Finally- A Good Saturday!

Considering how our last two Saturdays have gone, we were a little worried about what today would bring.  But today turned out to be just awesome!  For starters, Garrett was finally able to start oral feeding again!  It has been over two weeks since he was able to eat by himself.  Since it had been so long, we were prepped that he might not do so hot- he may have to literally relearn how to suck.  But our little guy did fabulous right from the start!!!
This afternoon, Derek and Tori were able to go the Indianapolis zoo!  I'm so glad that Derek was able to get out of our house for a bit.  He has been such a trooper, just staying at our house everyday so Tori doesn't have to leave her own environment.  They had a fabulous time and apparently Tori has our zoo memorized.  Derek said that before they would get to the next area, Tori would start talking about what was coming up.  Sadly, I forgot to take a picture at the zoo when I went to pick them up :(
After the zoo came my favorite part of the day- Derek and Tori were able to come up to the hospital to visit Garrett!  When we got to the hospital, I told Tori we were going to see Garrett and she said, "baby brother" for the very first time! We have been asked several times if Tori has missed Garrett, and up until today she really hasn't shown that she has.  But when she said that, I knew she had missed him and she knows he is part of our family now!
While Garrett and Uncle Derek's first meeting wasn't in the circumstances we would have liked, it was very sweet nonetheless!

As a side note- Tori loved Uncle Derek's "pretty dress!"
Tori had a great time eating her lunch...

and dancing around in Garrett's room!

I absolutely loved that she kept asking me to pick her up so she could see her "baby brother!"

I am so glad it worked out that Uncle Derek got to feed Garrett a bottle! (Jared hasn't even had that chance yet!)

Hurrah for a wonderful Saturday full of sweet and tender moments!!!