The Miss Elaine-ous Life

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Totally Terrific Two!

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So today is the anniversary of the day that My Little G was born, two years ago. His birth story is nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that he was born. My beautiful, wonderful, perfect second son who from the moment I saw his face, I knew would be another great love of my life.

I remember lying there in the operating room (yes, I had a c-section) feeling the pressure in my belly and knowing that one of the most amazing things was about to happen to me and my family, again. And it did.

This past year of G’s life he has found his own personality, started talking a lot, bonded with his brother and good pal Anna and just generally brought a ton of joy to our lives.

His teachers at Parents Day Out go on and on about how cute he is and how he likes to dance and loves to do his little art projects. Here at home he loves to play with his crayons (that he got for Easter) and stickers. Oh man does he LOVE stickers! I let him have a piece of paper and he covers it with crayon squiggles and stickers. And yes, I have found a few on the wall and the floor, thankyouverymuch.

He’s always been a good sleeper and continues that trend with a good 11 hour sleep at night and a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoons. His favorite foods include blackberries, pasta, yogurt drinks, cereal, dried apples, raisins, cheese and of course any type of sweet that I may be offering. And he is willing to try just about anything and often asks for a “bite” off of my plate.

Lately he walks around saying things like “More, please now.” (or vice versa), “That’s Funny!”, “That’s Mine!”, “I wanna see.”, “All done now” (usually once he’s done eating). He also has recently starting saying “Set, GO!” and then running across the room (his way of saying Ready, Set, Go).

His favorite toys right now are Matchbox cars, blocks or big Legos and he carries his two fleece blankets and “Meow, meow” around a lot during the day. He also has a lot of fun with sidewalk chalk lately and at the playground he seems to like the slides the most. He loves to laugh at the family hamster in his cage and when “Hamsty” gets going on his little wheel I so enjoy hearing G chuckle as he watches.

My little guy’s smile can light up any room and does every time he flashes it here at our house. He’s a happy child and a sweet, sweet boy and I am lucky to be his mother and be able to spend every day with him.

To My Gavin,
I hope you have a wonderful day today and a great little party on Saturday. You are a bright light in our lives and so many people love you and celebrate your life today. I love you so much and always,

Momma

Just some of my favorite pics from the last year…

elaine

Comments

  2. My computer is driving me nuts cos I can’t see any of your pictures!

    What a sweet post about your precious boy. He sounds like a little doll! What a lucky mommy you are. My boys are growing up but I still treasure the memories of their first words, etc.

  4. Hey Elaine! So little did I know that somehow my Reader ate up your blog. I know, it probably doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t to me either.
    Anyway, Happy Birthday Gavin! You are adorable and you make my heartmelt. You an dmy son are at the same age and this is such a fun and enjoyable time right now! Keep making your Mama proud and we can’t wait to see how much you’ve grown next year!

  5. Aww, what a great post Elaine! Happy birthday to your handsome, sweet and talented Gavin.

    Hope you guys have a great weekend.

  6. Happy Birthday to Gavin! He and my son, who is 7 today, share the same birthday. Anyway, he seems to be such a cutie and I loved your post.

  10. Happy Birthday, Gavin! Elaine – your family is so cute! I love having little boys in my life too! Have a good birthday party on Saturday.

  15. Happy birthday little guy! He is so cute and reminds me of my little guy. Your whole story reminds me of my little guy because that’s how I feel about him. Only he’s my only one and not my second. Not yet anyhow! 🙂

  21. Happy Birthday Little G!!! He’s so sweet Elaine!! We definitely need to try to meet sometime soon – I wanta squish those cheeks!!!

  27. Oh G, you melt my heart dude, melt it clear into a puddle of gooey mess!

    Happy Birthday!

    Elaine, great tribute and those are some mad photo skills!

  33. “His birth story is nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that he was born.” THAT made me tear up – such sweet words!

    Happy birthday, little man! It’s hard to believe he’s now TWICE the age he was the first time I met you guys. He sure is a sweet guy. And very photogenic – so many adorable shots of him!

  34. Awwwww…What a sweet post Elaine.
    I loved learning more about little Gavin.
    There was one thing in this post that made me green with envy.
    The part where you mentioned his incredible sleep patterns.
    I feel certain there must have been a type-o.
    You wrote he sleeps for 11 hours…bahahaha…we know that can’t be right. Right?
    He couldn’t sleep that long and still nap for 2 to 3 hours.
    Tell me it isn’t so.

  35. so fun to look back at pictures… just can’t believe we are already at TWO! *sigh*

    And that boy really does love his cake!?!?!? Too cute.