Walking in the snow

Guess who doesn't want to wear his new hat?

At Gramps and Grams for Christmas Day!

Watching Mickey's Christmas Carol with Gramps!

After a birthday and Christmas we have one spoiled little stinker!

Enjoy this picture because after it was taken he wouldn't do anything we said!

Time for presents!

Bath and PJs with the twins!

Birthday the sequel!

Hugs from my cousins

Toons with cousin Maddy

No, no Uncle Mike, I've had enough!

Dinner and beers with my uncles!

Toy Story PJs from Grandma!

Lucky kid got to lick the bowl!

Goldfish rule!

Thanks Grandma and Papa H!

Gavin's been playing with his new kitchen toy since we got home!

I'm frozen Dada!

Light show!

Zoo Lights!

Birthday Cake!

Zoo lights with aunt kara and uncle brad!

Happy Birthday Gavin!

On this day two years ago at 8:00 pm we welcomed our little treasure, Gavin Dean, into the world. The past two years have flown by but each day is a new, fun adventure so today we will be celebrating!

No shots Dada...

2 Year Check up!

The doc checked his fluid levels, changed his oil and spark plugs, and he is good to go!

Smith and Darling Family Christmas!

This weekend we traveled to Port Huron, Michigan for the annual celebration with the Smith and Darling Families.  The plan was to drive up Friday and come home Sunday, but our plans were somewhat altered mid-day Friday.  We stopped in Perrysburg just south of Toledo and Gavin thought it would be a good time to get car sick and toss his cookies all over himself and his car seat while we were on the off ramp!  Poor little guy!  We stopped at a McDonalds to clean him up and that when I noticed engine coolant all over the floor of the passenger side on my car!  Turns out the heater core decided to leak but luckily we found it or we could have been stranded somewhere on the side of the road!  I found a garage nearby and the helpful guys were able to arrange for the part to arrive Saturday morning and they had the work done by 3:00 on Saturday.  Lucky for us Amanda's Dad came up from Bucyrus and took us back to spend the night at their house.

After getting the car on Saturday we made it to Port Huron by 6:00, only 27 hours later than we had expected!  it was a fun but short visit as we played games, shared Christmas, and had excellent food and drink with our extended family.  Sunday involved more visiting and the drive back to Columbus with no further cookie tossing from our little guy.  Below are some highlights.

Don't you dare take my cookie...

Delicious!

Baby Claire gets a giant bear from Zach!

Uncle Brad is jealous of Gavin's new bear...

More presents for Claire

DVDs!

Minnie mouse for Claire and...

Pluto for Gavin!

Dinnertime!

Morning toons with Uncle Brad.

Working on a puzzle with Dada.

Gavin's official Santa Picture

I didn't have a chance to post this yet. This picture from this past Saturday will go down in our record books as Gavin's first official visit with Santa. At least Santa was smiling!

Snack time at the sitters house

Why do I have the feeling this scene will be repeated at a bar in 20 years?

First trip to see Santa = Meltdown!

Mama that's not a real store!

Everything from this store please!

Sweet baby Jesus that's a huge Christmas Tree!

Spying on Dada

Surprise park visit

I surprised Gavin today with a stop by the park since it was warm out. He made me so sad last Friday when he whispered "bye bye park" when we drove past it. He had lots of fun today using the equipment wrong. Sliding down the stairs and walking up the slide!

Gavin wouldn't pose by our tree so Santa Homer is sitting in

What do you mean I have to go inside?

Someone loves the lights!

Checking out the lights