Oh, boy, here comes trouble!

Trouble in the form of one 8 month old boy! He's discovered crawling--that should say it all!

Apparently, 8 months was the magic age, because the very next day, he figured out how to army crawl. By the following Monday (12/7), he was all over the living room & dining room--under tables, after power cords and dvds, the whole works.

Then, just yesterday he figured out true crawling--oh, boy! Now he really books it around the room. And let me tell you, when I move him away from a place he's not supposed to be--like underneath the dining room table--he yells. He doesn't cry or fuss--he yells at me, LOL!

I really wish I'd had my camera handy earlier this evening, though. We have an old papasan cushion (you know, for those saucer-looking bamboo chairs) on the floor with a quilt on top of it for Garrett to hang out on. Wood floors are just not all that comfortable! I looked over at him after he'd worked his way across it, crawling toward something--in the process of moving off the cushion and onto the floor, he'd worked his pants half off! It was so funny, and he was so confused!

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The annual Springwater Christmas Dinner was held this last Saturday night, and the icy weather held off until after all the festivities--definitely an answer to a lot of prayers. In addition to the Springwater church family and our personal guests, we also invited a number of servicemen and women and their families. It was amazing--we had 300 people, 100 of which were children! The turkey and ham dinner was fabulous, and the entertainment--an Elvis impersonator--was so much fun! The pastor's wife, Bev, really got into the fun:

Oh, and did I mention Santa? Yep, we had Santa Claus at our Christmas dinner. Gotta love free Santa pics with no waiting in line at the mall! Garrett was fantastic with the big guy--no fear at all. The hardest part of the picture was trying to get G-man to quit looking at Santa long enough to look at the camera! I thought for sure he was going to pull the beard off!