Garrett

Above: Garrett helping his dad dig up the back yard on the 4-wheeler... We had a hard time getting him off!
Below: Garrett loving on Taylie, a girl his age that I was babysitting

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I was just checking out other peoples' blogs, when I saw my blog being followed by Krista and it said my last update was 2 months ago! I've been meaning to update, knowing that its been a while, but SEEING it really hit home! Whenever I think about updating tho, I convince myself I have nothing to write about. So I'll write about the one thing I always have to talk about... GARRETT! I realized that the 2 things I've always feared worst about having kids, has happened to me. 1: before I had Garrett, I heard horror stories about kids pooping in their diaper then taking it off in the crib and having a great time with the 'finger paint' ...then it happened to me. I must admit, it was partly my fault, and I did learn my lesson: NEVER PUT A ONE AND A HALF (OR OLDER) CHILD TO BED WITHOUT PANTS! Luckily, I heard him saying "EW" and "YUCKY" so I checked on him before it got too out of control, if that's possible. That was not a fun afternoon for me... lots of disinfectant to say the least! 2: I have always hated it when the only word a child knows how to say is "NO". Again, its partly our fault because at this time of year, there are a lot of decorations that Garrett isn't allowed to touch, so he's been hearing the word a lot, but he says no for EVERYTHING! I hate it! How do you stop that?!?

Garrett's 1st Birthday!

This is Garrett's 1st birthday party! He had so much fun digging into his cake and opening gifts with his friends and cousins. If you try hard, you may be able to tell the the cake to the right is a rocking horse... I had to LOAD the frosting to make it look as much like a horse as possible, and I still was not very successful! :)

I can't believe how time flies! It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant with Garrett, but it was 2 years ago! And now we are going to attempt the whole thing again! Yes, I am pregnant, only about a month along. My sister, sister-in-law, and father-in-law all knew I was pregnant before I even told them! Krista told mom that I was going to be announcing my pregnancy soon and mom didn't think it would be for a while! Good guess, Krista! Better luck next time, mom!

Commencement!

I am finally starting my blog!! I don't know how well I will keep up on this, but I promise I will try! I did the myspace thing for a while, then I tried facebook (which I really didn't like), then the other day, I was explaining somthing I saw on Krista's blog to a high school girl, and she said, "What's a BLOG??!" So I explained that it's an adult form of myspace... and she asked if I had one, (...UMM...NO...) so I decided it was time for me to graduate into the 'adult form of myspace!'