Cousin LOVE

Owen and Luke are having a bit of a love affair. Luke loved Owen since the moment he found out a baby was in my tummy. Luke loves playing with his cousin and wants to be everywhere Owen is at all times. It is the sweetest!

This little frog missed Owen so much while he was sleepnig.

 

 

Catching up on sleep

It turns out Owen has an ear infection, blah. Hopefully he gets better soon and we can be done with all of this yucky sickness. In the meantime Brad has been trying to catch up on his sleep.

We went to Indiana this weekend to celebrate the upcoming marriage of my cousin Brent and his wonderful fiancé Ashley. We had a great weekend spending time with family. Owen got a taste of being a country boy.

Here is my little family celebrating Mother's Day.

My sweetest gift.....

Owen was so happy to be home and play with his favorite toy - the box.

 

 

 

Sleeping schedule

Owen was consistently sleeping for 11 hours each night and I was feeling so refreshed and rested each morning. I even weaned myself off my afternoon naps, and then....another cold hit the Drapp home. We are back to waking up and nursing in the middle of the night, blah! Owen and I have had one cold after another this winter. I have had more colds this year then when I was teaching 20 kids with snot running down their noses. I really don't know what this is all about but I am so ready for cold and flu seasn to end.

Here is a picture of Owen sleeping so peacefully before the runny nose began

Our sleep has been interupted several nights this week, not only due to Owen but because Brad and I were both having terrible toothaches. Luckily we have a dentist in the family because it just so happened that we both needed root canals.

I think we are all on track for more restful nights as soon as Owen's cold is over!!

7 months old today

Our baby is getting so big! I can't believe he is 7 months old already. I miss the days when Owen would cuddle on my chest and sleep anywhere, now he is easily distracted and nosy. He wants to see what is happening around him at all times, so sleeping on mommy is difficult for a busy baby to do. He also does not like to sleep anywhere but his crib. I can get him to sleep in the stroller and the front carrier sometimes but not without a fight.

Today we went for a walk and snapped a few pictures of out sweet baby on the way.

Our USA baby is getting ready to crawl. He gets up on his hands and knees but only for a short time before he falls and starts whining in hopes someone will save him.

 

This is Owen's baby, he sleeps with his giraffe at each nap and at bedtime. It is so cute when Owen spots his giraffe. He buries his face in it and sucks his thumb. So sweet!!

We also went to Max and Luke's soccer game this weekend. It just so happened to be during Owen's morning nap so he did a lot of this....

 

I finally got him to sleep in the front carrier

We hope you all had a great weekend!!

 

The house

We are in contract on a house in Andover Hills in Lexington, it is the house I mentioned in a previous blog that was for sale by owner and the owner is a bit CRAZY! We close June 2nd which seems like a lifetime away, but we were finally able to spend some time in the house today during the inspection. I took a ton of pictures, sorry if this is too much.

Here is the outside of the house...

The backyard is actually pretty big. It is private with a few large trees in the back for added shade.

The stairs are in the entryway of the house

The dining room

This room is going to be Owen's playroom, hopefully we will keep it a little tidier than this owner.

The kitchen

The pantry door in the kitchen

The family room

Brad's office

 

 

Blogging delay

Owen is now 6 months old and is doing lots of new things. He can roll over both ways, sit up by himself, and he can say "ma-ma" and "da-da" (he still doesn't know what he is saying). He is also starting to get up on his hands and knees and looking like he is ready to crawl. I am really not ready for a mobile baby yet, at least not until we move into the new house.


We are in contract on a house, it is the house I wrote about in a previous blog that was listed for sale by owner. We are supposed to close on June 2nd as long as all goes well with the inspection. We are getting a little antsy to move out of this crowded townhouse with much of our things still in boxes in the garage. I will post some pictures of the new house once we go over for the inspection.

Brad and I had a very busy and fun weekend. Lisa and Eddie, our friends from college came into town from Knoxville, Tn. We went to a great dinner Friday night at Nick Ryan's and then went out on the town afterwards. We stayed out way too late so Brad and I will be playing catch on our sleep for weeks to come. Saturday we made it out to Keeneland despite the chilly weather and we had a great time losing money on the horse races. It was so nice to spend the weekend with such good friends, we can't wait for our annual lake trip in a few months!

 

 

Owen and I are in a mommy and baby swim class twice a week. Brad was able to come watch Owen hard at work in the pool this week. Baby O loves the pool and enjoys seeing his friends in class each week. I think this little guy is going to have a great time at the pool this summer!

 

Owen is becoming such a big boy and is eating solid foods three times a day. I am enjoying my new baby food processor and pureeing new things for Owen to eat. So far he has eaten pears, apples, bananas, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, avocado, and yogurt. Oh and his all time favorite, baby mum mums. Owen loves to eat and gets so excited when he sees food coming his way. He kicks his legs, grunts and shakes with excitement each time the spoon comes toward him.

We celebrated my nephew's 4th birthday last weekend at Gratz Park in Lexington. It was a pirate themed party and even Luke's daddy dressed the part...

 

 

Kentucky wins it all!!

It is a very exciting time to live in Lexington. The basketball team had a great end to an incredible season. Of course the championship game was at 9:30 on a Monday night which is about the time I usually close my eyes and fall asleep each evening. I made sure to get a nap in earlier that day so I could stay awake for the game.

Brad was in Wisconsin for work this week which made him beyond frustrated to miss out on the festivities of the big win. So I stayed the night at my sister's house (which is close to campus) and her husband agreed to watch all the boys while we went out on the town. Here is our idea of going out on the town...

we rode our bikes around to see the craziness on campus. All the bars and restaurants were packed and we decided to head back home to watch the game.

Kentucky pulled away with a big win! We were excited but too exhausted to do any celebrating. I guess this is what happens when you have kids, especially ones that still wake up in the middle of the night, sometimes.

The next day Owen and I decided to take a walk downtown to welcome the team back to Rupp Arena for their big celebration.

This is my kind of celebration - in between naps:). Tons of fans lined the streets while police escorted the buses into town. Hopefully we will experience this again in the near future. Go CATS!!