Drew - Month Four

June 9th

Dear Drew -

Well another month has passed.  It seems as if they are going faster and faster.  This has been a big month for both of us.  It has been heart mending to see you adapt so well to daycare.  The teachers really do seem to care for you.  It will never be easy to drop you off each morning, but I know that it is the best for us. 

You are getting so big!  Sitting in your Bumbo seat and holding your head so straight.  You love the Bumbo, because it allows you to see everything that is going on around you.

We loved watching your first experience in the pool.  We believe you are going to be a waterbaby, which is perfectly fine by us.  We are looking forward to the many memories we will make near the water in future years. 

You have also outgrown the bassinet.  We have officially moved you to sleeping in your pack and play.  All this growth will always be bittersweet.  On one hand, it is awe inspiring to witness how much you learn and grow and crave more.  You bring new beauty to the smallest of tasks.  On the other hand, we would love just to pause time for a little while and enjoy right now. 

Your personality is really starting to come out and we love to witness glimpses of you.  It will be interesting to watch it all really bloom.  Whatever the personality type, we can't wait to learn of it with you!

I love you everyday!
~ Mom

1st time in the Pool

June 2012

Drew went in the pool for the first time!  We were so expecting a response, but we were to be disappointed.  As I lowered her into the pool, she had no reaction what-so-ever.  After she was in, she loved it.  We may just have a water baby on our hands.

Dustin was kind enough to let Drew use this float while we were in the pool.

Hanging with Daddy

Loved making splashes with Aunt Mandy

She absolutely loved it!



Visitors

May - June 2012

Drew still loves to get visitors or to go meet up with people.  With us for parents, she really has no choice but to be social.

 

Nana tries to come visit at least once a month!  We love seeing her!

Amber came to visit!  We had such a good time with her.

Sydney came with Amber.  She was so good with Drew.

Finally, Drew got to meet Lexi and Jeff!  We hope our next visit with them will not be too long of a wait.

 

A New Kind of Happiness

May 2012

Recently, I watched "What to Expect When You Are Expecting."  Cute movie.  Loved the way they portrayed different types of coming into parenthood.  Yet, still it is just what it is...a movie.

Anyway, thre is a line said by a dad:  "Welcome to where happiness ends" or something to that effect.  I have heard this so many times:  about parenthood, marriage, engagements, etc.  And even as I am watching my 3 month daughther sleep, I have to confess -- I believe that statement to be true.  Happiness does somewhat end at each of these occurances.  Let me explain.

Happiness is a very subjective term.  It means different things to different people.  Heck, it means different things to the same person at different phases of their life.  Happiness is ever changing and evolving to meet a person's life at that very moment.  What made me happy 15, 10, 5 years ago may or may not make me happy today.  And I know that everything I knew about happiness has changed.  Three months and nine days ago, at 11:53pm, happiness, as I knew it, was gone.

The happiness that I believe in now could never have existed in my mind before that time.  This happiness could have only come with the birth of my first child.  And if that event had never happened, I would have continued to live thinking that my prior happiness was all I needed...and I would have been right.

So, I just need to remember to grasp today's happiness, because it will one day end, only to be replaced by a different kind of unknown happiness. 

Today, this is what my happiness looks like.

 

First Cold

May 2012

Five days after starting daycare, Drew got her first cold.  She was so congested one nite that she awoke multiple times and just had a hard time sleeping.  It was after that nite that I decided to take her to the pediatrician.  Our prescription was just to allow her to sleep at an incline, keep her nose clear, and turn the humidifier on. 

At first, we attempted to let her sleep in her bouncy seat b/c the incline was better, but she kept sliding down and just did not look comfy.

Finally, we ended up letting her sleep with her Boppy.  This option scares me a little, so I check on her more throughout the nite.

 

Our poor girl and her first cold.

Bath Time

June 2012

Luckily, Drew loves bathtime.  She even does not mind it when we squirt her in the face with the water.  Hopefully, this will continue.

Drew has very little hair, but that did not stop us from trying to put it into a mohawk.

Side View

Edited a bit with instagram

Family Picnic

May 18, 2012

It was such a beautiful day on this day!  Jonathan and I decided to meet at Clinton Nature Preserve and have an outside picnic for dinner.

Big girl in her Bumbo seat

Just enjoying her toys in the sunshine

Notice how she is holding her own hands.  She does this a lot.

She loves being outside!

This is also the day that our girl moved out of the bassinet and into her pack and play.  Oh, if only I could slow down time.