garrett family: love love love

wow, time is just flying by. i cannot believe it has already been almost 4 weeks since the new year and february is almost here. with that said, we have a lot to update you on!!

as each week passes, we continue to be amazed with elias; he has the most adorable personality and it astounds me that we can continually have more and more love for him each day.

my boys hanging out.

elias loves daddy...and he loves bandit. i mean who wouldn't love this dog-

whenever bandit comes near, elias' eyes follow and he has a big smile on his face. and bandit is so gentle, especially when he goes in for the kisses.

and when daddy starts playing his guitar, elias' attention is captured. eli really likes the guitar :)

as for milestones...
eli has started eating solid foods! we started out with some baby rice cereal and baby oatmeal.

'forget the spoon, give me the cup!'

it is hard to see but that is oatmeal all over his bib and face...can you see some flecks of food on his right eyelashes?
eli helped clean off his face :)

we have also ventured to the sweet potato. eli was not too sure about it.

to see a few more clips of our adorable elias take his first bites of solid food check out the links below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=runOuT2flWg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I52nm01lwYk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAC9tdbswDs

another big milestone is that elias has begun to sit up without much support.

he is also pushing himself up to his knees and any moment now he is going to figure out how to coordinate his arms and legs for a full-fledged crawl!

we are excited to share with you his crawling skills so tune in for that upcoming blog post! in the meantime, here are some of the first crawl attempts :)

another go-around

use the URLs below to check out some video clips. he is getting there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmKNyjkv6oA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwAOO83aKEw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYSDJy041s