Another Fun Family Weekend

Sebastian had a visit from his Grammie and Pop Pop Deans last weekend. What a great time! Friday night we headed downtown to the Columbus Jazz & Ribfest, and got a great dinner. Saturday we hit the zoo (picture below), and saw more of the zoo this time than we had in the last two visits! You can tell Sebastian had a great time in his stroller, he is all tuckered out, but he was awake for most of it.

The picture of Sebastian above is jim in the Jeep walker that his Grammie and Pop Pop bought for him. He also got a Jolly Jumper that he really loves. It is so cute to see him playing! He is getting LOUD lately, he not only goos, coos and giggles, he has learned how to yell and scream, but not a crying scream, more like a "look what I can do, pay attention to me" scream. Todd has him downstairs right now and I can hear him!

Fun Family Weekend!

What a fun weekend! Mark's brother Stephen, his wife Julie and Mark's beautiful God daughter came to visit this weekend. We picked them up at the airport on Friday and they left Monday morning. The time in between was spent visiting, site seeing and just having a great time. The Columbus Zoo was lots of fun, the out of town guests were impressed. We can't wait to take Sebastian to the Philly zoo when we visit! We did a little shopping on Sunday, including the Build-A-Bear store. Amalia got a cute bear that she named Hanna after Jack Hanna. We tried to take the kids to get their pictuers taken but Sebastian didn't want to cooperate. We did get a few cute ones of them on the couch together, like the one shown here. We'll try a professional picture when we visit NJ in September.

Fairy Godmother

Sebastian attended his very first Doo-Dah Parade in downtown Columbus on July 4th. Although he did sleep through most of it, we had a great time. He was wide awake, however, for his first meeting with the infamous Mary Ann Brandt. Noted for her comedic talent and elaborate stage productions, the seemingly ageless Ms. Brandt has graciously agreed to be Sebastian's very own fairy godmother! Excited upon hearing the news (he can smell wealth and privilege a mile away), he wet himself. Deeming this act "unacceptable", she promptly returned him to his daddies for attention and reached for her martini.

A Great Doctor Appointment!

Today Sebastian had a doctor appointment, complete with shots. He was such a little trooper, he barely cried. I think I cried more than he did. He is 14 lbs, 25 inches and doing very well. The doctor didn't really have much else to say, we are doing exactly what he needs. Look at that smile on his face, what a happy boy!

Long time, no blog!

I feel like the world's worst blogger. I haven't updated the site in a while it seems. Maybe it isn't as bad as I think. Let's hope...

Sebastian continues to be the best baby ever. He is sleeping like a champ, eating very well and is just all-around happy. We have gotten into some bad habits, however, like letting him nap during the day ON one of us, not in his crib. Today we wrapped him in his swaddler, laid him down and he went right to sleep. I fully realize we are VERY lucky and that not all babies are quite that easy so I am THANKFUL that he is so good. We are on a great schedule (6-10-2) and he sleeps from 11 PM to 6 AM every day.

This past weekend we took him to Picnic with the Pops and saw Marvin Hamlisch and Linda Eder. He was SO good. People kept coming up and saying what a good baby we have. DUH. We sat on the blanket and listened to music and had a little light dinner. He started to fall asleep as the show was ending, we quickly packed up and went home. It worked out quite well.

We also went to dinner at our friends' home on Friday night. Both nights we got home a little late, he was already alseep in the car seat. Todd took him out of the car seat, wrapped him up and he went right to bed. I know, for those of you that have fussy babies (or worse...colic) I AM SORRY!

First Father's Day

OK, first of all we are not sure what Sebastian's obsession is with sticking his tounge out, but there it is again. What a cutie!

Our first Father's Day was spent at Todd's grandparents house, where nearly the entire Felumlee family gathered to celebrate Father's Day. We have been going every year for 7 years. This was certainly a lot of fun with the baby. He was a HIT of course, and everyone wanted to hold him. It was great, it gave Todd and me a chance to relax a bit and let someone else take care of him for a little while. We had to pry him away from people so we could leave!

We bought his first baby pool today. We will get it set up and filled soon and put some pictures online for sure.

Sebastian Loves Mickey and Minnie!

OK, how freaking cute is this kid? His personality is really coming out and he is such a happy little guy. We are getting him to sleep longer and longer at night, and we have less fussiness and crying to deal with. Six hours of uninterrupted sleep is great, but we are looking forward to the night he goes 10-12! Things are great in other regards as well. As you can tell he is growing and eating is not a problem for him at all. He loves to play on his activity mat, and has started reach out to grab items. He also has the cutest smile. We haven't gotten a full laugh out of him yet though. This weekend should be pretty quiet, aside from a visit to Todd's family for Father's Day.