Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has come and gone and Barret thoroughly enjoyed his share of turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie.

He was stuffed to the core and just had such a great time with family.

We spent Thanksgiving day at Aunt B's with the rest of the Votaw clan. Uncle Paul and Aunt Marcia were there, even Trent and Baylee came for the festivities. Aunt B, Uncle David, David, and Sam of course were excellent hosts and did a phenomenal job making Barret's first Thanksgiving so much fun! Of course Grandma and Grandpa Boehm were there and Great Grandma Votaw too. Barret received so much love on Thanksgiving, I'm sure he was truly thankful to be a part of our family :)
Friday we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa Gaffneys where we enjoyed leftovers and the boys watched endless hours of football. Mama and Tete Chelsey got up crazy early and went shopping! Of course, Mama couldn't hold out of all of the presents she got for Barret, so he now has a 140 piece mega blocks box set that he loves to play with! Grandma had to work on Friday too, so we didn't get to see her until later. Don't worry though, Barret received lots and lots of Grandma love.

Thanksgiving also brought on Barret's first real booboo. While taking a bath at Aunt B's he slipped and scraped his underarm on the shower door stopper, leaving him with quite the cut. There were many tears, and Mama didn't even notice the cut until after he was all dried and diapered. Not too much blood was shed, and he managed to survive Aunt Marcia's booboo treatment.

Saturday and Sunday we spent at home relaxing and just enjoying our time together. Barret has surprised us with another bottom tooth too, making him not so much the happy camper we would prefer, but we love him all the same.

Pictures will be up soon!

Tomorrow brings the first day of December. Do you know what that means? SNOW! CHRISTMAS! COOKIES! MAMA'S BIRTHDAY! SNOWMEN! SLEDDING! TREES! DECORATIONS!

Happy last day of November :)

Baby Gaffney

Well, if you guessed a girl for Baby Gaffney number two (like I did) you would be dead wrong.

Yes, it is another little Baby Boy!!! Making yet another tough decision for Mama and Daddy. Mama, was so sure it was a girl, we had our name all picked out and ready to go....back to the drawing board we go.

We are very excited, don't get me wrong, this baby will complete 2/5 of our basketball team...that's what Grandpa Boehm said :)

It is crazy to think we will be a family of four already, we had only just been a family of two for a short while before becoming three, and now in almost three short years we will be becoming a family of four! So crazy.

But this baby is going to bring us so much more joy, excitement, and laughter, and as scared and nervous as we are, we couldn't be more excited. Barret is going to be the best BIG brother and he is going to have so much love for his little brother! I can't wait to see them together. However, he seems to not really like him all that much right now. At the doctor, when the woman was doing the ultra sound, I think he thought she was hurting Mama because he just cried and cried and was so unhappy.

Here is a picture of Baby Boy #2

On the left you can see he has big feet just like Barret, and on the right he is staring at us.

Want to know something really super cool about Barret???? He can now walk and clap at the same time! And he LOVES the trash can and the toilet! He sure is keeping us on our toes, and last night we went out and bought two more baby gates to try and keep him out of the bathroom and the office (where all of his mischievous behaviors happen).

Here is a video of his super cool walking skills!

Monkey Do

Our little monkey is a walker, it is official! He just loves to zoom around the house going from one place to the next, grabbing anything he can find to steady himself, and then quickly walking off to the next place.

Since Wednesday this week, we haven't seen much crawling from our little man, and it makes mama a little sad. But, we are so excited for this new milestone of his and love to see him growing and changing.

Tonight he actually climbed up into the dishwasher!!! Such a strong and courageous little guy he is. So so funny Mr. Barret is, and he keeps us on our toes.

I will be posting a video soon of the little guy and his moves, so be on the look out.

We find out if Baby Gaffney is a little brother or sister on Friday!

Halloween has come and gone

Our little Elephant was the cutest there ever was. Despite being a little agitated by having to wear the costume, he did a great job helping deliver the candy to Trick-or-Treaters all around.

If you can't tell from the pictures I post, Barret LOVES pumpkins and will seek them out everywhere we go...he generally goes for the biggest, roundest looking one and tries to roll it away or pick it up or something of the like. He is so funny, and I love his little personality.

It is crazy to think that it is already November, not even just November 1, but November 7.... only 18 days until Thanksgiving, and you know what that means, Christmas is right around the corner and so is Barret's first Birthday!!!! I can't believe he is going to be 1 in only a few short months.

However, just looking at him and interacting with him you can tell he is no longer a baby, he is truly a Big Boy and wants to be treated as such. While Barret is learning to walk and talk he is having the time of his life, as well as keeping his Mama and Daddy entertained. He can now flush the toilet and turn on the water faucet in the tub (there were no teaching instruments involved here, just the shear genius of our baby boy). Which creates quite the havoc in the bathroom each and everyday (Barret's favorite room is the bathroom, we think it is because of his love of water and taking baths).

Aside from that things seem to be same old same old around here. Oh, we are no longer giving away or money to Comcast :) and we are very thrilled with that!

We find out in two weeks if Baby Gaffney is a boy or a girl.... any guesses?