Trip to VA

I spent Easter weekend in Virginia visiting my friend Bronwyn and her family - husband Mike, son Gavin, and mom Kathy. I wasn't the only one taking advantage of the long weekend - her brother Kristian was there as were Mike's brother and his wife. Luckily, they only had to make room for Kristian and me and, unfortunately for Kristian, I got the only spare bed in the house.

Oh, and you know what's funny? All of us visitors live within about 30 to 40 minutes of each other here in the Raleigh area. We should've just caravanned up there like a military convoy.

Gavin is 18 months old and he's all over the place now. Between him and the three dogs, there's rarely a moment of stillness to be had.

Here's Gavin with one of his favorite toys. It makes lots of noise and seems much louder at 7 in the morning than it did at 7 in the evening.

You might notice the shiner on his forehead. Gavin learned a tough lesson about gravity while I was up there when he fell down some of the stairs. It might've been his first lesson about the forces of the universe, but it definitely won't be his last. Wait until he runs into love - now THAT will leave a mark.

You know what else is funny? Gavin had his mom, Kristian who works for child services, and me, a washed-up semi-professional babysitter hanging out with him, and he STILL managed to fall down the stairs.

As you can see, he recovered quickly.

He was totally flirting with me. :)

What a happy boy.

I think Gavin was absorbing energy from the rest of us, especially Uncle Kristian, who was able to not only fall asleep in the middle of everything, but fell so deeply asleep that he was snoring.

I had a great time with everyone up there and am already looking forward to our next visit, hopefully before they move to Kentucky (fingers crossed for you, Mike!).