Christmas at Nana and Papa's

We made the trip to my parents new house on Sunday for our LAST Christmas! We enjoyed a great meal and Drake had fun playing with his Aunties!

Hanging out with Papa

Drake looks so big in his new hat from Nana and Papa

We decided to be silly and push Drake around the house in a doll stroller! He had a great time!

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's House

On Saturday we headed to Ben's parents house to celebrate Christmas with them. We had a great time!

Thanks Aunt Lori, Uncle Zach and Ewan for the cool Wild Thing Shirt!!

Drake can't wait to wear his new clothes from Grandma and Grandpa

Having fun playing with his new toys

So happy after a bath and letting out a big burp!!

Tuesday Thoughts (a day late)

With the holidays, my week totally got away from me so Tuesday Thoughts are coming to you on a Wednesday this week!

• Now that Drake's Auntie bought him a pair of designer baby jeans, he is officially better dressed than I am. My 5 month old has designer jeans and I don't.

• Thank you to the teenage cashier at the grocery store for informing me that my screaming baby was tired. It would have been enough to say "I think he is tired" like you did, but to add to that "That is a tired cry, he is really tired." I probably never would have figured that out if it was not for you, so thanks again!

• It looks like I have turned into "that mom". You know the one who is a germ-a-phob. Yep, I'm her. People we touching Drake at Christmas Eve service, I mean touching his hands, which  now are practically a part of his mouth since he chews on them so often. I could not get a baby wipe fast enough to wipe of his little hands!! And you better believe that I put hand sanitizer on the second passing of the peace was done. Another sign I have gone off the deep end, I asked for and received a shopping cart cover for Christmas. I used to laugh at anybody who would use those things, now I'm one of those crazies. Oh yeah, good thing I got a lot of lotion for Christmas as my hands are cracking because they are so dry since I wash them a hundred thousand times a day.

• Looks like we will be needing a bigger car soon. We have a small SUV and on Monday when Drake and I were coming back from my parents house we could hardly fit everything in it.  Anybody have any suggestions for a mid-full size SUV?!?

Everybody have a fun and safe New Year!!!

Christmas Day in Pictures

We enjoyed a relaxing Christmas Day with Nana, Papa and Aunt Meggie.

Santa came!

Drake checking out all the cool stuff Santa brought

He likes his swim trunks

Can't wait to see what is in his stocking

He looks so big on his new riding toy

Aunt Meggie was making him laugh by doing cheers

Playing with his new ball popper on his new riding toy

Christmas Eve in Pictures

We started celebrating Drake's first Christmas on Christmas Eve with my family. Here is our night in pictures!

Santa is coming tonight??

I will be good!!

My Aunt Ellie got me a pair of True Religion jeans. She is already trying to make me dress fashionable!!

I love my glow worm from Mommy and Daddy!

I  can't wait to try out this cool toy from Nana and Papa

Leaving cookies for Santa

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Stay tuned....Christmas picture coming to this blog soon!!

Tuesday Thoughts

So I decided to keep this as a weekly post. I always have all sorts of things running though my head and this is a great place to get them out!!

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This picture makes me laugh every time I look at it. How cute is he?!?!

2. Pretty much everyday I put Drake in his swing and turn on Baby Einstein. He talks and laughs at it for a half hour and momma gets a much needed break. I know many people would never think about doing such a thing, but it works for us!

3. I am so excited for Drake's 1st Christmas that every day this week is going so slow!! Momma might have gone a little crazy buying presents for the little guy, but how could I resist?

4. 1 month from today Ben and I leave for Hawaii. I'm so excited and so dreading it all at the same time. Drake will stay with my parents, who are great with him, but I get a pit in my stomach every time I think about leaving him for 9 days. On the other hand, uninterrupted sleep, staying up late, and only worrying about ourselves sounds pretty nice sometimes too!!

5. I will never again complain about being spit up on when all a baby is drinking is formula. This kind of spit up is much preferred over a baby who now eats carrots, cereal and formula. Drake and I have both been sporting multiple outfits a day lately!!

6. We took Drake to the Pediatric GI Specialist on Friday to follow up with him on Drake's reflux issues. He eats solids great, but cries every time he sees his bottle. The doctor said that he associates the bottle with pain and that is why he cries everything he sees it. Have you ever heard of anything so sad??? It broke my heart into a million pieces. A baby is suppose to LOVE their bottle. The good news is that we don't think he is in pain as he does not cry once he gets started eating, he just remembers how bad the heartburn used to hurt him. If it was up to him he would say goodbye to that nasty bottle now and eat his heart out on baby food and cereal.

Merry Christmas and safe travels to all!