Theodore Isaac

Its hard to believe but Theodore is now 2 months old!  He has had a busy two months learning to play with his brothers, struggling with some reflux issues, growing into a chunk and being baptized.  He is a wonderful smiley little guy that everyone loves and adores.  We are so happy he is here!

The three stooges

 6 week smiles:

1st smile (around 3 weeks when I sang to him one night)

 All wrapped up and comfy

Mommy playing dress up

 1st ball from his Godfather Matt J

 Walking with his brothers (Orson is really good about holding F's hand when I don't have a free one)

Sitting in the bumbo around at a month:

 Visiting the Chiropractor for his reflux issues (seems to really be working)

Baths with brothers

His Baptism went really well.  He slept through the entire Mass and the big boys did pretty well.  Matt J is his Godfather and Tia Sofie is his Godmother.  My friend Irene Bristow stood in for them both and Grandpa Bob was able to come.  As always I was so happy to introduce him to the church and it was so nice to know people in the congregation this time around.  

 all dressed up for the occasion

 Orson trying to see how close he could get before he fell in (Thank goodness he stopped just before he fell!)

 The baptism

 Irene 

Afterwards we enjoyed brunch at Mon Ami Gabi.

Finally, here he is posing for the camera at the one month mark:

and just for reference,here is one of Orson at a month:

and one of Ferdinand:

Oh, and I almost forgot, he is weighing in at 15.25 lbs and 25.25 inches and plans for a move this September have been delayed and we will maybe in the same house from conception all the way to the 1st birthday!  He is a record setter :)

Visits, Exploring, and a Baptism!

We have been very busy the last few weeks and I haven't posted in a long time, so here we go :)

Two weekends ago Matt, the boys and I headed down to Williamsburg and Jamestown to stay at one of those time share condos after they called and said we had "won" a free trip.  We have been wanting to go and the offer of paid for rooms to stay in made it impossible to say no to.  It was really neat to walk around where our country started and it was even nicer to get away and have good family time.  We walked around, enjoyed some good food, went to bed before 9 and over all had a great trip. 

 How to make chocolate old school style (it smelled so good!)

 Orson climbed this big trunk all on his own, he was so proud that he gave himself a thumbs up (except he can't seem to hold his thumb up so he just puts his pointer finger in the air :)

 Jamestown Island was bitterly cold but lots of fun.

 We had to stop for some hot apple cider and warm up.

 The splash from the bay waves froze on the trees, so cool

 I think we all agreed watching this man blow glass was the coolest part of the trip

The following week my brother and his bride came up to visit and to attend Ferdinand's baptism (Allison is his Godmother).  Besides the baptism we explored the monuments, the Air and Space museum, the American History museum and a couple of the Smithsonian art museums.  It was wonderful having family in town to share Ferdinand's big day and to get us our and about exploring all the amazing things DC has to offer. 

 The Botanical Gardens were having an orchid show!  So fun to practice my camera skills

 Fun pictures of the newly weds

The baptism went really great and I just couldn't stop smiling I was so excited to introduce Ferdinand to the church.  He wore the family gown (and yes he fit!) which wiggly baby and satin dress makes for a very difficult hour at mass (how do you do it mothers of girls?).  He did awesome, no crying and lots of smiles (not that we got pictures of any of the smiles) and Orson did great too.  He even got to assist Father during the baptism and hand him the candle when it was time.  We were so pleased to share the occasion with my brother and sister-in-law and with Grandpa Bob.

 It was sure hard to get a good picture of our tired little man!