Garrett's First Christmas

Garrett's first Christmas was a good one. We went to G'ma Vicki's on Christmas Eve to have dinner and open gifts. Garrett got all the tools he needs to complete his work bench that's in his room. Those will come in handy when he gets older. Maybe the house will actually get finished then?

We hung out around the house all day on Christmas. Liz put a turkey in the oven. Garrett played with his new toys. Aunti Dawn got him a doll of Snook that dances and talks when you hit the bongo. Garrett will need to be a little older before he can actually make Snook move, but he gets excited when Snook talks to him. G'pa Morris and G'ma Carolyn got Garrett a toy front end loader that will vibrate and move forward when you push a button. Garrett is a little scared of that one. Maybe when he's finally walking he won't be so intimidated.

But Garrett has PLENTY of toys for sure now.

Taken on our back porch Christmas Eve


Trying on his hard hat he got from G'ma Vicki


His new hard hat and tool belt


G'ma Vicki and her new coffee cup with Garrett's hand print on it


Me with a model of an F-15 from G'ma Vicki. When I finish it I'm going to hang it in Garrett's room


Giving G'ma Vicki a kiss


At G'ma Vicki's Christmas Eve


Garrett's first Christmas present on Christmas Day


"Hurry Mommy!"






We knew Garrett would love his new cars


Skyping with Auntie Dawn


Auntie Dawn got Garrett Snook with his bongo. You beat the bongo and Snook dances. Snook is from "It's a Big Big World" on PBS. Garrett loves Snook.


Skyping with Grandma Carolyn and Grandpa Morris


Yesterday, Liz went out shopping to spend some Christmas money while Garrett and I worked on the irrigation in the front yard. When we had to run to Home Depot I put the car seat in my truck, facing forward. It was a big day. Now Garrett doesn't seem so far away like he used to.

He also took a step yesterday! When he does something like that we can never duplicate it though. I even wonder if he knows what he did. Since he's gotten so efficient at crawling (Myron helps with that) he's probably in no hurry to walk yet.

Looks like we'll be in Vegas next weekend. Liz's Dad will be flying into Vegas to visit his family, so we're driving up. Most likely leaving New Years Day and spending at least one night. Hopefully Garrett will travel well on roughly a 6 1/2 hour drive (according to Google, but I think less). We'll be stopping by Hoover Dam for sure, so the trip up will be a little longer.