13 months old

I can't believe how fast this past month has passed by.  And how few pictures I have to commemorate it.  Our family has kind of been off our game with Clay's Mom being in the hospital and then me getting sick.  Oh well, I am sure next month will be much better!

Gavin got to attend several different birthday parties over the past month and we got some super cute pictures of him at them but of course I haven't loaded them yet, shame on me!  I do have a few cute ones from the adult birthday party that we all attended that are of Gavin and one of his many girlfriends.

I know this one is super blurry but I just thought it was so cute anyway!

Also this past month we celebrated Memorial Day.  Being that Clay's Mom was in the hospital, we decided to stick around town and have a quiet weekend.  It was super hot as usual so we got out several of Gavin's birthday presents and tried them out.  The pictures below were all taken with my phone so the quality may not be that great.

Gavin isn't a big fan of cold water and didn't last long in his little pool.  I am kind of worried how he is going to react when we take him to the lake in a couple of weeks.

The past couple of weeks, Gavin has started waking up really early which is strange because he has always been a 7 to 7 sleeper.  Now he is waking up multiple times in the early am sometimes for no reason at all and sometimes over the tiniest little noise.  Clay and I are really at a loss as to what to do to get him back on his schedule.  He really needs the sleep since he doesn't nap well at school.  I think we may have to suck it up and let him cry it out for a few mornings even though that means that we will get no sleep at all.

Gavin also started really walking just a few days after he turned 12 months.  He is getting faster and much better balanced.  He does kind of walk funny though, like a pirate with a peg leg.  He almost keeps his knees locked the whole time, it is really funny.  I am sure he will grow out of this, the more comfortable he gets with being on two legs.

Gavin has added a couple of new words to his vocabulary this month
Get it
Stop
Bye

Gavin has really started to explore and test limits.  I know it is all part of the growth process and he needs to go through this but gracious it can get aggravating.  It also is a constant reminder that Clay and I need to be super consistent with our rules and with disciplining him so that Gavin will not have any confusion on what is a no-no and what isn't.

Overall he is still my sweetest little boy and a huge blessing to his Daddy and me.  He gives great hugs and has really been into snuggling lately which I absolutely eat up.