A years worth of Gavin

Our goal over the past year has been to capture a calendar picture of Gavin each month to document how much he has grown from month to month.  While our take on this fun idea wasn't always picture perfect, we sure had fun making this a monthy tradition.  And now that Gavin is finally one, we can finally call our project complete.  So here, ladies and gentlemen, with out any further ado; our Gavin Cox each month of his first year!

BIRTH- October

 1 month- November

 2 months- December

 3 months- January

 4 months- February

 5 months- March

 6 months- April

 7 months- May

 8 months- June

9 months- July

10 months- August

11 months- September

12 months- October

In Gavin's 12 month he has almost mastered the art of walking.  He is so wobbly and hard working- I love watching him walk and fall and get back up and keep going.  Some of his favorite words right now other than "mama" and "dada" are "s-that"which he says anytime he either wants something or wants to know what something is, "ah oh"- his version of "uh oh" which is really the joining of any two vowell sounds said shortly and succintly following him dropping something- sometimes it comes out "oh oh" or "ah oh" or "ah ah".  And my FAVORITE thing that he says right now is "tickle tickle".  He says this all the time and it melts my heart.  He'll reach out to Matthew or I and run his little fingers over us and say "tickle tickle" or when he's being silly he'll just say it for no reason.  I looked back in the back seat the other day and he was saying "tickle tickle" to his stuffed lion.  What a kid! 

He has lots of new games that he likes to play.  He got so many musical instruments for his birthday and I LOVE it.  He likes to beat his drum, play his egg shakers and the cutest, most cutest thing that he's started doing recently is pulling up on his piano, playing the keys and singing at the top of his lungs.  Be still my heart!  He also like to play ball!  He will roll the ball to Matthew and I- or better yet, he's just started kicking it.  Matthew is in heaven!  When he throws the ball or kicks it, he will smile at us so proudly and start clapping for himself.  This kid is going to have NO issues with self esteem, I'll tell you that!

So we have a six month hiatus from taking calendar pics until Baby Cox #2 will enjoy the special treatment of a monthly photo shoot.  We'll enjoy the time off but will soon enjoy the special memories we make during another first year of life.  But this time we'll also have a 1 1/2 year old running around trying to get in on the action.  My thoughts about this: the most sincere combination of "ay yay yay" and "I can't wait!"