Guess who is one!!

 Garret turned 1 on June 15th :) yes I'm a little late but we are having so much fun this summer I do NOT want it to end!! Going swimming lots and tons of fire works!! Anyways that is all to come but I figured I better pick up where I left off so here is the party!! I was so excited for this party!! It was fun to get the family together!! Zach whole family came including his grandma betty, and then my whole family including michelle that came from logan and my grandparents this is one loved little guy!!

 My mom and I made a cute banner that had garrets picture of every month it

was fun to see how much he has grown!!

 And of course cousin's helping open presents!! Landen and Carter are so cute with Garret

they are always making sure he is part of the action by giving him a fry or a toy... What ever they

are doing Garret is right there so it's so nice that they are so cute with him

 He got so many things he liked he kepts going from one thing to the next, he didn't really

know what to do it was so cute and funny!!

 My mom and dad got him a wagon so here is Landen helping Zach put it together. 

Landen loves putting stuff together and he's really good about it too!!

 Garret did NOT like the cake on his hands!! It started out as just rubbing it around in

his hands and he freaked out and put it all over his face, sorry didn't get a picture of that but

it was bad enough he was then taken for a quick bath haha

 After his bath he was excited to get back out so we put him in the wagon he seemed to

 like it at first but then....

 He HATED it haha once everyone was gone we tried it again and he loved he... He now

every night walks to the door and points because he wants to go for his wagon ride.  I don't know what we are going to do in the winter it could be bad!!

 Zach parents got him this cute camo chair he loves, we sit in it and watch dad mow the lawn,

he feels like a big boy in it!!

 They also got this lawn mower for him he loves it too!! He takes it all over our house

 Then here he is the end of his birthday with his sippy of milk...

Great way to end the day hu!!

 I had to add this picture to show how cute my boys are... when zach is home Garret is every where he goes!!  This was the other day when it was raining Garret wanted to go out in it so here he is bare foot and all walking in the rain and he loved it!!

Some things about Garret are he LOVES food!!! I can't even tell you what his favorite foods are because he eats everything!  I could have just fed him a big lunch and then when I sit down to eat he's right there wanting some of mine haha 

He says ink for drink

uh oh if he drops something

and I'm pretty sure he said cookie the other day at the swimming pool when Carter was eating one

A month ago he hated swimming pools but now he loves them we have actually gone the last

two day and I bet he could go again today

He doesn't like people... He's a big mama's boy unless dad is home.   He will go to his

grandpa's but has to warm up to grandma's and it takes awhile

He walks every where none stop.  He walks until he falls asleep, he'll all the sudden

sit down and fall asleep. 

He loves to read!! All of his books are in a little corner and he'll bring one to me, put his arms up for me to pick him up and we sit and read... his favorite ones are the ones you can feel stuff

All in all this little boy keeps me busy but I love it and can't imagine it any other way!!! I'm so blessed to be able to stay at home with him and have a hard working husband that after he works all day comes home and plays hard with garret!! 

As I said in the begining I've got alot of catching up to do but I've got to get pictures from my dad so that will hopefully happen soon!! Stay tuned :)

A little bit of everything!!!

Garret is getting so big!!! He is so much fun!! This kind of became his spot on the couch, he would sit between me and zach Here he is in his carhart jacket, it keeps him so warm and makes him look just like a little man
Garret is now close to 10 months and I can't believe how fast it is going, sometimes I wish it would slow down but other times I am so excited to see what he is going to learn or do next!! He isn't quiet crawling yet it's more like an army move but mostly he just loves to walk around like this. Once he figured out he could walk around like this it was over, he thinks it's the best thing in the world!!


