Today Gavin celebrated his first big holiday - Easter! He tagged along with Jeff and me at church all morning. Jeff ran the sound booth for all three services while I rang in the handbell choir.

He was at church for a long time and was SUCH a good boy the entire time! He patiently sat in his car seat carrier while we practiced our handbell pieces bright and early at 7:30. He slept beside Gramma in a pew during the first service (she has a magic touch, after all) until the handbells were finished ringing halfway through and I brought him to the choir practice room to feed him. When the choir members started filtering in after the conclusion of the service, he was smiling for everyone.

During the first half of the second service, he stayed in the nursery and played with new toys. It was chaos with crying toddlers when I left him and I cried after leaving the room. When I returned after ringing during that service, though, all the kids had calmed down and Gavin was sitting in a bouncer staring in awe at the fishes with the other kids crowded around. It was so strange to see him in the middle of so many other kids since he hasn't been around other babies before.

I brought him to the back of the sanctuary to listen to the sermon and then around to the front so he could hear the magnificent Widor Toccata for the first time. I want to make sure he appreciates great music! After playing in the nursery and being awake for so long, he actually fell asleep (if he can sleep through a piece of music like that, he can sleep through ANYthing!). He stayed asleep the entire time he was in the nursery again during the third service and during the third sermon. His grumbling tummy woke him up by the end of the service and I brought him up to the front of the sanctuary again right in front of the organ and brass quintet to listen to the music. He seemed to enjoy it :).

After church, we returned home for lots of food with the family. He had a small Easter basket and was read his new little Easter story book.

Gavin's new favorite game to play is "airplane." We must warn anyone who wants to play this game with Gavin that he drops unexpected drool bombs! He's smiling all the time now and has the cutest laugh. This past week he also started touching toys with his hands. He still keeps his hands in fists, though, so it looks like he's punching his little frog toy. Check out the latest video of this and some other recent videos including Gavin sitting in his Bumbo!