April 18th, 19th, and 20th are birthdays in our family for Bryan, Tanner, and Nick. This year Gavin and I were able to spend Tanner and Nick's with them. Clint went to Canada for work for a little less than a week so we loaded up the car and headed down to my parents. Tanner's first birthday was first and we had a little party for him. After the party we headed to the BYU- Idaho symphony! I was super excited for Gavin to attend as it was his first time with anything like this AND it was where I went to school. He LOVED it! He was dancing and giggling the entire time. As soon as it was over, he became tired and cranky, but was off to his first cousin sleepover. Gavin and Tanner spent the night upstairs with Grandma and I. Then Bethany, Dominic, and Claire spent the night in the basement with Grandpa. Since we had been out late by the time we got home and in bed it was WAY past their bed time and I had never been so glad to go to bed to only wake up to crying children lol. It was worth it though to spend time with my nieces and nephew :)
Aprils 20th- Nick's birthday and Thunder Over Louisville. Nick, Amy, Wes, and Laura all headed downtown early that morning to pick and save a spot for all of us. Mom, Dad, and I stayed home with all the kids (hint the sleepover) so we played and had fun. Grandpa got up and made Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird pancakes! They kids really liked them and so did Gavin. I gave him a little taste of mine and even gave him some way watered down apple juice I figured it's not everyday you have such a fun breakfast with your cousins at your first sleepover. Then we all watched some shows and loaded up the car to head to Thunder! This was the first year that the kids were able to go. We got down there around 4:30ish and watched the air show and listened to music. We had bought some Papa Johns pizzas for Nick's birthday and we enjoyed those and then Amy and Claire had made him cupcakes. So we all sang to him and had a little party while we were down there. Gavin ended up sleeping under a blanket in Mom's and mine lap most of the night which I am kind of glad for. This way he was able to get his sleep still and stay warm. I was excited that he woke up about 15 minutes before the fireworks began. I put in his ear plugs and boy he could not get enough of the show once it started. I turned him around at one point on my lap to dance with him and he twisted around and got mad, he wanted to watch so bad LOL! Over all I believe everyone had a fun day!
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| Hat, Binki, and Blanket, one happy boy |
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| Tanner eating his food |
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| Gavin relaxing in the stroller |
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| For some reason I like this one of Tanner trying to get into the cupcakes while holding a snack already lol |
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| Dancing Dom and Bethany |
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| Grandpa playing with Gavin |
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| Dancing and having fun Grandpa. These 2 become good buddies over the long weekend. Gavin couldn't get enough of waving at dad. |
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Me, Amy, and Laura
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| Mom holding Gavin. I promise he's under that blanket haha |
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| Gavin and I keeping warm. Going on 3 hours of him sleeping this way with everything going on around us. |
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| The whole family that went... and yes once again Gavin is under the blanket in my arms still asleep! |
By the time we got to the car, and out of traffic, and the kids all dropped off at their parents it was a good 12:30 AM by the time Mom, Dad, Gavin and I got home. I really am glad to have spent time with them and have them to help me while Clint was gone. Thanks for letting Gavin and I come crash!
