Garrison's Weekend of Firsts

First Thanksgiving and First Snooze after a Turkey Dinner

Smiles with Dad!

First visit with Santa! Santa makes house calls for special little boys!

Garrison First Christmas Tree in Wake Forest

Garrison's First time decorating our house for Christmas!

We had such a great weekend, we are so looking forward to Christmas!!

Happy Halloween from our Little Monkey!

Garrison didn't really like the Monkey Suit, so we only got a few pictures! ;-)


Garrison's new jumperoo, courtesy of his Grandma Sandra and Grandpa Bob! He loves it!!

Trick or Treat - A Little Early

Trick or Treat from Our Little Pumpkin!! This was a practice session for Halloween!!

and Madison has starting thinking the Tiny Gym is hers, so cute!!

Little Monkey!!

Here is our little monkey!! He is getting such a cute personality!! We love watching him grow and hope you all do too!! It is going by TOO fast however!! Enjoy!!

As Patrick says, Mom and Dad can't afford their house, so we found a new one! ;-)

In the Pumpkin Patch

We took Garrison to HillRidge Farms today, it was SO much fun, he slept thru most of it, but we had a blast!! I can't wait till next year when he is aware and awake and can enjoy all of the things they have to offer, seriously, if you live near Raleigh, you should go, it was so cute! We took a trainride and a covered hayride to the pumpkin patch, as you can see, we found the cutest pumpkin there ;-) Honestly, I think we found the best pumpking in the WHOLE patch, but I AM his mother!! Happy Fall Everyone!!

Cute with a Capital C!!

Can you get much cuter than this little boy? I don't think so!!
We have quickly figured out that it only takes a 5lb dog and a 10lb baby to kick two adults out of a queen sized bed!! Just a few cute pictures from the last week... I did not realize he would keep getting cuter and cuter!! ;-) my Snapfish bill is going to be ridiculous!! ;-) Enjoy!!


Garrison in OUR bed!


Again, the sleeping baby snoozing away, why sleep in a small crib when you can have a queen size bed all to your self after KICKING your parents out!

More Pictures

Same Events, just more cute photos!

Garrison's Growing up!!

Just a few new shots from our last weeks. Garrison is now 8lbs 14.5 ozs, and I swear he is getting bigger each and every day! We love watching him grow, hope you do too. Enjoy the photos below! xoxo!!


His First Big Boy Bath, he so loves the water!!


Garrison having play gym time, we are starting Gymboree on Monday in Cary, I hope he enjoys it, I guess as much as a 5 week old baby can!! ;-)


Playing with his Singing Bumblebee, again, another thing he loves, He is a huge fan of music!


His Four Week Old picture, couldn't get him to stay awake for this one!
As you can see from the word Cuddlier (Patrick swears it is really a word), his outfit and the ECHS blanket, we were having a long night and were just happy to get the picture taken!!!


Just a sweet picture of our boy sleeping!! He is such a DREAM!!

Three Weeks Old!!

Garrison turned three weeks old on Tuesday!! Not much to really report, we are heading for the beach this weekend for his first road trip. Fingers Crossed that it is a smooth one!!





Garrison's first Restaurant Visit-We went to Chili's, I know not a very good place to go for your first restaurant visit but we thought Ruth's Chris might not appreciate a three week old baby in their establishment, however he slept like a rock the entire time!



Garrison's big sister, Madison, she is still not really sure of her little brother but is starting to realize that he is not leaving ;-) Bless her Heart! She's been an only child for 7 years and now is not sure what's happening!!

Don't Eat the Moose!!

Just a few updated pictures from our first week alone at home... well, not really alone because we had lots of visitors and some lunch dates with friends, but our first week of not having our family here at night/early morning to help!! Proud to say we SURVIVED!!

Garrison turned 2 weeks old on Tuesday, he is now 7 lbs. 3 oz and is 21 inches long, he is growing so fast, so bittersweet for his mom and dad ;-)

Don't Eat the Moose is a long long story, but a good one between some of our friends, so Patrick found these adorable pj's at Walmart the other day so he had to get them ...

So...
Don't Eat the Moose!!

Look at those feet... ;-)




and of course, his two week photo shoot, you have no idea how hard it is to photograph a 2 week old, he doesn't understand what "say Cheese" means ;-) frustrating to say the least!!

One Week old and Cuter than Ever!!

Garrison is now 9 days old and honestly the best baby ;-) I know I'm a little biased but he is so precious. He loves his swing and sleeps in it most of the day, he is working on sleeping at night and it getting better, not great but not terrible, he is only 9 days old. what do we expect. ;-) Here are some of his first things, we will keep trying to update pictures, so check back for updates ;-)


His first nap in the Pack N Play with his Taggy Blanket.


First Doctors Visit


First night in his cradle


First stroll in the BOB ;-) Best Stroller EVER!


First week Picture!

Finally Garrison has ARRIVED!!!

After a long long wait, Garrison Thomas Rose has finally arrived!! Born August 11th at 11:21 am, 6 lbs 14 oz, 19.5 inches long and perfect in every way!! I'm sure everyone knows of the drama that was a part of his arrival so I'll save those details and if you don't then I'm happy to fill you in, just email me for the dissertation ;-) !! It was a struggle but SO SO worth it... Garrison is doing great and is gaining weight back and his jaundice is getting much better as well. I'm recovering from my c-section and feeling more human, minus the lack of sleep!! We have been a bit overwhelmed to say the least but we are totally in love. He is just precious and such a blessing! Here are just a few of the 1000 pictures that have been taken over the past 5 days!!

We are so thankful for all our friends and family who have been here and called to support us and we can't wait for you all to meet him!!

Patrick and Garrison 20 minutes after his arrival

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Getting Dressed to go HOME!!