All About Gavin Thomas Mitchell

Gavin at the splash pad!

2009-09-11T18:37:00.003-06:00

Gavin LOVED going to the splash pad...at first he was a bit afraid (he just stared - see the first pic)...but then after he played in some puddles he would not leave!!! He was shivering and his lips were purple (see last pic)! It took alot of convincing to get him to leave!

The amazing Gavin Thomas Mitchell

2009-09-11T18:28:00.004-06:00

Hello! Sorry that I haven't put pictures up here in a while...but here are some pics my friend Donalee took of us! These are just of Gavin and I - Landon had some taken also but he hasn't picked them up yet. Enjoy!

BTW these were done on father's day so he's even more grown up now! I'll do another post after this to show how he looks now.

Gavin's First Birthday!

2009-05-22T11:00:00.003-06:00

Hello! Here are some pics from Gavin's First Birthday. It was a Mickey Mouse theme; all the decorations were Mickey, As you can see his cake was mickey, I made chocolate Mickey lolly's - we even had a Mickey Pinata! Here are some fun pics!

This is what his cake looked like before he ripped into it!

He LOVED this big Mickey balloon!

At first he didnt know what to do so I had to put his hand in there; check out his left elbow!

he had SO much fun with it!

Catching up since Christmas

2009-02-18T14:44:00.000-07:00

Well Hello! I realized today that I havent put hardly any pics up on here since i've been putting them on FaceBook. Forgetting of course that not all of you have facebook. SO here are some fun pics! Also, here is the video of one of the first time he was walking - even though now he walks tons! He took his first real steps (six of them) on Christmas Eve - he was 8months old on that day.

In his big boy chair all ready for church!

He really wanted to look at this fountain! He stared for a good 10 minutes!
He loves to pose

His first day in his big boy car seat!
He is so handsome!
I promise he wanted to get in there!
Shopping tired him out!
I let him feed himself...
he seemed to enjoy it!
He loves to brush his teeth!

Here he is walking!

Gavin and Santa!

2008-12-08T11:21:00.001-07:00

There were SO many pics of the Gavin and Santa and it would've been a big entry...so i made a lil slide show! Enjoy!

Who does Gavin look like more?

2008-11-17T10:45:00.008-07:00

Ok so here are some baby pics of Landon and Kristen...We know that at times he looks like both of us...so we just want opinions...Who do you think he looks like?

Mr. Gavin:

Here is Landon:

Here is Kristen:

Halloween!!!

2008-11-17T10:21:00.002-07:00

Landon and I were Sat and Pepper shakers and lil Gavin is a Bee!

Gavin Month Six!

2008-11-03T17:31:00.005-07:00

Hello family! Sorry we haven't put much on here lately - We've been crazy busy - Landon with fixing up the warren house - Kristen with nunsense practice and heritage makers - Landon with Work - Kristen with work - while taking care of the Gavin is a full time job on top of all that! Well, he is now mobile! He also got his front two bottom teeth! He can also pull himself to stand and started (sorta) talking! Here are some of our fave pics!

Gavin Says "Read My Book!"

You can kinda see his two bottom teeth!

My Fave Boys!First Time trying a sippy cup!
Cool boy on his 6 month bday!
First time with Peas!

Gavin at 5 months!!!

2008-10-06T12:34:00.002-06:00

Never has their been anything cuter!!!!

2008-09-04T19:21:00.002-06:00

So I was working on my computer and Gavin was just pushing himself along in his car... I turned to check on him and he was nowhere to be found! I looked more closely and he was UNDER THE TABLE!!!! And as you can see below, he just looked at me like "welcome to my fort mommy!" The bottom picture was from my phone and is my favorite!!!

First Cereal!

2008-08-24T13:20:00.002-06:00

We gave him cereal for the first time on August 17th! He didnt really like it that much!

Gavin's Blessing

2008-07-31T13:19:00.002-06:00

We had Gavin's Blessing at our house on Monday July 28th - with just family.

