This last month has been a big one for all of us because Gordy is officially 100% potty-trained during the day! He still wears a diaper at night and during naps, but those diapers are dry half the time when he wakes up, so we are doing quite well!
He knows some of his colors (yellow, blue, red, purple and green) and can point them out if asked. He's started saying two words back to back like "mommy go" when he wants me leave him alone in the bathroom so he can do his business. He is super into his ukulele and not only plays it constantly, but will sing and dance around with it while he strums away.
He still loves his chalk and begs to play with it almost every day. He's also fallen back in love with his swing and will spend crazy of amounts of time in it (with Elmo), if we are willing to push him.
Each time one of us leaves for work, Gordy will say "work" and seems to understand that it means we will be back. When he wants something or wants to do something himself, he'll point to himself and say "Gogo!". He still loves to read and he has a few favorites that he keeps in his room to read before bed over and over and over again.
I wasn't sure how interested Gordy would be in Easter this year, so we kept it mellow with my mom coming over and doing a small egg hung in our yard. He LOVED it! He ran all over the yard searching for eggs and got super excited every time he found one to add to his basket.
My mom and I filled the eggs with stickers, pennies, dried blueberries and cashews - all of which were winners as far as Gogo was concerned.
We also decided to revisit our favorite North Shore farm to get our annual fix of bunnies and chickens. Thanks Chip!
I had to make a quick trip to San Francisco for work, and although I'm sure it would have been physically possible to leave my boys home alone, none of us were super excited about that idea. So instead we decided that we would all go and we'd tack on a few days to the end of my work trip to spend some time with Todd's family. It turned out to be such a great visit!
Gordy did really well at the airport (even though security took 30+ minutes to get through) and on the plane.
Once we made it to SFO, Todd and Gordy cruised around the city while I worked, hanging out with the sea lions at Pier 39 and riding trolleys with Tutu.
And then, once I finished working, more trolley rides and sea lions.
We even managed to recreate an old photo from when I was a kid with our little threesome.
As much fun as the city was, we were all pretty happy to spend some time in Piedmont with Gordy's Tutu, Pop Pop, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. We warmed ourselves up by the fire a few times, took warm/cozy naps, ate lots of yummy food, celebrated Pop Pop's birthday (a couple of times), had a fun baby play-date in the redwood forest, enjoyed great company, and did our best to keep warm!
One of the best things about our trip was watching Gordy and his cousin Adels play together. They'd only met once before when Gordy was about a month old, but they seemed to become good friends pretty quickly :)
Before we hopped on our plane, we took one last ride on BART and said Aloha to Piedmont/SFO.
We were sad to say goodbye to our wonderful family, but we hope to see you all again soon!
