7 months!

Garrett is 7 months! He got his 8th tooth and has been doing GREAT at sleeping through the night. (Yay!) Here's his 7 month photos, plus a couple extras.

And a video, if it works...

update

Wow, we haven't posted since Christmas? Well, we've been doing great. Garrett will be 7 months on Friday and currently is up to 7 teeth (ouch!). He has been experimenting with eating different foods like pieces of cracker and soft veggies. He likes everything but barley cereal. :-) He is working on crawling/scooting with little succuss so far. He mostly rolls around, which gets the job done. He's just over 17 lbs.

Kevin, Kerry, Emily, Noah, Luke, and Lydia came for a working visit in the middle of January. It was so great to see them! They are all getting so big and mature. We love you all!

DCC is going well. We've been planning several things for 2009. We have a guest speaker coming this Friday, and a 2-day conference with some Deaf evangelists at the end of March. We also have a School of Leaders class moving right along and a Monday night Bible study!

Here's some of the latest pictures...

Valentine's day card full of dimes from Great Grandma Stensby

6 months old (Jan. 20)

Look out, Sebastian! This kid is comin' for ya!

I love carrots!

Emily & Lydia- what beautiful ladies!

The rest of the gang, including Hershey...

Our main peeps at DCC: Connie, Bev, Bill, & Martha

Christmas

Saturday after Blake got off work we drove up to Minneapolis. In one night, we went from 30 degrees to negative 13! Talk about a cold snap. We visited Blake's grandparents there and also my friend Jenn and her family. We also went to dinner at a Japanese steak house- yum!

Peek-a-boo!

Great Grandma Healy

Then, we went to Frederic, WI for the rest of the week. We had a nice time visiting with family, some of whom had not yet seen Garrett. He was of course spoiled with love and gifts. We all went to a movie on Christmas day- Benjamin Button. Garrett slept for almost the whole thing, then ate for the last 20 minutes. It could not have gone better! We had a very nice week up north and now are back in our routine- also nice! :-)

Sabastian had a great week up there, too! Here he is on his favorite rug.

Open the present, Garrett!

Somebody loves Aunt Casey

Great Grandma Stensby

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! It was my first time hosting, and we had 13 including Garrett. Boni and Casey came down from Wisconsin/Minnesota, Shawn, Lisa, Kelly and Katey came down from Winthrop Harbor, Mom and Dad came from Quincy, and Sam and Rachel came from State Street. :-) I greatly apreciate all of the help; I couldn't have made it otherwise. Thanksgiving dinner was quite delicious and I think we all ate too much! As always, here's some pictures. Sorry I don't have pictures of actual Thanksgiving dinner!

Aunt Casey

Grandma Boni

Grandma and cousins

Hi Kelly!

Look out Katey, he'll get you!




camo smiles

4 months old

Garrett is 4 months old today! His new skills include grabbing his feet & blowing raspberries. We let him try some baby cereal and home made food this past week or so. I have begun to make & freeze baby food while I look for a full time job. It's great to be home with him for now. Other news is that we got a "new" car- 4 doors!

Notice his "t" fingers like Mom, Grandma, & Great Grandpa Reed

Go Packers!

Baby's first food- rice cereal

4 months old!

Look at my 2 teeth!

Garrett's Latest Moments

Garrett's latest milestone- he cut a tooth last night! Hard to believe it at just 3 1/2 months. He is pulling everything into his mouth and drooling plenty these days. I think baby cereal is not too far away- Perhaps that'll be his Thanksgiving dinner. ;-) His diet of Mama's milk is going to be expanding. He has also rolled over a couple times from his belly to back, and seems very close to rolling the other way.

Holding his own bottle

Garrett loves playing in his walker!


a "kiss" for Dad

3 months old

sitting in Mom's old toddler rocker

Hannibal & home photo shoot

This past Sunday, we went to see Grandma Reed preach in Hannibal. Next Sunday will be her last. She did a wonderful job, and it's very apparent that she is well-loved there. Blake and I signed Amazing Grace for the congregation, and we also had Grandma pray for Garrett.

Here's a home photo shoot...