Day 13: Drewster

WAKE UP!  You're not tired of my New Year's Resolution already are you??

Well, devoted fans...this darling little man...is my nephew :)

Drew William Frye <3

Today this strapping little lad is five months old.  He's my sister's baby...the first in the trio of kids to have a baby (or even get married)...which means..this little bugger...made me an aunt (or a Teta as we say in Ukrainian) :)

 As I said, he was born on August 13th...(a Friday, which is about as unlucky as you can get)...but on December 24th...I got about as lucky as I could get.  Because, I got to meet my nephew :)

I FINALLY MET MY NEPHEW!!!!!

By the time this photo was taken, we had already bonded for a few hours, so he obviously felt comfortable enough to modify my outfit to his specifications...which in this case, meant spitting up in two giant gobs (or really one great one -- that started on my boob and dripped its way to my belly).  But in an odd way, I'm thankful for that too.  Because if it meant meeting him and getting spit up on, or not meeting him at all, I'd let that boy ruin my entire wardrobe.

Up until that point, I only got to see Drew and experience the snippets of his life through photographs.  I skyped into the birth (well, not the actual birth...but the hours leading up to)...and then I get the occasional (ok, who am I kidding?), the WEEKLY update e-mails from my sister...complete with about 20 photos.  But none of that compares to meeting him...feeding him...kissing him...holding him...

I'm missing a lot of firsts in his life, but I'm thankful that he's too young to remember, and that my sister is so quick to forgive.

I'm thankful for the technology that allows me to experience these firsts on a several-hour delay (which is almost like the real thing).

And I'm thankful for the chance to be an aunt (I'll definitely be the crazy one)...

And I'm thankful for this little guy...

::sweet little Drew::


Happy birthday buddy :)