Visiting Grandma Mary

When we go to visit Grandma Mary, it's always an adventure...
An adventure in FASHION!

Pooped out from learning to crawl.

Flashing my new bottom row chompers!

So far, this week has been pretty fun. Garrett is almost always in a good mood, he sits up all on his own, and he can play by himself for increasing amounts of time. His new independence offers me more opportunities to get stuff done around the house during the day and spend more family time with him and Cal at night.

Happily, my little guy likes to go shopping with me, much like his dad. We have been out shopping frequently to pass the time of our days and I have a feeling that we'll be doing lots of that considering there are no job prospects on the horizon. So how should I do this? Instead of buying my whole week's worth of groceries in one shot, should I go each morning? I like that idea...sort of.

Learning to Drink and Chew!

We've been using sippy cups for a while now, but we tried to drink juice from a regular cup this week. It wasn't a rousing success, but he wasn't opposed to it either.

Recently, Garrett has been starting down the road of solid foods. Like, real solids, not the pureed stuff. Here is a video clip of him learning how to chew his food.

And here is Garrett learning to type:


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Lots of pictures and visits!

Most recently, Garrett and I took pictures on the floor. He was in a very good mood yesterday and really enjoyed watching the flash of the camera. What a sweet kid.

Another of my favorites

Our first take!

Here is Garrett learning to stand. He can pull himself up using his exersaucer and gets as far as his knees. When Mom or Dad hangs on to his hands, he can get to his feet.

"Baa, ba, ba, ba!"

Getting to know Walker...

Here is Garrett with Grandma and Grandpa's dog. They get along pretty well.

But you wouldn't know it in this picture!

Meeting Cousin Cecilia from Colorado!

Garrett liked grabbing her bare feet. He was fascinated by the way they wiggled around.

Still totally fascinated. Garrett doesn't get to meet babies all that often, especially growling ones.
"Put that thing back in its cage!"