Monday, June 28, 2010

The many hats of Hunter~Bear !!!

Did you say.... Fishing !!!!!!!!!
So many hats, which one to wear today !!!!! Mommy did something very unexpected and out of character, I bought Hunter 2 hats within 24 hours this weekend. For those of you that really know me, you know how much I "love " Greg's hat collection (NOT) but there is just something so darn cute about our little guy sporting his new hats.
Little Hunter~Bear is getting stronger everyday. Greg is holding him up by the straps of his shorts. This past week, we started pulling Hunter up to the sitting position and he loves it. Sometimes it ends with a little spit-up, but most of the time he is smiling and giggling. We're still working on the rolling-over, can't seem to get past the arm in his way, but he tries soo hard.

As Hunter's Great Step-Grandma put it- "We got the recipe right" I do believe this little man, could end up with more hats than a good ol'southern lady in the deep south. He must have a matching hat for every outfit, Right?????

He's ready to go fishing Grandpa's and uncle's !!!!!!

Watch out~ 3 1/2 months old, and ready to sit on his own. Soon he'll be crawling... YICKS !!!! I'm not ready for that......
I was so excited about this hat, but it's still just a smidge to big for him. I guess a "small" size, doesn't mean small enough for an almost 4 month old. Oh, well it was still cute as a button and gives him something to go into. Sure does look like Daddy in this picture !!!!

When Grandma and Grandpa Steffen came to visit, they gave Hunter these PJ's. They looked so big 3 1/2 months ago, and now look at them. Fits the little guy prefectly. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa, our little dinosour loves his jammie's !!!!







Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day !!!!

Happy Father's Day
Hunter and I got a little creative this past week and made some cute little signs for Daddy and Grandpa's. I wasn't sure how the pictures would actually turn out~ but I must toot my own horn and say they came out rather good. We hope all you Dad's out there had a great day, and it's because of all of you that we are who we are today.
Hunter loves his Grandpa's very much, and can't wait to snuggle in August !!!

Daddy showing off his gift from Hunter. We made this collage of pictures for Daddy to put on his wall at work. Again, our creative juices were flowing pretty good that morning at Hobby Lobby.
We also put together a little Brag Book for Daddy to take to work and show off his adorable son.

Mommy had to get in on the awesome black and white photo's we were taking of Hunter-Bear and Daddy. Just had to throw this one in, I know this post is all about Dad's.

Daddy and Hunter-Bear celebrating Daddy's first Father's Day !!!!

Little Hunter-Bear !!!

It's just amazing how much he is changing from day to day. This past week, Hunter managed to roll himself from his tummy to back (once) we haven't been able to get him to repeat that again. However, he is able to go from his back to his side, but still gets stuck on his arm and hasn't quit figured out how to get past it.
Also this week, he has become very fascinated with his hands. He loves to hold them in front of his face and just grasp them together or just wiggle his fingers around. Both Greg and I will sit with him and stare for what seems like an hour at him in amazement. Mornings are the best time of the day. Never thought I would say that. ( I've never been much of a morning person) But Hunter is so happy and smiley and most of all cuddly. There are mornings, when I'm just watching the clock ready to run up the stairs and wake him up, just to see him smile and giggle at me.

All cozy in his Elmo rob after his bath. Thanks Jen and Joe for the rob and slippers !!!

Playing Peek~A~Boo with the blanket. I'm getting better at catching those adorable smiles

Just hanging out ~ Ahhhhh the tough life










Friday, June 11, 2010

HOUSE GUEST

HOUSE GUEST...... That's right, another house guest for the Garvey's. This little one found Greg outside the other night. Unfortunately, she had what we thought was an injured leg. We called Animal Control, and got the extreme run around with them. Needless to say, our little house guest is still with us (for now) we're hoping that maybe one of the guys Greg works with will take her, as we now have a 3 ring circus at our house. She is rather cute, and can give Sierra a run for her money when it comes to the toys. But seriously 3 dogs is just too much for us (me) to handle. (any takers out there???) For now her name is Lexi


PEEK~A~BOO

PEEK~A~BOO.... I SEE YOU !!!! the other night at bath time Hunter kept trying to cover his eyes with his towel, couldn't resist taking a few pictures.

