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Happy Friday!
The countdown is on til the weekend. Why do short weeks still seem to drag on? At least every day is a weekend for Daph and Gav. El has just departed for destinations north (Vangroovy and then the 3:30 ferry to 7Trees). It was a great visit as per usual with a few firsts!
Gav used his new activity mat. He lay on his back and (accidentally) hit a few of the things over head. Then was put on his full belly for a little tummy time. Grandma really put him through his paces but he was a trooper.
Then the big moment – a first nap in his crib. No pesky gentle transition to his room in the bassinet. We went guns blazing and he couldn’t have been happier about it. Clearly the only ones traumatized by the effort were Mom and Dad. He then spent the night in the crib with snack time in the new glider. Whew!!
Grandma (AKA the mule) brought some lovely gifts from the Berezowskyj girls, the Jones and the Hungerfords. Plus a cute sweater (see pic) from Grandma and Grandpere. This was all in addition to a cute outfit from Uncle Bill and Aunt Ennis which arrived this week! He’s a spoiled boy 🙂 Gav also gave Grandma a prezzie for her bday wrapped in paper emblazoned with his own mug. We think she liked the wrapping better than the gift!
Tonight we’re heading across the street for a bbq at Heath and Krista’s with the neighborhood (neighbourhood for our Canadian readers) gang.
Mid Week, Bloggin’ it out….
So Gaver is working hard, heading for that weekend, and was just plain pooped from cheering so hard for the Pens tonight. He had a busy day, socializing with the Crannas, eating, sleeping, some more eating, then a nap, then a snack before bed.
He is growing a lot, and its a giggle to see his outfits ‘shrinking’……………
He cannot wait to see Grandma tomorrow, who is coming down for a night to party it out and Git Err Goin …….. Gav is doubting though that she will get all his duty free stuff he asked for………………..
Memorial Day Visitors
So we have had some visitors, some stay with us, some just for a meal. With the long weekend on us, we had the Motions 3some arrive,
and stay for a night. We hit the Red Hook, did the river walk, and then FINALLY got the fire pit running on the deck and yes, made s’mores and washed them down with some wicked Margaritas. Chris taught Jeff the Heisman, a hold known to relax a baby, but it looks cool cause Gaver flys like Superman, and he LOVES it……..oh, and the gas………wow – it helps that too.
Sunday AM we hit the Bluewater in Kirkland, where we met up with Garth and Anne for brunch. The 8 of us had a great breakfast there, followed by a walk. We then said good bye to the Stolls and Motions and headed to Flowerworld for some additions to the garden with the Hutton 3some and Kritsen.
Jeff was talked down off the ledge, he had his eye on an 8ft Great Sequoia (it was GORGEOUS) and ended up getting the little cousin of him, (36") we also got some Dogwood and Jasmine to cover the trellis in the back yard. We then got home and went to our neighbor Jim and Noreens BBQ for some pizza and beers. A slight delay getting to that as little Gaver couldnt decide what to wear, and promptly puked on no less than 3 outfits.
BUT the little guy is sleeping, up to 4.5 hrs stints, and that is a REALLY good thing. He’s smiling, and starting to make little noises, not quite Visual Basic lines, or French (although he does suggest at times a tad Jersey accent), but he is def communicating. Daph swears she heard him say a brief haiku just the other day.
He is cheering for both the Wings and the Celtics, so at least some of his grunts makes sense……………..
Oh, and we had a great visit with Dr Chaput the other day. Gav was friendly, but still managed to arc himself a good 5 feet over his head. Even the lovely nurse was impressed with his ‘ability’. He did waz on his own head though………………oh well………
5 Day Recap
So it’s been hectic past few days. Gav’s been busy with lots of visitors and
activities.
On Thursday El arrived for some "Grandma" time. We went for a long walk along the river in Woodinville and then for a late lunch at Redhook Brewery. By the time we got home we were all ready for a glass of something "white".
On Friday Lisa, Ian and Isy came over for Ian’s 40th. We had a nice dinner and the boys checked out Ian’s bday Wii. Then they spent the night and enjoyed some of Jeff’s yummy waffles on the deck.
On Saturday afternoon we headed to the Big Brother’s on Ice BBQ at Camp Four. A great afternoon
Wagon’s West, and the Relatives drop by…..
We had a lovely visit from Cousin Kelly and Cousin Lori today, while Jeff was hard at work bringing home the bacon the ladies lounged around and chitty chatted :)…………… Daph def appreciated the normal person talk and they came bearing gifts of food and clothes for Gav! Ok, well the food wasn’t for him…….
And Jeff received an absolutely brilliant baby Gavin Gift basket from the ‘Urban’ family, a close colleague of Jeff’s at work. This basket was a total surprise, and an absolutely lovely collection of little boy gifts, including a wagon (not to scale) 🙂
Chris, that was an absolute class move my friend, thank you to your family for thinking of us……
Mother’s Day
Hey everyone, its been a whirlwind of activity, and admitting the blog posting has slipped a little, so apologies there. Our readership has spoken! People are actually looking at our site! Well, we think the hits are from us only anyways, but its nice to think others are checking out these pics………..we hope you enjoy.
