Almost walking....

Garrison is one week away from his First Birthday...I cannot believe it!! He takes a couple steps but then loses his confidence and sits down on his bottom. He is so fast with his crawling, that he is pretty content getting around without walking. Yesterday he was sitting on the kitchen floor and he stood up, without holding onto anything! He stood there for about 5 seconds and then sat back down. My family just happened to be there for Father's day so of course little man got lots of claps and praise. He was so proud of himself!

His favorite word seems to be "that." He points at everything and says that?..that?...that?...So we just name off all the different things. He is fascinated with lights and light switches. He can turn off the lights, but hasn't figured out how to turn it on. He says no, dog, mama, dada, and that. He comprehends alot more than he can speak at this age.

One of the cutest things he does is a head bump. We are not sure where he picked this up from, but instead of giving kisses he gives head bumps. So now instead of saying Can mama have a kiss?, we say Give mama a head bump and he leans forward and bumps his forehead to your face. He does the same thing to the cat. Luckily for Ross, Garrison has also figured out "be gentle" and instead of beating on the cat, he "gently" pats the cats back. I think maybe Ross is becoming less afraid of Garrison.

Garrison is such an easy baby, as I have stated from the beginning. He is starting to throw little temper tantrums, but hopefully with a bit of discipline on my part, that will stop soon (maybe I am dreaming). He can be wide awake, and I lay him in his crib at bedtime, and he will turn over onto his side and grab a stuffed animal and fall right to sleep. He also eats very well and we have cut back to only one bottle a day. All his other milk/formula he gets in his sippy. He eats every fruit and vegetable I give him. His favorites are strawberries, blackberrys, zuchini, and cauliflower. He also loves turkey meat. Please no moans and groans about him being so easy, and don't jinx me by saying baby #2 will be a terrible.... :)