2 Months Old

We really can't believe he is 2 months old!!! It really seems like yesterday we were leaving the hospital with him (while he screamed the whole way out!). We go to the doctor tomorrow for shots...that should be fun! :)

4 Days old...coming home from the hospital

One Month Old

Two Months Old

I took this at about 2 weeks old

Random Friday

1. It seems like Drew has changed a lot this week! I am posting a video below. He has starting smiling a lot more, moving more, and making more sounds. He is also really started focusing on objects.

2. I have been homesick this week....talking to several good friends from Fayetteville this week and missing my mom and dad has caused me to really miss good ol' Fayetteville! I am also really needing some good Chinese food. I may eat at JD China every day when we go home in February.

3. There are two blogs that I am addicted to. I check them everyday. MamaBargains.com and babycheapskate.com

4. I am REALLY excited about the opportunity I have been given to be one of the speakers at a Women's Event at our church in February. I will be doing a session on prayer. I am intimidated by the topic since my prayers lately have been, "Please Lord let him sleep more than 2 hours straight tonight!" :) I have titled the seminar "Getting Past Shopping List Prayers: Growing in Your Conversations with God." (Thanks for the help w/ the title Sarah!)

5. In case I haven't mentioned it.....Hal has been absolutely AMAZING since Drew was born. Not that he wasn't great before, but he has been a huge help. I have also loved watching him with Drew. One day this week I called him at work and put the speaker phone on so he could talk to Drew and so that Hal could hear Drew cooing and squealing. You would have thought MSU won the National Championship (HA!) it made his day.

Changed So Much

I have been intending to post more of these for awhile. We can't get over how much he has changed since these were taken at about 2 weeks old. These are just a few of my many favorites! The photographer came to our house which was so nice! We didn't have to take him anywhere.

Information Overload

I have decided that there are a million different books and methods on getting your baby to sleep through the night! I have had to force myself to stop reading anything else. One book or method contradicts another and some of the things they suggest just seem silly! I realize little man is only 7 weeks old and probably won't sleep through the night for awhile...so no more reading for me! Instead of stressing over "methods," I have started praying harder for wisdom and discernment that what we are currently doing is the right thing!

We moved him to his crib on New Years Eve and we were both surprised how well he did. We have started a bedtime routine that usually starts with a bath. We then get him dried off and put his lavender lotion on him, swaddle him, and feed him while he listens to praise music. I usually feed him and Hal reads his Bible Story to him (thanks for the book Mrs. Julia...we love it!) After his bottle, we put him in his crib, pray for him, and let him sleep. He has been sleeping around 3 hours and then wakes up. I generally go in pat him and maybe give him his pacifier and then he sleeps another hour. Hopefully one of these days we can skip the middle of the night feeding!

Ready for bed!

He is always so calm in the pictures I post. Just so you know...he does cry! :)

Morning Time

Morning time with Drew is probably our favorite time of the day! He is so cute and interactive when he wakes up and we take him out of his swaddle blanket. Here are just a few seconds of what we enjoy!

We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Well..not so relaxing because I must get my Christmas tree down. I wish that I could just throw a sheet over it and pretend it isn't there! Other than that we won't be doing much except mourning the fact that College Football is over for another year!

If all else fails???

If all else fails...try the dishwasher?? Drew was a little fussy the other night and I was having trouble getting him calmed down. I finally decided to put him in his bouncy seat in the kitchen with us while we were cooking. He fell asleep to the sound of the dishwasher. :)

New Year and Hal's Birthday

Happy New Year! It seems so weird to say that it is 2009. Since March when we found out we were pregnant, I have been thinking about how we would have a baby with us at Christmas and New Years. It seemed so far away. How crazy that Christmas has come and gone, 2009 is here, and we have Drew with us! 2008 was a year of big changes for us. The move from Houston to Florida was more challenging for us than we anticipated. Hal had to get comfortable with a totally new role at work and we both had to get accustomed to a new town. We had really started to feel at home in Texas and leaving was difficult. Finding a church as soon as we did here in Florida was a HUGE blessing. The people God has brought into our lives as a result are absolutely amazing. We spent a good part of the year preparing to meet our little man and on November 19th we were blessed with a beautiful, healthy baby boy! The last 6 weeks have been some of the most challenging yet most rewarding weeks of our lives. I am sure that will be true for years to come. Hal has had the last few days off and we have enjoyed having him here! Today was his birthday. We had brunch at our favorite spot, The Broken Egg, and then spent the rest of the day here watching football. Below are pics from the last week.

