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Gavin's class Halloween picture

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:31:00 +0000

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Halloween at Gavin's School

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:30:00 +0000

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September

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:49:00 +0000

Apple patch with Daddy

Daddy helped me get the apples that were too high for me to reach.

I love polar Bear's. I saw the real one and had one of my own.

Sammy and I at his Grammy's house and boat.

My second day of school. Gym day!

Is this not the most beautiful little face in the world. . .and those eyelashes!

My hook at school.

My first day of preschool.

Mommy and I and Our Trip to Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:27:00 +0000

Mommy was feeling really sick with the baby in her belly and I was sitting around our house with nothing to do. Daddy was working a lot so Honey and Pam with Nick decided to bring us with them on their trip to Canada to see Aunties Mary and Sarah. It was just what we needed. We had a great time. We went to see Niagara Falls. It was my first time and I thought it was pretty neat. I rode in a boat that went right up near the falls. I love to swim so I went to the pool at our hotel a couple of times and we celebrated Honey's birthday where he dressed up like a moose!

August 09

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:45:00 +0000

Daddy and Mommy

Gavin and Jack we are at the beach silly

G A V I N

we are swimming in the lake

The fireplace

wrestling Uncle Joe

I am playing with Maris Batman

Mommy has a baby in her belly like Venom

That's with Karen, Tata and You mommy

Mommy and Gavin

Mommy and mommy's friend

We are at Steve's house.

That's Sammy and I sleeping in the hamper

Sammy is at my house.

We are eating Spiderman

Playing at the park. Can you see us?

Steve!

Ethan and Gavin in the pool with our daddies.

Honey and I riding on the bike going to the Front Porch.

Honey takes good care of me.

July (Blog in Gavin's real words!)

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:45:00 +0000

James

Gavin and Sam and Spiderman and Robin, my best pal

Robin

Robin riding a pony at the music parade.

Me doing that back thing

Robin and Spiderman, Ava and Karen

Batgirl and Batman

Gpa camping with. . . .

Robin and Buba going down da slide shhhhhh

At Ohio playing football

Just taking a picture taking

Lexi, it's Aneas and Chloe

Sammy and Gavin. Best pal

June

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:08:00 +0000

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Father's Day at Soldier Field

I love Daddy!!

Sammy is one of my best buds. We have so much fun together.

We have made it to the beach a handful of times. I don't like the wind AT ALL. I am starting to swim and I love it.

Bishop is my friend next door who I love to play with. We go to the park a lot too.

Mommy and daddy and their friend's going to "prom" :P

Here I am on my last day of school drinking my favorite thing in the whole world, hot coco.

My friend Fin came to visit me. We had a great time and went to the zoo.

Fin's mom is my mommy's good friend. We all had a fantastic time and are so glad they came to see us.

I love playing with the girls outside.

Mommy was so excited that Amanda came to visit. They had a blast and I was so glad to see her too.

Check out the lashes!

MAY

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:57:00 +0000

Gilvin's (Gavin's Alias) Restaurant

This is the look I got from Gavin when Hans and I were going to go out to eat without him for my birthday. Could you leave this face home?

My birthday. I am 33.

Handsome Hans at our favorite brunch spot, Piazza Bella.

Weekends in our new neighborhood.

We went to Pam and Honey's and Honey attempted to fly a kite with Gavin.

Auntie Mary and Auntie Sarah were at Pam and Honey's too.

We don't see them as much since they are in Canada so it was a great surprise.

My good old friends Andrew and Lindsay's wedding.

Some of my old friends from HS.

We had a great time.

Gavin and one of his very best friends Sammy.

Mary is Gavin's "girlfriend". We are sad because she moved to Atlanta.

Crazy times at the new house.

Gavin loves super heros and Star Wars. He loves to play with them all of the time.

Star Wars!!

New neighborhood friends.

Knock knock, who is there? Aimen. Aimen who? Aimen Concka! This is Gavin's favorite joke, which he made up. He calls himself Roo and calls me Kanga and Hans Concka. It is pretty cute.

It was Gpa's 60th birthday so we made a surprise visit.

A great hike.

Great food.

Great drinks.

Great company.

There he is. The joy of my life!!

New House

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:32:00 +0000

Here is our new pad. It is temporary again, but we love it for now. It has so much more space for Gavin and the girls.

April

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:18:00 +0000

Gavin holding little Caroline.

