Anyone that knows my family well can attest to the fact that we are a family of funky nicknames! We have everything from Snipers to Bird's the Word and many more in between! With this being the case, you can only imagine the possibilities for a new baby! A clean slate of nicknames to come up with! So far, Drake has been called Drakey Poo, Little Weave, Cletus the Fetus (while in the womb and has since died off, thank goodness!), Little Love, Littlest Boy, Little Son, and is now known as the Big Little. Chris started shortening all of the Little nicknames to just plain Little and I added the Big to it because he's never really been that little! So, there ya have it... my son is officially the Big Little! We're freaks, I know! We just can't seem to handle calling each other by our real names!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Two months old!!
Things to remember about Drake at two months:
* He is still a wild man! He wiggles around like crazy. The poor little guy always has red eyes because he is constantly punching himself in the face.
* He has gotten used to being naked and doesn't throw as big of a fit when he is changed. Phew!
* He has outgrown all of his newborn clothes and is almost out of his 0-3 things. He is too long! He does have a little belly on him, but it's the length of all his onsies that is the problem.
* He sleeps through the night and has for a good three weeks now! The bedtime routine usually consists of a bath around 10:00, a bottle at 10:30, and bed at 11:00. Most nights he will sleep until 8:00 am and will go back to sleep until 9:30 or so after eating a quick breakfast!
* He has gotten into the habit of not pooping all day and saving it all up for nightly blowouts! We have been experiencing full on blowouts at least once every night for almost a week now.
* He will still not sleep in his crib during the day. It is an absolute battle to get him to sleep in it for ten minutes during the day. The only way he will really take good naps is if he is being held. It's a little frustrating at times!
* He is a chow hound! He has no problem gulping down six ounces if he is allowed to!
* He is super smiley in the mornings after he eats :)
* He loves to sit in his bouncer and kick his legs and throw his arms around.
* He had a wicked case of baby acne but thanks to some awesome advice and a tube of hydrocortizone cream, it is on it's way out!
* He has a little flat spot on the back right side of his head because he totally favors his right side. Ahh! Hopefully it rounds back out!
* He is truly the light of our lives and we are so thankful to have such a sweet little son!
They finally meet!!
Last week, Baby Drake and Baby Adam were finally able to meet. Both moms and Auntie Melissa have been planning the meeting for months now and it was so fun to finally get the two little guys together. They are only 20 days apart in age and are as cute as can be! Thanks so much to Elizabeth for the adorable matching sweaters! These two boys are bound to be best buddies!
*** Thanks again for lunch girls! Drake and I had so much fun chatting and kicking around on the floor! We must do it again soon!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
A name and a blessing!
On Sunday, March 15, 2009, my sweet husband gave our little son his name and a blessing. It was so special and truly an answer to so many prayers to be able to witness the blessing of the baby that we have been waiting for! We were so lucky to have our wonderful family and friends there to support us and couldn't have asked for a more perfect day! It was beautiful in every way!
The last few weeks!
My child's life so far has been very well documented! We have over 1000 pictures of him already and he's only seven weeks! Thank goodness for digital photos! I can't even imagine how expensive it would be to print all of these lovely photos out!
For Christmas, my mom got my dad tickets to the NASCAR races in Las Vegas. He decided to make a boys trip out of it and took Chris, my brother Nick, my soon to be brother, Jared, and my Uncle Joe. I'm sad I don't have a picture of Jare-bear, but he was definitely there and I'm sure looking just as sexy with his headphones on!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Evicted
Well, the time has come... my little son has officially been evicted from his cradle next to our bed and has been relocated to his big boy crib in his own room. I was a little nervous the first night with him on his own, but he slept like a champ! He made it from 11:00 pm until 6:15 am and has done great every night since then. We're still practicing sleeping in the crib during the day, which is a bit of a struggle for the little guy, but in time, I'm sure he'll get the hang of it. He's just too dang spoiled right now to realize that he needs to sleep on his own during the day, not in someone's arms!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Picasa is pretty sweet!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Our little love
I know I'm completely biased, but I think my little one is pretty precious! He has changed our lives in more ways than I ever could have imagined, and we are so grateful to have been sent such a sweet little guy. Right now as I try to type this, he is wearing his cute little NASCAR jammies from his Grammy's house, and is mad as ever because he thinks he's hungry after only an hour and a half since his last snack! I think we're in the midst of a growth spurt because he is a little chow hound. Four or five ounces is no problem for little weave! He has definitely inherited my ability to "put it down" as Chris would say!
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