Shadow dancing and spring interrupted

I caught Gwydion dancing in the kitchen. Of course, Gavin had to join in!

We visited Grandma and enjoyed some fabulous weather.

Gwydion met Grandma's new chickens.

And a few days later, we got 6 inches of snow. Snow at the end of March is a very uncommon occurrence here. It was perfect though. We had enough snow to play in for a day and it was gone the next.

Gavin's 15 month appointment

Only a few weeks late, thanks to all of us having a horrible cold.

He's 32.75" tall (92nd%), 25.8 lbs (65th%), and his big ol' head is 48.2 cm (76th %). He's a big boy all over! No wonder he thinks he's 2; he's the size of a 2 year old! He's recently gotten one of his molars in (finally!) so he's up to 9 teeth now.

He still isn't eating much of anything other than carbs- crackers mostly. Of course he eats french fries and pizza crust. :P He's very occassionally nibbling an apple or carrot, but not much else. He still won't drink anything but mama milk and maybe an ounce or two of water per day. He doesn't like juice or anything else we've tried so far. So I'll be nursing a little longer I guess.

He's physically much more adept than Gwydion was at this age, especially with fine motor control. He also climbs like a madman and loves to do flips. He talks a LOT. The doctor wanted him to have a 4-6 word vocabulary, but he's easily got 3 times that. Of course I'm probably the only one who understands him, but at least he's talking!

It is really interesting to see how different they are. Gwydion was all about organizing his trains and doing puzzles at this age.

Gavin's 15 month appointment

Only a few weeks late, thanks to all of us having a horrible cold.

He's 32.75" tall (92nd%), 25.8 lbs (65th%), and his big ol' head is 48.2 cm (76th %). He's a big boy all over! No wonder he thinks he's 2; he's the size of a 2 year old! He's recently gotten one of his molars in (finally!) so he's up to 9 teeth now.

He still isn't eating much of anything other than carbs- crackers mostly. Of course he eats french fries and pizza crust. :P He's very occassionally nibbling an apple or carrot, but not much else. He still won't drink anything but mama milk and maybe an ounce or two of water per day. He doesn't like juice or anything else we've tried so far. So I'll be nursing a little longer I guess.

He's physically much more adept than Gwydion was at this age, especially with fine motor control. He also climbs like a madman and loves to do flips. He talks a LOT. The doctor wanted him to have a 4-6 word vocabulary, but he's easily got 3 times that. Of course I'm probably the only one who understands him, but at least he's talking!

It is really interesting to see how different they are. Gwydion was all about organizing his trains and doing puzzles at this age.

Gavin and the trains

Gavin loves to play trains just like his big brother. He's got a little to learn about sharing the track though!

Train Time!

Both of my boys love to play trains. And since we're cutting out nearly all of the TV time, we've been playing trains a LOT. Here's Gwydion with one of his favorite track layouts.

Where did February go?

February pictures of my handsome boy. This is from one of our nicer days. It was so nice to get him into some of his cute summer clothes.

Hat! Hat! Hat!

Gavin watches the fish at Grandma's house.
He says, 'cheese' for the camera!
Climbing on the bottom of the plant shelf.

How did we miss February?

Somehow a whole month has zipped by. We barely have any pictures to show for it. Here's a pic of Gwydion, Gavin and Papa on Valentine's Day. Gwydion helped make the brownies.


We also visited Grandma Diane and saw her new Guinea pig, Patty.



Other than a little Valentine's fun, it has been the normal routine. The weather has been up and down here: hot one day, cold the next. So of course, everyone got sick. Poor Gwydion missed a week of school because he was so pathetic. He's back to school now and very happy to see his friends. He has lots of little friends and is constantly asking for one of them to come over for a playdate. Here are some pictures of Gwydion's indoor fun:

Gwydion and his race track.

Gwydion the big, green caterpillar.

Gwydion built a model of the city of Sand Springs, complete with Carl's Jr., the movie theater, and library.

Gwydion is enjoying school very much, though he is stressed about writing in his journal. His handwriting is constantly improving though, and I hope it won't be so stressful for much longer. The talked a lot about Chinese New Year in school and did lots of activities, including making paper lanterns and dragons.

Next week starts Gwydion's spring break. He gets 2 whole weeks off (it was 3 until we had a week of ice), during which we'll be making a visit to Cincinnati. He's very much looking forward to seeing Grandma and his cousins, and of course, to staying in a hotel. He's even saving his money so that he has something to spend on the trip!