Social Butterfly...Who Would Have Thought?

Theodore has been quite a social butterfly over the past few weeks! He has gotten to visit Salina and Oklahoma!

We even had a handful of visitors come through to visit us, including my friend, Niki. She has twins who are exactly 1 year older than Theodore....! And her girls were no smaller than 8lbs EACH...needless to say, she had never seen such a small baby...! wow! I'm truly impressed--she holds the RECORD at Salina hospital for largest twins. What a champ.... Here she is with our little one:



Theodore even had some time to visit his GREAT Grandpa Benny. Needless to say, Benny enjoyed the visitor and even held Theodore for awhile. He said that I could leave Theodore there with him. I didn't think it would work out, but it was nice of him to offer to watch Theodore for us. Here is a picture of Wayne and Great Gpa Benny:

And one of their hands...aww!

Oh, on the road trip to Salina, I stayed with my sister, Karen and her husband Erik. Karen was kind enough to prepare a bed for Theodore (Drawer with pillow and blanket!! Worked PERFECTLY!!) Theodore slept like a Champ!

In the morning, I was going to get ready in the bathroom and I heard Karen go to check on him. Then I heard some russeling...I saw that she moved his drawer out to the living room...and was taking pictures of her nephew. She's not excited or anything....! hehee....But he sure is cute when he is sleeping. (I think Chris sleeps just like that...just not in a drawer! heheheheee)

Oh, and my favorite milestone recently, Chris got to feed Theodore with a bottle! Needless to say, Chris really enjoyed that. (And I enjoyed the time off...now I get to go to bed early and he takes over the last feeding of the evening...I never knew that an extra hour of sleep would make such a difference! WOW it does...and I'm totally enjoying the 7 straight hours of sleep!!!)

Other News:

We have new neighbors! Our friends from Salina just moved in 4 doors down....LOVE IT! So excited! With them moving, we helped unload some boxes into their house. Needless to say, I was thinking...hmm...we have lived here since this spring...maybe it's time to work on our office....

SO: tonight we got through at least 3 boxes (I stopped counting after 2). It was great...and amazing how much more room there is in the office without those boxes....

Now...for the rest of them...!

Busy Busy....and a NEW DISHWASHER!

Well, hello again friends!

Yes, life has been busy. Lucky for us, the Good Lord has his eye on me! Our friends, Kelley and Brandon are going to be moving into a house down the street from us!! YAY! (well, don't get too excited yet--but they will close on it soon) Lucky for me, Kelley has been able to be here all week : ) So, in addition to Aunt Theresa in the evenings, Kelley has been a HUGE help! (thanks!!) Between dinner, errands, and overall keeping me sane, I have had a great week hanging out with Kelley, Theresa, and Brandon.

Theodore had a few doctor appointments this week. He has grown 1.5 inches (already!) and gained 1 lb. I'm thrilled to hear that (as from what "the books" I read say...new moms often worry about little ones eating enough. Besides...it's not like they have a gas gauge...they really should...so when it shows "empty" we know when to feed them!)

Also, for the curious minds...we started using cloth diapers. Yes..cloth...

I'm impressed so far. We will use a combo of cloth and disposable-but so far, cloth has impressed me. I like the super absorbancy and they seem more "leak proof" than some of the disposables I have put on Theodore lately. Yesterday I had him in disposables while I was out and about...needless to day while he was being held by a few of his new friends, he peed on them...oops...! Well, That's how he greets people he really likes, I suppose! Also, He likes to "slime" people (as I like to call it) with spit up. Lucky us...

Other things going on:
NEW DISHWASHER!

Like other things that have broken (air conditioner.....ugh!) Our dishwasher stopped working the other day. Lucky for me, I had extra help in the house, but none of us were a fan of doing the dishes ALL the time. SO...with the Labor Day sales, we were able to go to Lowe's and find one on sale...and have it installed yesterday. The dishwaser is QUIET and BEAUTIFUL and MAGNETIC! From the time we were married, we never had a dishwasher with a magnetic front...they were all rental houses and had plastic-so now I can get the ABC magnets for Theodore to play with on the dishwasher : )