I don’t have anything to say today, I just wanted to show off my son and his wonderful mother.
Monday, November 13, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
Thursday, November 9, 2006 | Posted by Rachel Draper
Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Jackson’s Mill. Much to my chagrin I noticed after I got home that I hadn’t actually gotten any pictures of the mill.
Here is Allen having fun with the mirror.
It was very cold there so I had to bundle Allen up.
This is a cabin that they moved to this site. It is similar to the type of cabin Jackson lived in.
This is another cabin on the site. Very, very tiny. It is hard to believe entire families with lots of children lived in these small dwellings.
Here is a cute picture of Allen.
This is the statue of Jackson in Clarksburg, WV.
A view from Jackson’s Mill.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 | Posted by Rachel Draper
TJ is traveling out of state this week for work. Both Allen and I are missing him.
Allen is really getting interactive with his toys. His bouncy seat is not such a bad thing anymore.
His busy days still require two naps a day. I try to join him on his afternoon nap.
Thursday, October 26, 2006 | Posted by Rachel Draper
I mentioned in a previous post that Allen had found his thumb. Technically that is not quite true. I found him with his thumb in his mouth when he was only a couple days old. This led me to suspect that he had been sucking it in-utero and we would have problems with it later. However, as he didn’t have enough motor control to find it consistently thereafter, merely putting his whole fist in his mouth, I put it out of my mind. But last week he started sucking his thumb quite regularly.
We would very much like to get him to stop before he forms a habit as we don’t want it to cause orthodontic problems later on. This evening we tried a mitten on his hand. You can see how well that worked.
If anyone has any suggestions we would be glad to hear them.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 | Posted by Rachel Draper
Allen had his two month check-up yesterday. The Dr. was very pleased with his growth. He now weighs 12 lbs. 3 1/2 oz. and is 22 3/4 in. long. He is in about the 50th percentile for his age. That is up from his 2 week check-up when he was in around the 25th percentile. He had to have his 2 month shots and it ruined his day. Three shots and a sticky oral vaccine to take is enough to ruin anybody’s day. He slept for several hours after the Dr.’s visit, but after he woke up and ate, nothing could calm him down. Unfortunately, it was my day for running errands and we were in Dickson. So I cut them short and took him home. He got his first taste of baby Tylenol. Thankfully, that seemed to help and he was able to go to sleep. After that nap, he felt a little better and gave us a hesitating smile. But that is about all we got out of him that day. Thankfully, he is feeling much better this morning and is back to his old self.
He has found his thumb, much to his father’s dismay. I have noticed though that he mostly only sucks it when he wants me, but is left to himself. If I pick him up then he usually stops.
He is paying much more attention to what is going on. This morning I dug a toy out of the pile of stuff in the crib for him. It really got his attention and he enjoyed looking at it and listening to the music. Look at him lift his head up!!!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
You can’t tell me this isn’t the cutest little guy you have ever seen!
