3 months

Our little man turned 3 months this past week! He is growing too fast! Thomas' little personality is starting to come out. Squeals and a few giggles are starting to emerge. His eyes follow you everywhere-especially Tucker. He smiles when he sees love! Thomas is starting to bat at toys that dangle in front of him as well as hold on to a ring or rattle that is placed at his hand.

Thomas is sleeping well most nights. He occasionally wakes in need of his passy and on some nights an earlier dose of milk. But most nights he sleeps from 9 or 10 til 4 or 5. Mommy is thankful for that!

We went for a brief visit with the doctor this week to have Thomas' weeping eye checked out. He has had it since birth and just looks yucky. But we know it will work its way out. Just wanted to make sure we weren't getting infected-especially since we don't go for well baby for another month. Yet, we discovered just how much our baby boy is growing... 14lbs 7oz!! Has gained two more lbs this month! Thinking he is getting some good milk!

Smoothies and Hard Boiled Eggs

What a day we have had in terms of food! Tucker loves the Handy Manny book, Oscar's House of Smoothies. Everytime we borrow this book, we seem to have to make smoothies non stop! Well, today that was very true! We made the usual with strawberries, blueberries and either a strawberry yogurt or a strawberry/banana yogurt. Yummy and very healthy! We enjoyed it for lunch, along with a hard boiled egg (a new favorite). Well, by dinner time, Tucker was ready to make another smoothie. In this story, Oscar is opening up a new smoothie shop but has to come up with one last flavor. He ultimately comes up with a Peanut Butter/Banana smoothie. And of course this would be the smoothie Tucker was wanting to try. After trying to convince him otherwise, I caved and sow we tried it out. Can't say it was horrible but not exactly a great smoothie combo! And of course, he had to have another hard boiled egg! Lots of protien and fruits today! Thinking we'll stick to just regular smoothies in the future!

Smoothie MustacheMaking the first smoothie

Drama is a part of Life!

Yesterday, Tucker attended his last session of Children's Theatre for the summer! He had a great time going with his cousins, Abby and Sarah. The interest started when Tucker went to see Hansel and Gretel with his preschool! Then, as a way of getting out and about once Thomas arrived, Tucker went with Abby, Sarah, Grandma and Aunt Chele to see The Little Red Hen! They loved it and decided it was necessary to go back! So, they each have been reading Jack and the Beanstalk as a way of getting ready to go and see the production. They had a great time! Tucker has really done a great job of comparing the plays to the books! Both The Little Red Hen and Jack and the Beanstalk were definitely different from the books! Reading comprehension practice here! :)

A few extras...

July started off with a bang as a busy month- starting with the 4th of July! We all feel like we are finally unwinding and getting ready for school to start up (YES, this mommy is ready for that!). Here are a few extra pictures from July. We were able to visit with lots of family! We were excited to see the Weiss gang from St. Louis as well as Ryan and Peter McCormick from across the world! Only missing Aunt Bev and Katie Mae! It was great to catch up with Ryan and Peter. Tucker loved having Ryan here and wouldn't leave the poor thing alone! We loved having Peter to catch up with and visit! Once a year or two is not enough for us!

Ryan and Thomas (Ryan was great with him)
Birthday boy actually on his birthday morning!

Family pic from the 4th (it was a bit windy on top of the parking deck)

Baby brother! 2months old on the 4th of July