Here we have a Hunter Burrito


Play time !!!!!!




Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Look Who's Growing Like a Weed...

3 Months Old and Growing Like a Weed
Hard to believe this little guy is 3 months already. He's tipping the scales at 14 pounds and is just under 25 inches long. Over the past few weeks, Hunter's personality has really started to develop. He loves to giggle when you laugh, and will imitate a "fake" cough if he hears you coughing. He's gotten to where he needs to see you at all times and will look around until he finds you. Peek-A-Boo with the burp towels has become one of his favorite little games.
Hunter has been in his own room at night for a month now, and it's going really well. He typically will sleep any where from 8-10 hours a night. With the exception of this past week where he's been getting up around 4:00 am and then going back down for a few hours. Not so much fun for me, as I've gotten really use to the long stretches of sleep each night. His napping or lack of, has also improved over the past few weeks. He's taking a morning nap along with a pretty good afternoon nap with a cat nap or two in between.
Hunter has out grown his stage 1-2 diapers and is now in the stage 2 diapers. Most of his clothes are now 6 months. Some of his shorts are still 3 months, but there starting to look like "Daisy Dukes" on him. It seems that each day we find something that no longer fits him, in fact I've almost filled a big plastic tub already with out grown clothes. Each morning I tell him, "he needs to stop growing" and he looks at me and giggles.... I know it's far fetch to keep him little, but I don't know if I'm ready for him to be a "big" boy yet either.
The girls at the gym really love Hunter. They fight over who gets to hold him first each morning, he also seems to have taken a liking towards them as well and greets them with a big smile.
Sierra snuck in a quick kiss, while we were trying to get a picture of Hunter. Opps !!!!

Hunter, playing with Daddy's gray hairs !!!!!!

Almost 25 inches long..... and growing like a weed

3 months old- where has the time gone !!!

We finally finished his room this past weekend. I've had the letters for months, but we just never got them up. But it's finally done !!!!!

We had to mark Hunter turning 3 months old with a family photo. All dressed for church and pictures.
He's really starting to like tummy time. Before he would only tolerate a couple of minutes, now he'll kick and wiggle and try to reach for a toy. It's just amazing how much they change and grow from one day to the next.

One of his favorite "hang out" spots~ he's out grown, now he completely hangs off the edge.

One afternoon last week, we were playing on the floor and Sierra wanted in on the action. She brought over 4 of her toys and laid them by his head and then laid down and waited for him to do something. It was so cute, I just had to take a picture. It's going to be interesting once Hunter is more mobile and actually plays with his toys.
Since becoming a "stay at home mommy" I've gotten back into my love for baking, and have even started to enjoy cooking alittle more. Our favorite channel to watch during the day is the Food Network, as we can always find a new recipe to try. So far we've only had a few misses with side dishes at dinner and desserts have all been really good as well. The guys at Greg's office are also benefiting from my baking- as any extra's get packed neatly and shipped off with Greg in the morning. One of the guys even told Greg " anytime I needed a taste tester, he would be willing".
Have you ever seen such a cute little boy !!!!! one of my all time favorite photos so far.

Memorial Day weekend we made the 5 hour trip to Dallas, so Greg could go to the Brooks and Dunn concert. Let's just say it was on adventure after another that weekend. Between the crazy amount of traffic ( and slow drivers) to the fire alarm going off at the hotel at 2:00 am. Yep, that's right at 2:00 am the fire alarm went off.... I got up and grabbed Hunter, while Greg sat on the bed playing with the AC controls thinking that's what was "buzzing". After standing outside for about 30 minutes while the fire department tried to figure out how to shut the alarm off, we were able to go back to the room. Over all it was a good weekend. We were able to spend sometime with Lori and ate some really good BBQ.

Hunter is lounging at the hotel in Dallas watching the Food Network. One of our favorite channels.
Look I'm all squeaky clean after my bath















Mr. and Mrs. Garvey

Mr. and Mrs. Garvey
Our Wedding Day- October 13, 2007