gavin {one month}

Wow, the holidays flew by.

In fact this whole past month has flown by.  It's so hard to believe our baby is one month old already.

This first month was nothing like I would have imagined it to be.  And really, nothing like our first month with Taylor and Mason.

It has been as smooth of a transition as I could imagine. It's been a month with not much on our calendar, no where to go, and we've had Daddy home A LOT. Just a lot of playing, relaxing and family time.

 January may be a reality check for me.

I have seen such cute ideas out there - mostly through Pinterest - for taking baby's month milestone pictures.  And Jess has started the cutest idea with her sweet boy.  I loved the quilt idea (just don't compare our photog skills), but seeing as I had no quilts, pulling that one off was not gonna happen. Until last night!

Dave's parents got out trunk fulls of quilts and let Dave and his siblings take turns picking quilts to take home. Quilts that date 70 and more years back, made by grandmas and great grandmas on Dave's side of the family.
My mind quickly went back to this idea for Gavin's month pictures.

We didn't get 12 of them, but we did get 6 I think.  And surely I can use some of the ones that Dave's sister took home too.  For Gavin's one month picture today, I used one of the quilts that Dave's brother is taking home to Michigan (before it escaped).

Not only will we capture our little guy each month, but it will be a great way to photograph these wonderful keepsakes that have been passed down in Dave's family.  If only the grandmas who made these could see their great grandson posing on them so many years later!

So here we go...month 1.

What a fun memory to have his Michigan cousins here for his one month picture.

The rest of Gavin's day included a quick doctor's appointment to check on a heart murmur.  The doctor heard nothing this time - what a relief and answer to prayers!

At one month, he weighs 10lbs. 7oz.  He's gained 36 ounces over the last 2 weeks, and the doctor said that 16 ounces is what is expected and needed. I guess we have an over-achiever on our hands.

We spent more time at Nana and Papa's today too.  Tomorrow, our Michigan family goes home. Can't believe our time with them is over already. For the last 3 days, Gavin has been passed around and around to all his cousins, the adults hardly even got a turn. He's been one popular guy.  But I'm pretty sure that Jeremy is the one that enjoyed holding his cousin the most. He was SOOO good at it, and didn't even want to give him up when he fussed.  He seemed to have the magic touch.

What special memories for Gavin to look back on in pictures and see how much his cousins loved holding him.

And to celebrate being one month old we took him to his first movie.  Ha! Just kidding.  The movie was for the big kids, and Gavin got to tag along.  He was such a good, quiet little boy the entire time.

Sweet Gavin, here are a few things I want to remember about you at one month old:

*you eat every 3 hours - pretty much on the dot.  You've been this way since the day you were born.

*at night you go 3-4 hours between feedings - so you definitely haven't been too hard on your momma.

*you have put yourself on such a good schedule - taking hardly any work on our part

*you fall asleep on your own almost all the time

*you are so easy to calm

*you are starting to focus on us and stare at our faces a lot more - we love to stare into your dark blue eyes

*you love baths - we haven't heard a squeak from you at all

*you are just so content - other things that freaked our other babies out - like laying naked on the scale at the doctor's office - don't bother you one bit

*you love to hang out on your tummy and many times even fall asleep when you're supposed to be having "tummy time"

*we love to hold you! If it wasn't for other things needing done and 2 other kiddos to give my attention too, I'm pretty sure I could sit and hold you all day long.

Happy ONE MONTH little guy!  You were the most perfect Christmas gift ever.