Okay, so I know that some of the insecure or the "manly man" types of people might have a problem with this post, but I am going to say it loud and say it proud! My son loves to play with toy Kitchens. Ever since he could crawl he would drag out the pots and pans. I'd put cheeiros in them and he would stir up whatever his imagination would let him. So, I found this Kitchen on Craigs list for $20. Gavin loves it. He puts things in the pans and stirs it up and then puts it in the microwave and says "beep, beep". It is too cute. I know that he is probably in a league of his own here, but I just have to say - Jamie Oliver, Emerile, and Chef Ramsey, watch out! Cause here comes Chef Gavin!

Mentos/Diet Coke experiment

Hey, you have to check this out. It is an experiment involving diet coke and mentos and their reaction to each other. It is pretty funny.

Splash Park

On Wednesday we went to the splash park in Canton with Ashley (Rogers) Gross and a group of moms from their church. Gavin had a really good time and ended up taking a three hour nap when we got home! He loved running around and getting wet.

More Pictures

Okay, so I saw this on "other peoples" blogs and had to try it. Sorry for ripping off your idea - you know who you are. I think that it is so cute though! Thanks for the idea.

 

Fathers Day

Well, it's taken me awhile to get this post up, but I knew that it would take quite a bit of time. This is the VIDEO that I made for Ryan on fathers day. He is such a good daddy and he works so hard for us! We are so proud of him and how he PROVIDES for us and LOVES us and LEADS us and SPENDS TIME with us and SACROFICES for us. Gavin and I couldn't ask for a better man. God has blessed us beyond measure by giving us Ryan. He truly is my perfect mate and the man of my dreams! Thank you Ryan, for being you! We love you!

LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA ELMO'S WORLD

Gavin LOVES watching elmo and playing with his Elmo dolls. He kisses him all the time. We bought him a dance and shout Elmo a month or so ago (clearanced out at walmart for $10) and we put it in the cart and he immediately stated to hug it and kiss it. When he hugs it he'll say "awwwwwe". It is so funny. We just got him this elmo the other day and he loves it just as much. Although, for some reason, he has a thing for biting stuffed animals on their nose, as you can see. He can be quite the character!

 

VIDEO MANIA

We are going nuts with video here!
Check out this VIDEO of Gavin playing ring around the rosie in "only child" style!
Here is another VIDEO of Gav laughing hysterically. He loves to be tickled!

Random Pictures

I just wanted to post some random pictures from the last month or so! I just love posting pictures of our little guy - well, that and the fact that I am addicted to blogger. It is so much fun figuring all this stuff out! I actually did this one all by myself. I still have to say a big thank you to Anne, for teaching me her "techie ways"!!!

Gavin Jumping on the Trampoline

Check out this VIDEO of Gavin jumping on the trampoline at my sister's house. He was a crazy boy. He looks hilarious too! My brother gave him a mohawk and he is only wearing a swimmy diaper. He looks like a big dork. I know he will not appreciate this when he gets older! Oh well.

Last set of pics!

My bro - Herb - and Gavin


Another not-so-great shot of Hannah and Jacob. I wish I could have captured them better. I am amazed at how they have grown. Hannah is now a beautiful young woman!


Here is Gavin on the way home. I have been trying, for some time, to get him to smile and say cheese when I take his picture, but he never does. Well, not until yesterday anyway. I turned around to take his picture and didnt even ask him to say it, but he just looked up and me with that face and said CHEESE!!! It was so cute.

Anyway, that concludes our fun filled day at the pool. We really did have the best day and I could tell when we were leaving that everyone was sad that the day had come to an end! We are looking forward to more pool parties in the future! Thanks, Roumayah's for having us all over!!

 

Fathers Day, Fish Fry and Pool Party - Part 3

Kind of a blury shot, but its one of the better ones I got of Hannah and Jacob and their friends. They didnt seem to stop moving long enough for me to take their picture!


Daddy and Bubba


Chocolate covered Strawberrys - YUM YUM


The Mohawk

 

Fathers Day, Fish fry and Pool Pary - part 2

My sister Kimberly and my nephew Jonas - I think that this is the cutest picture ever!


Here is my nephew Jonas! Or as we also refer to him: Muckwa, J-rohm, babonas, little-little, and many more nicknames to follow, I'm sure


The pastey white Dobbertins!
(after Saturday we are now slighty more brown)


The Gavitron enjoying another popsicle

 

Fathers Day, Fish Fry and Pool Party

We celebrated Fathers Day and my mamma's birthday on Saturday as we do every year. We had a fish fry/pool party at my sister Kimberly's house. We had a wonderful day and the Lord blessed us with fantastic weather! It was in the upper 90's, but thanks to the lovely pool, it didnt seem quite so hot! Here are some pictures of our eventful day! ( more to come later on)

Daddy lets Gavin sit on his lap while we drive through our complex!! I told him he was pulling a "Britney Spears" and he should be thankful that we dont have the paparazi following us around everywhere we go!

Gavin was getting hungry on the way to my sisters house, so he was chowing
down on his favorite fruit!

Here is Gavin and Jonas sharing a popsicle with Grandpa's help, of course!

 

Fun in the Sun

We had a fun day at the pool today, well, for the whole hour that we were there. Gavin can only take it for so long. He is getting brave and ventured down to the second step. He didnt try and drink the water this time, I think that he is finally learning! I even took him into the hot tub today too! We didnt turn it on but it was still better than the freezing cold pool. Why is it that kids never seem to mind the cold water, even when their teeth are chattering and they are practically blue?!?!



 

The Bike Trailor

This is my new bike and bike trailor. It was an early birthday present from Ryan. I know you were probably expecting to see me riding the bike and Gavin in the trailor, but no. This is my dad riding my bike and me in the trailor. We were just messing around. I wanted to see things from Gavin's point of view. Turns out, this is a pretty scary contraption. The wheel was spinning in my face and when we went around turns it felt like I was going to tip over. I was pretty terrified the entire ride. Gavin loves it though, which is good.

Slightly Addicting

Okay, so blogger is wearing off on me. I am becoming a little addicted to it. I am having so much fun with picasa, if you dont use it, you gotta try it out! I have nothing to really post, but I just want to play with it. Thats why all of the random picutres are showing up. This is way too much fun. So, I think that my msn is going in the garbage, even though I do like it. I just cant keep up with two blogs!! Thanks for draggin me into the world of blogger!

Our Family

Our family ( big butts and all ) at Greenfield village.
 

Target

Gavin shares my love for Target ~ only for different reasons. He loves the big red balls outside of the store. As soon as we pull up he'll say "ball, ball". He gets so excited and just has to touch it.

having fun with blogging

More "Old" pictures

Pictures from the archives!
I was just looking through some old picutres and I thought I'd share a few. Plus, I am trying to get the hang of this blogger stuff. It is a lot harder than my other msn and everything takes a lot longer to post. I am impressed with all of you and your patience levels!!!

New Blogspot

well, I am thinking of changing over to blogspot. I have been perfectly happy with my msn space, but I know that many ppl. have had difficulty posting comments on there. Anyway, I am giving it a whirl. I feel like I am conforming, so this might not fly, but we will see . . .