Super Gavin

Aunt Heather & Uncle Tom gave Gavin an "early" birthday present - his very own Super Gavin cape and mask. He loves wearing it all the time and most recently, loves wearing it when going on the zipline too. Hillarious and too cute! We are gearing up for Gavin's 3rd birthday party - and it is going to be a Super Hero theme. So we took several photos that we incorporated into his birthday invite & for his actual party... should be very fun!

GO SUPER GAVIN!!!!

Go Cats

All the boys in their Northwestern gear - Trevor's first NU football game (didn't end up beating MSU though...).

GO CATS!

Great Friends & BBQ Review

Sarah & Ryan brought over to dinner (our favorite BBQ Review) the week after we got home from the hospital with baby Trevor. Thanks for the yummy dinner and for coming to visit - do they look like naturals or what?

Cuddling with Grandma

Every night after coming home from the hospital while Grandma was still here - Trevor would fall asleep on her shoulder. Too precious...

Halloween Tree & Cupcakes

My mom, Grandma Cross stayed with us for 2 weeks to help out with Gavin - along with Trevor after he was born. While she was visiting, she brought along a fun project for her and Gavin to work - a Halloween tree. So fun and we love it on our kitchen table now too to celebrate Halloween coming up this weekend.

Gavin loved putting all the pumpkins on the tree - and also punched out bats on black paper to hang from the tree too.

Gavin & Grandma also made cupcakes to take to his babysitter and all his friends there celebrating that he is a new big brother.

Thanks Grandma for playing with me and for doing all these fun projects with me too. I love you so much and miss you already!

LOVE this photo

1st few days at home... love this little guy so much!

Raking & Playing in the Leaves

Let's rake some leaves Daddy - can I hide in them?

Now Daddy's turn...

It is about the simple things in life... like playing in the leaves.

Watching these moments through the eyes of our children are just priceless - and the look on Gavin's face says it all.

So Peaceful

We took this photo right after Trevor's 1st sponge bath - which he doesn't really like being naked but loved getting his pj's on. Such big blue eyes already - and love that dark hair! Can we say that he looks like his daddy or what?

1st night at Home with Trevor

Daddy reading to both his boys before bedtime - this makes my heart melt

Gavin loves his new little brother - Trevor

I love the ZIPPER

The previous owners of our home put up a zipline in our backyard - and left it here which was very nice. After we moved and over the summer, Gavin wasn't interested in trying it at all. BUT after we got home from the hospital with Trevor - Gavin wanted to try it out and LOVES it. He now wants to get on the "zipper" (that is what he calls the zipline) every day... and it is pretty funny watching his little body fly down the wire - and Daddy running after him to catch him at the end.

THE ZIPPER IS COOL.

Our Little Pumpkin

Grammy & Grandpa Gillard

Thanks Grammy & Grandpa for coming to visit for several days after Trevor was born -

and lots of play time with Gavin too.

We appreciate all your love & support and can't wait to see you soon!

Heading Home with Trevor

After spending 3 1/2 days in the hospital, it was time for us to head home with our new bundle of joy, Trevor.

Daddy cuddling with Trevor as we waited to get the final sign-off from the nurses.

Having a new baby is so wonderful - and I was so excited to head home with all of my boys.

Our little pumpkin -

Trevor we are so blessed to have you in our family - and what an amazing little boy you are.

What to do when your little brother comes home?

Make a very nice welcome home sign for your baby brother - Trevor

(so cute... Gavin & Grandma Cross made this together)
Or.... do a naked party dance!
(We wanted to put a couple more photos from the dance party - but they were R Rated)

More pics - Trevor's first 3 days

Here are some recent photos of Trevor & the fam - click on the photo above.

It is hard to believe that it has been 3 days since Trevor joined our family - and we are heading home from the hospital tomorrow morning. Everything is going great - now, the poor little guy had to get circumsized last night (so that was a little traumatic) and thus - not alot of sleep for us last night.... but welcome to our new normal life for a while. Little Sleep = Newborn Parents

It has been great spending time with our family this week - and also a few friends stopped by the hospital to meet Trevor as well. We hope to see many more of you in the coming days too - so don't hesitate to stop by.

