Teeth Picture

Got one!!!

Edwin Update

Edwin now has 4 teeth - two on the top and two on the bottom. The tip popped through last Tuesday, and it is clearly visible now...too cute! He looks completely different with teeth! I haven't been able to get a smile big enough to get all of the teeth, but I'll keep trying!

Also, last night we went to a friend's house. Dave played Hold'Em and we hung out with Cassie and her daughter Amelia (14 months) and Jen. It was a great night. Dave ended up winning poker, Edwin took a couple great crawls FORWARD, and Cassie helped me prepare the rest of the components for Edwin's birthday invites. It is times like this when I think we need to purchase a video camera. It takes Edwin a long time to start crawling forward and when he does it is for just a couple seconds...so I can't use my camera - I miss it everytime! So, you'll just have to believe me until you see it with your own eyes...he is doing AWESOME!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This picture is actually from several months ago...but I couldn't resist posting it for today. Here is one from this morning.


TEETH COUNTER UPDATE: Edwin's 3rd tooth popped through on Saturday morning! Now he has 2 on the bottom and a point on the top!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Edwin is 8 Months Old!!!

Today is Edwin's 8-month birthday. I can't believe it's been 8 months already...seems like we just came home with a seven lb little baby...now we have a 20 lb little man! Grandma Ross sent Edwin this new outfit - monkeys of course! It is soooo cute!!!! It is a 9-month outfit and as you can see, Edwin fills it out nicely!

Today Edwin brushed his teeth for the first time (what a birthday treat!)...thanks Aunt Melinda for the snazzy toothbrush. He loved it! I'd take the toothbrush out and he'd leave his mouth open and start to cry until i brushed some more...he even brushed a little by himself - growing up too fast!

As you can see from the corner of this picture, even Sedona was interested in watching Edwin brush his teeth for the first time!

Lately, I've been trying to fill my time with lots of playdates. Tuesday afternoon we visited Cassie and Amelia. Amelia is just over a year old and moving nonstop - crawling/walking. Luckily, Edwin hasn't started moving yet - except for rolling to get to toys. He has also mastered the face-in-the-carpet technique of lunging for things...it won't be long...I guess we should start preparing the house - definitely not Edwin ready!

Today Edwin and I met Kristen and Maggie at the mall for some mall walking and window shopping. Maggie is 8-months old too...just a couple weeks older than Edwin...I can't wait until they can play together!!! They are bound to be friends!

TWO LITTLE TEETH

Finally a picture to prove it!

Edwin's 1st Christmas

WOW - What a difference Christmas is with a baby...so much happened over this holiday weekend...so this might end up being a VERY LONG post. SORRY!

12/24: Christmas Eve

Edwin had his first veggies today - squash...although he didn't seem to enjoy it, it was fun trying something new and we will continue to try...



We hosted Christmas Eve in Newport this year...Grandpa Randy, Grandma Nikki, Mike, Joyce, Aunt Jessica, Brian, Chad, and Great Grandma Shirley came to help celebrate Edwin's 1st Christmas. Edwin got so many nice gifts - Pizza Elmo, Books, Blanket (handmade by AJ), and most exciting for Dave and I - a family membership to the zoo!!!! We can't wait to take Edwin and teach him all about the animals, especially the monkeys! (obviously)

Edwin's 1st Christmas gift...

12/25: Christmas

Edwin woke up around 8:30am on Christmas morning and Dave brought him downstairs to open his gifts from Santa Claus. Santa Claus didn't have to do much this year and opted for simple plastic alphabet blocks!

Afterward, we finished packing up the car and headed to Pittsburgh. Muellerville was as busy as ever with Christmas festivities. Once again, Edwin raked in the gifts - including new shoes from Great Grandma Mueller...everyone couldn't stop talking about the Edwin Claus and New Year Edwin pictures that we sent out - they were a hit!

We headed to Grandma Ross's house for the rest of the holiday weekend...

12/26: Christmas #2

Uncle Matt, Aunt Melinda and cousins Madeline and Meredith all came over to Grandma Ross's house to open Christmas gifts. Edwin was the big winner again - obviously spoiled!!!



In the middle of opening gifts, I noticed my pants felt wet - I looked down and sure enough, Edwin had spit up all over me, himself and Grandma's carpet - sooooo gross! So, we paused gift opening for an outfit change. We came back downstairs to resume gift opening and when Dave handed Edwin to me - he did it again...all over me...so, another outfit change - this time into pajamas...

Don't know what that was all about, but Dave took over gift opening duties after that...

There were too many gifts to mention. I didn't think we'd be able to get everything in our car for the trip home, but somehow we managed...

12/27: Canfield Mini-Reunion & Meredith's 2-Year Birthday Party

I got up and decided to go to Macy's and take advantage of some after Christmas sales...when I returned, Grandma Ross told me to feel in Edwin's mouth - yep! His first tooth popped through....so exciting!!!


That afternoon, Leanna and Dave Kemble hosted a get together for some of Dave's high school friends. Edwin had a great time because he got to see Jack (Dave and Leanna's son) and meet Ava (Jen & Jim's daughter).

Afterward we headed to Matt & Melinda's for Meredith's birthday party. I can't believe she is 2 already - geez...where did 2 years go???? The birthday party was a lot of fun...Meredith loved showing Dave all of her gifts...she gets extremely frustrated when she can't find Dave - and it is really cute watching her look for him.

12/28: Visit to Hudson (Twinsburg) and Steelers Game

We got up on Sunday morning and drove to Hudson to visit the Reeds. This was our first time meeting Carmen and Holden (Justin & Gia's children).





They are beautiful and Edwin had fun watching them play with all of their new toys. Holden was nice enough to share his dump truck and bus with Edwin...after a great visit and a yummy Chipotle lunch we headed back to Grandma Ross's for the Steelers game. Edwin wore his Steelers outfit and fit right in with the rest of the Ross family - I was the odd man out...

12/29: Back to NOKY

We left Canfield early so that we could get to the boarder and pick up Sedona before 2:00pm...we got there around 1:30pm. We finally made it back home and now I'm starting the process of finding a place to put all of this new stuff.

I'm sure I've forgotten things...it was a busy weekend and I'm still trying to take it all in. I feel so blessed to have Edwin, a wonderful family, awesome friends, and most importantly - my best friend/husband to experience this journey with...