Sunday, October 12, 2008

More Cousin Visits!











We went to Iowa City to see my cousin, Deanne, and her family for the weekend. Drew had fun playing with Grace (7) and Lauren (6). At one point, the girls brought out all their stuffed animals and placed them on the couch around Drew. It looked just like the scene in E.T.!

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Visit with Cousins












My cousin, Karl, and his family came in for a weekend visit. He and his wife, Jennifer, have 3 kids: Luke (5), Rachel (3) and Anna (2). Drew had so much fun playing with them! We made a trip to the children's museum where the kids got to ride a train, which they loved! We also went downtown for the day and went to the opening of the new American Girl store. The little girls loved it. The men stayed outside, which didn't surprise me. We wish they lived closer!

A Big Day in Our House...

Today was a momentous day in our house. I pooped on the potty for the first time!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Grandma and Great-Grandma





We had lunch with Grandma and Gigi today. It was a beautiful day, so we took advantage of the weather to snap a quick family photo.

Post-Haircut Day










Since we were already in Lincoln Square, we decided to make a day of it and spend some time in our old neighborhood. We listened to some music in the square where Drew showed off his break dance moves. We went to dinner at Tank and had sushi. We even had ice cream to end the evening. It was a great day!

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Drew's First "Official" Haircut

Besides the occasional bang trim or hockey hair snip, Drew has never had his haircut until today. He did great! He climbed right up into the chair and Elena gave him an apple to keep him busy.

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During







After


Thursday, September 18, 2008

No More Baby in Our House!






Drew has really made some major changes lately. Physically, he no longer has a baby body. He is getting taller and taller every day. He's also using a lot more words, and although I don't understand everything he says, he sure is trying! He knows what he likes and dislikes and he is vocal about it! He loves to brush his teeth, help feed the dogs, unload the dishwasher (with help, of course), get the mail, tell the dogs to be quiet, take a bath, and play with any kind of car or truck. We recently set up a "choo choo" on his train table ans he loves it! We also made the big switch from highchair to "big boy" chair. He loves it already. He really is growing up so fast! In just a few short weeks, he'll be two! Here's some pictures of him from the last week. I should mention that he fell last week on his head. He went head-first over the side of the chair and fell into his truck. Since there was a lot of blood, we thought he was going to need stitches. But, after cleaning it up and having our nurse friend, Jenn, look at it, we decided he didn't need them. I've never heard him cry like he did and it just tore me apart. It makes me sad to think that his perfect little face will now carry that moment forever. I had a hard time with that at first, but then I realized that there will probably many more in the future, especially with a son as active as Drew. I guess the first one is always the hardest.