days off. toms. my boy. life is good.

Me and My Litte Person.
I could do this all day every day.
I LOVE these little feet:)















XO, momma cait

16 Months

I literally cannot believe my big boy is already 16 months old! Where does the time go?? He is growing by the second and is learning so many new things each day!

Here are some things that Gaverdeans is into these days:

• Playing outside in the backyard! Gav is super active like his dada and could literally live outside. Loves his tractor, swing, roaming for sticks/leaves, gunner, his water table, the hose, and his lawn mower.

• His new favorite thing to watch on TV is Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars. He loves the song "Mean" and "The Lazy Song." He loves the singing monkeys with Bruno. It's so hilarious to watch him stare at these two random music videos with his mouth wide open, periodically he will shake his arms and head along:)
• Gavs loves hiding from us and playing chase! We went to Buybuy Baby yesterday and he was hiding behind the clothes racks and cracking up!
• He is in a toddler bed and when he wakes up he just comes on out of his room all by himself. It's pretty funny. Lately we have clicked on the monitor and he is not in his bed! We go into his room and find him snoozing in stinkbug position on the floor:( We may need to convert back to the crib for a few more months.
• We just took his paci away last week and he has been fine, but he is waking up so EARLY now :( Momma and dada like to sleep past 6, bud! We are thinking of giving it to him in his bed only for a little while longer for selfish reasons, obviously. Hey people-he used to sleep from 8-8:30 with it! Plus, he LOVES his paci <3
• He babbles gibberish all day which is pretty funny to listen to. Words he can say clearly are: mama, dada, bo, dogdog, nana (banana), no<---his favorite word;), oh ba!, baba, Ha (help), bu (book), ooon (balloon<--obsessed with these) and "oh dannnng!"<---courtesy of Aunt Ryann.
• He loves to pick up phones and have pretend conversations. It cracks us up...and everyone says he learned it from me! pfff. I don't agree. I love when he fake laughs. As I type this he is talking on a Lego phone..haha.  
• Mr. Dean loves reading. His two favorite books are Brown Bear and Toes, Ears, and Nose. He will bring them to hubs and I and say, "buh" hinting he would like it read to him. Love that lil stinker!

• He naps twice a day: once at 10-12 usually and again at 3:30 or 4...depending on what we are doing. It's been hard for him to sleep in the stroller lately.
• He loves gunner and bojangs..and loves to jump on them and chase them. Poor puppies.
• He eats lots of yummy things! Favorites are: steak, rice, green beans, fruit squeezers, bananas, chicken, mac n chee, danimals, goldfish, smoothies, pizza and anything that we are eating or drinking pretty much! You love rice...just like your mama. Jeff says he definitely has my eating pallet (except the pizza-ew.) 
• Homeboy loves water! Baths, the sink, showering (with dada), the hose, his water table (he will climb up in it fully clothed..have to watch him like a hawk), dog bowls, gutters...etc! He had so much fun this summer at the beach, pools, and at the river. We have a little fishie on our hands!

We are really loving this active stage with our little man. We can't wait until he can fully speak to us and tell us what goes on in that big brain of his :)

Xo, Momma Cait

My Little Lovies

Hey Guys!
I am starting this blog for a few reasons:

• Most importantly, I have a beautiful baby boy named Gavin Dean who is already ONE year and FIVE months old and I am starting to forget many important details from the past amazing year and I want to hold on to each memory and cherish them forever!
•  I have been reading different blogs for about 6 months now and I love reading about different peoples lives and experiences. I have gotten some great tips and advice from other mommas out there! 
• We are planning on making baby #2 very soon and I want to document this next pregnancy so that I can remember for myself and show my little lovies one day when even more of my brain is gone! (Yes, Gav stole part of my brain..but he's pretty cute so I'll let it slide.)
•  I am sharing a first grade teaching contract again for a second year and get to stay home half time with my little guy so I have (a little more) free time.  
• Finally, (my favorite reason): The other night my hubs Jeff and I were watching one of our shows, Modern Family when we saw the cutest commercial about this dad who created an email address for his baby boy. He sent pictures to the address and documented fun moments and events from his life. The idea is for the boy to obtain the password to the email account when he is old enough and then he can read about his life from his dad's perspective. I almost cried (especially when he sent one email saying "Dear Tommy, You are going to be a big brother!!"  I thought that idea was the CUTEST ever! But a blog is way more fun than just an email address so...here we go! Life is crazy these days and I really hope I can keep up keep with it!

xo, Momma Cait