Drayton frozen on Daddy

This video is about a week and a half old, but I just love it. Drayton was just so still, but had the sweetest little expression. Ty said he thought he was asleep.

5 months

Warning: excessive pictures (don't complain and say you won't read my blog anymore when I warned you.)

I feel like Drayton is becoming a real boy! He's still a sweet little baby, but he is changing so fast!  All in the last few weeks, he has mastered rolling over from his back to front (still working on front to back), he is starting to sit up on his own, and yesterday at Kristen's house, he started to try to army crawl!  Today, he started to get his knees up under him!  It is so exciting!  It has been a while since I last posted pictures, so I'm just going to throw up a bunch.  But first, I remembered to take his 5 month pictures!

Drayton in Daddy's sailor outfit

Drayton's first ride in the backpack and first trip out to Hoche outcamping!

He's got this look down.

Mimi and Nongy came for a quick visit!

Not only were Mimi and Nongy here, but Uncle Cole and Aunt Tiffany came too!

a couple of serious boys

Drayton and Aunt Tiffany with their matching CDR shirts

If I lie still, you can't see me

Last Wednesday, Kristen, Caden and Tate came to camp for a visit!

sweet Tate trying to hold hands

Then it was on to Longview for the 4th!

Jed and Drayton becoming friends

bunch of little boys! (*bonus if you can guess the person with the dirtiest hair)

This hair doesn't count in the contest

I love that sweet little face!

Drayton on the nannycam

So, this video might be boring for you. We have loved having this video monitor! It is so much fun (and slightly creepy to some) to watch him play in his crib! I had just put him down for the night and of course, he immediately woke up and was trying to tell me about it. Also, no, he is not lying in a pile of leaves. We got some camo bedding for out at camp.

Big 4 month old camper

Well, we have made the big move out to Dear Ol Deer Run! It took Drayton a few days to realize which side was up or down, but we are getting settled in and loving it!

This is where he spends the majority of his time.  Just riding around camp with Mr. Frog.

All of the camp babies at Pass the Torch

The last month has been so much fun.  After Florida, my Mom came back to Longview with us to get to see Tate (and Caden and Drayton).  She stayed for a couple of weeks and then my Dad got to come down to join us.  It has been a while since I've gotten to spend that much time with my family.  It was so great!  It is just so much fun to get to watch my parents with Drayton and especially for them to be around him long enough that they could see changes. 

 Caden was nice enough to let an old man swim in his pool.

Cookie and Slappy with all the little boys

Two tough guys

Got crabs?

Drayton is now 4 months!  He is continuing to grow and change so much.  His hair is falling out at rapid speeds.  He has found his feet and likes to play with them.  He already likes to watch TV and he loves swimming (as long as the temperature is right.) He smiles all the time and is laughing a lot.  He is starting to try to sit up a lot, though he is nowhere near sitting up on his own.  He still talks alot, but he does get pretty quiet when he's around a lot of people.  He is just so much fun!

For those of you keeping track, no I did not take his 3 month pictures with Mr. Bear.  Go ahead.   Judge me.

Just a boy watching him some TV

This gives an excellent shot of his glorious rat tail.  I posed him this way on purpose.