Big scrape on his nose from running down the sidewalk, and falling after I chased him. Crazy kid!

This month we moved to a new place. It is a cute townhouse that has lots of extra room in a cute neighborhood, Roscoe Village. We have been getting to know neighbors and having fun unpacking and making our new house a home.

Gavin doesn't seem to miss 18 much as he is meeting so many new friends and enjoys having more space and a playroom. I can tell the girls are much happier having a yard and being able to go outside when they want.

Gavin has been telling us he wants a baby sister or brother, preferably a sister named Gracie or Veronica. We ended up buying Gavin his own baby doll that he has named her Gracie. He also likes to tell everyone that mommy has a baby in her belly even though I don't and am just fat these days. He also has been helping me cook dinner almost every night.

1801

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:37:00 +0000

Here are pictures of our old pad, 1801. We have so many great memories of our home here and I know we will all miss it. I wish I had pics of the master bedroom, but it was always too messy to take a picture :) I love how you learned to hold the elevator, loved and respected the door people and hailed cabs for us.

March

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:18:00 +0000

It's a ham in a cab.

My best buddy.

Nick and his new friend.

What the heck is on Gpa's head?

Riding on the Metra. . . .la la la

Bowling with Gpa. Gavin just couldn't get enough.

Gavin's friends!

Mommy friends!

Uncle Nick!

Loving taxis!

My old lady modeling debut!

During March we spent more time packing, getting lost in boxes and still figuring out where we were going to live. Luckily we found a great spot in a great neighborhood. It was sad leaving 18. You thought we were leaving Chicago. We were all sad to leave Duane, Nicole, Dan and Lexi and our friend's the Khan's. Ok and it is a little sad to not be neighbors with a famous hockey player who is in the playoffs.

February

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:47:00 +0000

Since we are so far behind on your blog, Toots, I decided to catch up by doing the last couple of months as posts.

You are getting so big. You are going to school and helping me pack for our big move to somewhere. There are boxes everywhere and we can't find anything or move around. Things have been very stressful but you are taking everything with stride and making us all laugh. You are loving to learn. You love learning your states, because you know as a three year old it is very important that you know your states! You love to help me cook up creative meals and you are a very wonderful help. We had a fun Valentines Day! We made daddy a great big cookie and you decorated it. Daddy and I went out while you got to stay in with Tata! Lucky kid.

The Proover

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:30:00 +0000

In February mommy and I decided it was time to get away and go on a Prover (cruise). We went to Key West and Cozumel with our friends Genie and Christian. Mommy and I had a great time together. The weather was not the best. It ended up being very cold and mostly cloudy, but we still found things to do. My favorite thing to do was to order room service. I would order grilled cheese, fries, hot coco, and chocolate cake every night even if we already ate. I think mommy and I are going to do this every year. . . depending on the economy!!

So Far Behind. . .thanks to the broken Dell!

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:36:00 +0000

This past month was a busy time. We had a great New Year's. Mommy and Daddy went to a wedding while I chilled with Pam and Honey. We have had a lot of snow and had some good times sledding. Daddy makes me laugh. He always sleds right into the bushes. I really enjoy sledding. We met a new addition to our world, Aiden who is Mommy Angels baby. He is sooo cute and we love him so much. We have spent some weekends hanging out with friends and we had another Christmas party with Gma and Gpa. Auntie Erin and Uncle Sethy were wonderful hosts and had the whole family over for a good time.

Christmas 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:43:00 +0000

We celebrated Christmas with lots of our family this year. Here I am with Grandma Kops. She gave me the Polar Express! My favorite movie.

Here are my cousin's Will, Dan (drama queen) and Maris.

Aunties Mary and Sarah made it through the bad weather. Thank goodness. Oh Bugga!

I spent lots of time with Honey and Pam. Santa even came to their house after he came to mine. I am so lucky.

Here is the castle with little people I asked Santa for.

Lexi, Chloe and Aeneas love Christmas too.

Mommy and I made really bad cookies that tasted like muffins with cheese and glue frosting, but Santa was nice and tried them anyway. I also wrote him a letter.

Tata and Cameron came over to spend time with me and play games. I was feeling a bit sick so I wasn't quite myself but I am better now.

I spent a few days with Gma and Gpa too. I was lucky to go to breakfast with my Grandma Kelsch and see the new beautiful place where she stays.

Gma and Gpa took me to a light festival and caving. I had a special hat so I could see the bats. They were really neat. I just wanted to see the bats the whole time and luckily I did! It was fun.

