So thats what those buckles are for!

When we first brought Jaxson home we were such cautious parents and we buckled him into his swing and boppy everytime we put him in it. And then we realized he wasn't going to go anywhere so what was the point. Well 5 months later....

We are learning why those buckles are there!!

Happy 5 Month!

Jaxson is 5 months old today. Lets put a little perspective on 5 months. 5 Months = 152.184249 days (google it). 5 Months is how long Martha Stewart was in prision for. As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS News. Kristi and I have been awake at 2:00 AM for the last 152.184249 days to express enough milk for Jaxson to drink while Kristi is at work. Lets estimate that Jax has used 10 diapers a day (sometimes more, sometimes less), that works out to be 1521.84249 diapers so far, WOW! While it may be easy to focus on all the hard work and money we have spent in the last 5 months, the truth of the matter is, we have had 5 months of joy and happiness knowing that we have a happy and healthy baby boy. Every day he smiles and laughs a little more than he did the day before. We truly consider ourselves blessed.
Ok, enough sappy stuff. Today we were supposed to have a showing on the house, so we slave all morning to get the house all clean and presentable, schedule Jaxsons feedings so that he will be fed just before we have to leave for the showing, pack up all the stuff we need for Jax and Kahlua and head next door to Alan and Megans so that we are out of the house in time. The benefit of being next door, is we can watch out the window to see who is looking to buy the house and we can know exactly when they leave so we don't have to be out of the house any longer than we have to. Well, all that work and...they never show up. Apparantly the prospective buyer got ill, and their agent called our agents office to cancel the showing...but we never got the message. Oh well, the house needed a cleaning anyway and we got a great dinner out of it. Alan and Megan made 'adult' cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, Fresh baked artisan bread with proscuitto and gouda grilled to perfection, yummy!

introduction to the sippy cup

Well... we decided to try giving Jaxson a sippy cup for the first time the other day. He had a cold and i figured giving him more fluids couldn't hurt, so we put some water in a sippy cup. It looked so huge in his tiny little hands and he wasn't quite sure what to do with it. I helped him tip it up and he did drink some although he seemed to get more on his shirt than in his mouth. It was fun watching him and we are looking forward to him finally getting a taste of some real food next month!!

levelset

Ok, lets take a minute to set some expectations from this blog. If you are looking for updates about Drew and Kristi, you will probably be disappointed. Sure, we will have the occasional posting dedicated to either one or both of us. And lets be honest with eachother, are you reading this blog to get your Drew and Kristi fix??? That was a rhetorical question, you don't need to answer. Thats right, this little guy right here, thats the reason that you came to this blog (isn't he cute). We know that since this little ball of sunshine came into our lives that things will be different. People will no longer call to see how we are doing, they call to hear Jaxson coo at them on the phone! They no longer visit because they enjoy our presence, they visit so they can hold Jaxson and see him smile! And Christmas, well, you'll see what I mean. I know, I exaggerate (slightly!), but lets face it, there is some truth there...but we are OK with it. I mean, look at the little guy, isn't he just the cutest baby ever! (those of you that have kids need not answer that one, unless your one of his grandparents!)

Ok, enough rambling, onto todays update. We took Jax to the doctor on Monday because he has a little cough that he can't get rid of. But thats not what I wanted to write about, he'll be fine. I wanted to say that they weighed him and he is 16 lbs. Thats right, 16. He has gained more that 1 lb since his 4 month checkup. Hes got 3 teeth starting, and maybe a 4th starting to poke out. We look back at pictures from the hospital and right when we first got home, he has grown so much already!

Our First Entry

Since neither Drew nor I are very good at keeping in touch with people we decided to start a blog. We will try our best to keep up with it and we hope this helps us keep you all posted on the news and events of our family.