We also moved, yes from the outside this house looks pretty bad but inside it was quiet nice and we really liked living there!! We lived there for about a year and a half, the only problem we had was we were on a very busy 4 way stop and in the middle of the night trucks loved to treat it as a race way and it was very loud at 4 in the morning!! When it was just me and zach it didn't bother us much but then little Garret came around and i don't think he ever really got used to it, they would wake him up from time to time. So then a cute little farm house became available in out same ward and we just couldn't pass it up!! We love our ward and this little farm house is just right for us!! It is 3 bedrooms, with a bathtub (something I didn't have before a missed badly) it also has a big back yard and a fire pit. I love how quiet it is, there is a dairy farm right behind us so yes sometimes outside you get a nice smell but so far it has never come inside. This is us on moving day, it was pretty windy there was a storm moving in but thankfully we beat it!! I will post pictures of our new home soon!!

On my mom's spring break we went to the zoo, ever since I had Garret I have been so excited to take him with his cousin's places and the zoo was so much fun!! Garret actually really liked it and he LOVES his cousins so he would want his stroller right by their wagon so he could mumble to them. This is my mom, sister and her kids on the mary go round.

And here we are in front of it

Garret by the time we were about to leave we were just going to ride the train real quick CRASHED. He was having so much fun he wouldn't fall asleep in the stroller so my mom started holding him and it didn't take long, he was out. Only for a cat nap though he knew something was going on and he was missing it because he was only asleep for about 20 minutes.

After the zoo Garret and I went to my moms and colored easter eggs. He could not take his eyes off the egg in the coloring it was funny he watched every minute and when I pulled it out he wanted to hold it so bad but he was so good and let us just put it in his little basket

That saturday we went to my mom's for her easter egg hunt, my dad took all those pictures so when I get them I will post some!! It was fun, of course Garret didn't really get it but I sure had fun carrying him and finding the eggs!! Here he is with his dad and our basket that my parents gave us, it was fun of candy and fun things for Garret like bubbles and books, and can't forget the tooth brush now that we have teeth!! He has two on the bottom and the two on the top just came through thankfully!! Those where killing us!!!

For Sunday I found the cutest little church outfit at shopko and it wasn't very expensive either! Mostly because I waited till last minute but hey they still had his size. Here he is with his eggs we colored at grandma's.

I love this next picture because he has so many facial expresions!!! I think in this one he's thinking what is she doing!!!

At zach's mom's she had this cute little elmo easter basket, he loves elmo!!! And again thinking what are they doing!! After he opened it we had the anual easter egg hut there and it's a crazy one!! Zach acts like the eggs are full of money but hey a dollar bill is a dollar bill!!! His mom hides over 50 eggs and they make sure to write down where all of them are hidden due to other years not finding them all and days later still looking for them haha it's a fun tradition!!

This easter I am filled with such love for my savior for giving me such wonderful families!! The one I was born into, the one I married into and now my little family!! Garret brings such a wonderful spirit in our home and fills my heart with such love and joy I never thought was there!! I am so blessed!! I try to soak up every moment!!!

catching up!!

I must say I'm sorry for waiting so long to post some pictures, we have just been so busy and I finally found some time to make a post. A long post but hey at least I'm here and doing it right!! Well we have started solid foods, Garret was really not sure about it at first but he loves it now and knows exactly when it is time. I can't even put a bib on him to catch spit without him thinking it's for food haha
The picture below was our first attempt of carrots. It took a little while for him to decide that they were okay but until that point his hands were everywhere!!! Even with this mess all over him he's still stinking cute!!!

He also knows when we are eating and will not let you eat without him staring you down. He has also started to make a bitting motion with his mouth when we are eating, we think it's pretty funny like he's chewing his toung or something.

We had a good halloween, my mom got matching shirts for all the cousins, they were impessed because they glowed in the dark and Landen was really excited he got to hold cousin Garret. He is so cute with him he likes to show him his toys and give Garret things to play with, Carter on the other hand is not so sure. He just kind of stares at him, sometimes he will wave or laugh at him but most of the time he's just looking to see where he is and what he is doing.

Garret was a pumpkin for halloween, Zach and I found this costume and fell in love with it!!! He was just a big round ball.

