Walking the Doy-eg

Garrett wanted to walk the dog today so I let him walk and hold the leash (usually he's in a carrier on my back).

Gus did his usual pee when we got out front.

It took forever to get up the hill, I tried to make Gus heel to Garrett but it took awhile for the three of us to get our groove. And there were puddles, and flowers and cars to stop and look at on the way up.

Gus pooped in his usual spot, with Garrett VERY closely observing the poo coming out saying, "thas alotta poo poo."

I picked it up with a bag. Garrett told me, "don't eat the poo poo," to which I thanked him for the reminder.

On the way back down the hill he stopped in front of Casey's house, found a nice patch of grass and proceeded to squat and tell me he was going poo.

Best part of my day.

Round and round we go...

Shenanigans

He did the shirt all by himself.

Be Right Back

"I go change my lann-dree and these pants" - Garrett today

Overheard

"That was pretty fun, huh?" uttered repeatedly after an afternoon riding the bike at the Alameda shoreline.

"First wash the hands. Then cake!" after getting out of the car after a trip to the park.

"I want peanut jelly and butter," upon opening the fridge this afternoon.

Flying box

Yesterday you got inside your duplo box and announced it was a boat. I think it was a ploy to stay up late because Viv and J were over. But it was really funny when I picked you up and you decided it was an airplane instead!

You also had just had a piece of tart from la farine... Viv and J were VERY impressed with your manners when you asked for "caaake." Your healthy sized bites were also impressive considering the way they've seen you eat grilled cheese sandos...

garrett's first mile run

You ran all the way to dinner last night.

Mom and dad thought you could ride your kettler tricycle but you wanted to run instead.

But you did push it on the way home.

You literally ran half of your age... and you also talked to BeBe and DamnPa on gchat and showed them how you can ride your glide bike.

You're becoming quite the little man!

I HELPING!

Today you set the table for the first time. You were very excited "to helping!" you brought the forks, plates and cups to the table and set them for all of us. The forks were all facing the same direction and the cups were on the plates but you were very proud of yourself and your parents were too...

SLIDE

Static Electricity is fun.

Jelly Face

An Announcement from Garrett

Garrett started talking after he woke up from his nap and I was able to record this little gem.

Here's a transcript for those that don't speak Garrett:

I snuggle the baby.

I holding the baby.

I holding the baby.

Pauline.

I holding the baby Pauline.

Umbrella

Big Boy Bed

Greek Festival & BART ride

Music Class & silly bedtime

TWO!

Garrett turned two!

We had a great party in the back yard and BeBe and Aunt Jenny came in town just to celebrate!

Dishes Video

Dishes

April

Garrett Update | March

March was a hard month in the Connorton house, Garrett and I caught a sinus infection and were really sick for about a week. The only silver lining to the illness was that our normally too-busy-to-cuddle toddler only wanted to be held. He and I stayed on the couch for 3 days sleeping and cuddling while he worked out his fever. He slept with us a few nights and Matt got plenty of snuggles as well.

He's all better now, fully recovered and back to his full-throttle energy level.

One morning I pulled out the baseball cap to see if it still fit, it's too small but he wouldn't let me take it off. He looks like such a big boy with it on!

I've been seeing a new chiropractor and Garrett's favorite thing is to move the dirt in the potted plants while I'm being treated. He'll also come and touch my back/neck/feet the same way the doctor does. He's a HUGE help.

Lastly, Garrett has a few Obama shirts and likes to pound his chest and say Obama! when he wears them. Wednesday I put him in his Hulk shirt and he kept telling me it was Obama, hilarious!

The Suite Life

Swimmin'

Garrett Update | February

You may have noticed that the Daily Garrett has ceased. I've headed back to work 3x a week and it's harder to pull the phone out to take a photo without a tantrum from the boy - we've a bit of a narcissist on our hands all he wants to do is look at photos of himself when the phone appears...

Anyhow, all is well with us. We took a small family vacation this week to Newport Beach, Matt has a conference so we tagged along for a few days of family fun before it started. We're calling this the "Free Upgrade Trip" as we got a free seats for Garrett since the flights weren't full, the Westin upgraded us to a penthouse suite, we got into the Discovery Museum without paying (we were only there the last hour and the lady just waved us in). We had breakfast at the Ritz for the amazing view and got free valet parking... in short, it was AMAZING!

Here are a few photos from our trip.

Nguyen Family Cruise