In This Life, We Have it All

What a fantastic couple of days we just had. Yesterday I was able to scoot out to the gym and a trip to Target, then Dylan and I switched and he went somewhere and I stayed with G. During this time, I was a negligent mother and laid on the ground and got caught up on The Good Wife while Gavin scooted and rolled all over and played with his toys. He did remind me on two occasions that I was being boring, however. He likes to scoot up to the DVR and press the buttons with his toes, effectively interrupting my show. "Foot Creep," as Dylan calls him. He loves touching things with his toes. Weirdo. Either that, or he gets ahold of the remote and changes things that I don't know how to fix.

Meanwhile, after seeing Kristin at work and then calling our good pals, the Meabons, Dylan had set up an impromptu dinner with friends. Chicken kebabs were on the menu, the kids had a great time playing in our fountain and chicken coop, and we were finally able to enjoy catching up with our friends. It had been so long since we'd seen them. Even Gavin made an unexpected appearance after waking up an hour into supposedly being asleep for the night. When I brought him outside, Hudson exclaimed, "Gavin's head is getting so big...I think it's as big as mine!" He's probably right.

Lately Gavin's been ready to party at 5am or earlier. Not cool.

Eating. All day long, all day strong.

Face off with the Ra Dog

His favorite toy, a hose from a cheap plastic air pump

Always in constant motion

Cousins

My spoon, no my spoon.

Patio lounging

Today was a day on the town for me. I hit the gym, then lunch with my mom and her sisters for her birthday (happy birthday, mom!), followed by a haircut, a quick trip to Fashion Square, and lastly a stop at everybody's favorite grocer, TJ's. A much needed day out, that is for sure. I missed hanging out with D & G, but if I'm ever to get out alone (which I really need to do more often), then I suppose it must mean missing out on time spent with D & G.

The nature of Dylan's job, being what it is, generally means that our quality of life is as awesome as dog doody. But when we get a couple of days like this, I know that we really do have it all. I try to tell Gavin every day that in this life, we have everything because some day he really does need to understand this. But, I usually forget to tell him this on days when we're alone, just he and I. I get frustrated and tired and angry because I don't want to do it all alone. I need to remember days like these past two when I'm feeling tired, frustrated, and angry so that I can remind Gavin, and myself, that we have all we need and life is so good.

P.S. Don't talk to me for a while. I'm still in mourning over Will Gardner.