what do we do when.....

mom is cutting caleb's hair?

troy "waters" the grass or as he says "soy pee a grass".


drew swings.

and caleb pouts. (sorry no picture of him)

"brotherly" love

one day after church, i was taking pictures of drew and troy wanted his picture with him. and here's what i got.

naturally, caleb didn't want to be left out and wanted to get a picture with drew as well.

since they were all there, i wanted to get a picture of all 3 boys together. troy was not happy. not because i was making him take another picture but because caleb was in the picture too. he didn't want caleb in the picture and wouldn't let us put drew in the middle. he wanted drew all to himself....can you tell by the face?

oh, christmas pictures are going to be interesting....

3 months old

you guessed it...drew is now 3 months old. he is really interacting with us now and it is a lot of fun. he talks more and more every day and even giggles occassionally. he reaches for things close to him. his favorite thing to grab... his toes. we have moved him to the crib, so no more bassinet. it is kind of sad that he has outgrown the bassinet but nice not to hear every little squeak. he is our little "finger sucker" and prefers his pointer and middle finger over the "dah" (troy's name for a pacifier). i'm not sure how to deal with that one yet because the other 2 boys LOVED the pacifier. oh well!

2 months old...

drew is 2 months old today. he is growing up too fast.
specifics @ 2 months: weight: 11 lbs. 5 oz.
height: 23 inches
smiles
"talks"
loves to be held

we also found out today that drew has scoliosis (curvature of the spine). he will have to go to a specialist to find out how severe the scoliosis is and what will have to be done for it. from what i have read on the internet, treatment ranges from physical or occupational therapy to surgery. of course surgery is for REALLY bad cases. his pediatrician seemed a little surprised and said that scoliosis in babies as young as drew is rare. it is usually detected much later. hopefully we caught it early enough that it will be a quick and easy fix.

please keep him in your prayers and hopefully all will be well soon.

so sad :(

when i came home from work today, i noticed that troy looked funny. upon closer inspection, this is what i found.....

he had an allergic reaction to a mosquito bite! not only was his ear swollen but he had another bite on his leg that had swelled to the size of a quarter. it was really sad when it started itching. he looked like a dog scratching and his little ear just flopped. his ears are really soft any way and the swelling didn't seem to affect the floppiness. poor troy boy :(

one month old...

drew is one month old today...again time is going by too fast. it is amazing how fast they change!

three weeks old

drew will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. it's crazy how fast time has gone by. how cute is this boy!?!

first day of 2nd grade

caleb started 2nd grade on monday. he was so excited!! he is in mrs. villa's class and already knows most of the kids in his class. mom was sooo ready for this day to happen...mostly to give him something to do besides annoy troy. here's hoping for a good year!!

Drew's Blessing Day

sunday was drew's blessing day. we were grateful to have some of my family here for drew's special day. my mom made his outfit...thanks mom!! after church, my family made a trip to the temple to take pictures. here are just a few pictures from sunday. boo was our photographer and she did an awesome job (as always).

Drew Harrison Tilton

Drew made his arrival into this world Friday, July 17 @ 11:05 weighing in at 6lbs. 10oz. and 20.5 in. It was BY FAR my fastest delivery (almost too fast for my body).


Details: I arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am to be induced. By the time the paper work was all done, I was in my room by 8:30 with my IV in and ready to go. Pitocin was started at 8:45 and my doctor came in at 9:00 and broke my water. All was going fine no pains and I was at 4 cm. Around 10:00 I had my nurse put in the order for my epidural and got it around 10:20. All pain was gone but I could feel LOTS of pressure. I never felt anything with the other two so this was something new (not good new). The pressure got worse and worse really fast. About 1o mins after getting the epidural, the nurse checked me and I was a 7. She frantically started getting everything together (baby's bed, prep table for the doctor etc.) I had told her earlier that I "go" fast after getting my epidural but probably just jinxed myself for saying so. Anyway, the pressure was getting worse by the minute and around 10:40 I was a 10 and the nurse called the doctor. After waiting another 15 mins. on the doctor, pushing started and at 11:05 we had our baby boy with us. We were all shocked at how fast everything went, start to finish, especially the nurses. My poor nurse looked like a mad woman running around prepping things because I came in at a shift change and no one expected a "sprint".


Here are some of our pictures from Friday.