What we've been up to...

Well besides the usual stuff... Busy being cute and all

We recently went to Zoo Atlanta. We enjoyed visiting a new zoo and seeing some new animals. This one actually seemed quite small compared to the one back home, but I think that's because the aquarium is a separate attraction. Easton LOVED that there were elephants...

 This was also Gavin's first trip to the zoo... He pretty much just chilled 

You had to pay to feed the giraffes, but it was totally worth it since Easton actually fed the giraffe himself.

Other animals we enjoyed seeing were the gorillas (there were TONS of gorillas!!), orangutans, black bears, and panda bears.

 These goats are much more calm than the goats in the petting zoo back home...

 Still just chilling...

And of course we had to end the day with the merry-go-round and the train (Easton is saying "choo-choo" in the picture above).

One thing different about living in Georgia is the small town feel. We were invited to an event called 'Game on the Green' where you watch the baseball game on a big screen in the park. They have inflatables and bounce houses for the kids and its all free. We had fun even if we aren't Braves fans

Easton loves this little tomahawk he got. He calls it his hammer and carried it everywhere with him the days following this

 Again... Gavin is usually just sitting and chilling somewhere. He is a really good baby!

 Towards the end Easton and Alaina were more interested in playing games on the phone rather than watching the game itself...but whatever works to keep Easton from wandering off

We started going to pool group once a week. All the communities have pools instead of everyone having a pool in their backyard. So once a week someone from the ward hosts at their pool and it makes for a fun afternoon cooling off..

I also put Easton in swim lessons this past week. Somehow we got an email about it and it was a ridiculously reasonable price. They're private lessons so it's nice 1-on-1 time.  Easton was pretty hesitant the first two days, but today was a complete 180! He did awesome and I'm thinking about doing a few more lessons next week to help him get a little more comfortable around the water.

 Oh and then there was that one random time we went to a carnival in a parking lot. It was a Friday night and we had nothing better to do :)

 Easton loved every second of it!

Then the one time we went to Chuck-e-Cheese!

And there ya have it...

Gavin's two month check-in

I cannot believe with everything that's happened after we had Gavin that its been two months already. This little guy has already grown so much and I'm sad he won't be little much longer.

He now weighs 10lbs 3 oz and is 23 inches long. Easton was about the same at 2 months, but two inches longer. Gavin has a little more chub, which I love!

Gavin is such a good baby. Besides the occasional gassy fits he only cries when he's hungry. Such a change from Easton that I feel like now I know what it's like to have a good baby because I use to think Easton was a pretty good baby until I had Gavin. Haha

Gavin has started to show quite the personality. He gives smiles and coos all the time. Mostly for mommy of course. He is definitely a mommy's boy right now.

He hates big brothers loud shrieks and squeals, but makes the cutest sad face you've ever seen afterwards.

He takes both a bottle and breastfeeds. In the beginning I had a hard time nursing him so I started using a nipple guard (these things are the best!!) Because of that now he nurses great and takes a bottle whenever I need him to.

He only wakes me up once a night. Love this! I started giving him a bottle for his middle of the night feeding to let us both go back to bed quicker. He is a SLOW nurser and often takes anywhere between 30-45 minutes to eat.

He's very strong and has been holding his head up really good for weeks now. I do not want him rolling and crawling as quickly as Easton did though.

He loves bath time.

He has the smelliest hands... hand down!  Seriously, you have to smell them to believe it. He still always keeps his fists tightly clenched, resulting in very smelly, clammy hands no matter how many times you bathe him. Hopefully once he gets older he'll relax his hands more allowing them to air out every now and then.

We love our little Gavin to pieces and I am so grateful he is such a good baby. It has made our transition out here to Georgia and the transition from 1 to 2 kids  a lot easier and a lot less stressful. 

Here is the cutie pie himself...

Bath time

Tummy time

 hanging out with brother

 holding his own bottle

I think he looks like a little old man here

  Smiley boy