I figured it was about time I did a little bit of updating. It has been a while. We have been pretty busy these last few months. Matt has been traveling back and forth to Germany quite a bit & sadly I was denied permission to go. So instead of traveling overseas with Matt, Gavin & I had our own adventures elsewhere. And then the doctor put a hault to that so we were forced to play at home while Matt escaped to Germany a couple more times. Although I must admit I was getting awful tired from all of our adventures so it was kind of nice to just be home. But we had oh so much fun!!!

This post has loads of pictures (of course I am not able to just pick one from each trip) to kind of catch you up on the past few months. Enjoy.

These pictures are from our Utah adventures (which was actually the last trip we took, but I'm having issues with putting these at the end of the post, so they are at the beginning).

Gavin playing in the corn at his Grandma & Grandpa's house

He absolutely LOVES their trampoline & still talks about it all the time. That was probably what he wanted to do the majority of the time. Well, that and pick all their yummy squash & raspberries. Matt was actually with us for a few days when we were in Utah (that was nice).

Gavin getting the pee scared out of him by his Dad

At Jungle Gym. Another thing he talks about frequently. He had a blast on the rides. And I noticed just how big he is getting because he went on all of them by himself (besides the carousel).
Having loads of fun on the trampoline with his Aunt Heather.

Our First Adventure: Family reunion in Virginia

Gavin at our hotel sporting his backpack. Ready for a day of fun at the pool. He thought he was one cool kid wearing this thing even though it's as big as him. Of course there is really only a couple of swim diapers in there otherwise he would have probably toppled right on over.
Me & Gav in our life vests anxiously awaiting to go on a little row boat. We tried the paddle boat too. He was way excited at first then super nervous once we got on it and then he warmed up and had a blast.

The Grandkids. Look at how cute everyone is sitting on the bench & then there is Gavin who wanted nothing to do with it. He decided he just wanted to draw in the sand/dirt instead.My adorable little man

Second Adventure: Road trip from Virginia to Florida

Gavin & his little cousin Valentina buried in the sand & having a blast. I honestly can't remember where we were at this point. It was our first stop though.

This was in Charlotte. Loved it! This park place had these gorgeous fountains that you are just able to swim in. It was awesome! We all had such a blast & I so want to go back. The second Gavin saw a kid playing in the water he gave me a look like "please mom?????" with his eyes all huge & blue & of course I said yes! It looked like way too much fun to miss out on! So we all went right on in.

This little fellow we spotted on a walk that we were taking on a plantation we visited. Insane! He was huge! We believed that this walk around the grounds would be a raised platform the whole way because we were informed and knew of all the alligators that were around...nope. There were plenty of spots where you were walking nice and level to where those suckers are. Kind of scary. Needless to say Gavin was not allowed out of the stroller. But it was pretty awesome to see so many alligators in their natural habitat.

Third Adventure: Florida

Enjoying one of the many gorgeous beaches out there. Gavin liked the water & after sometime warmed up to the sand. But I can't blame him, I'm really not a huge fan of all the sand. I used to love it, but now it is just annoying. And trust me we did not make it very far out. Because we all know that I am terrified of sharks and sea creatures, but we were still able to have a blast!

This is a place called Alligator Alley. I think it was in Alabama, but my sister & her family live right there even though they are in Florida. Anyways, this place was AWESOME!!!! I so want to go back. And Gavin had a blast too! This is me holding a giant snake. Practically against my will as you can tell by my facial expression I'm a tad nervous. But it was pretty darn cool.

Now this little guy I was stoked about holding! I was so excited. I just didn't want him to pee on me. Gavin liked touching the baby alligator and that snake too. He thought he was all cool just like I did.

We went back to one of the beaches in the evening & took a few pictures. The beaches are so peaceful and gorgeous in the evenings. I love it! This is one of my favorites from that evening of me & G.

We had a blast on all of our many trips. I have, of course, a billion more fun photos, but I'm pretty sure this post exceeds some sort of limit already. Thanks to all for putting up with us for long periods at a time & for keeping us happy & sane. So I thought I would finish it with a picture of my large & in charge belly (since there have been a few requests and surprisingly there really aren't many pictures of my ever growing buddha). But here is one from a couple of days ago.

Hiking up at Mt. Charlston...tons of fun!

Okay one more...my sister in law sent this to me and I laugh SO hard every time I read it so I thought that I would share. It's hilarious & so clever.