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Update on the boys…

lindsey — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:11:24 +0000

Backing up a tad… I forgot to mention an update on Dylan’s 2 week doctor visit last week. He is just growing like a little weed already… as of last week he weighed 9 pounds and had grown to 21 1/2 inches tall. Most of the time when you see them every day, you don’t seem to notice them growing… but we have really noticed him getting bigger…. way too fast for me! Everything else at the visit checked out perfectly. We will not go back until his 8 week visit! We are extremely thankful to have two beautiful/handsome and healthy little boys!

Yesterday was Drew’s Halloween parade & party at school. We all had such a nice time. Drew was a “Fire Chief”… he said he is going to drive the fire truck. He is totally obsessed with fire trucks! I decided to dress Dylan in his costume to go to Drew’s party and he was a Giraffe. I took Drew into school yesterday late since I wanted to see the parade… so Dylan and I followed the line of children into each classroom as Drew and all of his friends showed all the other kids their costumes. Then in the afternoon, David came and we were all at the party. It was a fun day and Drew is very excited to go trick or treating on Saturday!

As of today… we are falling into our new routine very well. We are getting up about twice a night to feed him and during the day he can go for about 3 hours at a time before the next feeding. I am cautiously getting out and about now and are enjoying the bonding time we have during the day. He continues to be such a good baby… and certainly seems to be loving being a “cuddle bug”… Drew was always like that and continues to be (of course… when he wants to) A difference we have noticed between the two boys is that Dylan doesn’t care quite as much about being swaddled. I’d say about 30-40% of the time he just wants to be left alone. With Drew, it was absolutely necessary that he wanted to be swaddled when he was sleeping or napping. As long as Dylan sleeps… that is all we care about right now!

3 Weeks… Our First Dinner Out as a Family of 4…

lindsey — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:34:30 +0000

Sorry it has been a while since I’ve put a post out. Things are going well… each day that passes is getting better and better! I feel pretty much back to normal and are getting out and about now. Last weekend we went to Salvatore’s Pizzeria for dinner… this was our first dinner out as a family. Of course, we chose a place that was “kid friendly”. The food was delicious and the family time was awesome!! Dylan is 3 weeks old now! I’m lovin’ my boys!

2 Weeks… & Our 1st Outing…

lindsey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:25:33 +0000

Dylan turned 2 weeks old on Saturday 10/17/09 which was David and I’s 6 year wedding anniversary. He is doing wonderful! He has been such a pleasant baby and we are continuing to have to set the alarm to wake up and feed him. Most of the time he does not wake up on his own to eat. We certainly hope that means that he will sleep through the night sooner than later once we get past these first few crucial weeks. The Jaundice has cleared up and thank goodness we are past that! We go back to the doctor for his two week visit tomorrow… more info to come on that…

Last week Drew got sick, so we ended up keeping him home for a few days which made for a long week! David went back to work last Monday so it was certainly an interesting way to break in our new routine with having both boys at home with me. The most challenging part was having to keep the two of them separated because David and I are terrified of Dylan getting sick with all of these sicknesses floating around. So… we had Dylan quarantined to our room and Drew had the living room to play with all of his toys in. Thank goodness, Drew is doing much better and he went back to school today. We’ve realized that it is best on us all to stay in our usual routine and we are so fortunate that Drew loves his daycare and looks forward to going! It is such a wonderful place!

This weekend was nice and we had decided that we were going to go on our first outing as a family and pick out a pumpkin to carve for Halloween. Last week we had noticed that a local landscape place had a large trailer of pumpkins for sale and wanted to go pick one out there. Once we got out and drove down there, the place was closed… so we were a little upset and our first outing wasn’t as fun as it could have been. So, then David mentions that he needs to get his oil changed. So… after all that, our first outing consisted of driving around in the car, pulling up to Texaco Express Lube and sitting in the car watching them change David’s oil.

How exciting! HA HA… Oh well, our intentions were good…

Our First Family Outing…

david — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:32:17 +0000

I’m proud to say that we had our first outing as a family yesterday. I’m not quite as proud to say that it consisted of getting the oil changed in my car. That’s right. We left the house with the plan to go get a pumpkin, the place was closed so we went and sat at the Texaco Xpress Lube and waited for them to change the oil in my car. I know, it’s beyond the pillar of excitement. Yes, it is for us too. Glad we could share that little moment with you!

Our last pictures as a family of 3…

lindsey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:03:21 +0000

Here are a few shots of our pregnancy pictures that were taken this past weekend (9/26/2009) prior to Dylan’s arrival.

Lindsey (29) David (28) Drew (3)