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.

Tate

Though I am posting in the same night, Tate deserves his own post.  Kristen and Adam welcomed sweet little Tate on 5/10.  He is just the cutest most tiny little thing ever!  We have had so much fun the past week getting to see him and snuggle him.  And I am so excited Drayton and Tate will get to grow up together and be good friends! 

Little traveler

We have had a big couple of weeks and Drayton has been quite the traveler! We flew to Nashville to meet up with my family and then drove down to Daytona Beach. Drayton did so well on the plane! Now, on the 12 hour drive to Florida, I'd give him about a 5. He did as well as could be expected! I'd give myself about a 5 as well. While we were in Florida, Kristen had little baby Tate (not in Florida, but back in Longview.) So we got to come back and meet him! Like I said, it has been a big couple of weeks. We definitely missed Daddy while we were gone.

Drayton is getting so much personality! He just smiles and coos and is laughing now. He is a pretty easy smile which is so much fun. I just can't stop kissing him and acting like an idiot to get him to laugh. Enjoy the pictures.

Drayton's first ride in the sassy seat.

Drayton's first service at Hillboro in the daygown Mom made.  No, it's not a dress.

my little Gilligan before his first time on the beach!

Drayton loved getting to see Grandma and Grandpa Saunders

Uncle Burt Burt and his girlfriend Lauren.  Drayton thought she was so beautiful!  He loved to stare at her.

 

This was the first time Drayton got to meet Uncle Burton

Drayton thought Grandma was so funny.  I thought his outfit was so funny.

Flattering, I know.

REBEL!!

He comes by it honestly I guess. This was Caden breaking the rules under the same sign.

3 months

I can't believe Drayton is a big 3 month old! He had his 3 month check up yesterday.  I don't want to put his stats every time, but thought these were hilarious.  He was 80th percentile with weight and 10th percentile for height! So as Dr. Somers put it, he is short and fat. haha  It is kind of funny b/c he has seemed so long to me! He is almost in size 6-9 PJs b/c the 3-6 months are too short.  Who really knows!

The important thing is that he is still healthy and looking good.  So praise God for that! He tolerates the Dr. pretty well.  He doesn't totally flip out.  He just kind of puckers up his bottom lip and looks like he is trying really hard not to cry.  It is the saddest thing in the world! 

He is just so sweet natured and is interacting with us more and more.  He loves to have conversations and will just coo and babble and smile.  I think he might be a little talker.  When he smiles now, he sometimes will scrunch up his nose.  He is getting closer and closer to a real laugh.  Aunt Kristen and Jennifer, a friend from church, got him to laugh pretty well.  And usually when Ty comes home, he can get at least 1 or 2 laughs out of him. 

He is really starting to play with toys and reach for things.  I got him a little jungle gym type thing that he loves.  He reaches for the zebra to make it play songs.  And just in the last few days, he's been able to hold his head up well enough to sit in the bumbo and play with a few toys.  It is so much fun to watch him grow and develop.  And I am so thankful I get to stay home with him!  I just love it!

You can also see the beginnings of a bald baby.

I'm trying to teach him that that finger isn't nice.  It's just his favorite.

Another shot of his receding hairline.

We are heading to Nashville on Thursday and then driving down to the beach on Sunday.  I am a little nervous about flying with him alone, so if any of you have any tips, that would be great!

Oh, yeah, and for all of you who like the heading picture, or can't quite figure it out, I couldn't quite figure out how to change it.  I was sick of the hospital picture and tried to upload another one and they ended up being these gigantor pictures and only a fraction of them showed up.  So until I figure it out, you get real up close and personal with part of Mr. Drayton's face.