Sweet Little Lion

Halloween turned out to be a very busy but fun night. Lindsay joined us for Halloween festivities which included pumpkin carving, seed roasting, cookie baking, haunted gingerbread house building and a visit to Mom and Dad at their church's fall carnival. Drew was the cutest lion there by far but I am pretty partial :)

Lindsay was brave enough to jump right in there and gut the pumpkin...way to go!

The building experts! The house ended up looking quite scary (and I really mean a little sad) as the walls started to collapse as we iced and roof.

No cowardly lion here!

Drew trying to figure our what is going on

So this is what it feels like to have hair!

Drew with Grandma and Papa

Thanks Aunt Emily for the cute hat and bib combo for Halloween day!

Fall Activities with our Little Pumpkin

This month has been so much fun with all of the fall activities that go along with it. We had our annual Sunday school costume party in the middle of the month. Drew dressed up as a little lion, I was a cat and Eric was the hat (we were the Cat and the Hat as a couple). It is so cute to see his little face in the middle of his lion mane! The costume also includes some extra puffiness at the bottom making him look even bigger. We can't wait for Halloween night to put it back on him and take him up to Mom and Dad's church carnival.




This weekend we found a cute little pumpkin patch and grabbed some pictures of him the patch. He is getting better about holding his head up but balancing on pumpkins proved to be a little more challenging.







Tonight was our church Fall Festival. Eric and I worked one of the bounce houses with some other members of our class. We got to see plenty of friends and lots of little ones dressed up having a good time!

Ember and Drew saying hello

Drew with sweet Lezah

Jonathan and Eric manning the bounce house

Worn out after my first fall festival :)

4 Month Check Up

Our little bug is growing so much and it is so fun to watch. The older he gets, the more he does. I have the best of intentions to write in his baby book to keep track of everything (and I have written down plenty of it) but he is always doing new things. It is hard to keep up.

Eric spent 10 days in Hungary the first of the month so Drew and I had 10 days of just mom and baby time. Praise the Lord that the sweet baby started sleeping through the night September 29 (just a couple of days before Eric left). That was SUCH a big help! I know 5 hours is considered sleeping through the night but I am talking about really sleeping. He is now sleeping 8-9 hours at a time and we are tickled! This made all the difference in our time while Eric was away. Sleeping through the night may be the most important of his new talents but it is certainly not the only thing new he is doing. He has also learned to suck his thumb. He has been working on figuring that out for about a month but he has it down and loves it now!



One of the first times he found his thumb, he fell asleep on his play mat by himself. Normally he can not find his hands while he is sleeping because we still swaddled him before bedtime. We found in the beginning, that this was the best way to help him sleep and wondered how we would ever stop swaddling him since he loved it so much. I guess he was just ready to have his hands free so it was a very easy transition. Since he was sleeping through the night, I didn't want to rock the boat and change too much of his routine at one time so we just gave him one arm at a time out of the blankets. He now gets both arms with just the little body wrapped. :)


Drew always has plenty to say on his changing table. The newest noise that he is making is blowing air through lips making them vibrate. This accompanies many other bellows and howls. He loves to smile but we have not had much luck getting it on camera. I catch this one yesterday on my phone.


He went in for his 4 month check up Thursday. He was actually 4 months 1 week if it matters. He weighted 13 lbs 15 oz and is now 25 inches long. For his length he is in the 41 percentile! Not shabby for this little 7 week preemie.

A 29th Birthday Celebration (a second time)

Yes this is my 2nd time to celebrate my 29th birthday. Just two years ago we celebrated the big 2-9 early since my mom always thinks I am turning older than I actually am. See the blog post

Blog from Birthday 2007

Eric surprised me by borrowing the Interstate limo. He had decorated the inside with streamers, balloons, noise makers, beads, sparkling grape juice with champagne flutes and a special birthday crown! Kelly and Kristin secretly stumbled across some old CDs I had in high school and college and made an ol' school mix CD especially for the drive! The limo was complete with green mood lights to match its loud exterior. Eric was our personal chauffeur! Everyone was so impressed by his driving abilities! We cruised over to Gloria's for some Mexican food and fun on the patio. We arrived there with the windows down and music blaring. Everyone on the Gloria's patio turned to see the celebrities disembark from the limo. One of the most special gifts of the night was a card from Drew. It was decorated with various Dinsey stickers and appeared to be written by him. He has also included a picture of himself with his paci.

