Friday Fence Day

We, meaning the whole family, yes even Garrett, built a fence to enclosed our front patio. Garrett is Daddy 'lil helper!

Yeehaa!

This is a good close-up of our big boy!

One of Garrett's Best Day Ever

So I know I have already talked about Garrett's friend Ethan, but I'm going to talk about him again because we went to Ethan's Grandma Fay's house on Saturday for his 2nd birthday party. Now seriously this was the coolest party ever. There were tractor rides, a bounce house, tent maze, Easter egg hunt and a good ole' BBQ dinner. WOW, huh?

Garrett's fav part for sure was the Easter egg hunt, he was a egg bandit. He was all about collecting those eggs, he even filled up two baskets. Everyone was laughing at how into the game he was. I think that he just caught on to the fact there were goodies inside the eggs!

He's getting even better

Ok, so we are on to the next step of the lawn mowing training. This picture definitely worth a thousand words. Just take a look.

My Friend Ethan

My friend Ashleigh watches Garrett a few days a week for me so I can go into the office. She does a great job taking care of Mr. G. Her son Ethan is Garrett's buddy. Most of the time Ashleigh plays toy referee, but there are other times when the two are best buds. If Ethan is in time out, Garrett cries for him. Too cute! Sadly, our friends are moving to New York and we will miss them terribly! I'm sure that Garrett and Ethan will be pen pals! In this last picture Ethan is giving Garrett a "hug", although it looks like the recipient is not appreciating the friendly gesture:)

Four Years and Still Lovin' It

Aaron and I celebrated our four-year wedding anniversary on Feb. 22. We were in Reno for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, so we got to have alot of fun. Dennis and Kandi met us up there and watched Garrett so we have a romantic evening. We went to dinner at Famous Murphys (wow, the food was amazing) then saw Bill Egnval, the comedian. We had so much fun. If was funny to us that while we were away from Garrett, all we seemed to talk about is how we missed him.

We are looking forward to what the next four years has in store for the Smiths. Hopefully more cute babies and lots of love:)

How dirty was he?

Yesterday Garrett got really dirty so I decided to give him a wash and during the drying cycle he popped out to say hello. He is a true boy, into everything including climbing into the dryer.
I think Garrett can officially say he has investigated everywhere in the house.

PILOT TO CO-PILOT

Its never to young to learn the chores that lay in your future. Today the art of mowing the lawn was taught. See how the pupil learns.

Hey there are all kinds of tricks you can teach them, Garrett likes this so much I figure that by the time he is old enough to mow the lawn himself he will have a fetish for it. I should have been a psychologist. HAHA

She has lost it!

I admit, I'm really into celerity gossip. I just can't believe that Britney Spears shaved her head. Is she loosing it or what. She checked herself out of rehab, after spending not even a full day there. Flew home, shaved her head, then headed over to a tattoo parlor to get inked up. She got lips on her wrist and another tatoo that is unknown at this time. Oh dear!
I think this is a major cry for help.

All Boy!

I was asked why I haven't been posting as much lately. The answer is I lost my camera, and I think posting without pics is boring. So, then yesterday I finally found it and I took this pic of Garrett after he was playing with his new water toys in a backyard, and he had just ate a cupcake, he was really a mess! Shortly after this picture was taken I hung his pants and shirt over a chair to dry and Koda, the devil dog, ate them to pieces and scattered them all over the backyard. Naughty puppy.

Much love, Hope you all had a great Valentines Day!

Awards Dinner

Aaron and I went to the Paso Robles Events Center and Mid-State Fair Annual Dinner last night. Aaron was invited to go to represent Weatherby for their sponsorship to the Mid-State Fair. We got to dress up and have a nice dinner and sit through a three-hour presentation on sponsorship recognition...fun, fun, fun. At least it got us dressed up for a nice photo opportunity.

Then and Now

Aaron sent me an email today with a picture of Koda when he was a puppy, and in the subject line he wrote "What Happened?". This email got me thinking about how fast time goes by. I thought Garrett had grown so fast, but puppies grow up even faster. Most people who know me know how much I love babies. I'm realizing the two babies in the house are not really babies anymore. So, here is a little tribute to cherishing lives precious moments.

