Gavin is 2!

happy 2nd birthday, gavin! we went to my brother's house friday for gavin's 2nd birthday party. gavin loves to play baseball - he has spent this past spring watching his big brother, jace (seen here standing on the side line), play, for real. i know what you think, how cute - the little boy is swinging the bat at the ball. what you don't know is he knocks the crap out of a ball, and what you can't see is everyone else in the living room with their hands ready to guard their face every time he swings. in fact, carly and i left the room to watch from the kitchen, just in case. this incredible display of athleticism will probably stay outside from here on out. gavin got several bats, a couple of balls, and my brother and his wife got him a "t" stand - which he took a few swings at, and took the whole stand out a time or two. he's an awesome 2yr old!

so after all the swinging, it was time for cake. here gavin is, screaming as we sang "happy birthday" to him. i think he did this at his first birthday party, but i can't remember, or find any pictures to back that up. not to worry, he calmed down and had some cake, later to be found on the back porch swinging with caleb. he was also pretty interested in carly, as you can see him giving her a big smooch.