Thanks to Zach's wonderful cousin Traci we got some entertainment for Garret he was getting pretty bored of his toys we had and due to Traci having twins before she had one we could have. At first he wasn't sure he would just kind of stand there and jump every now and then because this one you can jump in but now he is spinning around like crazy and can't get enough out of everything around him. Everytime he turns it's like he's suprised to see whats on the other side even though he has seen it before.

This picture below was the end of the day on Thanksgiving and we were all tired from a wonderful dinner with the Warr side, Garret especially!!! This cuddling action doesn't happen with dad very often so he was soaking it up. I love these two boys!! Don't know what I'd do without them!!

My mom got this funny shirt for Garret!! He's so fat he always looks stuffed!!!

My wonderful little family!! It was such a good day and a good weekend zach had 4 days off of work and it was so nice to spend time with him and both of our families. The night before thanksgiving we went to the festival of trees with my family, I will post some pictures of that when I get them, but that was alot of fun Garret couldn't get enough of the lights on the trees. Can't wait to take him to Christmas Villiage with all the lights!!!

Garret 3 month

These were taken almost a month ago when Garret was 3 months old. I can't believe he is already almost 4 months!! Anyways I wanted pictures of him but didn't really want to pay so we kind of made up our own at my parents house because my dad has a pretty good camera for work. I personally think they turned out very cute!! This was just a fun fast one he more looks suprised that the basket ball is as big as he is haha but soon enough dad will have him bouncing the ball and getting ready to play. If he doesn't take his hight from his mom that is!!
Garret LOVES his baths!! We don't have a tub but we make it work. We do have a plastic tub that can go over the sink that my sister is letting us borrow ( thank you tiff ) but on this day we just decided to try this out. It did the job but we will be getting out the plastic one for now. Doesn't he look so sweet!!! haha

Garret also loves anything soft!! He will stick his face into it. And if he's not doing that he's got ahold of it so that it's by his fast. And if he doesn't have a blanket he is soaking mom's shirt rubbing against my shoulder.

Here we are one morning just after I got ready for the day and now it's time to get him ready for the day. As you can see he LOVES the tv. Probably because of the colors but his favorite is football!! Thats my boy!!!

And this picture was taken the morning zach was headed to go hunting for 5 days. Can you tell who garret looks like? Pretty sure all he got from his mama are the color of his eyes!! The rest is ALL dad!!! Thats okay though cause we already know he's going to be one hansom boy!!

Tour Of Utah

A while back we went and watched Tour of Utah when they were doing the North Ogden portion of it. It was so much fun to see the guys we watch on tv or read about!! Zach has always loved biking but he has got me watching it now and it's quiet interesting!! We both have bikes and yes Zach's has been used a little more than mine but thats what a baby will do to you!! Anyways here we are on a beautiful summer day waiting for them. We were at the top of the divide we wanted to watch them finish the climb. As you can see Garret was very into it!! He was such a good boy!!!
And here they come!! These are the guys that were fighting for the points of the first man up the mountain. One guy stood up and screamed and he won it!!

Some of the leaders

And now for the peleton. This is the big group that is chasing the leaders.

After we watched them do the second climb (they did this climb 3 times) we went to a park to eat lunch and then we went to the bottom of the divide to watch the decent. Which if I did again I would be on the other side of the road!! Those cars are nuts trying to keep up with their cyclist and I was pretty sure one was going to roll right into us!! Of course it didn't happen but hearing the tires squeel was not so comforting!! Here is garret now awake just laying in the trunk. He loved being outside!

And here come the leaders

This next guy's tire popped right in front of us. Scary time to get a flat coming down that hill but they had the tire changed and him on his way in about 30 seconds it was awesome to watch

This picture doesn't even show just how fast they were going!! I now beg Zach to NEVER go that fast!!

Everyone had bells they were ringing and there were people from every where!! The people we were by were from California. All in all it was a fun day!!