My pregnancy with Gavin was so different than that of Brennon. He gave us scares. He made sure his entrance was unforgettable: 2 weeks early, the cord wrapped around his neck two times, and wrapped around his big toe once (so that every time that he was kicking, he was pulling the cord), and then we dealt with jaundice for the first week of his life. His first few months were hard: colic, a snowstorm the day he came home, postpartum depression, and colic....oh and colic. Ugh! But even from the beginning, he was my little cuddle bug. He would pull his legs up under his tummy and he would snuggle his face into my neck and just cuddle. He would happily stay in my baby sling, so close to my heart for an hour at a time. He brought me so much agony (did I mention that he was colicky), and so much joy from the moment he entered our world.
I'm sure I'm not the only mom to ever compare her children, but I found that having two kids so close together made it especially hard. During his first year, Gavin ate food sooner (which at the time I thought was from me loosening up as a mom, but now that I see what a foodie Gavin is, it doesn't surprise me at all), he laughed sooner and much more often (still no shocker), and although he became mobile later, once he started, he didn't care so much about walking as he did climbing! Brennon was so neat and clean, and Gavin was just all over the place. He didn't care if the spaghetti ended up just as much in his hair or the wall as it did in his mouth. Brennon was quiet, and Gavin was loud. He didn't really care as much about television, which is still the case, and he LOVED music. Gavin loves to sing, be sung to, and dance, dance, dance! I remember a time when he was probably only about a year and half that the Sunday school teacher said to me that she was shocked about what rhythm Gavin had.
As Gavin continued to grow, I would see the best (expressive, loving) and worst of me (temper....uh, yes) demonstrated in him. I love that he looks like me, but I think that's just because my handsome Brennon looks like Ryan's mini-me. My mom showed my brother, Kyle, a picture of me when I was about 5 months old, and Kyle asked why we put Gavin in a dress. I love it! He is my mini-me, only with less hair bows!
At age 2, he started sticking out his tongue and making funny faces in pictures.... |
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