Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Chunkzilla

Drew is huge! More on that in a minute. It's been a while since my last post, but much has been happening. I went back to work this week (yuck), but not before a visit from Aunt Shauna this past weekend. Amongst other things, she helped Nate break in his new monster sandbox I built him over at the new property.
He wasn't long before he lost any inhibitions of getting dirty.

I think he'll really enjoy playing in there once we finally get moved over to the new place.

Later that evening, Grandma and Grandpa had a wiener roast for us and the neighbors. It was pretty fun and we got a chance to meet the people we'll be living next to. I'm not sure who took this picture, but it looked cool so I put it up...

Now, on to Chunkzilla! Drew is just growing like crazy. He's even eclipsing Nathan's staggering growth rate from that time of his life. Drew will be 5 weeks tomorrow and Liv weighed him today. He's sitting at 10lb 13oz. I looked through some of my old postings from when Nate was around that age. Nate was 10lb 8oz at 6 weeks and had a 6oz head start at birth! So basically, Drew has gained 3lb 5oz a week quicker than Nate gained 2lb 10oz. Drew also moved up a diaper size about 3 or 4 weeks sooner than Nate did. At this rate, he should be a pumpkin shaped sumo wrestler by Christmas. He seems very pleased with his progress...

At his 1 month checkup last week, he had grown 1 1/2" to be the same height that Nate was at birth. So it looks like we have a tall skinny one and a less tall, chunky one. The weight advantage may keep Drew safe from any older brother hazing that is bound to happen. Although, Nate is still pretty smitten with him so far...

Monday, September 14, 2009

Guzzle, Spew, Repeat

It's been a while since my last post, but I have a good excuse. Our computer went kaput after seven years of trouble-free service. So I bid farewell to the trusty old beast and we've finally got our shiny new beast up and running now. We kept the camera snapping while things were broke down and we've got some good pics of the new munchkin. He's doing pretty good, but he still seems to throw up A LOT. He basically guzzles his milk like there's no tomorrow and then his tummy says, "Um yeah, we can't hold all that so you can have it all back for now." Despite all this, he's still gaining weight pretty consistently. Last week he was almost up to 9.5 lbs. His 1 month checkup is this week and I'll be surprised if he's not a 10 pounder by then. I mean, look at the moobs on this kid... These pics are all pretty random.
Here he's showing off his dimples that his mother is oh so proud of.
The boys out for a stroll.
Can you tell which boy is which?

The biggest giveaway is the tub. Here's daddy and his boys.
... and pop with his boys...
And finally, all the boys ready for bed...