Here is Auntie Lexis and Auntie Kayla:Gavin and Pap-Pap
Landon, Kristen and Baby Gavin
Bishop Esplin and Landon holding lil Gavin
Gavin in his cute lil blessing outfit from Nana!

Gavin in his GT!

2008-07-31T12:47:00.002-06:00

With a gift card from Uncle Mike for Babies R Us we got Mr Gavin this cute bouncer/walker! It has 4 songs it plays on the steering wheel, plus a horn - he can also hit buttons with his feet that play laughing children and car sounds! We can either set it up as a bouncer and make it stationary or we can let him use it as a walker and roll around our house. And when he's older the seat folds in so he can stand and push it! The hood comes off and has a tray for feeding! I mean - how awesome is that!

Also, we didnt notice until Landon put it together that the car seat says GT for Gavin Thomas!

He enjoys watching TV in it (he especially likes Golden Girls and America's Best Dance Crew)

Gavin at Three Months!

2008-07-25T14:37:00.003-06:00

We took these yesterday to send to Grampa Joe and Nana Jayne! He's getting so big!

For Grampa Joe in his monthly picture with some Pittsburgh outfit!

For Nana Jayne - Baby Gavin on the blanket Gramma Marshall made for him!

Gavin and his Daddy...

2008-07-25T14:12:00.002-06:00

This is just TOO CUTE to not put on here!!!

Fourth of July party at Nana and PapPap's!

2008-07-25T14:02:00.003-06:00

Anyone want a Pramanti Brothers Sammich??

Outdoor boy Gavin!

2008-07-25T13:53:00.002-06:00

We took a trip with the family to Kolob and to Zions! Here is our Q-T Gavin enjoying nature!

Gavin's first time in the Pool

2008-06-26T14:55:00.003-06:00

Family Pictures

2008-06-16T13:32:00.003-06:00

We decided to start a new family tradition and every year at the same place on fathers day weekend we're gonna do family pictures! Here are our three faves!

Mr Gavin the Traveler!

2008-06-16T13:03:00.005-06:00

Here are pics from Gavin's first trip back to PA!

Uncle Mike, TT, Grampa Joe (with Mr Gavin), Landon and Kristen

Gavin and his New Cousin Salvatore Anthony...born about 12 hours before him!!!
Gavin with his two cousins Conner (who he shares the same birthday with!) and Calvin

Gavin with Me-Ma

"Hangin out" with Daddy!

Four Generations! (one of them just isnt happy!)

Relaxing at the hotel!We will have more pics when people send them to us!!

Gavin at One Month!!!

2008-06-16T12:44:00.008-06:00

Here are some cutie pics of Gavin during his first month!

Gavin and his first Bath!!!

Mothers Day!Tummy Time!

Gavin and Grampa Joe!
Nana and Gavin!
Sleeping on Mommy!
Hanging out with Daddy!

Gavin Thomas has Arrived!

2008-05-04T09:56:00.010-06:00

Phew! Its been a busy week for us! For those of you who haven't heard Gavin Thomas came into the world on April 24th at 7:12 pm. Here's the story in a nutshell: My water broke at 830am on Thursday and I called the hospital and told us to come right in. We grab all of our last minute stuff and hit the road. We get to the hospital at about 930. The checked me all out and admitted me and at about 10ish they started to induce me. Well, by about 6 they had me on the max pitocin I could have and hadn't even dilated past 1cm my dr came in and discussed some options. After talking to him and then Landon and I discussing it we decided that a c-section would be our best course of action. So they started prepping Landon and I and they started the surgery at 7pm and he was out at 712! Pretty easy I'd say! Landon got to hold him first (as you'll see in the pictures below - thats him in the bio-hazard type suit). There were some complications with my surgery but nothing that a good ole catheter for a week can't fix! Oh- and the important stuff - Gavin was 8lbs exactly and 19.5 inches long - and he has TONS of dark hair that over the last week has started to get lighter! Its also fun cause Gavin has TWO cousins who share his birthday - one who was just born earlier that day! We stayed in the hospital till Sunday and we've been home and trying our best at this crazy ride that is parenting! Here are some fun pics for all yinz guys to enjoy!

