Drew sounds.

"looky, looky...i found my hands!"

a call to creativity

first day

Here's Drew all bundled up for his first day of school - okay, daycare. I like to think of it as school since he'll have new stimulation and will hopefully gain some social skills from being around other kiddos.

So far, I have to say, he's not as smiley today. Hopefully we didn't hurt his feelings. More likely he's exhausted from an exciting first day.

merry christmas!

sneaky smiles

finally, some payback!

After all the effort required in the first few month of parenting...we finally have a baby who will smile back at us! Doug and I were hanging out at home this morning listening to the snow melt off the roof. I walked Drew over to the window and all of the sudden he just glowed with the biggest smile you have ever seen. He then proceeded to coo at us. The snow was no longer the only thing melting at that moment. He could now get away with just about anything, as long as he keeps on smiling!

Bring it on little one!

frogger

happy thanksgiving

Our very own Thanksgiving turkey. Look at those chunky thighs - he's definitely putting on some weight! Here is his first glimpse at the Twist cousins.

hanging out with Gee-Gee

my boys

"Hallucinatory baby-in-bed nightmares and other vivid dreams of the baby in peril appear to arise normally in response to the acute maternal responsibilities and sleep fragmentation that are endured by new mothers. The unique experiences constitute a window through which cognitive and emotional processes underlying the earliest steps of mother-infant attachment may be observed."

I definitely follow the studies done on postpartum sleep...the last two weeks, usually once a night, I wake up thinking I accidently brought Drew back to bed with me after his feeding. Usually I throw back the blankets, but last night I thought Doug was Drew and grabbed his head. Once I realized he had no hair I was safe to assume it wasn't Drew!

precious sleeper

houdini

He can get out of just about anything...

day 17

sleep

We have been blessed with a baby who will typically sleep well at night. The daytime is a different story. He is asleep right now...but most of the time he enjoys being awake during the day. They say a baby should be awake for an hour at a time, maximum. Really? Not our baby. He can go for hours. Hours and hours.

Everyone has their theories. He's hungry - so I feed him even more. He should just work it out, "Let him cry." Others say, "You can't spoil a baby, you should hold him if he wants to be held." "If he acts tired, put him down."

Oh, sure, he yawns. He's beside-himself-tired. But, why sleep? To him, the day is when the good stuff happens. He must not want to miss a minute...There's plenty of time little one...sleep now, while you still can!

Looking back...

The day we got the stroller! Love it. We've used it every day this week!Comparing our bellies...

oh, deer!

day 12

My little "old" man.

Sleeping peacefully.

After a great weekend with Nana and Papa.

happy halloween