Graham is here!

William Graham Barrett arrived at 7:40am on January 26, 2010.
He weighed 8 lbs 14 oz and was 20.5 inches in length.
He is happy & healthy & Scott and I are (again) overwhelmed with joy!

Here is one of his first pictures..

Here is one of our first family of 4 photos. (I'm looking grrrrrrreat!)

Scott's mom sent us this picture of Drake while we were in the hospital. Drake loved having his Babu there to take care of him while his folks were gone. He has adjusted way better than we expected. I realize it hasn't even been a week, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by his baby brother at all!

Here he is enjoying himself...

Today we took Graham to his first check up at the pediatrician. He seems to be doing just fine & dandy! He has gas, but I will spare you the details & just say it involves a lot of diaper changes, little sleep and quite a bit of crying (mostly by Graham and a little from Scott and me). :) This too shall pass, right???

Scott and I are so lucky that our sweet moms have helped us so much over the past week! LOVE Y'ALL! Here is a picture from today...

18 month check-up

Still a whopper!

Drake's stats...

Height - a little over 36 inches

Weight - a little over 38 lbs

So, as his doctor put it, he is perfect size....FOR A 3 YEAR OLD! Scott's mom said Scott was the same way & around 3 he started to look more like kids his age. :)

Our second little boy will be here January 26th if all goes according to plan! We are so excited (but still do not have a name! EEK)! I had an ultrasound just after Christmas and they claim this baby is much smaller than Drake was. They are estimating between 7-8 lbs. We shall see!!

Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! It definitely made up for our bummer of a Thanksgiving when Drake was sick.

A few weeks before Christmas, Santa stopped by my mom's work, so I thought I would take Drake to see him....it didn't go exactly as planned.

This was taken first thing on Christmas morning! (Oh, he is in his new room! We are in the process of making the nursery for #2 and Drake a "big boy" room. Pictures to come...)

After the three of us opened presents, my brother, his family & my mom & Mike came over for breakfast. We had breakfast casserole, coffee and monkey bread..YUMMY! Unfortunately, I was too busy eating, opening presents and enjoying myself that I didn't take any pictures. OOPS!

Later Christmas day, we loaded up & headed to Bryan. Here we caught Drake giving Hunny some treats. BUSTED DRAKE BARRETT!!!

We attempted a family photo....

Again, I was too busy eating, opening presents and playing that I didn't take any pictures or action shots. We spent Christmas night with Scott's parents and had a great time.

Here is sweet Drake the next morning playing in his cousin's castle (or is it a spaceship??).

It was, by far, our best Christmas yet. It is hard to believe this time next year we will have TWO little boys running around! Thank you to all of our family for everything!

Thanksgiving

We didn't have much of a Thanksgiving this year. Drake was sick and the pediatrician advised us to stay put since he was contagious. We had planned on going to my mom's for lunch, Scott's parents' for dinner then the A&M/ut game. We were pretty bummed (Scott about the game, me about all of the great home-cooked food, and Drake about not getting to see his grandparents), but we survived. It was actually kind of nice to have a few days off and just hang out at the house. Drake felt better after a few doses of the antibiotic, so all in all, it was a pretty good weekend.

First Haircut

I could not believe how cute this kid's haircut place was!

Drake loved it! He played in the little car & got to watch the WIGGLES while they cut his hair. What will they think of next????

15 month check up

Drake went to his 15 month appointment yesterday. He is growing like a weed and appears to be right on track. I was happy to learn that throwing tantrums is a developmental milestone and he is simply learning to express himself, which the doctor says is actually a good thing. Grrrrrrreat! He handled the shots better this time, but he can reach door knobs now, so he got his finger jammed in the exam room door...OUCH! Poor baby!

He is 35 inches tall, weighs 36 lbs and his head is approximately 52 cm. He's a big boy, but still so stinking sweet!!!

Here is a picture of Drake after watching football with dad all day. Our little horned frog was pooped!!

Drake has a new love.... The Wiggles! Hunter waits patiently for him to drop something.

Here he is waiting on the doctor (pre-shots and pre-finger slamming incident).

Pumpkin Patch

Here are a few pictures from this past weekend. We went to the same pumpkin patch we visited last year. Getting him to sit still & pose with the pumpkins created a little bit of a challenge. We didn't realize how easy we had it this time last year before he started moving! He had so much fun!

Here is October 2009

and October 2008

We went to Griffin's birthday party this past weekend too. Here is a sneak peek of Drake's Halloween costume. You know I hate to brag, BUT.... he received the highly sought after "best costume" award. He won a basket of chocolate (that I ate, of course) and a ribbon that is proudly displayed on our fridge!