he's gone from 25th to 50th and now about 75th. He's currently experiencing his 6 week growth spurt so I expect big numbers at his 8 week check up on the 28th. Here's a few photos of the little man at 6 weeks....I just want to eat him up!

I'm no longer Mommy
Jack has decided that I am to be called Mom and not Mommy. I don't know why this bothers me so much. I guess it's because he sounds like such a big boy now and not a toddler. Or maybe its because "Mom" is usually followed by "bring me juice" or "where's my Buzz" or "I want a snack!" Either way, I feel like it's the end of his baby days for good and it makes me sad. Man, did that go fast. But I do love the little boy that Jack is becoming. He's so loving and sweet. You can see here that he really loves his little brother...

Definitely Brothers!
It's hard not to compare the boys. Gavin just looks and acts so much like Jack did when he was a baby. So when Gav does something I automatically think about when Jack did the same thing. I'm going to try to get better about it because I know they are individuals and it's not something I want to do as they get older. But I just have to share these pictures. Gav wears a lot of Jack's old clothes and as soon as I put them on him, it brings me back two years ago. It's so bizarre! So as soon as I took this pic of Gav, I remembered I had one of Jack crying in that same outfit. They do look a lot alike but Jack is a hybrid of Christian and me while Gav is totally a David (except that he has my big ears!)...

Gav's All Smiles
When Gavin's tummy isn't causing him to be fussy or to puke all over me, he really is the sweetest baby. And now he's smiling, which makes him even sweeter!! He loves to gaze at people and smile and coo. So after 6 weeks of no sleep, pee, puke and poop, I finally remember why having a baby is the best thing in the world. When your baby smiles at you for the first time there is nothing like it in the world. It's such an amazing connection and one that you really need after caring for an infant. I finally got it on a video - it's not great but its the best I could get, but it doesn't do it justice (our site doesn't post videos very well).

Halloween
We had an awesome Halloween! We went over to my friend Lisa's so Jack could trick-or-treat with her daughter Kendall, who loved showing Jack the ropes. Jack borrowed a Buzz Light Year costume from his cousin Carson who wore it a few years ago. It was a killer Buzz costume and Jack loved it. As soon as he put it on he yelled, "I'm Buzz, I can fly!" Then he promptly started jumping off everything. We were lucky enough to have Gigi in town again for the holiday - maybe we'll make it a tradition! Jack had a blast cruising around with Kendall getting candy. She actually dressed as Jessie so they were a cute Toy Story pair....

Gav's outfit is just obnoxious enough to be cute...