A Swinging Time

After a morning of snuggling with me for a couple hours, Garrett was bright eyed and bushy tailed... ready for a day of stimulation.

We put him on his tummy on the play mat again. He actually lifted his head and turned it to the other side, then a few minutes later switched back. After a while we turned him onto his back and he reached and hit the hanging animals. He doesn't have the fine motor control to grab them yet, but he definitely likes interacting with them already.

Since I am going back to work on Monday, we attempted to get a little done in the nursery. We started with the fun stuff; we took out all of the toys Garrett received as gifts and showed them to him as we organized

them into a box. We also attached toys to his car seat, stroller, Pack 'N Play, Bassinet, and Diaper bag, so he'll always have some fun things to look at. After her bath, big sis Katie helped with the toys. The toys are so snuggly soft, even Andrea wanted to cuddle with them.

While those three were occupied with the stuffed animals, I put together Garrett's swing. Garrett likes swinging a lot; we got it on video and it is very cute. Unfortunately I did not have enough of the right size batteries so I had to keep pushing it to make it go. It's not hard to do, but it's not as consistent as when the motor is running. Garrett did not complain... except when it stops!


After a day of play, Garrett wanted a nap and the bassinet just won't do. He's such a cuddler... so Andrea held him while he slept. We finally understand the expression "sleeping like a baby", the harder he plays, the harder he sleeps. It's fun to have all these things set up and see him playing with them, we just have to figure out where everything is going to live.