Even though I don't have a picture I also got to spend time with my Uncle Nick. He takes good care of me too and plays tricks on me. I had a very special Christmas this year with most of my family.

Gavin's First Dentist Appointment and Other Gavin Entertainment

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:21:00 +0000

Gavin was a superstar and a ham all in one. He had an amazing first visit with the dentist. Originally he wanted nothing to do with it, but after the dental assistant let him work on daddy, his interest grew. When it was his turn he was so cute and was ready to go. He hopped up on the big chair like an old pro and stuck on the dental shades just like dad. "I'm ready," he said. He did everything the dentist told him to do as I stood there with my mouth open in disbelief. The dentist cleaned, scraped and gave him a flouride treatment with no complaints from his tiny patient. What a wonderful visit, and Gavin, daddy and I were so pleased to hear how healthy and beautiful his teeth are. I'm a proud mom!

I have been meaning to record this for sometime now and Hans is finally making me do it. Here are some Gavinisms:

Gavin talking to his Grandma B on the phone:

"Pam, I love you, but I am tired of you now."

On the phone with Santa:

"I want a castle with little people and houses for the sad people (i.e. the homeless people)." Awwwwhh!!

Gavin telling me about his day at the gym:

"Mommy, Mary doesn't want to be my girlfriend anymore and I am sad."

Next day talking to Mary:

"You are not my girlfriend anymore, Jordan is."

Gavin talking to his Grandma W who is about to leave our house to go home:

"It is ok if you go, Pam will come."

Gavin shopping for Christmas presents:

"I wanna get Gpa a tiny tie, he needs a tiny tie."

Every day, night and afternoon

"I do NOT want to go potty on the potty, I will go tomorrow."

"Mommy are you happy?"

"Mommy are you happy that I'm here?" Sooo cute.

"I don't like you mommy/Hans, I don't like you." not sooo cute

"Don't talk loud mommy."

Gavin telling me he loves me several times a day, which I can't get enough of: "Mommy I love you"

Gavin talking just like Auntie Sarah from England:

"Oh bugga!"

Gavin talking to various people, friends, strangers, his teacher etc.

"Mommy got in trouble. She got pulled over, but the police was nice." This is usually followed by "Do you want to hear something bad? Holly, Callaway and Porsche died, they died, they are not coming back."

Gavin's manners lately:

"Please, please, please."

"You are so very welcome"

"Oh excuse me I burp/fart"

And my favorite:

"Stop playing games Hans!"

Jay and Jason, Fun With My Friends and Uncle Nick

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:46:00 +0000

This last weekend mommy and daddy went to Jay and Jason's Christmas party. They miss them so much and were so glad to spend a little time with them. They say their house is AMAZING!! I had fun with my friends at Winter Wonderland as well. We went on slides and made cookies. It was a blast. Then Uncle Nick came to visit. He is so funny and I hope he had a good time and will visit me again. I cried and screamed for a half hour when he left. That was also a blast.

Ugly Sweaters, Lights Parade and a Lantern Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0000

We gathered at my friend Alma's house for our school Lantern Walk. Alma's house used to be an artists studio and has now been transformed into her home and is it ever cool. It has been on TV and magazines several times! Anyway we had a great time with friends and a perfect night for a walk.

We went to the Lights Parade by our house. Sammy, Christian, and Mary came over to play and our parents and other adults had a lot of fun too.

Mommy and daddy celebrated Karen's birthday and went to a crazy Ugly Sweater Christmas party.

Turkey Day in Frankenmuth

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:21:00 +0000

Instead of going to Traverse City this year for Thanksgiving we went to Frankenmuth or as Uncle Nick and mommy call it "Frigginmuth". It was fun eating lots and lots and lots of food, swimming in the pool and playing games. Uncle Nick, Aunties Sarah and Mary won me lots of tickets so I could get my scay guy light. It was gone by the time I collected enough tickets. My favorite game was the roller coaster ride and the dance game. Auntie Sarah liked the dance game too and made us all do the dance game with her. We also went shopping and I hate shopping. I did however have the chance to meet Cupid.

"Save the planet" and "decide for yourself", an old scary person of mystery gender folding your towel or a pinhead women with a curly mullet folding your towel, hmm it is a real toss-up!

