my baby turns three

gavin had his third birthday on saturday and i feel all sorts of guilty for not blogging about it sooner because, well, i really like him a lot.  weekend happenings got the best of me so here we are, better late than never, right?

he specifically requested a buzz and woody birthday.  he invited the family over for his "birtday pardy" via video message.  he asked me "is it time yet?" several times throughout the day yesterday.

gavin is the happiest and most lighthearted person i know.  it is my sincerest wish that he stays this way forever.

for the past couple of months jake and i have been trying to get him to tell us something he wanted for his birthday.  something besides a nintendo DS.  every time we asked, he came back with the same answer, "i want a ds."  we'd recommend different toys and he'd tell us he had enough toys.  he just wanted a ds.  we debated back and forth.  he has been obsessed with cayden and brooklyn's for some time now and we worried that we would be feeding this obsession.  it's so bad, he'll go missing and i have to go on the hunt when he won't respond to my having called his name.  he's always hiding somewhere with someone's ds and then when i find him, he grins and me, i wink and then leave him be with, "you can't cry if they take it away."  he was driving his siblings crazy.  changing their games, deleting their progress, english to spanish.  things like that.

 we stood in the toy isle at target for what felt like forever.  both of us not wanting to admit where we would eventually end up ... over in the electronics section.

it was inevitable.  really, it was.  after checking out the more age-appropriate gaming systems we admitted to ourselves and each other that this kid would not be thrilled to get another version of the leapster. 

so we bought him a ds and i'm glad we did. his reaction was the best and then some.  the boy was beyond excited and now feels all sorts of grown up.  

it was the first present he opened and then he opened underwear and was just as excited.  turns out the kid just loves to be alive and is especially full of life on the day of his birth.

i'm in love with my little gavin.  i'm in love with his chubby cheeks and his silly self.

i hope i can be more like him when i grow up (less the chubby cheeks).

he didn't want to stop playing with the batman cave that cayd and sissy gave him in order to be sang to so i got down on bended knee mid-playtime and he didn't even wait for the song to be over before blowing out the candles.  "on with it people."  he also didn't want a cupcake or ice cream.  sigh.  more important adventures lay ahead.

for funsies, check out the good looking bunch of boys i get to live with.

happy belated birthday sweet gavin.  

you're my favorite gavin.

love,

momma

xoxo