Mom and Dad were nice enough to watch Allison and Drew all evening. They are always eager and willing to help out any way they can. I love you Mom and Dad! We had a wonderful evening and so much fun! This will always be a night to remember.

Kristin, Kelly, Katie and Lindsay

Up front with Eric and Frank

So many good options...oh what to choose?

Eric and Amy before dinner

Eric, Kristin, Amy, Lindsay, Katie, Kelly and Jimmy
Photograph by Frank

Baby and Mama Talkin'

Drew and I have time throughout the day where we just talk to each other. His favorite sounds right now are "woo, goo and agoo". He loves to copy the sounds that I make and I copy the sounds he makes. He is cute how he is becoming more responsive and smiling more. For all of you who have been asking, he is at 13 lbs now!

A Visit to the Sunshine State

That's right, we just got back from Florida hanging out at a beach condo with Danny, Susan, Emily, Bill and little KK. We had a great time and Drew did wonderful. This trip served to be many firsts for us. It was the first time to travel and fly with Drew. It was the first time for Emily, Bill and KK to meet our little guy and it was our first beach trip as a new family of three!

Danny and Susan loved getting a chance to see Drew again and were nice enough to frequently volunteer to watch him for us if we needed a walk on the beach or to run out for a little bit. What are grandparents for?! KK loved little Drew and enjoyed helping out with him in any way she could. She was eager to pick out his clothes for the day, help change diapers and give baths. I think the cousin relationship between her and Drew she is still a little cloudy on since she told our waitress that he was her little brother. ;)



Most of our days were spent very laid back. The boys were early to rise to see the sun coming up over the water each morning and we often didn't make it out of the condo until around noon. We spent the majority of the day hopping between the beach and the pool. Shark teeth were also of great interest this trip. I think around 80 of them were found while combing the sand on the expansive beach. Danny also got Drew a little "tadpole pool" that he used for sleeping and floating while we were outside.

Despite our returning flight being delayed 7 hours and taking a layover through Miami with an infant, our trip was great!

Drew's first flight!

Beach crib


Oh! The ceiling fan!

Hullabaloo Fil-A, Fil-A

So our family busted out and dusted off all of our A&M garb today in the name of free Chick-fil-a sandwiches. Eric and Frank planned on hitting every Chick-fil-a from our house to the Stonebriar mall in order to get their fill of free sandwiches. Drew was also excited about getting his very own meal too so he put on his custom A&M onesie that Aunt Susan had given to him proudly displaying "Drew 31" since he will be class of 2031. His outfit was complete with aTm booties. In all our family scored seven sandwiches out of the promotion and a few family pictures!

Six Minutes of Mishaps

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch with the Boppy feeding Drew as is our normal every three hour routine. After he was done eating I start burping him. Knowing this burping process can take a while, and most times he does not even burp, I am always prepared that when I lean him back, spit up is very likely. Putting a bib on him usually helps keep his oneise clean but not always! This was one of those days. Just as I got the bib around his neck he exploded sending spit up past the bib, on the oneise and reaching my stomach and shorts! As I started wiping and up his volcanic explosion, I noticed evidence of another problem on the towel covering the Boppy. What appeared to be poop was on the edge of the towel from where he was laying to eat. Lifting a leg to better inspect the ruffles of his diaper, sure enough we had gooey leak.



I carefully picked him up and held him away from me trying to minimize the mess we were making as I carried him to his nursery. I laid him down on his changing pad, unsnapped his onesie, pulled the Velcro strips back from his diaper and the MOMENT I pulled back the diaper, pee goes streaming through the air!



It covers any part of the onesie that was clean, the wall and the changing pad! I pride myself in being fast at catching fountains but this one defeated me! After wiping the pee from the wall quickly and getting over the shock of how many little explosions we had in just a few minutes I laughed! Motherhood is great!

Drew Loves You

Guess who Drew is loving today? It is any surprise that this sweet little outfit was a gift from Aunt Kristin? :)