Better Late Than Never

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:58:00 +0000

These are pictures from a fun weekend we had back in October. Mommy and daddy went out for a night on the town for Christy's birthday. We also went to Kiddie Land with Jimmy, Genie and Christian. Christian and I had a blast. I went on ALL of the big rides. I went on the big huge Pirate Ship where mommy got sick. I also went on the roller coaster and the "up and down" ride several time. Later that night, mommy, daddy and I went to the scay farm where we went on a creature walk, and scay train.

OBAMA

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:48:00 +0000

Even though we were amongst several people in Grant Park to see Barack Obama become the next President of the US, we felt very fortunate to be part of history. The emotions that were floating around were incredible. Everyone was so positive and they were there for the same reason. It sounds dumb, but everyone was on the same page; we all were hoping for a change and a good change. When it was announced that indeed Obama was going to be our next leader, chills went through my whole body and a tear filled my eye and as I looked around I realized that most of everyone one around me felt the exact same way. The city was completely silent when our respected next President gave his acceptance speech. His voice echoed throughout the city. It was like something I have never experienced before. Words cannot describe how amazing that night was - a night that we will never forget.

PS-The "USA" building is right next to our house! I heard it was in Time.

Halloween in Chicago

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:58:00 +0000

This year we went trick-or-treating in Chicago. Our good friends had a Halloween party followed by trick-or-treating followed by party. It was such a neat experiance, one I had never had before.

We were in our friend's neighborhood, Roscoe Village, where there are lots of families with kids like ourselves. After eating a lot and drinking a lot we took the kids out for a very good time. Not only did the kids get goodies but the adults were lucky enough to find shots at some of the houses. Now where else does this happen? I am not quite sure, but I do know I have never seen it before. The stores were handing out candy too. We had such a fantastic time with great friends and can't wait until next year. Gavin is still talking about scay guys!

This is the jack-o-lantern Gavin made by himself with the exception of carving! Good job buddy!!

Not sure why this picture is the first in order but I swear we went to the bar after T-or-T!!

Gavin decided to be a zebra for school. He had fun being a zebra. . . i think!

Christian was a giraffe, which made for a cute pair.

My cutie!

Mya, Mia, Ava and Gavin

Apparently Felice doesn't take a picture any other way.

Can you tell Tara is 7 months prego? I sure as #@$% can't!

Krystal of course was a big help. Especially for me at the end of the night. I appreciate her so much. She has been such a big help lately.

I think they are fighting over Mary. Come on Gavin!

Stef was not exactly thrilled that he was the only adult who dressed up. But he was a really good "man in the yellow hat" and had a very cute George.

Yep there it is, the proof, Karen!!

I think this picture is so funny. Don't ask me why!

Gavin, Mia, Mary, Ava and Sammy

Not quite sure.

Thank God for my parents who had us over for the weekend. I was so lucky to see my sisters and brother. Everyone has been so supportive through this tough time and I am very appriciative. It really makes you appreciate the your friends and family who are there for you in difficult times. Thanks!!!

Gavin had a blast playing with Auntie Sarah. She even taught him the phrase "GET OFF THE ROAD JERSEY." Yeah thanks sis.

It was so great to be able to see Gavin play in the leaves.

This picture does this "Jack Skellington" jack-o-lantern no justice. My dad, Honey, made it for Gavin and he loved it. It must have taken him some time, but he seems to not care when it comes to Gavin.

My Birthday Party! I'm 3!

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:28:00 +0000

I had my birthday party recently and it was a lot of fun. Most of my very good friends were there to celebrate with me. We celebrated by playing, bouncing, signing and running all around. We ate Pam's delicious cupcakes and afterward we went to my friend Mia's sushi resturant, Sushi X, where we ate some of the best sushi ever. It was such a great day and I was so blessed to have so many people I love come to celebrate.

This is what I looked like while everyone was signing "Happy Birthday" to me. I have told everyone how much I dislike that song, but everyone wanted to sing it. I had Alma, Jordon and Jack B help blow out my candles.

Trying to Keep Up!!

noreply@blogger.com (Toots) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:18:00 +0000

I can't keep up lately with everything that has been going on in our crazy lives. Here are only a few pictures of things we have been doing lately, Toots. We have had such a great summer spending time with friends and family. You had a great weekend by yourself with Tata while Daddy and I went to a friend's wedding. We have been playing with your friends and spending lots of time with Sammy, Christian and Ethan. You are a lucky little boy whose days are always filled with activities and fun.