Easter Weekend!

This weekend, Garrett received a visit from the Easter Bunny while he was visiting Grandma and Grandpa's farm! Just look at the little snot nosed egg hunter!

He started out strong! He was grabbing all the eggs he could find!

Even eggs that were all the way down on the ground!

Then disaster struck...Garrett discovered that the Easter grass was far more fun than picking up eggs.

Besides, why go hunting for eggs when you can steal them from your cousin Ben?!

Seriously, it took forever to get this shot...

Garrett had an opportunity to interact with the locals...

Snowmobiling Weekend

Garrett kept distracting me in the car! This is what I would see whenever I looked in the backseat to check on him. Luckily, Cal was driving. However, G tried to entice him, as well!

The gruesome twosome!
G's cousin Braydon had this cool dump truck toy that they could ride two up. They were adorable, if not a little difficult to capture on film.

Week of Super Growth! Plus 9 Month Stats

Well last week was awful! Baby G was ridiculously (using your best Derek Zoolander voice) crabby and cried constantly! Well, now we know why! In just the past week, Garrett has acquired the following:

• Two front top teeth!
• The ability to crawl!
• The ability to stand up with straight legs and hands on the floor! (That was cool!)
  
• The ability to stand up and walk along using the furniture or miscellaneous parents!
• The ability to clap!
• And the ability to wave bye bye!

Well, you can hardly fault the guy for being so pissy. I'd be uncomfortable, too, in the middle of such a growth spurt. The picture for this post is the result of his new ability to crawl and he landed his butt right in the bottom of his exersaucer. Weirdo.

Oddly enough, even with all this growth, his 9 month statistics are surprising! As follows:

Height: 27.5 inches (up from 26 inches at 6 months)
Weight: 19lbs. 11oz. (up from 18lbs even at 6 months)

I really would have thought that he would have broken the 20 pound barrier at this point. Cal asked if we need to feed him better! I guess the good part is that his 6-9 month clothes still fit him well.

Fun at IKEA!

Garrett had his first trip to IKEA today! He loved it! We got to sit in their cafe to eat cheerios and drink apple juice. Here he is watching the cars go by through the big windows overlooking the Mall of America.

PS: Shopping at IKEA is great when it's the middle of the day on a weekday.

Learning Gross Motor Skills

Recently, Garrett has been learning to stand and crawl. The standing video is a little old as he stands much better now.




This video shows Garrett "crawling", but only if you define crawling as pushing himself backwards on a slippery floor. It's the best he can do, give the kid a break.



After I took this video, we went out and bought a gate for that doorway!

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.