Mr Popularity

In honor of Valentines day, I wanted to do a post about all of Gavin's fabulous friends!  One of the richest gifts that God has given us in our lives is the gift of our friends...and now that gift carries on with our son. 

Gavin's first friend is his wonderful girlfriend Alexis.  Matthew and I have known Alexis' parents for many years.  I grew up with her daddy and I have known her mama, Laura, since college.  When all of our friends were having kids at the same time about two years ago, Laura and I kept telling each other, "it will be our turn some day." And sure enough it was- the day Laura called to tell me that she was pregnant, I told her that I was pregnant too- our due dates were only a week apart!  We even took our birthing class and nursing class with Alexis' parents.  We were pretty sure that Gavin and Alexis would hit it off- and sure enough, they have. 

Alexis was one of Gavin's first visitors on the day that he was born.  She was only 13 days old and came to see her new boyfriend.  It was love at first sight!

Me and Gavin with Alexis and her mama...

Now that they are getting older, Alexis and Gavin's relationship has grown and they are quite the pair...

Enter Jackson:  Jackson is the son of another couple in our birthing class.  We hit it off with Jackon's parents too and have enjoyed getting to know them.  I think Jackson is the friendliest baby ever born. 

At one time, there was a rumor going around that Jackson was trying to steal Alexis from Gavin, but that's all water under the bridge.  Gavin and Jackson are besties now.  Three is NOT a crowd with this bunch :).  Just look at this cute little brat pack! 

Through the wonderful birthing class that we took, we were able to meet some other really neat couples.  It's amazing how watching birthing vidoes together and laying on the floor practicing relaxation techniques can bond people!  All of our babies were born between August and October so we have kept in touch and have even started a monthly "mom/baby" group.  These kiddo's are going to be good friends!!!

Look at these cuties:  Jackson, Juliette, Alexis, Gavin, Xander and Nolan

And here they are again, a month and a half later. 

We are also unbelievably blessed by some other friends in our life.  We waited until almost all of our friends had kids before we decided to try it out for ourselves.  All Gavin had to do was show up in this world and he already had a group of instant friends.  Gavin's the youngest of this group, but not for long!!!

God has blessed us with an amazing support system of friends and family and we feel so blessed to not only have people that love us, but our little boy too. 

But what's not to love about this little guy?!

"A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother."
Prov 18:24