Vacuuming with Mommy

Sunday night, I decided to vacuum, or "ba-boom" as Garrett calls it. He was fascinated by what I was doing, so I asked if he would help me. The next thing I know, I look over and he's got Dusty the Talking Vacuum, and he's going over everything I've already vacuumed. For the next 5 minutes this was all we did. He's such a great little helper!

Daddoo's

Garrett loves to go in the bathroom, open my "hair care" drawer and play with my "daddoo's", as he calls them (brushes, clips, hair dryer, etc...). He found this pink elastic headband and kept trying to put it on. So of course I helped him out. Once I got it on, I laughed so hard! And the more I laughed the more he wanted it on! Here's one of the pics of him with this headband on, and he was loving it!

Once the headband was on, he would run from the bathroom, then run back in and rip it off so that I could help him put it back on. He repeated this many times, leaving mommy in hysterics!

I know, I know. Pink is not his color.

Garrett LOVES water...

Garrett loves taking baths and loves swimming. Splashing is the most fun, and the wetter everything gets, the better! Here, I came home from work one night and Doug was giving Garrett a bath in the utility tub in the laundry room. Since he's outgrown his toddler tub, and we haven't installed the new bathtub yet, this worked perfectly!

On Friday, June 20th, It was pretty hot outside so we turned on the sprinkler and let Garrett run loose! He kept trying to drink from the streams of water coming out. What a ham!

Finally! A new computer!

I'm finally in the 21st century with technology! We finally got a new computer and I'm able to upload images and video to Garrett's blog, literally at the touch of a button! Here are some more recent pics to show how much he's grown since my last posting.

Daddy and Garrett sporting "new do's" (via the vacuum)

As most people who know us know, Garrett is obsessed with vacuum cleaners, mostly calling them "buttis". Finally I broke down and got him his own "buttis", Dusty the Talking Vacuum.

Here he is, not even waiting for a diaper after his bath, to play with his new toy.

Lately Garrett just loves to hug Kyanne, our cat. He likes to pin her down and lay on her, and she's really great about it. She will usually just tolerate it until he's done, or until he loosens his grip to escape at an opportune moment.

Where has the time gone?!

I can't believe it's been 4 months since that last post! Here's some pics to give you an update:

DeGraaf Family Photo 10-06-07

Garrett enjoying his first time on a swing


August frolic in the grass


Garrett's First Halloween-unfortunately he
hated his costume.

Playing in the toy basket


Being silly in the Pack-N-Play



Just too adorable!



Garrett's First Haircut (Cuts By Nana :) )


Sleepy boy




Fall frolic in the leaves (can you believe this
was our backyard?)
So smiley



Garrett's First Birthday (and Christmas :) )




Bananas for bananas


Our trip to Hilton Head Island, S.C.-
Doug helping Garrett tour the beach

Look! Four top teeth!

Garrett wearing Nana's hat

Garrett also has been talking up a storm! He says about 15 words:

Mama

Dada

Nana (grandma/banana)

ba-ba (baby/bye-bye)

baah (ball)

bish (brush)

Papa (grandpa/puppy)

no (self explanatory)

hot

oss (eyes)

pees (please)

bath

oose (juice)

He's learning so much so fast. I try to get him to say new words everyday, and most of the time he says what I ask the first time, but he can't repeat it. Ususally if we're trying to get him to say a two syllable word that he can't figure out how to say, he says "da-da" instead.

Time to get back on track

Well, It's been a while since I've written anything or posted pics on Garrett's blog, but we're still here! Since I have a second, I thought I'd try to update everyone on Garrett's crazy busy life. Since July, Garrett has learned so much! I'll try to keep it short since there is a lot of info.

-August 1st- Garrett started crawling!
-August 12th/13th- He was able to go from crawling position to sitting up and back again.
-August 13th- Garrett started pulling up on furniture to standing and also started walking (though somewhat wobbly) when holding on to your hands.
-August 24th- Garrett cut his 1st tooth!
-August 26th- Said "mama" for the first time ( I melted!).
-September 2nd- cut 2nd tooth!
-September 19th- Garrett first started to pick up finger foods and put them in his mouth (knowing that they were supposed to go there).
Mid-September-Mommy got sick and we discovered that when Mommy coughed Garrett would do a "fake" cough. Now he will "fake" cough when we say "cough-cough". It's really cute!
November 13th/14th-cut 3rd tooth! But it's not his front top teeth. He's actually getting the teeth just outside of them, so it looks like fangs coming in!

Garrett started getting sick towards the beginning of October. After the first week, I took him to the doctor just to make sure he wasn't getting an ear infection. The doctor said he was looking good. Well, it's been over 6 weeks and we're on the 2nd antibiotic and he's FINALLY starting to get better. It just got so bad that he got a little sinus infection that didn't go away after the first round of antibiotics. Now he can actually suck on his pacifier or drink a bottle without the snorting sound of blocked sinuses. So we're very happy that he's feeling better.

Garrett also had his first Halloween! I took him the weekend before to my parents in Muskegon and put on the costume then so that they could see him in it. He was so cute and I was very relieved that the many more times he was put in the costume, he didn't cry! (The first time was a disaster).

Doug and I have been working on talking with him. He loves our cats and everytime he pets them, we tell him its a kitty. Well, after so many times of telling him it was a kitty, he started saying "kee" or "kee-kee". I still think that counts as his first word (besides sounds of "mama" and "dada"), but Doug disagrees. Since then, we've also been trying "doggie", and he's come close a couple times, but he's just not a consistant talker yet.

Garrett has also discovered the phone. Whenever Doug or I isn't home, but the other is, and we call each other, we'll give the phone to Garrett so he can hear us talking to him. Now he will pick up the phone and hold it to his ear (usually backwards and upside down) when we say "hello". Time for pics!

July 4th

On the Fourth of July, we took Garrett to the cottage for the first time. We tried to get him to go swimming, but right after this picture was taken, he started crying. I think the water was just a little too cold for swimming.