Bathtime Fun

Drew has started to really love his bathtimes. He's figured out that kicking his legs wind-mill style in the bathtub makes fun splashing noises and sometimes even gets his Mom wet. Here's a little video of him in the tub.

I also wanted to get a picture of this little man's chubby thighs and booty. Since nobody else was around, I did the picture taking. Apparently Drew was not too happy with this photo being taken, so he showed his displeasure by peeing on me about 3 seconds after I snapped this. Oh well -- it was worth having a photo memory of those sweet chubby cheeks!

January Update -- Playtime Galore

January has been a fun month for Drew, aside from Mommy and Daddy working hard and being sick. He is just the happiest child. He fussed when he had his ear infection, but otherwise he is such a great baby. Here are some of our fun memories from the last couple of weeks.

Drew loves his rice cereal. We started with green beans, and he likes them too. We then moved on to carrots, which he also enjoyed. (Mom didn't enjoy the orange poop, but it's a small price to pay to have a happy kiddo.) We'll start sweet peas this evening.

Drew loves when we blow on his tummy. His eyes get really wide and he laughs at us while he straightens out his legs and flails his arms.

Here is Drewby having some tummy time. I have no idea what he thought was so funny, but I'd guess that Mommy was making silly faces.

Oh, I LOVE that smile!

We were going to have a fun portrait session on the couch, but Drewby took a couple pictures and then exploded his diaper. Fun for all!

After cleaning up the diaper explosion, we took a few fun naked pictures. His prom date is going to love these someday!

Drew's new favorite toy is the jumperoo. He hops and jumps to his heart's delight. His favorite thing is watching Daddy throw the ball for Sadie. He watches Sadie run after the ball and when she barks, he laughs and hops again. She watches Sadie bring the ball back, tracks her as she chases it again, then laughs and hops at her barking again. It's great fun.

Sickies

Sorry for the lack of updates, my dear blog friends. We have been super busy with work/hospital rotations/playtime at day care. To top it all off, we've been passing around some sort of bug this week. I got violently ill on Sunday night but woke up feeling much better Monday morning. Whatever I had must have passed on to Drew because he had a rough night on Sunday and was restless most of the day Monday. John had been feeling fine until this morning, when he woke up with a cough, congestion, and general achiness. I also woke up this morning with a sore throat, stuffy ears, and a headache. Drew seems to be the only one feeling good today. I think the weather may be a factor, since we had two 80 degree days last week and the high today is 32. Gotta love Texas weather! This time of year, there are probably all sorts of things going around and we're just lucky enough to catch lots of them. Please keep us in your prayers as it's just not fun to be sick, especially when Drew isn't feeling good either.

Busy Season

I know that people go through "seasons" of life, and clearly we are going through a busy one. Here is the latest update from here.

The day we got back from Amarillo, Ashley had tickets to a Dallas Mavericks game. These were tickets from one of her co-workers, and they were on row D. So we were 4 rows (and a few rows on the floor) away from the action. We could see the sweat on the players. We could hear what they were yelling at the referees (and realized why the refs don't wear microphones that could broadcast on TV.) The game was great, since the Mavs were up and down the whole time and finally won it at the end. We had a GREAT time and have volunteered to go with Ash anytime she needs someone to help her use these tickets.

I now in busy season, as I am every January-March. One of my clients has a super busy time the first couple weeks of January, and another client is swamped the end of February and beginning of March. So, I called in some reinforcements to help keep Drew the last couple of weeks. Last week my mom was here and this week John's mom is here. To top things off, John is doing his OB/GYN rotation right now, and he has been working the night shift this week. (Night shift = go in at 7-8 pm, get off at 7-8 am, stay for lecture until 10-11 am, come home and crash, wake up and start it all over again.)

I'm sure you can imagine that our stress level was a little high. Both working 12 hour days, plus not seeing your spouse for several days at a time will do that to you. And poor Drew got an ear infection. I'm not sure how he timed it to be during one of my busiest weeks of the year, but he sure did. The worst part (for me, at least) was that my sweet, sleeps-through-the-night baby turned into a crying monster who was up 3 or 4 times every night. So, two trips to the doctor later, he is feeling a bit better. He had been congested over Christmas and apparently his little ears didn't drain, so the infection kicked up. The doctor described it as "ugly" the first visit and "yucky" the second. (Gotta love pediatricians' vocabularies!) The first antibiotic didn't quite do the trick, but it looks like #2 is working. He is much happier, and thankfully has been only waking up once a night. I'm hoping that with some prayer, he'll ease back into his 9-hour sleeping routine.

So, other than the crazy work hours, the ear infection, and the family in town, it's been life as normal. John goes back on normal day shifts this week and hopefully I can go from 12-hour days to 10-hour days. Drew starts at "real" day care on Monday, so say prayers that everything goes well and he is able to handle the transition.