Thursday, May 08, 2008

hello, goodbye

Garrett has a new trick. After a week or so spent wiggling my fingers at him in greeting and parting, he now also waves hello and goodbye:



Don't be fooled -- just because it appears that he is waving to himself, don't think he doesn't love you, too. He does. (I'm sure of it.) Oh, and I love how it takes him two hands to do this gesture: one to wave, and one to hold his wrist.

According to this video, Garrett also:
  • is easily fascinated by something on the ceiling;
  • likes to squint his eyes and scrunch up his face for fun;
  • covers his mouth when he coughs; and
  • if you look carefully, is showing off his newly-sprouted two bottom teeth.
Now if he'd only learn to crawl...

16 comments:

Lyndsie Miles said...

So cute! I love babies! Being a mom is awesome!

KaLee said...

You may regret ever wishing the crawling on yourself. :) He is adorable--as always!

Lizardbreath McGee said...

Wow! Covering his mouth when he coughs! He already has such excellent hygiene habits. You should be proud.

Jeanette said...

I was holding my baby when I read this. She silently watched the video but as soon as it was over she stood up on my lap, reached her hand out towards the monitor and started baby babbling to your baby.
I love how he holds onto his wrist! Too Cute.

Koa Mom said...

He is sooo cute! When he learns to crawl you're gonna have to put up gates everywhere. It's an exciting milestone though.

Anonymous said...

I love how he covered his mouth when he coughed. And the two handed wave is precious!

Scrappy said...

Every second of that was so adorable. My boys were all giggling! :)

Nancy said...

Lindsay, that was about the cutest thing I've ever seen. I wanted to just reach out and squeeze that kid of yours!!!

JoEllen said...

Too cute!

Jenny P. said...

so adorable lindsay! The waving to himself is priceless!

melissa @ 1lbr said...

I think he is just working on strengthening his wrist muscles. Preparation for a powerful waving arm (maybe a future President?)

Kristie said...

He is such a happy baby! Good job mom & dad! Bil's going to be out in your direction in June, maybe you guys can 'wave' to him! Tyler & Kim are moving this weekend, we just keep losing people, we need to plug the drain!

Unknown said...

very very cute. looks like he'll have a 2 handed backhand if he ever gets into tennis :)

nateandrebecca said...

How funny! I love how he holds his wrist with his other hand. Very cute. :)

goddessdivine said...

And the flexibility.....sitting straight and bending to his toes; that's impressive. I wish I could do that.

Amy F. P. said...

Aren't babies fun? The smallest things become so fascinating to them, and us.