First meal

It's hard to believe but the doctor told us Garner was ready for his first bowl of cereal. He loves to sit in his high chair and desperately wants to feed himself which ends in disaster and more cereal out than in. Here are some pictures of his first eats.

Beauty Shop

The topic of conversation about Garner usually revolves around his massive amount of hair. Matthew is very proud of it, he almost acts like he made it himself. Anytime Matthew gives Garner a bath he ends up spending a good bit of time styling Garner's wet hair as if they were at a 13 year old girl's slumber party. Here is the result of one of those styling sessions........

Ol' Garner, Striking Poses

Back in late October, when Garner was approaching two months old, Kim took him for his first pose session. These are a few of our favorites.

More Pictures

Maybe I'm blog happy today, or maybe I'm just excited because this is some of the first blog posts I've done, or maybe I'm just a proud mama but here are some pictures of Garner in his new favorite toy, his jumperoo.

Santa Clause Came to Town

Ok, so my Mom called Santa and had him swing by the house to surprise Garner and his two cousins, Sean and Aiden. Even though Garner and Aiden didn't know what was going on it was very exciting for Sean. I asked for money but apparently he wasn't taking requests from adults that day. My mom bought the boys all matching drop seat pajamas for the occasion. They looked really cute. Thanks Mimi for the awesome memories.

Cousins

Here are some pictures of the boys on the day Santa came to the house.

Halloween

Here are some pictures (a little late) of Garner's first Halloween. Thanks to this cute costume his Mimi bought him, he dressed as the Milk Monster. Matthew and I had so much fun showing him off. This was the funnest Halloween I've had in a while.

25 Days Old...What!?

What can you accomplish in 25 days? Well, you can go from being incapable of opening your eyes to blinking rapidly, from incessant sleep to alert staring, and from soar 'members' to a fully healed body...

A Friendly Game of Fetch...

Allow me to walk you through a typical game of fetch with Murphy:

Murphy has a favorite ball. It is multi-colored with rubber spikes that allow it to bounce and roll in a quite unpredictable way.

His typical routine is to run really hard after each thrown ball. After every 5-10 tosses he comes and lies down, rolls over, and awaits a belly-rub. All the while the ball remains in his mouth, blocking his airway, causing him to loudly breathe from his moist nostrils.

Just before preparing to chase down a few more balls he will stop by the 10 gallon bucket that holds his lukewarm drinking water. He will drink way too much, proceed to run way too fast and then, well, he will throw up. This happens on a daily occurrence, not much to write about really.

Allow me to now walk you through tonight’s game of fetch with Murphy:

He gets in a few rounds of ball chasing and lies down. After the belly rub and before the drinking of the water I fed him a Milkbone, a rather large Milkbone, in which he ate like a peanut—rather quick and with very little evidence. He proceeded to fill up on water, run a few rounds, and then lie directly at my feet once more—this process usually goes on for an hour or so.

Not more than 10 seconds into his belly rub Murphy is throwing up. Not only was it the usual slimy, lukewarm water, but it had gathered within it several large chunks of a Milkbone (I presume it was the one I just fed him and not yesterday's). After I wiped the splatter off of my toes and lower leg I waited in anticipation.

What would Murphy do? Would he allow a good Milkbone to go to waste on account of a little thrown-up slime?

He briefly, and I emphasize briefly, surveyed the pile on the porch rug that he sleeps on, and, well…he licked around the slime, pushed the chunks of Milkbone to the outer edge and ate every last piece, again.

I gave him a good rub, said “gooood boy”, and threw the ball. Kim and I are so proud of the man he’s become.

Murphy says hi.

The Braves, Mississippi Style

Kim and I went with a couple I met in class to see the AA Braves affiliate Friday night and thought I would share a few photos...Above Kim and I are being eaten by the bright scoreboard.

For all of you non-Braves fans, above is Jeff Blauser who played infield for years with the Atlanta Braves and was a part of their World Series victory in the 90s. He is the new head coach for the Mississippi Braves (This is for Ryan).

This is a picture of the entrance to the "grand" stadium. It actually is a nice stadium, nice enough to steal the AA Braves from Greenville two years ago. The Braves lost 4-2 that night. It was opening weekend complete with full roster introductions and fireworks.