Converting Gavin's Bed Into a Toddler Bed

Last Thursday Lindy called me at work and her first words were "You won't believe what Gavin did." Knowing Gavin, very little surprises me and I wasn't even surprised when Lindy informed me Gavin climbed at of his crib after his afternoon nap. We've talked about his ability to perform this task and we wondered when the day would come. I think I'm more surprised he wasn't climbing out several months ago. We decided to wait a few days to see how things progressed. He climbed out again and again over the next few days after naps and then yesterday morning after sleeping through the night. To make things a bit safer for Mr. Climber Man we converted his crib into a toddler bed last night. Here are some pics that show how Gavin climbs out as well as a before and after of the crib. The crib is made by Baby's Dream and is super awesome as it has several functions. It's a normal crib with two different mattress heights (one for a baby and one for a toddler), and converts from a crib into a toddler bed, and then into an adult full-size bed. I jokingly told Gavin last week he could take his bed with him to college. Isn't it nice to have options?

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Gavin's Two Year Birthday Party

Last month we celebrated Gavin's second birthday with family and friends. He had been a pretty sick fella leading up to the party and was still running a fever as the party kicked off. Nevertheless, he was able to have a good time and enjoy the cake, ice cream, presents, and family. Here are some pics and 2 videos from the party. The first video is of everyone singing happy birthday followed by Gavin. The second video shows Gavin's first attempt at blowing out birthday candles. He needed mommy's help. Enjoy!

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Family Photos 2008

Last year we had a huge birthday party for Gavin and who could blame us, it was his first! This year isn't much different. Lindy has been planning and working on Gavin's second birthday for months and it is shaping up to be a blast. In preparation for the big day we decided to have more professional photos taken of Gavin and somehow Lindy convinced me to participate. I really don't like photos taken of myself but we had fun with it and so did Gavin. I've uploaded 12 of the 113 photos to Flickr and have included a little slideshow of them below. Enjoy!

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No Fear

This is why we are taking swimming lessons!

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Boo-boo Band-aid

Gavin's first band-aid for a boo-boo other than a shot.  He tripped and scrapped his knee at the pool on Tuesday.  Then on Wednesday he fell and got a rug burn in the exact same place.  The rug burn was a little oozie, so I pulled out his Veggie Tales band-aids.

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Our Home Theatre

It's done. Finally. Our home theatre is 100% installed and functional. The whole idea of building a home theatre started about two years ago. My wife and I are very much into music, movies, and TV and for nearly two years we have toyed with the idea of completely reinventing our living room experience. Until last week that experience included a 27" analog TV, DVD player, VCR, and two gaming systems (Wii and PlayStation 2). Today, the experience includes a complete lineup of high-definition video, high-fidelity audio, and a seamless integration of nearly everything digital in our lives. For the full story of how we created our home theatre - including pictures and the equipment we used - read on.

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What a Trooper

It's the middle of our family trip to Puerto Morelos, Mexico and Gavin continues to amaze me.  He was absolutely wonderful on the plane and everyone enjoyed his t-shirt touting "Congratulations!  You get to sit near me".  He has been such a trooper!  It doesn't matter if his naps are out of whack or lunch is an hour late.  In fact, he is wearing us out when we try to wear him out!  More stories, pics and videos to come later.

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