It has been a while

Abbey with Cooper(my sister's dog)-they are in Gulf Shores and we are taking care of their dog

Gavin is working on getting better at going from sitting to his knees. He will probably be crawling soon.

Abbey giving Gavin a kiss in the bath

Last week Monday, my mom and I went with a group form church to see the butterflies at Frederick Meijer Gardens

Gavin with a mohawk after his bath

Abbey eating her favorite lunch-a lunchable of ham, cheese and crackers

Gavin holding my Mountain Dew

Gavin and Abbey with their Luveys

Abbey talking to Gavin while he is sitting in the highchair waiting for me to come and feed him

Abbey and Gavin looking cool in their hats and sunglasses

Abbey was being Abbey and wanted her winter hat on even though it was 60 degrees outside.

Abbey wanted Gavin to wear her other hat-sad thing is-it fits Gavin's head better than Abbey's

Abbey and Jaydin

Gavin and Jaydin

We are trying to get Gavin to feed himself his bottle(he is a little stubborn)

Abbey and Gavin in the bath

Abbey holding Gavin-but really she just is trying to keep her train away from Gavin

He is a very happy boy and a lot of fun

Gavin was trying to get a drink from Matt's pop-everytime Matt would pull the cup away Gavin would reach for it again and put his mouth on the cup

A girl from my work gave me her daughter's old Backyardigans costume-Abbey loves to put in on and wear it around the house

Gavin eating his first Biter Biscuit-he loved it and was biting chunks off of it

Gavin in the bath before he was sitting up really good

Gavin was getting sleepy sitting on the couch next to Matt

















Sorry for the delay in posting again-we were without internet for a couple of months and we finally got it back again. I hope that these pictures have caught you up on what has happened in our family in the past couple of months. Gavin is about to get his first tooth-which is early for my family. Abbey didn't get her first tooth until after her first birthday. Two of my sister's kids were the same way. So for Gavin to be getting a tooth at 8 months is nothing short of a miracle for us:) I hope you enjoy the pictures and I promise that now that we have the internet back, I will be more faithful with updating.

the kids

Matt took Abbey out in the snow and was throwing her up in the air and she was landing in the snow pile. She couldn't walk in the backyard as the snow was too deep for her.

Gavin and Abbey chilling on the floor.

Gavin likes to lick his upper lip and then smack with it.

Abbey's hair is finally long enough to pull back into pigtails.

Abbey in her new dress from Great Grandma Heyboer

Gavin just being Gavin

Gavin and Abbey in their new pajamas from Great Grandma Heyboer

Abbey LOVES her new Dora pajamas

Gavin trying a sippy cup for the first time

Matt likes to spike Gavin's hair after his bath.

Comparison

So I decided that I would post a comparison pic between Abbey and Gavin at about 5 months so you can see the difference between the two.

Here is Gavin at 5 months in the highchair

Here is Abbey in the highchair at 5 months-she was definitely bigger than Gavin is-she had a lot bigger face

Finally Posting again

Gavin wearing Abbey's sunglasses-cool dude:)

Gavin and Abbey laying on the floor

Gavin is so close to rolling from his back to his stomach-he just has to figure out how to get his arm out from under him

One incredibly happy boy with spikey hair

Abbey got a Ponyville set from Great Grandma Kuiper

Gavin got a musical whale from Great Grandma Kuiper

Abbey got a princess purse with sunglasses, phone and pretend makeup from my sister for Christmas

Gavin with his stocking on Christmas morning

Abbey with her stocking on Christmas morning

Gavin with his present from Grandpa and Grandma K

Abbey with her Clipos from Grandpa and Grandma K

Abbey and Paige opening their presents from Grandpa and Grandma K

Gavin got some trucks from my Grandma Klamer

Abbey got a new baby and accessories from my Grandma Klamer-notice the nice wet sleeve on her shirt-Daddy was supposed to be watching her as Mommy was feeding Gavin but he was playing basketball instead with the boys-Abbey was playing in the drinking fountain for a good 15 minutes or so.

Here are the kids again in the Sunday clothes-this time Abbey is in her new dress.

Tired little boy

Happy boy in his bouncy seat

Abbey just being herself(a little weird)-she must take after her Daddy:)

Abbey got Mater for Christmas as well as Lightning McQueen, Sally and Doc Hudson. She carries them all around with her and asks to watch Cars almost everyday.

Abbey after she opened Mater and her Dora nightlight

Gavin with his new Lovey

The kids before church-notice they are both ready-we were waiting for Daddy to get ready for church as Mommy and both kids were ready(this is a normal Sunday morning for us). We usually have to wait for Matt to get ready so we can leave.

Abbey with her new puzzle that she got for Christmas

Gavin in his saucer

Gavin with his new toy

Gavin in the highchair waiting for his cereal:)

Playing in the snow for the first time-Abbey had a hard time walking in her boots for the first time:)

Sorry about the major delay in posting again-I'm not doing so good with this:) I will try to make up for it with this blog and catch you up with what has been going on this us in the past month or so. We have been very busy with Christmas parties and being sick-Matt had the flu New Years Eve, Day and the day after and both kids had nasty colds at the same time as well. I was very busy with wiping noses and making sure Matt was okay. Thankfully, the kids and I did not get the flu as well. It went around the Kuiper Christmas party at the end of December.