apple orchard & picnic

today celebrated our two year wedding anniversary (a day early) with a picnic in the park and a trip to an apple orchard. for your locals: check out the frosty apple in dexter. they have the most wonderful apples are are run by a great couple julie and jack.

the family at the frosty apple, garrett was just waking up after the drive
checking out the cool tractor with julie
eating lunch with mama at gallup park (note the infamous mustard bottle) yummmm a taste of broccoli cheese soup

stepping & condiments

Yesterday Garrett took two unassisted steps!! I saw it again today when I picked him up frm day care, so I presume it wasn't a fluke! His mama (cindy) saw him take one step last week also! We're sure two steps will lead to three, four, five, and any day now he'll be walking walking, right?
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Some kids have security blankets or favorite teddy bears that they carry everywhere, but Garrett has his security mustard bottle. He obviously has gotten his love for mustard (the superior condiment) from his mom (sarah). He has not wanted to let go of the mustard bottle from his play kitchen for the last few days, and protests when we have him doing things without the mustard bottle, nursing, having dinner, etc. He also has a mustard bottle at day care that he loves to play with. Obviously a life long love for mustard is developing before he's even tasted it.

soccer pictures

last weekend at uncle jack's soccer games:

garrett has been living it up lately - he got to be babysat by both sets of grandparents last week! he loved playing with oma & opa on friday during the workday and with grama & grampa on saturday night when his moms went out to a work party. i'm sure grama got some posed shots with props that will surface soon......it's only a matter of time :)

it's about time.....

that we got some updates up here, considering it's been exactly one month since the last post. so today garrett is 10 months and he is full of all kinds of tricks that keep us amazed every moment of the day. he's super mobile now, no walking, but he crawls at light speed and cruises along furniture. i swear he did the sign for "more" yesterday and while he was eating dinner. he often says/mumbles something that resembles mama, but we aren't entirely convinced. he's facinated by cups (and practicing how to drink from them), snapping, being outside, opa's beard, crawling away from an impending diaper change, recycling, and zoe's water bowl.

we all survived our first week long camping trip as a family and we had a blast. we slept in a very cozy tent, met lots of great people, listened to fabulous music, enjoyed long walks in the woods, runs, dirty feet, sunshine, rain, good food, and quality time with just the three of us. since the trip we've been spending a lot of time with family and a whole weekend of puttering around the house. we sorted through, organized, and put away all the clothes that he has grown out of and it was amazing to see how small his first set of clothing was, it is hard to imagine that our g was ever that small!! last month at his nine month check up he was 19lbs 4oz and 29inches long, and surely he's been growing/gaining since then! enjoy the pics:

camping @ mwmf:

great grams & garrett august 17thg & uncle jack august 17th

10 months

nine months

Wow.... how time is flying, Garrett is 9 months old today (well technically yesterday, but I haven't gone to bed yet). We can hardly believe how quickly time is going and how big he is getting, how much he is learning, and how his personality is developing more and more each day. We are preparing to go camping for a week, Garrett's first official camping trip!

We all went to German Park last weekend in Ann Arbor. Mama used to go to this event every summer when she was younger with her family. We definitely enjoyed the German food, music, and dancing.



Visiting with Grampa Jay

wedding fun

here are some quick shots from the wedding last night. it was absolutely wonderful!!

aunties lindsay and dana had a beautiful wedding and we were all very happy to be a part of it. it was held at a great old theater in cincinatti, ohio and there were lots of family and friends there. auntie lindz found little tux outfits for all of her nephews, and boy were they all looking good!

ohio wedding festivities

garrett was thrilled to see his mama who was in lake tahoe, ca for work for four days this week. she had fun but was missing garrett a ton. she made it home just in time to get a few hours sleep and wake up to drive to ohio on thursday.....

let the festivities begin - we are down in cincinnati, ohio getting ready for the wedding of auntie lindsay and auntie dana. garrett is such a trooper when it comes to travel, new environments, and new fun..... he slept the entire way here (almost four hours) yesterday, made it through pedicure/manicure fun with the girls, the rehearsal, a late-ish outing to a pizza place, and is still snoozing this morning while i'm catching up on emails. he tends to be a rather happy and mellow baby overall, smiling all of the time and content with life. he has started to "protest" a little when he initially gets redirected from things like the dog food & water bowls, or things that his moms don't think are good to play with, but as soon as he has an interest in something else, back to smiling garrett . cindy noticed yesterday that there was some activity in his mouth, yes two new teeth just underneath the surface. he does not seem at all bothered by his 5th and 6th teeth! they are on the top and i'm sure they'll be down in plain sight in a few short days. today we'll be doing some exploring in the morning around our hotel in newport, kentucky and then getting ready for the big event tonight!

here are some more pictures from earlier this summer:

a better pic of unc b & g @ liz's party june 20th
kate & g at da reunion july 4th
kate, g, & uncle jack @ da reunion july 4th

july 12th