1. The little turkey likes to tease. He recently started saying "Hi, Mama" or "Hi, Dada" so one morning I was trying to get him to say it. The conversation went something like this:
Me: Garrison, say, "Hi, Mama."
G: Hi, Dada.
Me: Garrison, say, "Hi, Mama."
G: Hi, shoes. And he waved at Will's shoes.
Me (laughing): Garrison, say, "Hi, Mama."
G: Hi, BoBo. (I mean, really....he even said hi to the dogs!)
Me: Garrison, say, "Hi, Mama."
G: Hi, pee pee potty.
And he waved at the potty. He knows what it's for!!! I know it's time to start the process. I say that every week, don't I? One day I'm going to write a post on actually potty training him.
2. Garrison's favorite number is two. Pretty much anytime you ask him how many items are in front of him, he will answer, "two." One day he was eating grapes and wanted more. (And before anyone freaks out, I don't give him whole grapes. I cut them in quarters). I said, "Do you want lots?" And then I thought.....hmmmm....I should ask him an open ended question, not just one he can answer with yes or no. So I said, "How many grapes do you want?" I just assumed he would say two, but he said, "yots." ha! The next time I asked he did say, "two." I think he ate about 50 grapes that night.
3. I feel like we are having more and more conversations with Garrison that are hard to express on the blog. So I tend to get a little long winded telling them. But I don't want to forget the details.
Me; Garrison, where is your ear?
G: Points to his ear
Me: How many ears do you have?
G: With a finger on each ear, "Two"
Me: Where is your eye?
G: Points to an eye.
Me: How many eyes do you have?
G: With a finger on each eye, "Two"
Me: Where's your nose?
G: Sticks a finger up each nostril and says, "Two" before I can even ask!
4. It's amazing how he is learning opposites and things that are associated with each other. He was squatting and said "Down." Then he stood up and said, "Up." He knows when the light is on and when it's off. Lar and Grandaddy Reedy came Wednesday. Tuesday night I told Garrison, "Tomorrow Lar is coming to see you" and he responded "Bebe?" He associated them together! Grandaddy Reedy wanted to go see his sister, Aunt Francis in Artesia, so Will and Garrison followed them out there. Will said he had the best time playing with all of Uncle Ed's old tools.
5. I've blogged before about our prayers at night. I only get to rock G if Will isn't home, and a few nights this week he's been gone at bed time. One night I asked Garrison who he wanted to pray for, and he said, "No, Mama." I said do you want Mama to pray? He smiled and grunted (like he does instead of saying yes) and closed his eyes! I guess I've told him to close his eyes enough when we pray that he knows he is supposed to! I peeked though, and he quickly opened them once I started praying. I'm sure he was afraid he'd fall asleep too quickly if he kept his eyes closed for too long. I really do love that time at night with him!
6. The church had an auction and Will bid on and won a bowflex. No, I'm not kidding. All we need is one more thing in the house. But, as Caleb said, it will serve well as a clothes rack. (I'm kidding Will!). This is Will and Caleb trying to load it into Caleb's truck. There was a funeral procession that drove by as Caleb was strapping it into the truck. I thought there was going to be a wreck because EVERY person who drove by was looking at him!
7. This weekend I had a wedding in Natchez. Will stayed in Columbus, and Garrison was in Oxford. I have never been in Natchez by myself. So Friday I decided to drive to the cemetery where all 4 of my grandparents are buried. I couldn't remember where the graves were and walked around for a little bit before going inside to ask. I sat by Grandma and Papaw's grave for a long time and wept. I realized Grandma (my mom's mom) passed away 17 years ago. I didn't cry necessarily about her and all the things she's missed in my life. But I cried because I don't want to live for 17 years without my mom.
I texted Tim and told him where I was and told him I was smoking a cigarette at Grandma's grave. (She was a smoker). He texted back and said, "You better not be smoking." I guess only God and Grandma know the truth. And Will.
I also drove past Mamaw and Pop's old house.
8. I bought Garrison a cap at Walmart. I think his curly hair sticking out is pretty cute!
9. We started Garrison on Flintstone Vitamins today. They are his first Flintstones!! He chewed it up and kept asking for more!
10. And last but not least, we finally got our Explorer back and RUNNING!!! I think everyone who reads this probably knows we let our friend Krucial borrow the Explorer for a year and a half. The day we got it back it died. So it sat in the driveway for a few months. And last week we had it towed and fixed. It's up and running....with over 300,000 miles!!!
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