the missing link

there always seem to be two questions or comments when people see gerrit. first, of course, is "he is ginormous!" logical--take two big people and you get one big baby. the second is "who does he look like?" at first everyone (except aunt sally) thought he looked like cousin arie, but now people have started to say he looks more like hugh. well, after our recent trip to colorado we have an answer. gerrit looks like his cousin evan...right down to the drool on their chins! well, i think gerrit's eyes still belong to tante peri or beppe.

check out the picture of the two cousins!

vacuuming monkeys

i was busy getting dinner ready the other night when i heard a wonderful noise--the vacuum, when i am no where near it! so i look around the corner and there is hugh vacuuming with an even better sight--gerrit happily helping dad in his bjorn.

i missed the shot of hugh's foot coming through the ceiling, so i made sure to capture this one. thanks monkeys!

rolling right along

so the biggest feat of the little monkey is his new mobility.

i was making dinner wednesday night and had gerrit on the kitchen floor in his gym. i put him down on his back, went back to making dinner, and when i turned back to look at gerrit he was on his stomach!

gerrit is not "tummy time's" biggest fan, so he had already mastered the art of rolling from his stomach to his back. now that he can roll from his back to his stomach he seems to have forgotten his old trick and gets stuck on his tummy. we are just waiting for him to put the two tricks together and he will be rolling right along.

so gone are the days of playing in the middle of mom and dad's bed and naps sprawled out on the couch...

check out a video of the roll below.

my monkeys

for the past three months I have been spending my days and nights 'chasing' my own little monkey (or monkeys if you count hugh too). there seems to be something new to report on gerrit each week and what better way to share all these great feats than to start a blog.