New Favorite

Garrett loves the Jumparoo that he received from his Great-Aunt and cousins!

Play

Every day Garrett interacts with us and expresses his happiness through grins and contented sighs. The other day we were playing on the floor with his Ocean Wonders play mat. He really likes the inflated ball that makes jingly noises...


...while I like to watch his excitement as he learns to play.

**I should point out that yes, Garrett is wearing a Christmas outfit in October! We took some holiday pictures the other day, and this is what he wore. Good thing too because I'm fairly certain the outfit won't fit him in December!

Garrett First - Grabbing Toys

Now that I have the means to do so, I'll be posting clips of Garrett along with photos! Enjoy!

Here's a "first" video clip of Garrett! Steve and Garrett were playing together the other day & Steve noticed that Garrett grabbed on to one of the toys on the toy bar of his bouncer! This is the first time he has actually reached out and grabbed a toy to play with! It's been fun to watch Garrett as he has been discovering his hands. He likes to grab at things, and sometimes will be sitting contently while he gazes at his hands and opens/closes his fists.

Bittersweet

It's a sad week for me. This is the last week I will spend at home with Garrett before I head back to work full-time, and he starts daycare. Though I am looking forward to the freedom of getting out and about to see co-workers (new and old) and friends on a more regular basis, I'm sure I will experience some sad moments throughout the day when I will wish that he is there with me. It helps that we have chosen a daycare facility that we feel will be a safe, nurturing, loving environment for Garrett to spend his days...

I'm including this super-cute picture of Garrett's most recent bath time moment so that I'm not ending on a sad note. :-) He LOVES bath time! Doesn't he look laid back in his little tub?

Such a Cutie!

I was playing photographer over the weekend and got some fun pictures of Garrett hanging out with his daddy.

Here's our content baby...what a yawn!
It's hard to believe how fast Garrett is growing! I attempted to put him into one of his little outfits the other day & it was WAY too small! Figure I need to start pulling out some of his 3 month items before it's too late! Here's a cute froggy outfit he received from his Aunt Sandy!
There's a little frog on the bottom of the outfit - you can see it here with our friends Trepp and Laura.

Some Firsts for Garrett

Our little guy is growing every day! We weighed him a few days ago and were somewhat shocked to find that he's up to 11 pounds! I guess we shouldn't be surprised considering his chubby cheeks, double chin and jiggly thighs! He's experienced some firsts just this past week...

First time drinking from a bottle - he took to it really well:

First time to wear shoes - all dressed up for the baby shower thrown by Iowa Central:

First ride in his new swing (gift from the Distance Learning Group):

Garrett's First Jeans & Polo (gift from Grandma Jackson) - he's actually been wearing the jeans for a while now, but he looked like such a little man when we paired the jeans with the polo!

First bath without the newborn net. His bathtub (which came from his Fitzpatrick cousins in Rome) has a little net-like attachment that you can put baby on so he doesn't have to be completely submerged in the water (you can see the net, it now lies in the water as a cushiony seat). Now that he's over the weight limit for the net, we bathe him in the actual tub. It turns out that he much prefers to be sitting in the water instead of hovering over it!

Garrett is 1 Month Old!

It is so hard to believe that our little guy is already 1 month old! Here are some fun pics of him that we've snapped over the past few weeks:

This picture was taken on the day Garrett turned 1 month. He has always had good control of his neck, but now he's starting to look back/forth a lot more. He's also able to lift his head and turn from side to side when he's on his belly.

Family Picture - Garrett is just under 1 month old in this picture.

He is such a little snuggler!