Welcome Garret Timothy Stryker!

On December 15, 2010 Garret came into the world after 19 hours of labor. He arrived at 8:22 pm, weighed 7lbs 7oz and was 20 inches long. Ace and I had it in our mind that Garret would come either bald or blonde but instead he came with a full head of brown hair. He is perfect! He had a blister on each hand from sucking his hands while in the uterus so his love for sucking has made feeding really easy for me. He is really easy going and usually sleeps pretty well at night, usually. Garret will be one month old this week! That just blows my mind. This post is a collage of pictures, people and some of Garret's first experiences.

Here are some of Garret's firsts.

First time meeting mom and dad

First outfit to go home in

(he didn't wear it very long because he had a leak)

First time in his car seat

First Christmas!

(stockings left to right: Garret, Ace, Lacy, G'ma, Asia, Zac and Sully)

First time in his crib

First bath

First piece of mail addressed to him

Here are pictures of Garret with some of the people we love.

Garret and Granddad

Garret and Grammy

Garret and Maryann

Garret, Brock and Shay

(Shay had been home for only two hours and Garret was 25 hours old)

Garret and Kali

Garret and Daniel

Garret and Sara

Garret and Cayson

Garret and Afton

Garret and Meredith

Garret and Beau

Garret and Asia

Garret and Zac

Garret and G'ma

Garret, Gabe and Ashley

Garret, Tana and Brinley

The past few weeks our house has been the napping house.

And after we nap, we nap some more.

Here are a few things we have learned.

1. Umbilical cords are to be thrown away......not eaten

Garret's fell off, I mistook it for a pretzel on the floor and will never make that mistake again. Before you judge too much I want you to know that I immediately noticed the lack of taste and extremely weird texture so it was in and out; much better than if I had chewed and swallowed huh?

2. No matter what you think, when you are at a doctors appointment and they say to take the clothes of your baby off to get an accurate weight, they don't mean the diaper as well. Remember that next time Ace and we will have far less laundry to do:-)

3. When your baby sleeps extremely well one night that does not mean he will do it again the next.

4. No matter how sad and tired you are to be awake at 2 in the morning, when you walk into that nursery and pick up your baby you will be filled with love and that baby will get lots of kisses.