Road Trip!

Last weekend the 4 of us loaded up for a trip back home to southeast Virginia. We were supposed to go 2 weeks earlier but I unfortunately was recovering from a nasty fever-virus, so everything was postponed. Thankfully, 2 weeks later, we were all healthy and Barrett got to meet his Great-Grandmother (my Grandma) for the first time. We also spent a bit of time with both sets of parents as well. Eli loved all of the attention from our families and Barrett traveled like a champ as well, giving out plenty of smiles and coos. We were so happy to finally be able to make the trip!


Eli loves chatting with his Great-Grandma. His Dad affectionately refers to him as our little "Noise-box Know-it-All" these days.


This picture makes me so happy. So thankful to be able to finally share our precious Barrett with my sweet Grandmother after some rough weeks of hospital stays and illness. God is so good!


This little guy's facial expressions kill me these days!

We celebrated Mark's birthday early as well!

G.G. got her "baby-fix" too!

March Randomness

I wish I had time to write more thoughtful and creative posts these days but quick photo-dumps will have to suffice for now. We all know the pictures are what everyone comes to see on a blog anyway...right?

Barrett got his 1st round of shots at his 2-month well-visit. Poor guy slept a ton afterwards, just like Eli always did.

Smiley guy in his "nest"

Beautiful sunset

Eli working on his corn-hole skills

Sleeping thru the night = TOUCHDOWN!

Yummy sushi complete with awesome carrot mystery animal

Mailbag fun! (and yes it says mail, not "I Lam")

Sad day for the Mama Car. Ended up needing a new alternator. Hooray. (Eli did enjoy watching the tow-truck in action, though!)


Hope you enjoyed my randomness!

My Lucky Charms!

2-Months-Old

On Friday, March 8th, Barrett turned 2-months-old! It's been such fun watching him grow and change over this past month. Here is what he's been up to:

Weight: 13 lbs 12 oz
Height: 23.25 inches

We have a BIG boy! Eli was only 10 lb 15 oz and 22.75 inches at the same age!

* Clothing Size: Still wearing 0-3 month clothes but those are starting to get a bit short

* Diapers: Just switched over to size 2's (had a few too many leaks recently!)

* Nursing every 3-4 hours

* Barrett's sleeping habits have changed quite a bit over the past month. For most of his 2nd month, Barrett was sleeping for one 5-6 hour stretch and waking to eat only once in the night. As of this past week, he started to sleep for longer 7-10 hour stretches at night. I know things might still change at this stage but I will take it while I have it!

* He is getting into a better nap schedule as well

* He is still most alert in the latter 1/2 of the day (Party Boy Barrett still makes an appearance now and then!)

* A new "batch" of hair has started to come-in over the past week. Mark and I are thinking he's going to be more dirty-blonde than Eli's white-blonde hair color

* Around 6-weeks-old the baby acne started to clear-up and a bit of cradle-cap came

* He's tracking objects much better these days, including Candy, who he can't quite figure out what she is exactly

* The smiles and coos are coming a lot more regularly and he especially loves to flash a big gummy grin at his big brother, Eli (He likes to talk to him too!)

* He loves to "talk" and smile at his crib sheep mobile and EVERY ceiling fan he sees

* Like his big brother, he found his thumb right at 2-months-old (he prefers his right one though) He will still take the occasional Soothie Paci

* We've also nicknamed him "Grunts" because he does it constantly, especially when he's asleep

* The boy is still not a fan of tummy-time but his neck-strength is definitely improving

* He loves to be held and cuddled, which we gladly do whenever we can!


Mark and I were spot-on thinking Barrett was a lot bigger/solid than Eli was at this age and we are loving every inch of his rolly-polly self! (When his weight showed-up on the scale at his well-baby visit, I had to literally ask the nurse if it was correct, I was in such disbelief!) Barrett continues to bring all of us such joy each day! We love you dearly Baby Bear!



Here's our Eli at 2-months-old too!

Ebony and Ivory Part 2

Barrett finally got to meet some dear friends of ours recently and we just had to re-create a favorite pose. Hard to believe how much our older boys have grown and changed over 3 1/2 short years. Now the real question is whether or not we will have an Ebony and Ivory Part 3? Probably not any time soon. We'll just enjoy these babies while they are small because obviously it doesn't last long!

Barrett and Trinity circa February 2013 (Barrett is about 1.5-months-old and Trinity is 6-months-old)



Eli and Ramir circa October 2009 (Eli was about 1-month-old and Ramir was about 1.5-months-old)

Picture Dump!

We are slowly getting into a routine around here (as much of a routine as we can with a newborn and Mark back on night-shift again) and I have a bunch of pictures to share of our boys. February flew by and here we are almost half-way through March. Where is the time going?!? We have enjoyed visits of friends and family, some first smiles, and keeping ourselves busy indoors the best we can during the final days of this dreary, cold winter. Hope you enjoy a tiny peek into our everyday!


Poor Candy gave us a pretty big health-scare in February but thankfully she seems to be back to her old bad-dog self.