Yummy, Yummy, I've got love in my tummy!

Garrett is a little over 5 months old and he had a taste of his first real food - rice cereal - this morning! The doctor told me at his 4 month appointment that anytime between 4 and 6 months, I could start feeding him cereal. But as you can see, he isn't starving so I decided to wait until now to get him hooked on food.

Dee fed him while I took these pictures. Max was eating oatmeal for breakfast and wanted in on the photo shoot - so here he is eating.

I also attached a picture of Max when he was about 4 months old eating rice cereal for the first time.

Splish! Splash! We were taking a bath!

I remember how much Max loved to take baths when he was a baby - he still does. Well, Garrett is no different. However, in the following video you wouldn't be able to tell - he looks so serious. Grandmama, this video is dedicated to you. P.S. We are saving Garrett's first kitchen sink bath when Grandmama comes home.

Witch's...I Mean...Girl's Night Out

Gina, Jessica and I made our traditional Autumn trip to Gardner Village for a girl's night out. They set up larger than life witches all throughout the grounds. Three of our friends joined us: Josephine, Kim and Holly. We enjoyed a night of window shopping, some real shopping, a good meal and great conversation. It was lots of fun.

Laughing...and...Teething

Garrett will sometimes get in a laughing mood when I am changing his diaper. This time was no exception. So I ran and got Sonia's flip video but as soon as I pointed the camera at Garrett he stopped laughing and would just stare at the camera. I called Sonia to come help. She took over the "camera woman" operation while I tried to get Garrett to start laughing again. Watch the video - by the time we took this video he was laughed out and although he does laugh, we missed the real funny laughing. We also tried to get a close up of his two new teeth; he likes to stick his tongue out when you try to look at his teeth - but you can get a glimpse of the two little "pieces of rice".

Jaxson's 6th Birthday

Jaxson turned 6 years old on Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Jessica planned a birthday party for him at their house and invited about 18 kids - she was brave or crazy. I took Max and Garrett and we took some pictures. It was a gloomy day. In fact, when I arrived at their house, I heard some thunder. Jessica was freaking out trying to figure out what she would do with 18+ people in her house and how to entertain them for an hour and a half. All the games she had planned were outside games. But luckily, the wind blew the clouds away and the sun came out a little later so they were able to have the party outside. You will be able to see how she decorated her backyard. Sonia also took some video so she will need to post it and Jessica will need to write more on the party details. Enjoy the photos and video!

Shhhh...don't tell Buddy and Grandmama!

So the other day when Jessica and her kids came over to go with Gina and her boys to Liberty Land, there was some downtime while they waited for the place to open. Needless to say, children will always find something to do to fill the time. Before we knew what was going on, we heard some thudding and then some laughter. We saw what the kids were doing and I had to quickly grab my flip video to catch it on film. Don't worry Mom and Dad, we made sure they weren't leaving stains on the carpet or hurting anything in the stairwell. Here's what we found them doing...

A Trip to Liberty Land

Today, Jessica, Jaxson, Sydney, Blake, Max and I went to Liberty Land. It is a fun center that opened up not too far from the house. I left Garrett at home with Dee. They have fun rides for the kids and adults. And we had 2 for 1 deals - so we decided to get the kids out of the house and to tire them out.

We took them on the bumper boats. Jaxson decided that he was big enough to ride the boat by himself. He just couldn't get himself away from the waterfall so he came out of the ride all wet.

We also took them on the race cars and Jaxson did really well for his first time behind a wheel. Watch out when he turns 16!
Then there was the roller coaster. I had to wait with Blake so Jessica went with Sydney and Max and Jaxson sat together. I forgot how fast it goes - I thought Jaxson could hold on to Max. Well, Jaxson was scared and held on for himself. It is hard to see, but Jessica has one arm around Sydney and then she is reaching in front of her holding on to Max. The roller coaster goes around 3 times and at the end of the 3rd time it comes to a very quick and hard stop - which they warn you. But Jessica was so concerned that Max would fly out that when they came to the stop, Sydney slid off her seat. But she was ok. In fact, she and I went again.



Then we let them play miniature golf. There wasn't anyone around so we had the pick of the greens. We let them play how they wanted to play and didn't keep score. We skipped some of the holes that looked more difficult for them. They even have a couple of holes that are played in "caves" - as you can see from the pictures.


They had so much fun. It wore them out. In fact, as I am writing this blog, Max is falling asleep on my lap.