These two are lil cell phone pics i took of him...sorry they are so tiny but he's just so cute!

I just think this is the most adorable picture in the world!

The Gavin Room

2008-04-20T18:38:00.006-06:00

Here is a video of his room! As you can see we have all of our furniture: a crib from Aunts Judy, Maryanne and Marge; A matching changing table; a dresser that used to be black and brown until Landon surprised me and painted it to match the room; A play pen from Grampa Joe and DD; and a bassinet from Nana and Pap-pap. We also have two pictures drawn by Aunt Kayla. And of course we can't forget the Terrible Toddler Towel from Uncle Joey! Landon and I bought 8in stencils of the alphabet and painted the letters around them room, then Landon (being the wonderful man that he is) HAND DREW each picture for each letter! I put some closeups below. I had bought wood letters and spelled out Gavin Thomas Mitchell and with my swiss cheese prego brain I took off the things that were attached on the back to help them hang on the wall. So, once again, my fantastic husband came to my rescue and he had the idea to drill dowel rods into the bottom and then glue them into shelves. He also stained them cherry wood to match the other furniture in the room. He also found a fan at a yard sale that matched the colors of the room! This room is absolutely perfect!!!!!

Here are some close ups of the letters that we painted and the fantastic pictures that Landon HAND DREW :

That face...

2008-04-20T18:14:00.004-06:00

Here are some cute pics from one of our many ultrasounds of the lil Gavin face. Here are some of our faves:

And here is one to show how much he looks like his daddy:
Even though we have these pics and videos to look at...as you can tell below WE JUST WANT HIM TO COME OUT!!!!

Still no Gavin...

2008-04-10T08:52:00.000-06:00

Well Hello to all of our family and friends! Just wanted to keep you all up-to-date on what's going on in the Mitchell household. So in my dr's appointment yesterday I am still not dilated...and no more effaced then I was three weeks ago...
He did an ultrasound just to check on the amniotic fluid levels and all that and he told us our "lil" Gavin weighs almost 8lbs 14oz right now! I just started laughing cause i didn't know what else I should do! We asked him what was going to happen and if he was going to induce this weekend maybe... he said he wants me to go on my own so we're gonna wait one more week till my next appointment (Wednesday morning) and then he will make the decision on when to induce. He said he won't let me go past my original due date of the 18th (next friday) so it'll be sometime between now and then!
Landon has done a fantastic job of painting the baby's room! It looks so adorable! We're gonna finish putting it all together tomorrow and then we'll post pictures!
Thanx for all your support! Hope to have some better news for you all next time I post something!

Love
the Mitchells

Bursting At the Seams

2008-03-19T10:40:00.002-06:00

Hello all! Here is the most recent Pics of Kristen and Gavin. This one is from the begining of February:

And this one was taken last night (3/18):

It's funny how I don't really realize how big I am when I'm just waddling around until i see these pictures...I just look down and know that I don't have my feet anymore!

Speaking of feet, it was a sad day last month that I had to remove all my Toe Rings. My feet are so bare - puffy but bare! (My Grandpa Camp is probably up in Heaven looking down and dancing for joy that I had to take them all off - he hated all of them!)

And then on Sunday my hands finally caught up to my feet and I had to take off my wedding ring so that they wouldn't have to cut it off of me...That was probably the hardest thing for me! Now i wear it around my neck until my hands go back to normal size.

This will probably be the last post until after Gavin is born - he'll be here any day now.

We are taking bets as to when he will enter this world...its two dollars per day if anyone wants to join in! the winner gets 50% of what we take in and the other 50% goes towards Gavin's first Savings account!

Thank you all for your love and support! We love you all!

Love,
Landon, Kristen and Gavin (Usually Pumpkin would be happy to send his love but he's angry with us right now for getting him declawed...we're not speaking at this moment)

The Baby Shower

2008-03-19T08:56:00.013-06:00

Here are the pics of the fabulous baby show my mom threw for us! It was so much fun! Not only was there cake but she made lasagna! HOME MADE!!!!

