Happy 4 Months, Drew!

At 4 months, Drew weighs in at 16 lbs., 13 oz - BIG boy - this is about the 88th percentile for boys. Drew at 4 months, is bigger than Ethan was a 5+ months.


Drew is cooing up a storm these days, and still drooling like crazy. His mother is very thankful that he has returned to his "normal" sleeping habits after about 3 weeks of constant night waking.

"Cool"

Ethan likes to use the word "cool" lately, and he thinks his sunglasses (which of course must be worn indoors like a celeb) are SUPER cool!

Easter - 2009

On Easter morning we went to the 7:30 Mass, which was quite a feat. We met Nona and Poppy there - and both kids behaved very well. Then we all came back to our house for Jonathan's famous weekend "Omelet Bar".

We tried to take a family photo, of course Ethan wanted no part of it so we took some with just Drew. Big E finally decided to join in - a split second before Drew projectile vomitted all over his Mother and her Easter duds. You can kind of see it in his face, now that we have picture evidence. Thankfully, Nona did not take the after shot - because believe me, it was NOT pretty.

Could he be ANY cuter?

Ethan with his Easter pail, I don't think he realized that most of the items were from all the prior Easter Egg hunts! Next year, I will have to rethink my strategy.

Greco's Easter Egg Hunt and my "Jelly Belly"

On the day before Easter, our friends - the Greco's had 3 couples and kiddo's over for a brunch/Easter Egg Hunt. All the kids were 4 and under, and the only one missing from the picture is Drew! It was so much fun to watch the kids and meet new people.

Ethan carrying his bucket, searching for eggs. He did get distracted several times as the eggs opened and M&M's poured out onto the grass - hunting to eat them!!

Aunt Betsy works for Hallmark and always sends the boys the cutest cards for every holiday. She included stickers in Ethan's Easter card and he got busy making a "jelly bean belly" out of them. Thankfully, they did not hurt coming off!

The famous Jumperoo

This was Ethan's VERY favorite thing from about 5 months until he was really mobile. We received this as a gift from my friend at work, Tonya and it was SUCH a great baby present. Ethan used to sit in it several times per day for 3o+ minutes each time - such a parent lifesaver. He would jump, laugh, and play all day long.

We just introduced Drew to it this past weekend for limited amounts of time (as his neck is really strong already) and I think he will love it too. He does not have quite the leg strength yet to make it jump but he will get the hang of it soon.

Easter Egg Hunt #1

This year, we were scheduled for 4 Easter Egg Hunts (thankfully, 1 was cancelled) but Ethan should be a pro by the time Easter rolls around. Our first one was in our neighborhood and Ethan was "scared" of the dressed up Easter Bunny but did seem to enjoy the real bunny. We arrived a few moments late, and a 2 year old is not out there knocking other kids down to pick up eggs but we did manage to find a few.

Whatcha looking at?

Drew is so alert and loves to follow me across the room with his eyes. He also likes to watch what his big brother and dogs are doing.