Alyson and Carsten's wedding

Congrats to Alyson and Carsten!!! Your wedding was beautiful, the reception was fun and it was officially Gavin's first wedding to attend. He had a great time. Here are pictures to prove it. And maybe a video too...

Looking smooth


What a cute couple


Great Grandma and Grandpa Kastner-loved seeing them


Working it on the dance floor


Hangin with the bride! What a beautiful bride she was, Congrats!


And a taste of Gavin's dancing and entertaining skills...

Gavin celebrating 2nd birthday with Cross/Kastner family

Gavin had a great time last weekend with family celebrating his birthday on Sunday after the big family wedding (next post). Thanks everyone for coming, sharing the love and the fun and thoughtful gifts.


Giving Elmo a hug


Sitting on new big wheel



Getting ready to blow out candles with Mommy (which he did very fast)


CHEESE!

Happy 2nd Birthday Gavin!!!

Gavin is officially 2!!! YEAH!!!

Happy Birthday to our now no longer baby and official toddler. What a fun day today on your birthday. We went to the toy store, got some ice cream, and had some nice quality family time at home. We celebrated his birthday with Mommy's family last weekend (pics to come) and will celebrate with Daddy's family over Thanksgiving and celebrated as a family today. Gavin got a new road carpet, some cars and a new Strider bike.

Happy Halloween!

What a fun and exciting Halloween it was....

Thanks Gavin for being the best little lion and for making my favorite holiday the best ever.

Trick-or-treat..... way more treats this year!

Stay tuned for videos of Gavin on Halloween.

Trick-or-Treating

We took Gavin to a few of our friend's houses to trick-or-treat.... and he was pretty excited (I think we were more excited than he was...).

Sarah & Ryan - and that new football from them too!






Maggie & Mark - we get the best pictures with them and Gavin....











Thanks for my new wand Sarah & Ryan.

"May the lion force be with you...."

Bad Weather - Plan B

Where to go when the weather is not great outside with kids? Of course....

the McDonald's play ground!

Loved playing with Daddy on the playground

Pretty cool bridge... Gavin needed a little moral support from Daddy to get up there.

Celebrating Halloween with My Friends

We started the morning of Halloween off meeting friends at Shaw Farms. However, the weather was pretty cold and rainy - so we snapped a few photos of the gang before deciding where to go next.

Gavin, Addie (ladybug), Kate, Ella (cheerleader) and Jack (dinosaur).

Hi Addie... I think lions like ladybugs.....

When I got Gavin's lion costume several weeks back, I tried on numerous occasions to get him to put the head piece on and he wouldn't do it. So, needless to say I was worried that this "lion" costume may not work out. However - Gavin kept this costume on literally all day - except for naptime.... even in the car going from place to place! It was pretty soft and warm - so I'm sure that helped out too.

ROARRRRRR - here comes our Lion!

Halloween was sooo much fun this year! Gavin really got into it... and we had a busy day.

For those of you that know me - I LOVE Halloween. I love the fall weather - I love dressing up (rather dressing Gavin up) - and I love how cute this little lion turned out.

Gavin had the whole "ROAR" part down and also saying "Trick-or-Treat" - we had been practicing for a while... and now the big day was here to try it out.