Almost 6 weeks old!

WOW! Time is passing so quickly. These past 6 weeks have been amazing. Drew has changed SO much since he was born. He is much more alert and interactive now. He makes cute little noises all day and definelty has a personality! His favorite thing to do is watch the ceiling fan. He just loves it, and it's so cute. He will almost break his neck to look around and find the fan, if he's not facing the right direction.


He had his 4 week checkup and that went fine. He's starting to finally gain some weight, so that was nice! He was such a chunk when he was born that it's taken a while to get back past his birth weight. He had to get a shot at the DR :(. WOW - that was NOT fun! He screamed like you had just stabbed him. I really do NOT look forward to the 8 week checkup when he gets 3 shots! I told Tim he has to go to that one with us. I don't think I can stand watching the little guy scream like that for 3 shots.


Drew is just like his parents. He does not like to be dirty. Drew can not stand to have a dirty diaper not even for a minute!! I swear sometimes I think he cries before he's even wet just to let you know to get ready. I know this because MANY times he'll start crying, so I start to investigate if he is wet or not. Of course he isn't, and then he decides to pee - ON ME! Yeah, funny you may think. But, I've gotten faster at changing the diapers and getting a shield ready!!


He's starting to smile and be more social. It's so sweet to see him grinning at you!! He almost rolled over the other day on his playmat. He doesn't quite have it figured out yet, but we are hoping soon.

I posted some links to videos over on the right of this blog. I couldn't figure out how to post them within the text, so I had to do it this way. I'm still frustrated about that!

Well, nothing else much is new. Tim and I are doing good. Still getting some sleep at night and waiting for Drew to start sleeping longer than 2-3 hours at a time! We are also waiting on my brother's baby Graham to be born!! He is due November 20th, but it could be anyday!!

Just wanted to give an update and post more pics. Hope everyone is doing well.

More pics

My family.
His belly button finally fell off, so we were able to give him a real bath. He actually didn't seem to mind. He didn't cry until the very end when we poured water on him to rinse him off.



I'm a burrito :) Drew is not a fan of being swaddled!! I couldn't decide if this picture was cute or mean. He kept waking himself up by his arms flying around, so I thought I'd give it a try. I should have taken the picture 10 seconds after this when he was screaming his head off.

I'm 3 weeks old!

So, it's been a VERY fast 3 weeks. We've learned a lot, lost a lot of sleep, gotten peed and pooped on more times that we can count, and had a ton of laughs! It is just incredible that we are parents. We look at him all the time and can't believe that we made such an amazing little person!!

It is very true how you quickly realize "what was our life like before?" - you just can't imagine life without the little one :). It is also hilarious how your conversations now revolve around - how many pee diapers did he have today?, is that poop the right color?, is he hungry, wet, cold, hot, bored, or what?, what was that noise?, and on and on....

He's been really good so far. He's fussy some afternoons, but he sleeps for about 2-3 hours at a time, which is really nice at night. He constantly has the hiccups, which seems to make him mad. Also, it appears that he's realized the difference between night and day, since when I put him in his bed at night, he doesn't fuss anymore - very nice!.

Here is a pic of his bed - of course, he's yet to spend a single minute in here. This bed is just way too big for him, and I can't stand him being that far down the hall from us. So, it will probably be a while before he's in this big bed.








This is adorable.








Tim's family came to visit little Drew. Drew's cousin Cooper was a little jealous of his Mom holding a different baby, but we got him calmed down for a quick picture :). I love my Grams, Uncle Ricky, and Aunt Becky.




Naked baby :). He is not really a fan of being changed, but he was doing good in this picture.

Me and Mom.
Drew's first "bath". It's just a sponge bath, but it went pretty well. I'm sure when he has a real bath, it will be a different story :).

I've learned how to hold my paci in my mouth. I just haven't quite learned yet how to put it back in when it does fall out.