our fun day

 

the monkey comes into sight & our bean lights up. smiles. reaches for him.

brian was off for MLK (though - bless him! - he did go in & work several hours). we went out for breakfast. & then later the weather was amazing. so we took a walk @ lunch; then after naps, we hit a local park. we parked @ the rec center & took a special "hike" around to the playground. garrett loved this b/c he got to "march" through the gravel, wet sandy mud, through a tunnel & past the water.

 

he ran like crazy & climbed. he went down slides. he's hard to slow down, but we did manage to get a few shots. i mean, are you kidding me? i love my little crew. it was so great to be together - just the 4 of us - today & spend some time playing (we did NO chores!) & having fun!

 

 

toboggan

 

reading before bed w/ daddy.

the kids were both so exhausted tonight.

but garrett doesn't pass on reading. especially getting to read w/ daddy. daddy's kind of a big deal around here. :)

b/f they sat down to read, the monkey had put on his new toboggan - lightin' mcqueen! - that he received for christmas. he wouldn't take it off until it was time to go to bed. his hair was still wet from his bath, but he was SWEATING under there b/c he'd been running around playing w/ it on too.

 

 

she adores him

 

i love it. he was making her laugh.

these days if Lucy starts to get upset, Garrett runs over & shakes his hands in her face & says, "doodoodoodoo, baby!" like it's a spell & he's casting it on her to get her to stop fussing. so sweet to see how he's responding to her now too...when she reaches over & touches him, he laughs. when they're sitting side by side & she's looking @ him, he'll get shy & won't look back @ her. so sweet!!! if i carry them both down the stairs, she stares @ him the entire way & will have the most giant open mouth smile on her face. i love how they're responding to one another.

our prayer really is that they will always enjoy the company of one another & any future little ones. i think we're off to a good start. :)

look! i've got toes.

 

lucy loo found her toesies today. but she's only interested if her feet aren't covered (hence no pj's from the waist down.)

she's intentionally reaching for everything around her. no more holding her on your lap while you're trying to eat.

garrett counted his toes today. he came up with 7.

BUT! garrett also counted to ten all alone today!

did i mention it? how much i love my job? :) ah, my babies.

special visitors

 

earlier this week my grandmother, aunt sybil & her son (david) came to see us. they were bringing my great aunt down to visit her daughter (who lives nearby). it was a nice surprise in our week. my kids always love having company - hands to care for them, people to play chase (with garrett!). since we don't live near either of our families, i'm always happy for the opportunity to have the kids be w/ them - even if it's just a short while. garrett's definitely @ the age where he remembers things about it all & talks about it afterwards!

mom maw, sybil & david - thank you for coming to stay w/ us & loving on mr garrett & miss lucy lynn while you were here!

(a little) snow day

 

this AM while lucy was sleeping, G & i stepped out to play in the little bit of snow that fell last night.

clearly, we are not equipped to dress for the snow, though. G did get some gloves for christmas, but they just hang on his little hands. no snow boots, well, because it basically NEVER snows here. so i put together a makeshift get-up...

he loved running around in the snow, even sliding down the little curb in the church parking lot. he liked marching & seeing his boot prints - & mine - in the snow; he would turn around & walk back on top of them. he didn't love it @ the end though - his hands WERE getting cold. so we only lasted about a half hour, but it was alot of fun!

sunshine

 

this little boy & his baby sister...they're my sunshine!

this AM, lucy was a fussy gussy...while i was holding her, G looked @ me & said, "sunshine noise!" see, when G was itty bitty & would fuss; & now @ L's naps & then @ night when we put them both to bed, i/we sing "you are my sunshine" to them. so..."sunshine noise!" to garrett was obvious when his little sister was having a hard moment. so i sang - to them both, as best i could w/ my cold! - & she got quiet & G gave me the biggest smile - an enormous ray of sunshine in my day!

then later in the AM, G was playing w/ his dr kit. he closed it up & walked away, saying "bye bye!" then he came back waving hello to me. i said, "hello, dr roy!" (our ped who G talks about all the time. G starts laughing so hard as i'm saying...) "how are you today? are you going to listen to my heart, dr roy? or take my temperature? i'm so happy to see you, dr roy!" he throws his head back & said, "oh beff!"

hahahahaha!!!

brian said, "oh beth" when we were driving from NC to TN over the holidays & G totally picked up on it. he says it quite frequently now & knows how hard we laugh @ him when he does. but the funniest thing is that he says it @ the right moments. his little sense of humor - LOVE him! :-)


garrett's also so proud when he *shares* with lucy - he often points it out to me when he's done it. :-) this AM the best way he could find to share with lucy was to just lay his pooh book & doodle pro on top of her! the other day he shared something w/ her & then immediately yelled "mice!" (his word for 'mine') - as if she had actually taken it from him in the first place.