6th Month Appointment and update

On Monday, January 10th, Ag took Drew to his 6th month appointment. (Due to the holidays, we are about 2 weeks behind schedule, but no big deal.) Drew is one very healthy boy! He is 19lbs and 27 3/4 inches long. He HATED his shots (as most babies do) and cried so hard afterwards:(


So, what is new with Drew?? Well around the 4.5 month mark, Drew rolled like crazy one day....or so Ag says! I have yet to see him roll. She tried to show me one day, but all that happened was that she pushed him and he rolled from the momentum...not really what I thought she meant by "He rolled! He rolled! He's rolling all over the place!". For some reason he has opted not to really attempt anything resembling a roll when papa is around. He likes to sit (and he sits really well), and he loves to stand up as you hold him. Also, Drew is becoming more and more vocal these days. He loves to just scream for no reason:) AAAAHHHHHHHH! and GGGGOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH! are his staple noises.

He is really discovering the textures of things and tags are his favorite. Yes, Drew will be occupied for a good 5-10 minutes just playing with the tag of a pillow, blanket, etc. His favorite tags are on a big, soft soccer ball and the Boppy pillow. Good thing he got all these light up, musical, fancy toys for Christmas.... I honestly think he would have been fine with a tupperware lid or a spatula (assuming the tags were still on them)!

Peak-A-Boo is one of his favorite games to play. He also LOVES to hug his Pooh bear (thanks Joel!). "Hi Drew...my name is Pooh...I LOVE YOU!!!" and so on. ABC's is one song that always seems to make him smile and calms him down. His favorite books are "Baby at the Farm" and "Toes, Ears and Nose".


Drew is also quite the little eater these days. Squash is a big hit at dinner time! We had some prunes and apples the other day and after he took a bite, he decided he was tired and rubbed his eyes....seriously, what a mess!


We have lots of fun activities to keep us busy during the cold winter days. Drew has a music class (Wiggleworms) on Mondays, and Aggie is involved with a few mom groups that meet up each week.

Oh, and the other wonderful news...Drew sleeps through the night now (usually). He would sleep through the night here and there but nothing was consistent. Now he goes down to bed between 6:30-7pm and wakes between 6-7am. That my friends is a beautiful thing! (Although, as I write this, I think I am jinxing us!)

A few busy months....

The past few months have been super busy for us. The holidays do that to you I guess!?

Just to rehash the months of November and December....

We went home to Cincy the first weekend in November, and Ag, Ang and Theresa hosted Ann's baby shower. Ann had a great time and got tons of fun baby gifts. Kurt is in the process of learning and discovering what all the baby things are as they just had their bundle of joy! (See previous blog.)

For Thanksgiving, we were back in Cincinnati celebrating with both our families. As always, we ate a lot, watched some football, played a few games and relaxed. Drew enjoyed being held by all family members and hanging out!

Back in Chicago, we started our holiday celebrations with our friends, Alison, Justin, and Maggie. Drew and Maggie played as we adults enjoyed a tasty raclette meal. (If you remember, we used to have raclette dinners in Switzerland. I bought Aggie a raclette machine for X-Mas last year...and benefited from that purchase!)

Drew also met Santa in December! We went to the Bloomingdales downtown and honestly, the Santa and decorations were amazing! The setting really put you in the holiday spirit.

We celebrated with our good friends, the Reily's, their son's 2nd birthday.  Connor got some great toys, and all of us adults enjoyed catching up.


Drew's two bottom teeth came in...on December 14th to be exact. He was a drooling mess for quite a few weeks and gnawing at everything he could possibly put in his mouth.

Our Christmas celebrations in Cincinnati were wonderful. Drew was a trooper and all about opening his gifts.

Ann and Kurt had their baby, Daniel Henry Helmers. He is a cutie. Congrats again to them! (See pics and previous post.)

Drew's baptism was held over the holidays as well. He was baptised at St. Pete's in Hamilton on December 26th. Drew was a trooper and the best baby ever that day! He must have known he was in church:)