My baby is almost ONE!!!

This year has went by much too quickly and my tiny little peanut is now one supercharged toddler! Yes, Gavin is nonstop action and there is absolutely no time for boredom in our house. We call him the "Gavinator" (short for Terminator) because he destructs nearly everything his little picky fingers can get a hold of. He's exhausting, oh so passionate, and entirely wonderful! He's completely different than my little perfectionist, Kelan, who seemed to know that the world operated according to rules from the time he was born. I'm in awe of how completely different each child is. After having two boys that are so different, I'm convinced that these differences have more to do with individual temperment and personality than actual gender differences. Anyway, I dressed Gavin up in a birthday crown and handed him a cupcake to take some pictures for his birthday invitations. Besides being incredibly cute, the cupcake was a great distraction from the hat on the head (at least for the first couple of minutes)! I wanted to have Meg take the pictures, but in 'typical' Alyssa fashion, I waited until the last minute and was stuck with just me, Kelan, Gavin, some props and my own little digital camera. For a stick of gum, Kelan agreed to try to get Gavin to look at the camera and smile. Luckily, we did okay!