Grandma and Grandpa Larsen - Day 1

The last week in March, Merrill's parents and brother came to visit for spring break. Don had to work during the week, so Susan and Eric came Monday and Don came on Friday. Merrill had to work the first couple days that they were here. Luckily had I the time off. We didn't get to do too much, cause it rained the whole time :(
On Tuesday it looked like there was a few hours where it wasn't raining. I had some free passes to Enchanted Forest, so we went. It rained a tiny bit, but not bad. There wasn't many people there. Darci had a blast. It was a pretty fun day! Here are some pics:

Grandma Larsen with Jarret!

Coming out of the "rabbit hole"

Darci wasn't so sure about going in there, but we told her it was the way to the slide. ;)

Coming down the slide

Just chillin' in his stroller

The crooked house

Haha

The cutest kids ever!

The shoe slide

Darci and I racing Eric

Jarret and I racing Darci 

Darci had fun with her Uncle Eric

She loved this little train

We watched the water light show. Darci thought it was SOO cool! Jarret loved it to, He just starred at it the whole time. Such a fun day for them!

Jarret is 6 months

 This last 6 months have gone by way too fast! I can't believe my little baby is halfway to 1 year. He is a very happy little baby. He had his Well baby visit yesterday. He did great with his shots, he just cried until I picked him up, and hasn't been fussy about it since. Here are his stats:

Height 27 inches about 70%
weight 17.1 lbs about 50%
head: 17.5 inches about 75%

Skills:
 Smiles at EVERYONE (he stares at someone new, or who I am talking to, and waits for them to look at him then smiles BIG!), loves to play with his toys, makes many different noises, he can get into crawling position and gets really excited then face plants, eats baby food (he's not really a fan of the fruits so far, he seems to like the veggies best), he can stand holding onto something without support. Rolls over both ways, all over the place, pushes himself backwards around the living room on his tummy.

Comparing Jarret and Darci's 6 months stats:
Darci was 18.9 lbs 1.8 lbs heavier than Jarret. 25.5 inches, 1.5 inches shorter than Jarret.
Each time I compare their stats, it reminds me how big Darci really was. ;)

Here are some pictures of Jarret this month

Trying to see in his toy box

He pushes himself backwards around the room and got stuck under the couch

First time on the swings, and he LOVED it!

My attempts to curl Darci's hair. I'm not very good, but it's still super cute! ;)

I knew it wouldn't stay. So we decided to play with it a little more.

(I didn't notice her eyes were closed til after I put the pics on the computer)

Trip to Idaho

Jarret and I went with my parents to Idaho to visit my Aunt Sheri and cousin Lindsay. And so that my mom could help my aunt for the weekend. My mom's aunt and uncle live in Boise and her Grandma lives with them too. We stopped in Boise for a quick visit on our way to Lindsay's house in Mountain Home.

Here is Jarret with his Great Great Grandma

The only picture I took of everyone, minus me and Sheri
(i'm sure France will like this picture ;) haha)

Jarret, while we were blowing up the air bed.

So cute, Sammy and Jarret, they are going to be best buds! ;)

Sam had a good time crawling all over Jarret. Funny thing is, Jarret didn't seem to care.

Sleeping babies! :)

Sittin in the car like a big boy!

Dad and France hanging a shelf. Apparently they had to get a bit creative to make it work right. They did a good job!

One last picture of the boys before we left. It was easiest to get a picture if mom held them. ;)

While we were there, Jarret fell in love with this Elmo that belonged to Sammy. Elmo has magical powers that stop Jarret from fussing in his car seat by singing la la la. And then he snuggles him to fall asleep. And before we left Lindsay and Sammy made sure that Jarret took him home with us. Thanks again Sam!

4 months

Jarret is now 4 1/2 months. We just had his 4 month appointment. Here are his stats:

Weight: 15lbs 15 oz-- 65%
Height: 26in-- 75 %
Head: 17in-- 70 %

New Skills: Rolls over from back to front like a pro (he can roll from his tummy to back, but he cries when he does, and doesn't do it often). Hits his toys. Grabs his toys and brings them to his mouth. Stands up well with support and stomps his feet. Pushes himself up while on his tummy. Scoots backwards while on his tummy and turns around. Blows bubbles and spits. Laughs, and smiles at everyone! Learning to sit up on his own. Grabs his feet when laying down or sitting up.

Here are his 4 month pictures that I took. A little photo session with my new camera! ;)

He looks so different from his 2 month pictures! ;) Doesn't look like he is ONLY 2 months older now.

First Hair Cut

Jarret's hair has been growing fast, and it's been growing in blonde since he was born. I held off cutting it for a while, cause I knew that as soon as I cut it, he'd be blonde, not that there is anything wrong with being blonde, it's just that he'd look so different. But his hair was getting so long, so we decided to just do it.

Before

Getting started

"What are you doing to me?"

Half done

"Are we done yet?"

....And he's blonde

All the Cuteness at the Larsen's

Here are some pictures from the past month or so, in no particular order.

Jarret's towel dried hair.

Side view

Such a big boy.

Trying so hard to roll over. ( and yes, he is pantless and sockless)

Not really sure what he is trying to do here. Maybe he thinks this will help to roll over..

I took this one with Darci's camera, I thought it was pretty funny. Jarret is like, Eww, get away from me..

New Years Eve day our friends came down from Hillsboro. They have a little girl a couple months younger than Darci and a boy a month younger than Jarret. These two sure had fun together.

Darci fell asleep watching a movie. I love that she is cuddling her bears.

Darci likes to let Jarret "hold" her piglet, or his Tigger. Apparently while he is sleeping, his head is a good place to put him.

Wearing Daddy's boots

My little cuties.