Oh Baby

Our little man - or should I say "big" boy arrived yesterday, 10/13 -

Trevor Mason Gillard

Weighing in at 9 lbs. 2 oz.... yeah you are reading that right. Scott and I had a bet going that he would weigh less than Gavin did... but clearly, we were wrong. (Gavin was 8 lbs. 5 oz)

Gavin jumped into the "big brother" role right away... and loves giving Trevor kisses and saying "Hi Trevor" frequently. It is pretty cute -

We will post more photos soon.... the Gillard Gang is doing great!

Wednesday is the Day - IF NOT BEFORE!

We have posted a few updates/announcements on the blog that we are expecting and due in October. Well - October is here - and it is the FINAL COUNTDOWN! And the last few weeks have been filled with LOTS of nesting... from many projects getting finished around our house, cleaning and organizing like nobody's business and then getting all of the "baby stuff" out again.
(which brings back lots of memories with Gavin... and now, let's do it all over again).

Since I had a C-section with Gavin - I have another C-section scheduled for this Wednesday, Oct. 13th... and we did think we were having this baby last night (Friday). I definitely was having contractions - but they were false labor (which I always find interesting... like you are suppose to know this because at the end of the day - it hurts, you're uncomfortable and the only thing I could think about was.... we need to find someone to watch Gavin if we go in the middle of the night (which we clearly have several outstanding friends who we know we could count on). Even though I have had one child already - I really don't think anything can prepare you for having another. Sure - you are more confident not as amateur, but the reality is - you never know how "having this baby" is really going to go down (no control... which is a little hard for me) AND will we really be able to handle another little person? Of course I know we will - but there is lots of emotion indeed.

We are very excited - anxious - but most of all can't wait to meet this new little guy (and we can't wait to share his name - as we did agree several weeks ago). Our family is arriving soon and we can't wait for many of you to meet him. I can't wait to see him soon - his little eyes open and my heart melt... we have so much love waiting for you. And as Gavin would say - "I'm going to be a big brother!"

Welcome THE GILLARD GANG to the blog world.....

Happy Fall

We hope that everyone is enjoying this fall season - we have definitely been having lots of fun, especially around here in Cincinnati these last few weeks. It is hard to believe that our family is about to go from 3 to 4 very soon....next fall - we will have to get 2 boys pics together with the pumpkins - let the fun times begin!

More pics from the Pumpkin Farm

Look at me on this tractor all by myself!

Little bitty chic - so cute! And we didn't choke it this year (yikes... remember last year?)

Loved riding on the Fire Truck - and ringing the bell!

Daddy had to help push - as our legs are not long enough yet.

Look at those pigs - and boy did they stink

Love this photo - look at all those pumpkins!

(We did the same pose last year... crazy how much they change in a year)

Look at all the pumpkins we picked out - getting back on the hayride to head back.

Pumpkin Farm

Two of our favorites - fall weather & going to the pumpkin farm (Burger Farms in Newtown).

The weather was fantastic today and Gavin helped pick out all of our pumpkins too. One for each of us, including Baby G #2, as he will be here before Halloween this year.

We had a great time and this is truly my favorite time of the year!

Dancin' with My Friends

We grabbed some dinner tonight at the Dilly Deli (one of our favs) and the Hansbauer's (minus Joe - we missed you) joined us for some yummy food on the patio outside. During our dinner, we noticed that the Marielders Group (elderly community group) was having a social event across the way. And boy was the music jammin and the old folks dancin! So after dinner we all had to join in! As we were leaving - yes they were doing the Cha Cha Slide - classic!

Thanks for a fun night!

Barber Shop

Scott has been taking Gavin to the Barber Shop he has gone to for a while - Mariemont Barber Shop (where we used to live). A fun outting for Daddy & Gavin together.

I had never been with them to the Barber Shop - so I went with them tonight. Such a big boy sitting there all by himself in an actual barber chair.

He thinks the trimmers (buzz noise) tickles too... so cute!

Gavin is growing up so much right before our eyes!

*And a little disclaimer - I have less than 2 weeks left before our new little man arrives. Hard to believe that we will be a family of 4 (and may I note - 3 of which will be boys) very soon!

Thomas & Percy and now Bertie

Gavin has loved Thomas trains for quite some time now.... and the train table that (aka - small tables pushed together from IKEA - yes, we get creative) is in our family room is literally played at every single day on multiple occassions.

Our newest Thomas friend is Bertie who is battery powered - and pushes around all the other trains. Little Bertie has been a huge hit at our house!

(and we will be using lots of batteries with this one for sure!)

Go Bertie Go!!!!