So we had a great weekend, Grass cutting, a dinner with the Crannas and the Hutton’s Sat, and a lovely Mothers Day Sunday. Gavin got mom a card, and made her waffles, we went for a walk, and had a nice pub dinner in Kirkland. He wrote:
"Dear Mommy, thank you for feeding me and making me burp. I am sorry I pooped on you".
…So that was nice. 🙂
We did the 1st annual picture by the Apple Tree with mom and Gav, made some Gavin hand prints from the gift Grandma gave him, and took tons of pictures…….
Dad to the rescue
After a trying afternoon, Dad heads home early to relieve Mom. Who knew that Dad’s snoring, an elephant wrist rattle and a pacifier were all Gav needed to get back to sleep? A magic combo.
Surviving (barely) week 3
Apologies to our regular readers for the delay in updates. Daphne is home alone with Gav and Jeff, the normal blogster, is back at work.
Daph and Gav are on a mission to get out, at least briefly, each day. It’s actually a lot harder than it sounds. On Tuesday they joined Lisa and Isobel in Kirkland for a much needed coffee, lunch and some time by the lake where Isy practiced her duck sounds. On Wednesday, they headed to the "snugglers class" at Evergreen Hospital for the weekly presentation. This week’s topic was Mother’s Day! Gav impressed the other (all older) babies with his set of lungs and ability to noisily fill a diaper. Nice! Today’s project is/was to get our for a walk with Sally and Jackson. The first run at it was called due to rain but they are hoping to get out later this afternoon. Pic below is a brief moment of peace. Shhh…. baby is sleeping…
Solo Flight……
Long day. Pops went back to the office, and was at his desk for something like 630AM. He cannot remember. 11AM felt like 8PM. Mom survived her first solo flight, although Gav did own her on the changing table. Too much detail to print here….. after all, this is a family site 🙂 .
Cousin Kelly is up from Down Under and may head down over to us for a ‘how do you do’. Scheduling TBD………… 1 quick video, as pops tries to catch the climbing efforts of Mr. Gavers, this is a somewhat weak effort, but hey, its something.
‘nite…….
A walk in the park……….
Today we wandered to Merrymore Park and met the Huttons and Crannas for a walk along the river, and some lunch.
It was a pretty hot day, it actually hit 66F, so sunny and hot made for a nice walk.
Maddie got a chance to meet Isy, who are both the same age, and although they played a little strange at first, they were hugging at the end……Last day before Jeff is back to the office, so from here it might get interesting……………..
The ‘Cry off’
So we snuck out to grab some lunch, no no, we took the boys with us, but we did learn that we can’t just walk into any old place now. There is this thing called ‘No Minors’ on some places that wont let 2 weeks olds in, even if we promised to drink their portion of the beer pitcher.
Anywho, we popped across the road from our original destination to a local Mexican place for a nice lunch. The return home was when the Cry Off happened, enjoy the video. Round 1 has clearly gone to Alexander……………….
The Cousins meet………….
Most definitely a highlight so far was the arrival yesterday of the Damm 3. Mark, Jen and Alexander came down
last night and the 2 boys finally got a chance to say ‘hello’. We had a few glasses of wine, while the boys ‘introduced themselves.
We had a rather slow start to the day Sat, the 4 parents enjoyed lattes and cinnamon buns. ,while the 2 fellas enjoyed their own special ‘lattes’.
Today ‘Sat’ is raining, so our walk efforts might be scuppered, but we may still venture out of the house…..
The first comparison has happened, we lined up Gav and Alex’s feet to see who has the longer canoes. Even spotting Alex 5 weeks, Gav has him by a good sized fat big toe…so things look promising for the little fellas.
The 2 boys seem to know each other, and if 1 starts to cry the other seems to feel obligated to join in. Isn’t that special………
Road Trip, Grand Pere and the ‘El’ visit……
Yesterday we went into Seattle to visit with Lisa and Isy Cranna for the morning, before meeting up with Rob and El who came down from Van for the evening (and a sleep over).
We hit the downtown SEA area on Daph’s dry run, to primarily test the following:
- Pack Gav into car seat
- Breakdown and load kit into Daph’s rig
- Install Gav into Daph’s car seat
- Travel with baby
- Unpack kit from rig at destination
- Load Gav into kit on site
- Walk baby in public
All were done with success, and we had a lovely visit with the Crannas. We hit the original Starbucks for a coffee, and went for a walk downtown and through the market.
We headed home from there and got here just in time to see Grand Pere arrive, with Grandma in tow. Fresh from a lite drive down from Van, they arrived bearing gifts for all the Wettlaufers. A lovely bbq dinner was had, along with (counting empty bottles on counter) 3 bottles of wine……..
Today we are out for Brunch to K-Town, and are looking forward to seeing Gaver meet his new cousin Alex, who apparently at 6 weeks is potty trained (?)
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