We had our first bowl of cereal this weekend! Drew and I both are going to need some practice before we get this right. First, I turned his cereal into sloppy soup! It was SO gross! I tried to stop him from putting his fingers in his mouth, but finally I gave up and watched him go from his mouth to rubbing his eyes and he then succeeded at getting the slop everywhere! My second batch was not so soupy, but by then he was over the whole ordeal and just wanted to drink his normal milk. We tried again on Sunday and I was more careful and the cereal turned out thicker and he ate all 3 ounces! AND without making too much of a mess. We'll just have to keep practicing and then we can move up to vegetables - YUM!

Drew is doing really good grabbing his toes. He's actually pretty flexible. I'm beginning to wonder when those feet are going to go all the way over his head! BTW - those are RJ's hairy legs - not mine!!

Drew has recently discovered that he can scream, and very loud! He yells as loud as he possibly can and then laughs at himself. One time he screamed so loud that he actually scared himself! RJ and I entertain ourselves watching him. Sometimes he opens his mouth to scream and nothing comes out, so that is funny also!

Here's Drew trying out his new "bumbo" chair. He really can't sit up on his own yet, but this chair is designed so he can. He has such a flat spot on the back of his head from laying down so much, I thought he might enjoy a new view. He is also sporting his new jammies. He had to move up to 6-9 month pajamas because his feet are too big for the 3-6 month size. We are starting to notice that a lot of his 3-6 month clothes are starting to fit snuggly. Great! He is only 15 weeks old!!

Drew talking with and giggling at Grandpa...

Drew with Great-Grandma Grundish...

Saturday we were going to go out in the boat, however we never made it. We spent the morning at Soundcrafters trying to get RJ's new stereo system fixed. So we decided to just hang out in the pool at my parents house. Drew got some new "cool dude" shades. He really likes the pool, he kicks his legs and splashes his hands. We will definitely have to get him in swimming lessons next summer!

Here's Drew just hanging out with Dad. He has been so smiley and talkative lately.

Yesterday (Monday) Drew turned 3 months old!! Time is going by so fast! He always is very happy in the mornings. So I had to snap a picture, even though he hadn't gotten dressed yet.

This has been a great 4 day weekend! Saturday I spent the day at the beach/pool and we cooked out and had fireworks. Of course I had to leave before the fireworks were over because with Drew at my mom's house, my milk was coming in and had no where to go! My boobs hurt SO bad!! Sunday I went over to Debary to visit with Jennifer. She just remodeled her kitchen and it looks so good. They also just bought the house across the street from them so they are painting it and getting it ready to rent out. We went to lunch and to the Sanford Mall. Good thing the mall closes early on Sunday's or we would have been there until midnight!! I love shopping. Drew had an upset tummy earlier in the day, but he ended up being pretty good at the mall. Today is the 4th of July, but we don't plan on doing anything. Drew is already sleeping before it gets dark out so we'd have to either keep him up or wake him up for the fireworks, but the noise would scare him and the bugs would eat him alive so we are going to skip it this year. No biggie - we have lots of years to go.

RJ and I were both off work. We spent the day shopping at the outlet mall in St. Augustine. Drew was so good, not a peep out of him all day. He enjoys watching all the people and the sites. towards the end of the day he was really sleepy and starting leaning to one side. Poor little guy was just too tired to even hold himself up anymore. As soon as we got into the car he fell asleep and woke up all smiles again! He is such a good baby!!

Drew ended the day by stretching his legs and watching a baby einstein movie (baby bach).

We spent Sunday afternoon at my parents house.

RJ and Drew had some playtime before bed this evening. Drew has been smiling at everything - but only once. Once you get him to smile at something, he won't smile at it again, so we are going to have to start getting creative. He likes to blwo raspberries also. Of course, he ends up slobbering all over the place from them!

Well, we officially had to move up to 3-6 month clothes! He is only 11 weeks old! He looked so cute in his "big boy" outfit, it made me so sad that he is growing so fast. He looked like a little man, especially when he wanted to stand up on the table!!

Bowling

RJ and I went bowling Saturday night with my friends from work. We had a lot of fun!! It just sucked driving home from Merritt Island!

Father's Day

RJ had a relaxing Father's Day. It rained all day so he slept all day. We went to Outback for dinner with the whole family and it was YUMMY!!

Jeff Blauser Ejection

Jeff Blauser used to be the shortstop for the Atlanta Braves, now he is the coach for their AA farm team the Mississippi Braves...

Two Month Shots

Drew had his 2 month shots yesterday afternoon. I was so nervous going there. he has been so good and I knew he was going to wonder what the heck he did to deserve the needle jabbed into his leg. But he actually did really good. He only screamed for a second when the nurse stuck the needle in. He had to get three shots. When she was done, RJ picked him up and he quit screaming and never started again. I gave him some tylenol as soon as we got home, he had some chow and then went to bed by 6:00 and slept all night (waking up a couple times to eat of course).

He weighed in at 16 pounds!! His length was 24 inches. So he has grown only 2 inches since birth, but has gained over 6 1/2 pounds!! The doctor said because he is breastfed that he will gain more weight than normal, but he will start losing it when he becomes more active, like rolling over and crawling and walking. He is just my little chunky monkey!! We go back at 4 months for more shots!!

Relaxing Weekend

We had a really relaxing weekend. Friday night RJ took me to Red Lobster for dinner (yummy) and then we went to the dog track to play poker. It was interesting and not a place I plan on going back to anytime soon. If we do, it will be to watch the doggies run around the track, not to play poker. Saturday we went out on the boat, we took our lunch and stopped at disappearing island and took a nap! Saturday night we were both falling asleep at like 6:30 so we rented a movie off the TV. Sunday we did nothing, well RJ did nothing, I did laundry and went grocery shopping. Drew was good, he slept most of the day so it helped with getting things done. He has been smiling real good for RJ last week so this picture was my attempt to get him to smile for me while also trying to snap a picture. It turned out pretty cute I think.

RJ had his last minor league game last night. Drew and I had planned on going with him, it was a 6:00 Daytona Cubs game, but it started pouring out from that Tropical Storm that is on the west coast. So we ended up not going. RJ said it ended up being real nice out after it stopped raining, but that's ok, Drew and I had a nice evening. He took his bath and went to sleep by 7:30. He's such a good baby!!

End of Baseball

Thank goodness the baseball season is coming to an end. For RJ anyways. He had his last Jacksonville Suns game on Wednesday and his last Daytona Cubs game is this weekend. Here are some pictures of RJ in Jacksonville, they are a minor league AA team...

"The manager Gary Jones of the Mobile Bay Bears had an early exit Sunday in Jacksonville (AA). I ejected him for arguing balls and strikes in the second inning." -RJ

Since RJ hasn't been home all week, Drew and I have just been hanging out. He is such a little cutie. He loves standing up, he clinches his little butt cheeks together, holds his arms out in front of him and grunts - he looks like he is posing for an strong man competition. We go have his shots on Tuesday, not fun. The babysitter said he will probably shed his first tears that day, I will be so sad!! I am making RJ go with me to the doctor.

Nothing else is new, we might go out on the boat tomorrow (Saturday) and just relaxon Sunday before RJ leaves for his baseball game. I am looking forward to RJ finally being home tonight so I can sit in the bubble bath and have a beer!!