Happy Opening Day!

In our family, there is no choice but to be a Yankees fan! In honor of Opening Day and the Yankees first win of the season, Gavin was decked out!

SAFE!!

Sometimes you just need a laugh

Gavin loves to laugh at his daddy! I just love watching the two of them together!

He Makes My Day!

I swear this kid can make any face in the world and I think it's the sweetest face!

He's my favorite...

STB = Stock the Bar

What's the best kind of shower to throw for your friends who live in dry county Perryton, TX? Well, a STOCK THE BAR party of course! The Skinners, Bolens and Fischers put on a great party Friday night for our amazing friends Mitch and Liz. The party was so much fun and we had some great food and alcohol!

Mitch and Liz are getting married in Napa in May, and Eric and I are honored to be a part of it. Im especially excited to get to Napa and experience all the wine where it is actually made!

Below are a few pics from the evening.

Host and Hostesses with the future Mr and Mrs Day

Girl pic!

Couldn't ask for a better friend

Eric and I

Buddy!! Don't worry, I can't wait for your wedding either!

Betsy, me, Lyndsie, and Liz

All in all...a great night!

Growing Boy: 4 month check-up

Baby Boy, you are growing growing growing! This week we had your 4 month check up and you couldn't be doing better! The doctor said you are "just perfect" which is what Eric and I tell you every day.

Stats:

Weight: 16 lb 7oz - 71%

Length: 27 in - 95% YOU ARE TALL!

Head: 17 1/4" - 81%

So the moral of the story is that you are a perfect weight for your height and you are insanely tall! Here are just a few things you can do now:

- You are amazingly alert and happy all the time. You love when someone talks directly to you and always talk back.

- You absolutely crack up at your Daddy and smile so big every time he looks at you.

- You are not afraid of anyone, nor do you show any preference to who holds you right now.

- You sleep a consistent 10 hours a night, and every day we're working towards a full 12 hours. Fingers crossed!

- You roll from front to back and back to front all the time and squirm like crazy when anyone is changing your diaper.

- Most of the time you wake up happy and talking to yourself!

- You hold onto toys and LOVE your exersaucer.

- You get to start cereal! Yay!

We couldn't be happier with our doctor or the care he gets. Gavin is in size 6-12 month clothing for the most part, and his feet are huge! We are having so much fun watching him learn something new every day!

Firsts: Cereal Time!

The dr cleared Gavin to try cereal today, and we were all for it. I have had a feeling that he is HUNGRY for a few weeks now. He stares at anyone eating and drinking and you see him start smacking his lips sometimes too!

Cereal was a success, Gavin loved it, and did such a great job keeping most of it in his mouth!

"Im ready folks!"

FOOD

You can't shovel this stuff in fast enough

"Dad I need to use my hand to help shove this stuff in!"

Yummy Yummy Cereal!

Fort Cobb Lake Weekend!

This past weekend, we planned to have a very relaxing girls (plus Gavin) weekend at Fort Cobb Lake with Mom. We ALMOST achieved that, except for the very first thing that happened was Hailey tumbled down the stairs as Cindy and I were unloading the car. We thought it was a pretty serious injury but she ended up being just fine. Cindy spent the weekend showing her the scrape and bruise while they waited for it to turn purple (Hailey's fav color).

Other than H's injury, we had a great time doing almost NOTHING! We laid around, played with the kids, made some good food, worked puzzles and spent a great afternoon on the porch playing UNO. We couldn't have asked for better weather or better company!

"Shower-filled" Weekend

This weekend we celebrated with 2 very special girls! First, on Saturday was Leslie Castro's baby shower for her little girl Madyn. She will be here at the end of May! Sunday was another shower for Lyndsie's wedding. Her wedding is coming up very soon, mid April!

Aunt Lyndsie and Baby G

Leslie and Madyn
Happy Shower!
By far, Lyndsie's fave wedding present
The amazing cookie cake from Lyndsie's shower
Some of the girls at the shower: Steph, Kas and Kristin

Happy Birthday Dad

Saturday night we got together to celebrate Dad's birthday. We cooked some really great steaks and enjoyed the nice weather! We even made a homemade birthday cake, white cake / white icing, which is Dad's favorite!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Baby Playdates

Baby playdates go a little something like this...



Lay the babies on the floor and watch them do absolutely nothing! :)

Kyler Ann

Sweet face
Gavin is working on sharing his toys
"I'll race you to the toys!"

But today was a special day b/c not only did Gavin perform his rolling over tricks for Megan, but Kyler decided to join the party and rolled over for the first time! :)

Lexi tries so hard to be involved

"See Mom, I can roll over too!" We love playdates!

Going back to Cali...

When it's cold and windy in Oklahoma, the best place to go is warm and sunny California!! Although it wasn't quite as warm as we had hoped, we were happy to be on vacation! Dad, Amy, Ryan, Eric and I all went to Cali for the annual Maytag meeting. Dad and Amy are the only employees, the rest of us are just along for the ride, but it's always a good time!

We flew into San Diego for one day, on Wednesday and did a marathon sight-seeing tour of San Diego, La Jolla, Coronado island, and Pacific Beach. We stayed at Hotel Indigo in the Gaslamp district of downtown San Diego, which is a really fun area. There are tons of hotels, restaurants, and bars. If we would've had the energy, we might've partied all night long. Instead, by the time we were finished with dinner, we were spent!

La Jolla beach

Lunch at George's on the Roof

Hotel del Coronado on Coronado island
Drinks outside at the PB Ale House

Thursday morning, we got up and went to my ALL-TIME FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD.....H&M!!! I definitely bought up the store, and so did Amy. We had a great time trying on all our clothes and debating what we like and whatever. However, the guys were SOOO OVER that store by the time we were checking out. They were following us around saying "We need to get on the road!" "Aren't you guys done yet?" After we FINALLY checked out, we headed into Palm Springs and went to the "Welcome Night" at Stir Lounge in our hotel. The resort was beautiful, the food was great!

Fred Maytag Awards Night

Me, Rita, and Amy

Saturday morning, Ryan, Eric and I all played golf at the Celebrity course on Indian Wells golf course. It was an absolutely beautiful course and we all played great! The tournament was a 4 man scramble, and our team consisted of the three of us and another really great guy who reminded us so much of Chris Farley! He was a blast to play with, and we actually ended up winning the tournament!

I should also add that Eric won "Longest Drive" and Ryan won "Closest to Pin" and "Longest Putt!" We pretty much cleaned house and everyone hated us! :)

Us three amigos with our 4th player, Jeff Hunt, and the US Capital rep Kirk Stone!We had such a great time and can't wait to go back to the next Maytag meeting!