Gavin, October 2008

Gavin is doing great. We've almost forgotten that he had surgery so recently.

This week has been uneventful. He was a bit sluggish earlier in the week, but by Wednesday, we were out about town, as usual.

Thursday, Gavin got to go to his new friend's house. Our neighbors have three kids, one is a 3-year-old adorable little boy. Gavin had so much fun and didn't want to leave, which pleased me immensely. Yeah, we've got a neighborhood friend to play with!! We also went shopping for costumes, with no luck. So, I think we're going the homemade route, unless it looks too crazy once I finish. He's hopefully going to be a puppy.

Gavin learns to "make a wish", tossing coins into the mall fountain.

Friday, we worked all day on Gavin's play area. Half of the large basement room will be dedicated to all of his toys. We went to Ikea last night. Gavin loves to say "Ikea", as on the ride he kept saying "Go to Ikea" in his amusing monotone voice (think Pat from Spongebob). We got a new rug and little kid chairs, along with more toy storage bins. (I'll post pictures, when the area is complete.) Oh, and another social improvement he's been working on - whenever we're in stores now, he loudly says "HI", again in the funny monotone, to various people. The most fun of the evening was Ikea's $1 ice cream cone that Gavin really enjoys, a huge breach in the food aversion barrier!!!

Today we weathered the rain (and cold) to go the the neighborhood Halloween Parade. I enjoyed the marching band. Gavin liked the fire truck, but really only tolerated this event for about 15 minutes. Fortunately, we didn't miss much when we left, as the remaining parade consisted of numerous preschoolers dressed up in their (wet) costumes.

We're having a relaxing weekend, enjoying Gavin and our time together. Enjoy the pics.

Newsflash: Gavin eats icecream now! Praise the Lord!!

Gavin with Daddy @ the Parade!