We’ve got a full on crawler on our hands! Looks like it’s time to baby proof!
Here’s a video that shows how proud Drew is once he got to his toy car. 🙂
Month: July 2015
boy & sidekick: sharing
Although Pearl can be a little nutty, one thing we’ve appreciated about her is that she’s never chewed or gotten into our things. From a young age, she’s always known what is hers and what she can destroy (aka her stuffed toys).
We wondered if this would change once Drew came along and had stuffed toys of his own, especially since they would be all around the house. It’s been eight months and Pearl has never tried to grab any of Drew’s stuff! Even sometimes when we put his toys directly in her face, she doesn’t try to grab it – she may open her mouth slightly but she somehow knows better.
In any case, Pearl does keep tabs on her own toys so it’s not surprising when Drew tried to play with her ball, she didn’t want to share (video below).
oh drew…
The other day when Drew and I were playing, I tried to teach him to clean up after we were done. I know, I know…he’s too young but I thought I would start teaching him this early.
Based on the video below, I have a feeling I’ll be cleaning up after him until he’s off to college and maybe even well beyond that, probably after he gets himself a wife. 😉
not your typical saturday morning
One Saturday morning, we were all enjoying breakfast when…daddy started singing show tunes! Drew enjoyed the performance but Pearl, not so much.
P.S. Keith is going to hate me for posting this but enjoy the video below. 🙂
lucky seven
It’s official…I suck at updating the blog!
Although I’m only a week and a half behind on Drew’s seven month blog post, I’m several months behind on the 20+ blog posts that I’ve had lined up. Perhaps I’ll get my act together this month…or maybe not. I blame summer for my tardiness with keeping this updated. 😉
On to the seven month post… It’s hard to believe that Drew has passed the halfway point to a year old. He’s really grown a lot in the last month – sits on his own, army crawls all over the place (you really can’t leave him for a second or he’ll be half way across the room), eats solids twice a day and even added an extra bottle to his feedings (not sure I can keep up with the milk production at this rate) and talks up a storm!
In terms of sleep, we had a bit of blip the other week. One day he was sleeping through the night with one feeding and the next, he was up three to ten times! It was driving me nuts and with Keith out-of-town for work, I didn’t know what to do so I ordered a sleep training book. If you know me, it’s rare that I finish a book unless I’m really into it and the sleep training book wasn’t any different – I just couldn’t finish it. Once Keith got back home, we decided to start sleep training. We did a combination of CIO and if needed, Keith was the one to go in to console Drew. It only took a few days and now Drew is back to sleeping through the night AND doesn’t require a night-time feeding! We had a rough couple weeks but I’m glad to be back on our normal sleep schedule…at least until the next sleep regression hits.
Highlights:
– Had a couple of weeks of sleep regression but back on track and sleeping through the night. No more night feedings either!
– Continues to love food like his mama and papa. He’s fascinated by people eating.
– Is a pro army crawler and uses his huge noggin to move himself forward
– Favorite part of his bedtime routine is when daddy reads to him, especially all the voices daddy makes
– Finds it hilarious when Pearl’s tail fans over his face
– Loves swim lessons with his best buds from PEPS
six month photo shoot
Before Drew came along, I was obsessed with taking photos of Pearl. Well my obsession went from taking photos of Pearl (which I still do) to taking photos of Drew. Between the two of them, they make up about 99.9% of the photos on my phone and camera. That said, we don’t have a ton of family photos so we used Drew’s six month photo session as an opportunity to get some as well.
We had a great time at the shoot, minus Drew tipping over on his face when we tried to get a photo of him with the stuffed bears (oops!). Thanks to Sahara Coleman Photography for another fun session.
Here’s a slide show of our favorite photos from the shoot:
Keeping Up With The Carpenters 