Garrett at 2 mos.Garrett now

Koda 2 monthsKoda Now

Our Little Excursion

My neighbor Jenn invited Garrett and I to travel with her to the Santa Ynez Valley, which has grown extreme popularity from the movie "Sideways". It is about a hour and 15 min. drive South from Atascadero. We went and visited her parents, who had the biggest most beautiful house I have ever seen. It was all Spanish architecture, with original Mexican artwork, a fountain, wine cellar, all on the hillside overlooking the Santa Ynez Valley. It was gorgeous.

We went for a little drive into town to this cute store call "Back on the Ranch" it had all kinds of cowboy decor and apparel, even for children too. We spend like an hour and a half in that store. I ended up getting this really cute outfit for Garrett (shown below). It was pretty pricey, so I just did a lot of looky-looing:)

On the way back to Jenn's parents house we past a little town call Ballard. There was a little red school house that has been in operation since 1882. The school house holds k-1 graders. I just thought it was the cutest thing ever.

It was a great day, but after chasing after Garrett making sure he didn't break any collectibles...I was exhausted and went to sleep at 8:00 p.m.!

Aaron got home this morning...soooo happy to have him home for a whole month!

Baby Gymastics!

Garrett's new found love is baby gymnastics. We went for the first time today and he loved it. He had so much fun playing on the giant trampoline and doing sumersalts. He even got to walk the balance beam.

My friend Emily is the gym coach, so it made it even more fun. I brought my friend Elizabeth and her son Drake with us. That is Drake playing with the soccer ball.

Notice Garrett's t-shirt says "I do all my own stunts"...it was suiting for the event. It was hard getting a good picture of him, he was too busy to pause for the camera.

First Date

Aaron and I had outr first dinner date last night since we had Garrett. Aaron had got a gift certificate to The Carlton, so we got to order what ever we desired off the menu. It was so nice to just enjoy a wonderful meal with out the baby. Aaron ordered sushi and I had the most awesome baked salmon with garlic mashed potatoes. We even had this brownie sundae for dessert.

I have to admit most of the conversation revolved around Garrett and how we are so happy to have that little man in our life. We are appreciative that Grandma Kandi came into town to help out and watch the weezer for us. Thanks Grandma!

Grandma comes to town!

I had such a great visit with my mom this weekend. She was able to get in a lot of Garrett time in. We went downtown SLO shopping and to lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen, to church, dinner at the Apple Farm and walking at Atascadero Lake Park. The Apple Farm has the best apple dumpling topped with homemade vanilla ice cream...it is to die for. It was a special treat.

It was so great to show off the house to mom and just spend time with her. I'm so happy to be such great friends with my mom.

Spa Day

My mom came into town and we decided that we needed a little pampering, so we went to the Spa Central Coast for a day of girl time. My friend Emily joined us and we had a great and relaxing time. I would recommend this spa to all my girlfriends!

Mommy and Me

Garrett and I go to a Mommy and Me class every Friday. It is run by the Atascadero School District. It is all kids in his age group and their mommys. The kids have the opportunity to explore all kinds of new toys, painting, circle time, snack and outside play. It really is a great program for Garrett, and the teacher Mrs. Dede is really fun with the kids during circle time.

































Mommy and Me
















My friends Jack and Owen














Snack time...mmmm, yummy!



















Peek-a-Boo!

Baby Genius

Oh course all mothers think their baby is the smartest most cute baby ever, but I truly believe Garrett one smart cookie. Tonight I put in one of Garrett's Blue's Clues movies, he has watched this show several times...maybe even over 12 times. In the show the main character is Joe and he interacts with the viewer, or person watching the show. So here is how it went down...

Joe: "Hey kids, what do we need to solve this clue?"..."Our handy-dandy...(long pause, this is when the viewer is supposed to answer the question)"

Garrett: "Noteboo" (Notebook)

Isn't he the smartest baby ever! Only 16 months saying notebook right on cue!

Wow, it was pretty exciting!

Baby Workout

Today my neighbor Jen and I took our babes (Garrett on the right, Tanner on the left) for a walk around Atascadero Lake Park. There is a great path that wraps around the lake. It's a popular spot for walking, running and feeding the ducks! We went around the lake a few times, and by the time we got back to our cars it was almost dark, even though it looks really dark in the picture!

Home Project

Aaron and Garrett worked all day on Saturday out in the backyard putting up a dog run for Koda...this will save our backyard:) I'm not to sure if Koda will like it. Garrett was a great helper to daddy.








Garrett even got to be like a big boy when he pretended to saw stuff with his Bob the Builder toy saw.
















Here is Aaron posing next to his first big project for the house! Go daddy! We are so proud of you!