I wanted to share some pictures my neighbor Todd captured of Garrett in the baby pool with his girls Valerie and Samantha. He loved splashing around with the girls and playing with boats. I think I have a little fish on my hands!
Last weekend we had beautiful weather that we needed to take advantage of, plus I think our family needed a little fresh air! So we took our first Kline family trip to the Indianapolis Zoo. Obviously Garrett is a little young, so this trip was primarily for mom and dad. Garrett did enjoy the Oceans exhibit and the seal/sea lions because it was up close and hands-on. There was something about letting my 5 month old put his hand in shark infested waters so I left the "pet the sharks" exhibit to daddy. We are definitely looking foward to another trip next spring when he is older.
It has been too long since we last blogged, sorry! The Kline family has been overwhelmed by sickness and traveling lately so that has put us behind. The last three weeks have been plagued with Garrett's first cold and then our first bought of the stomach flu all at once. Needless to say our family is tired. We have now realized with the fun and drool of daycare comes the germs and goobers! Garrett is doing very well at Miss Jaime's house, our family just adores her and her sister Nikki. We have noticed eveyrtime we pick him up she is holding him...can we say spoiled! Brandon and I are having so much fun with him right now. He is sitting up for long peroids of time, belly laughing and he grabs our face and gives us big open mouth kisses(probably how we caught the stomach flu). There is nothing like coming in the room and your son notices you, grabs you and gives you a kiss. We feel that a tooth will soon be presenting itself as well. As I said earlier we traveled to Garrett's first wedding. Our dearest friends Blaine and Margaret were married on August 16th in Chicago, what a God-filled, spiritual day! Congrats guys! Garret did very well at the rehearsal even though we were up very late! He spent the wedding day with his Aunts Dawn and Shannon and cousin Patrick. We are so glad they were able to spend time with him. And last but certainly not least Garrett wants to introduce his newest friends the Callahan Tripletts. Harry Owen, Olivia Ann, and Madeline Rose were born August 19th. They are currently in the NICU for approx. 2 months. They are breathing on their own with some added oxygen and doctors say are strong for their size. We are praying for these babies that they will grow and thrive! Promise not to wait so long to write the next time. 
Well we just accomplished what seems to be every working parents worse fear...the first week of daycare! Praise Jesus, we all did great! Garrett had a good first week. He is already known as most beautiful smile and super laid back. He enjoys the Bumbo and jumparoo the best! He has adjusted to the other children well and everytime I pick him up he has several ladies surrounding him. If this is a sign of the future, I am in trouble. Dad and I have adjusted to the new schedule as well. Brandon starts school on Monday so that will be the true test. I also wanted to share about last weekend. We had a shower for my good friend Ashley Callahan. If I have not shared with you, Ashley is pregnant with tripletts and is on bedrest in Clarian North Hospital. So we had to have her shower in the hospital...a first for me! We had a great time. Celebrations of babies always brings friends together so our good friends Laura and Jeremy were up from Louisville with their daughter Addison! She is one month older than Garrett. They were definitely "friends" at first sight! They were talking to eachother and could not stop touching eachother's face. This week was also Garrett's first try at solids. He has tried cereal, bananas and sweet potatoes(I believe those were his favorite!)
The Delta Gamma Gals at the shower
Addison and Garret meet for the first time
I love sweet potatoes when they actually get into my mouth!
Garrett is now four months old! He went to the doctor Tuesday and he weighs 15 lbs 10 oz. and is 24.5 inches long. Big boy! He started off the day by rolling over for the first time, yeah! Garrett is so much fun to be around, he is a very joyful baby. He laughs out loud and enjoys kisses. His uncle Preston rode his motorcycle to Indy a few weeks ago. We know Preston will teach him many great things and many things I will not want to know about! We also went home to Evansville last weekend. Garrett's favorite part was taking tubs in Meme's pedestal sink. He splashed and squealed while making a huge mess! Tomorrow we go to a meet and greet at Ms Jaime's she will be taking care of Garrett when mommy and daddy go back to work next week. Be praying for us, it will be harder on us than him I am sure!
Brandon and I wanted to share our latest images of Garrett. My friend from work Amanda is a photographer on the side and offered to come over to our house to capture some images of Garrett at three months. We had a great time! Garrett was so cooperative and talkative. Hope you enjoy!
Well Brandon and Garrett have been together for three weeks now without mommy. They have been having a great time! They most recently built a corn-hole set together. Garrett is the most talkative and playful from about 5-7 am every morning. This is just an example of our talkative boy...sorry for the gross ending!
We had a great three day weekend celebrating the Forth of July! Garrett"s Grandma Kline was in town to visit. We spent most of the weekend enjoying good food, good company with our neighboors and sleepless nights with the fireworks. Brandon and I found ourselves looking foward to the next Forth when Garrett is able to understand more and play with the children in the backyard. Although we are still grateful for his immobility, hehe! I hope the holiday was a great break for you all as it was for us!
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