7 months old!

These are the smiles I get all day long, and
they never get old. Every time I see him his
expression is like the first time he's ever seen
me haha, I love it.














Yes, I'm adorable

This is SUPER excited face he gets when he sees

my camera..he loves it for some reason and even

starts shaking..it's so funny

Loves him so Brooklyn..most of the time, when she's

not carting him around or putting girl dress up

skirts on him

My baby is no longer a newborn!! Dru is getting so big and I thought I better start doing updates on here or before I know it he's going to be 4 years old and I won't have recorded anything! Dru Benjamin Fullmer has been such a little blessing in our life and I can't even begin to tell you happy this little man makes me and how quickly he melts my heart. He just turned 7 months old and I seriously cannot believe how fast the time has gone. I know everyone says that but I'm not even joking when i say it feels like last week I just had him. I keep putting off making him "cry it out" or rocking him to sleep so much because I still have in my mind set that he's still so little...BUT HE'S NOT! His second little tooth just popped through, he's rolling all over the place from room to room, and is doing great with sitting up and playing with toys. (still in the fall over stage of sitting so we love the boppy pillow for support but most times he doesn't even need it.) He's the most smiley little boy ever and laughs more then any of my other kids did. It will be 3 in the A.M. sometimes and I will all of the sudden awake to his little giggles. I go in to put the binkie back in and he's just ALL SMILES and kicking his little legs as fast as they can go while laughing...mom, not so much!! He still has some issues with drinking his bottle and while the doctor thinks he might have a little inflammation in his esophagus I'm pretty sure it's just acid reflex so who knows. Good think he LOVES his baby food and is of course growing like a weed. You would never know he's not the best of eater by looking at him, at 7 months old he weights a whopping 18 pounds and is one solid little guy! Everyone is always amazed with how much "darker" he is then my other kids. He has the most dark hair, darker eyes, and his skin just seems a little more bronze. He's a little stud that's for sure and I'm sure will break a few hearts along the way.

As of late, our obstacle is figuring out how to get him to not be such an early riser! Any suggestions would be MUCH appreciated! He goes to bed at 8pm (I try to keep him up a little later but by 8 he is fighting to stay awake like you wouldn't believe.) He sleeps through the whole night until 6:30am and then is WIDE AWAKE. I used to feed him around 5-6 and he would sleep til 8am but the past month or so he doesn't even want to eat...he's just wants up! He then takes a nap around 10am for an 1.5-2 hours, and then an afternoon one around 1:30pm-4pm ish. Anyways, he's been a little tougher to figure out sleeping wise then my others for sure. And since I'm waking up at 5am to run/work out, getting back around 6:30 I'm ready to go back to bed for an hour or so til my other kids wake up..but Dru's not about to let that happen!!

Dru LOVES his siblings and is all smiles the whole time they are around him or talking to him. He loves his saucer and his bumbo still and is probably one of the loudest screamers you have ever heard. haha! He LOVES his Mama (which mom loves of course). Except for the times when I walk out of the room and I hear that PIERCING scream that seriously hurts your ears, it is SOO loud.

We feel so lucky to have Dru in our family and can't imagine our little family without him. It's so funny how everything happens for a reason. Honestly before Dru came I was super scared about having 4 kids this close together, this young, with Ben's work schedule and now that he's in the bishopric I had some major anxiety for a while about trying to figure our how to deal with all of this. For those who are close to me, know that I'm not the best with change. Never have been, so you can imagine the thoughts that were coming when you're about to have four kids 5 yrs and younger. But I can honestly say Dru has blessed our lives and brought so much happiness into our family that it's hard to remember what it was like before him. He is a TRUE joy to have and it makes me so sad he's getting so big so fast! Thank you for being the perfect baby Dru and for making your mommy so happy. Stop growing and just let me love you on for a few more months before you're running all over the place pls!!! Love you, Love you, Love you, baby boy..xoxox