Recent Happenings

Well, Garrison keeps growing. They said he would. It's crazy that he's already 6 months old. He started sitting up on his own last week. Another first is eating pears. He's still not completely sold on them - maybe it's the texture. Going from silky smooth to gritty mash can't be easy.





We also took a little trip down to Louisville this past weekend. We got to stop by and see GG a couple times.



And Garrison went for his first horse ride. He was pretty happy about that.





The rest are just shots of the G-man being his cool self.







With cousin Delaina.


Go cubs.

Easy, Tiger

Garrison gets a little hostile if you joke about taking his Ale away.



Of course, if you give him Ale, well then you're the best person in the world. If you look close, there's even some drool coming down the corner of his mouth. We understand.

From July 4th on....

What a difference a year makes! It was last July 4th that we found out our lives were going to change. Last year I was holding a pee stick, now look at what I get to hold!

On July 5th, our little man rolled over for the first time. Now we can't keep him on his back. He gets frustrated though, because he doesn't like being on his belly and can't figure out how to roll back to his back. Silly boy! Maybe if his cheeks weren't so big. Hmmmm......



So we were all hanging out one evening just relaxing and I realized that I was seeing double. Like father like son....



Here he is playing with a sunbeam. I love how everything is so fascinating at this age. It was so precious I had Jeremy take a picture of it, but he had to crop part of the picture out. What we didn't realize at first was that he had all sorts of poop that came out his diaper in the back. That was not so precious....



The rest are just some great pics:

Weekend in the 'Ville

We went down to Louisville last weekend for a little family time. Got to celebrate father's day (belated) with our fathers - which was quite nice. Below are some shots of the G-man from the visit.

J

With Pop




Getting some love from cousin Ethan

"I four months old"

Yes. It's true. Garrison is four months old. He tells us every day, practically. Walking around the apartment, swinging Snickers by the tail and telling us he's four months old. Crazy kid. We went for his four-month check up this past Friday. He's 50th percentile in head circumference and weight (14lb, 10oz), but >75th percentile in length. Also zeroeth percentile in liking shots. Poor guy. He's become a little more vocal - squealed for the first time a couple days ago, at a stuffed dog just minding its business in a basket. And you don't have to be hiding behind anything in order to say "BOO!!" to him. He likes it even when you're just looking at him and say it. I guess he ain't scarred. Below are some recent photos. I've got a lot more so I'll post more in the next few days.

J



He likes Rach a lot.


J and the G-man.


First bath without the little seat.


"I like doughnuts."

A week of grandparents

Well, we had the delight of grandparents visiting all week. Dennis and Kathy came up Sunday evening and stayed with us until Thursday morning. Then my folks came up Friday and stayed until Monday morning. Needless to say, Garrison got off schedule a little. Not a big deal though. And it's not like we can deny the grandparents a little love time just to keep to a schedule. Schedule schmedule. So following are some shots from theirs visits, along with a few I've been shooting over the past couple weeks.

With Pop on the Harley


With Nanna in the coffee shop


With Pappa


Chillin' at home


Chillin' at the beach


Smiling because he loves his mommy






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Maybe I am a softy

I'm not one for calling little boys "cute", but...














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