You can't catch me!

Once Gavin began crawling he just didn't stop. By the end of the week, not only was he crawling but he was pulling himselft up and crawling to the top of the stairs. It may have been a slow start but now he is going like crazy. It has truly changed my life. We headed to Walker for Labor Day weekend. One last hurrah before school started. Ethan and Lauren slept out on the pier with Mike in a tent. Gavin slept inside the camper with mom. We set up Gavin's pack-n-play outside during the day and he had a blast playing in the great outdoors. The picture above is Gavin with his cousin, Parker.

Gavin's Gate

I said that we needed to baby proof the house and the first thing that needed to happen was a gate blocking access to the basement stairs. Daddy went to the shop a couple hours on Saturday and a few hours on Sunday and came home bearing his new gift to Gavin. Here is Gavin showing off in front of the artistic gate.

He's a crawler!

Gavin started crawling at the beginning of the week. He would rock back and forth, then a couple of arm, leg, arm, leg, and now at the end of the week...He is crusing! Since we haven't had a mobile baby in this house yet, we have lots of baby-proofing to do!

A weekend at the lake

Our family took off for a weekend to Lake Amelia. Gavin, Ethan, and Lauren enjoyed the outdoors. Champ, our black lab learned how to swim and retrieve a stick in the water. Even the short pontoon ride that ended with another boat having to tow us back to shore was memorable. After a couple days at the lake we headed to Willmar to celebrate Owen's 6th birthday.