It's Official!

2008-02-15T09:04:00.000-07:00

YES! The date of Gavin's arrival has now been moved up TWO WEEKS by our doctor. That means that (hopefully) he'll be here on April 4th! That is only 48 days! I guess that means I need to hurry and get his room together! We're gonna inflict our love of 80's cartoons on our children - his room theme will be Thundercats! heehee! Thanx for all those who answer back and send happy thoughts and cards and such, it is greatly appreciated! Anyways, Hope everyone is doing ok, we miss all of you! Hope to see you guys soon! All of our east coast friends/family we will be brining the baby back east the first weekend in June for my sister Kayla's graduation party so you will all get to see Mr. Gavin up close and personal!

Holiday Party Pictures

2008-01-29T12:30:00.000-07:00

The Family:
Kristen (and Gavin), Landon, Anna Marie, Scott, Kayla, Tina, Alexis

Family Bonding Time with the Mitchells!

The whole Bilotto Clan!

Mitchell Family Update

2008-01-17T16:22:00.000-07:00

Hello to all!

Haven't put anything up in a bit so i thought i'd let you guys know whats going on with our lil Gavin Thomas. We went to our new dr yesterday and had another ultrasound. Everything about Gavin is great! The crazy thing is that according to the measurements, I'm two weeks farther along then we thought! Everything is measuring at 28 weeks - he weighs 2lbs 10oz which is about a lb more then he should! Which means one of two things - either he'll come at the begining of April or he'll be at least an 8lb baby!!! We'll see how it goes! We also started our child birthing classes. They are every Wednesday night. We had to watch the dreaded video last night! It was just crazy!
Some people have been asking where we are registered. We are registered at Target.com and babycenterstore.com. We're listed under both mine and Landon's name.

Miss and Love you all!

Kristen at 24 weeks!

2008-01-01T19:56:00.000-07:00

Here ya go! Here is me at 24 weeks! I'd like to think that I'm bigger because of the baby NOT cause we went back east for Christmas and got to eat at not only with all of our families but at Eat N Park, Franks Pizza and Hot Dog Shoppe (and we did those three all in the same day!). We'll see how much I weigh at my next appointment... should have busted the 200lb hump!

Gavin Thomas IN 3D!!!!

2007-12-07T22:08:00.000-07:00

We went to get our 3D ultrasound today. It was unbelievable! Here are 3 of our favorite pics! For those of you who we will see at Christmas time, we also have a video!!!

He's in the fetal position... hmmm wonder where they got that name from

That lil red and blue thing thats his heart showing us the blood that is pumping thru!

awwww He's smiling for the picture!

The first pictures of Gavin Thomas Mitchell

2007-11-20T10:09:00.000-07:00

Here is his cute lil face:

Here is his full body:

And as you can tell, he was ready to show us he was a boy!

We're so excited!

Kristen at 18 weeks

2007-11-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

Here I am at 18 weeks! and getting bigger by the day!

Belated Halloween picture

2007-11-15T11:26:00.000-07:00

Here we are...
Landon - the devil
Kristen - the angel
Our baby - a lil of both...

Kristen at 14 weeks!

2007-11-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

Well hello!
This is a few weeks belated but here it is!
This is me at 14 weeks prego! I am now 17 weeks and will find out the sex at my ultrasound on thursday! I can't wait!

we also just finished moving...we'll have pics of our new house up here soon...but after i finish unpacking - i would never hear the end of it if i should it to you guys right now!

but here are some pics!

love you all!
kristen and landon and baby

Our First Blog

2007-10-12T16:19:00.000-06:00

Hello out there in internet land! Welcome to our page!
For those of you who don't know us, we are the Mitchells. We have been married 11 months and we are about to have our first child! Kristen is 13 weeks!
We also are getting ready to move (yes, a lot of fun to do while you're pregnant)

Hope that this will keep everyone connected!