Turning into a big boy

Garrett is a Momma's boy for sure. He loves getting snuggles and must be held when going to sleep. It's not often we can lay him down in bed and not have him realize we are sneaking away. His baby radar operates 24/7. He loves when I nibble on his neck and giggles that precious baby laugh.


He is turning into such a big boy. Here are some of his more recent pictures. His friend Jenna was born a week before him (although he was due first). She has severe hearing loss and is learning sign language and at 1 year the insurance will cover her hearing implant. I've been doing signs with Garrett though probably not nearly as many as Jenna knows. He can tell her "milk" and "change". She can tell him "Step off dude, this is my Binky".

Just a few days ago I was making dinner and he was watching me in the high chair. I don't know how exactly it happened, but both clips on his restraint came undone and when I turned around he looked at me smiling and leaned forward right out of the chair. It all happened in slow motion and he had his first fall. He hit his brow on the leg of the rolling chair so it looks as if he's perpetually worried. Michael kept ice on it so the bruising was minimal. I'm keeping antibiotic ointment on it to keep it from scarring.

From the swing hook in the living room we have hung his baby bouncer that normally goes over the doorway. Since he has much more room to move Garrett has learned how to hop in a circle. Hunter showed him how to do it and now he can get going on his own. Hunter would play with him both of them running in circles and laughing and you weren't quite sure who was chasing whom.