Sometimes I love Baby Einstein…

Right now Gavin in happily sitting in his high chair watching Baby Einstein while I put in a load of laundry, mopped the kitchen floor, and am now attempting to update the blog.  Some times it works to keep him occupied, but other times when I plug in Baby Einstein Gavin insists on me watching it with him; and he doesn’t let me sit on the couch or do anything else while we watch.  We sit on the floor with Gavin in my lap.  Gavin isn’t a very cuddly baby, so it’s nice having these cuddle sessions every once in a while, and I don’t mind putting off whatever it was I wanted to get done for later!

I’m only two months behind!  July was a very busy but fun month: Canada Day, Fourth of July, trip to Canada, and visits from family.  I had to work on Canada Day, but we still celebrated with some sparklers before I left for work.

Gavin was a little mad at first that we wouldn’t let him touch the flame

I did have Independence Day off, so we went on a short road trip down to the Edgel’s cabin in Beaver.  It’s way up in the mountains, I think at like 10,000 feet, and is such a beautiful place.  I haven’t been there in the spring yet, but I’ve seen pictures of all the beautiful flowers that blossom all around Puffer Lake in the spring.  It was a fun relaxing trip!

Gavin discovered corn on the cob, and is absolutely obsessed with it!  I think he’s had it at least three times since, and loves it.

The night of the 4th Grandma was going to stay with Gavin while the rest of us went to watch the fireworks, but we felt bad and said we’d let Gavin stay up and bring him with us, hoping he’d maybe sleep in the truck.  When we found a spot to watch, we realized we were RIGHT in front of where they were setting off the fireworks, and were worried they’d scare Gavin.  It turned out that the loud noise didn’t bother him and he LOVED the fireworks.  He’d point up at them every time a new one went off!

  

We had a lot of fun up by the lake as well.  Jared, Jayden, and Jayden’s friend built a pretty intense raft, we caught lots of fish in the river and ate them for dinner, and enjoyed paddling around the lake in the paddle boat.