Jumperoo Fun

Drew loves to stand up. We can hardly ever get him to sit on our lap because he tries to stand instead. After his two month appointment where we saw him stand so good for the doctor, we thought he might like to play in his jumperoo that we had been saving until he was bigger. That night Mitch got it put together so we could test it out. Mitch was so excited he almost woke Drew from his nap to see him play. Once we were able to put him in it we saw that he LOVED it. He just sits and bounces around and can even turn himself in circles. He's so big and capable that we sometimes forget that he isn't even ten weeks old yet.

Two Month Appointment

Today was Drew's two month appointment. He continues to be a big boy weighing in at 13 lbs. 12 oz. which puts him in the ninetieth percentile. For height he is off the charts at 25.25 inches. While the doctor was checking him out she went to move him and realized that he was trying to stand up. She let him stand for quite awhile and was amazed at his muscle tone and head control. She said he is a very healthy boy. It was funny that during most of the appointment Drew was shooting the doctor huge smiles since she would be the one to order his shots for him. Luckily he didn't know what was about to happen. It took a minute for him to register the pain after the shots and then he let everyone in the room know that he was not very happy about what had just taken place.

First Superhero PJs

Mitch has been waiting for the day when he could share his love of comic books with his son. A few weeks ago we were shopping and Mitch saw a wall of kids character pjs and decided he HAD to have something for Drew. The smallest size they had was 12 months so I sadly informed Mitch that it would be too big for Drew right now. (He's a big boy, but not that big.) Mitch insisted that it would fit and that we were buying it. After washing it we decided to try it on and Mitch was right, it did fit. He was so excited to see his little man dressed in something adorned with a superhero. As you can see from the picture, Drew doesn't yet share Daddy's enthusiasm. I know that this is only the beginning. Our house will soon be filled with father and son's comic book toys and clothes.

Baby Drew

Our +1 finally has a name, Drew Jeffrie. He was born at 6:43 on Jan 21, weighed in at 10lbs 12 oz, and was 23 inches tall (almost 2 feet).

Danielle started having contractions less than 10 minutes apart at 7:00PM on Jan 19 (we were at a formal dinner for her work). We arrived at the hospital at 8:00AM on Jan 20, but we were sent home because she was not yet far enough along (even though contractions were less than 5 minutes apart). Contractions became very strong, and we came back to the hospital at 6:30PM. At 9:00PM Danielle received her epidural, which completely eliminated the pain. She stopped progressing around 2:30AM, and they decided to do a c-section at 5:45AM.

The doctors and nurses all commented about how giant Drew was (he looks like a football player!), and how much hair he has. He got his first bath at 10:00AM (he cried hysterically, and then I think he decided he liked it). He is also already an expert at making dirty diapers.

Mom and baby are both doing great (Drew is making all kinds of cute sounds while he sleeps)!

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