Sleepy Baby

Last night Barrett was getting very fussy, so I decided to walk around the house carrying him across the front of me (look at picture). He ended up falling asleep in my arms and drooling everywhere..you can see some on my arm! :) What a cute little man though! 

Barrett's Smilin'

Last weekend was a lot of fun. Saturday I spent most of the day with the in-laws. It is always so nice to hang out there and spend some good quality time together. Watching the big games was fun, too. Go Tigers! Go Blue! (and believe it or not...the Lions won Sunday, too!) Then Sunday we celebrated Grandpa Del's birthday with a get together at their house. Delbert also called it the "meet the grand babies day". The sun was shining, although it was crisp out, and there was even a hay ride. Barrett and I did not go on the hay ride this year, though, so hopefully we'll get to do it next year.

On another note, Barrett has been smiling a lot recently. It no longer appears to be gas-related smiles, but rather genuine happy smiles!! It melts your heart! I was finally able to catch one on camera (sorry about the focus...it had to be quick). He's also making a lot of new sounds, which are really cute. Well, I've got to get...Barrett's getting fussy. :) 

Nighttime

I can't believe that it is Gwen's first birthday today!! Hooray for Gwen! Also, I woke up to snow on the ground...yup snow...and I'm sure many others of you did, too. Isn't it a little early for this?!? I'm not quite sure we've had a good Fall yet (which is a season I really enjoy), so hopefully this snow is just temporary.

I just wanted to post a quick entry today about Barrett sleeping through the night. A couple of nights ago Barrett slept from 10:30 pm until 5:30 am!! It was a milestone, but short lived of course because he was back to his norm last night (asleep at 10:30 pm, up at 2 am, asleep at 2:30 am and then back up again at 6 am). Hopefully the sleeping through the night becomes his norm sooner than later. :) Needless to say, the night he slept through was a great night. I felt so good the yesterday!

Enjoying Some Time With My Boys

Barrett is now one month old!! Wow! He is getting stronger and stronger every day. I actually think that he gets frustrated because his body will not allow him to do the things he wants to do. He kicks a lot and loves to roll over onto his back. He will even "stand" with support. He is a great baby that only cries when he's hungry, so we are very lucky with that. We're still working on the nighttime sleeping thing, but I know we'll get there. He still grunts a lot, but a lady told me the other day that "every grunt is a growth". Interesting...

Anyway, last weekend Ben and I hung out with Andrea and Gregor (separately... the boys played cards in DeWitt while we stayed in and hung out) on Friday night and then headed down to Ann Arbor Saturday for the big game (U of M v. MSU). My dad gave Ben and me his tickets (and volunteered himself and Trina to babysit), so we were able to go to the game!! Before the game was a tailgate/birthday party for Gwen at the Edin's. It was so much fun!! A lot of family and friends were there and it was really my first time at a big event like that since Barrett was born. I loved every minute of it! The game was great too. We switched tickets with cousin Robert (he had my grandparents tickets) and we were then able to watch the game on the 50-yard line. I haven't been to the big house in a long time, so this was great too (it didn't hurt that U of M won 31-13 either!). After the game we headed for home (I was ready...it was a long day and I was so tired...I can't hang like I used to). Sunday we got out and about a little bit (it was such a gorgeous day) and then went back home to greet my Aunt Patti and Uncle Scott (who had never seen our house or met Barrett yet). After they left then Travis and Misty stopped by followed by Grandma Sue. Another busy day, but I loved all the company! :) We feel the love! 

Cousins Meet for the First Time!

Ben and I decided to get out and about today because the weather was just too nice to stay inside. We first went to visit Aunt Steph and Barb at Bob and Sandy's house. Then we went to look for Grandpa Delbert (he was running corn) and on the way we stopped by Great Grandma and Great Uncle Mike's house. While we were there Frank and Linda (and a few others) stopped by to pick Mike up and got a chance to meet Barrett for the first time. We then headed to say "hi" to Grandpa Delbert and after that continued on to Uncle Pat and Aunt Amanda's house to have the cousins meet for the first time. It was so much fun to see the two boys together!!! All the pictures are just way too cute! :) I can't wait to see what these two will get into in the future (although I must say that Louie was pretty chill the whole time while Barrett seemed to not want to stay still...hmmm...what does that say about the future??!!??). It was a busy day, but oh so much fun!!!