First Moments

Drew's First Halloween

Our Little Frog Prince: I think he'll forgive me when he's older, but doesn't he look cute! It was half off at Babies R Us the week before Halloween. It really was exactly what I wanted, I was so thrilled!

Although he looks a little sad here, he was totally mellow in the outfit. Didn't mind wearing the suit or the hat one bit!
And it kept him warm

What a change from last year's screaming and tugging fit Sydney threw in her Tinkerbell costume - "Get off get off!" :) Now she loves to play dress up while she watches Tinkerbell... I love this girl :)

Speaking of Sydney and her fairytale make believe....
She bit into 8 apples

then fell asleep in her Cinderella dress :)

Her fun & imagination is never ending!

The Princess & The Frog Prince

This year Sydney was the most "beau'ful, wonderful - Gorilla!" in her cinderella dress. Gorilla is how she pronounces any double-L word :) Hilarious.

I bought the dress a little early, and after three days of wear and tear it really was worn and torn. My friend Cherisse altered it for me, salvaged it really, and made it what it is today - thank you Cherisse!!

Sydney actually got into trick or treating this year - so cute!! She was timid at first but once she saw they were giving out candy she exclaimed, "Oh! OH!! Okay!" and stuck out her silver Cinderella bag (compliments of Cherisse); she was as friendly as could be. At the third house she tried to walk in once they opened the door! Cracked us up. We trick or treated 7 houses or so before going to our friends', the Stebbings, Halloween party. We had a wonderful evening!

Drew's First Haircut
Before:

He was super chill during it, barely whined...

That's our Drewby :)

After: Handsome little boy!

(Mom got her hair trimmed too)

Here he is in action, at bedtime the other night :)


He is growing up so fast! We can't wait for his first birthday - in just a week and a half. Lots of photos and a video clip or two of the party to come! :) Happy Belated Halloween everyone!

Heartbeat 170 bps

Here we go again! I heard a sweet little heartbeat today for the first time, and felt like "this is real." So, woo-hoo! Baby Rawlins #3 is due to enter this world on April 30th, 2010. Perfect timing. Pace is a pro at working childbirth in between his hectic finals... why not shoot for that again this time around? His finals start May 1st and Drew was a week late... You do the math! :)

We are thrilled though, as you can imagine. This baby will be wonderful as either a girl or a boy. A girl- hooray! She'll be born in the same season as Sydney (4/14/06), and we have all those lovely clothes saved! A boy- great! He and Drew will be bosom buddies, only 18 months apart (right Michele?), and can play together :) Plus, I wouldn't need to fuss about getting new "girl" bedding for the crib. Either way, we're super excited.

To prepare for baby #3, I thought, rather then invest in a second crib (nesting starts early in this household, especially with my family coming to see us for Thanksgiving, we hope!!) I'd find cute bunk beds that can be used as twin, non-bunk beds while the kids are young. The guard rails will keep Drew in safe... And here's what we found!

We love them, first for the price (even cheaper with the discount Pace found online), and second, the customer reviews gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars!! They all raved about the beds. The boxes just arrived to today, I can't wait to set them up in Sydney's room!