All About Garrett

Ok, maybe not ALL about Garrett, but a couple things, one good, one not so good. First, he had another milestone over the weekend... After several weeks of talking about it (and an increased frequency of strangers saying "Oh, are they twins? A boy and a girl!"), we finally broke out the clippers and gave Garrett his first haircut.


He did a great job and so did Jim, on the other end of the clippers - not even one close call. He looks quite different with his fuzzy little head - I don't know if the picture really shows it, but he looks somehow more grown up. (We also think he looks quite a lot like his Uncle John) I miss his long, sort of curly hair, but this new fuzziness is growing on me, too. It's one of those times when all you can say is "they're growing up so fast!".

As for the not so good thing: Shortly after the boys' first birthday, we decided to try giving them a bit of peanut butter. And Garrett promptly broke out around his mouth. Their pediatrician told us there is a blood test they can do to determine if someone is allergic to peanuts. We got that done last week and got the results today: yep, he's allergic. Apparently he's only a 2 on a scale of severity from 1-6 (6 being worst), but it's one of those things that gets worse as you get older, the more you are exposed to it, so we'll have to be very careful from now on and will be getting some Epipens, just in case. Since peanuts are not technically "nuts" (they're actually legumes), there's a chance he's not allergic to tree nuts (almonds, cashews, etc.). So we can go ahead and cautiously try those when he's old enough.

This will be a new experience for us, since neither of us is allergic to any kind of food. It will be quite an adjustment and it's strange to realize that he'll never be able to have a peanut butter & jelly sandwich! I realize that's kind of trivial in the big scheme of things, but it's seems like it's so much a part of childhood! It's one of those things you don't realize you take so much for granted. If anyone has any experience with peanut allergies (or the like) and can give us some pointers, we'd welcome them!

And now, since it just doesn't seem right to leave out Drew entirely, and while we're on the topic of food, here are some fine examples of his recent flare for creative eating habits... see if you can spot pieces of:


As always, we'd love to hear how you're doing! Even if we're not at our best in terms of keeping in touch individually, we do think about all you friends and family out there and wonder what's going on with you.