Go Hogs!!!

Go Dawgs!!

Ready for my New Years Eve date with the Holiday's. :)

He loves to hold his head back and watch the lights.

Watching his daddy....

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Christmas Visit

Merry Christmas....a day late! :) Hal's brother and his family got here on Christmas Eve. We have loved getting to introduce Drew to them. We made pizzas on Christmas Eve and opened presents. Yesterday they went to Busch Gardens in Tampa and we hung out here at the house. It was a nice relaxing day! All three of us took naps. Last night we grilled burgers....I wasn't quite up to making a full Christmas meal and since it was 80 outside, we decided burgers would be a good choice. Enjoy the pics!



This is one of his favorite spots to be!

Cousin Jess feeding me

Hanging out with Madison








Uncle Ed is comfy. :)





Playing with my toys on Christmas

Trying to Smile

We had a good...but too short weekend! Hal had to work until 2:00 on Saturday. We then had a late lunch at Cracker Barrel and then went for a drive down to the beach while Drew slept in his carseat. Yesterday we went to church and then had lunch with friends. We are looking forward to this week. Hal only has to work Monday and Tuesday this week!

Drew is just starting to smile. I was able to catch him with the camera on Saturday morning!

Drew and I ready for church on Sunday

One thing I want for Christmas

To make more time for my quiet time with the Lord each day! It seems that when Drew is sleeping and I do have the time to sit down. I can think of 100 other things I need to do and I do those first. I know that to be the best mom and wife....my time with the Lord is way more important than picking things up, surfing the Internet, or laundry. I am also learning that my time with the Lord will come in different ways. Drew responds really well to music when he is fussy or upset. We can put on some praise music and he will calm down. I find myself singing to him (poor kid) and as I sing the words I try to really listen to what I am singing. I really enjoy those times. Not only I am getting to hold my precious son, but I am also getting to sing praise back to the Lord.

One Month Old

Our little man is one month old today! The month really has flown by. Today we went and had lunch with Hal. I always had lunch with Hal on Fridays and we are keeping are lunch dates with dad now that Drew is here. I put him in the same outfit that we brought him home from the hospital in. It is still too big but not near as big as it was a month ago! He is growing into it fast.


At the doctor's office yesterday, Drew weighed 10lbs 4oz. He seems to be feeling a little better today....I can't hear his congestion quite as bad.



Coming home from the hospital. I really felt stupid that I thought this outfit would fit him!!






One month old...I hated to wake him and get the outfit out from around his face. :)









One month old....and growing every day!

Drew's First Cold

I sure wish that the title of this post was different! He started getting really congested last night and was running a mild fever. I took him to the doctor this morning and he does have a mild cold. It is just in his head and not his ears or his chest right now. We are praying it stays that way! Even though he has been sick, he has been a little trooper. The doctor really felt that he should be better by the weekend and that is what we are praying! I felt so responsible for his cold...thinking that maybe we had him out to much. The doctor made me feel better when he told me that it just happens and we can't keep them in a bubble. :) The picture below was taken this afternoon in one of the few times that he wasn't in my arms!






We have really been blessed by a wonderful church family and BSF family here in Sarasota. They have prayed for us, brought us meals, picked up family at the airport, visited us in the hospital, had our house cleaned, and many other things.



My friend Christy and her two girls, Mary Allison and Mia, have been a huge help since Drew was born!



This is Rachel and her daughter Ashton. Ashton waited 3 long weeks to get to hold Drew! :)


After posting the pics of him in his Razorback outfit, I had to post these as well.

Visit with Grandpa & Grandma

My mom and dad left this morning. We were so glad to have them here. They were a huge help. Hal and I even got to sneak away to a Christmas party and let mom and dad babysit Drew. Sorry my posts seem so short these days. :)

So glad Dad is home from work!