Good grief, this is supposed to serve as a "baby book" for Drew and it has been six whole months since I have updated. My New Year's Resolution is to update at least twice a month... all I need is for someone to tell me I won't do it to ensure that I stick to it :) I'm going to try to do my best to recap the time I've missed... mostly in pictures, so this could be a long one.
Drew got his first lesson in the new house over not drawing on the walls...
Had Marlowe over for 4th of July and bought his first fireworks...
Started his big boy class at school! This class is from 2.5 - 4.5 years, so it was hard to send him off with the bigger kids, but he has done amazing! Hasn't skipped a beat...
Had his sweet friend Kenzie over for a visit and I somehow actually caught this sweet moment. He is holding his "microwave", so I am thinking they were scheming up which song to sing next...
We had our patio extended and got this sweet handprint of Drew's on the flowerbed lining! I thought we missed the cut off, but was so glad they surprised me with it...
Tried swim lessons again this year and he still wasn't a fan. He did better with just him and Andy at the neighborhood pool, but the actual lessons were a total bust. He looked cool hating it though...
Drew's school was closed for a few days, so we took advantage of a long weekend and headed to Kansas City. We shopped at the plaza...
Ate at a much fancier restaurant than we meant to, and this is how we behaved...
Had breakfast at our favorite place there and caught one of my favorite pictures of Drew from the summer...
And ended our trip with a stop at the aquarium...
He went to his first Tontitown Grape Festival. He LOVED the rides, especially the roller coaster and thought the grape ice cream was OK too...
We started golf lessons and he loved it! We had to take a break now that it's colder. He is a lefty and has a really good swing!
He still loves basketball too and will play any time... boots, pj's and all...
Working on his jump shot... stud...
We got to go camping... just once, but he loved every minute of it!
Celebrated Mimi's birthday at Chuy's!
Got all dressed up for Ty and Amie's wedding and snuck in a dance with Aubrey...
Went to his second dentist appointment - we are still cavity free and everything looked great! He didn't do very well once the cleaning started though...
Got to go to his first Razorback football game!! He yelled "rebound" during most of his cheering and lasted until half time, which we considered a success!
First tailgate of the season for Drew and his friend Ryder joined us too!
Family picture after the game...
He went through a phase of coming home from school, completely undressing and redressing himself. His outfits were pretty comical, but I wasn't about to stop him. Pretty good job for a two and a half year old!
Got to go to Bikes, Blues & BBQ for the first (and probably only) time...
Second to last golf lesson of the year. He takes lessons with two other little boys and their teacher was Mr. Taylor - he did an awesome job!
He got to get dressed up again and go to another fun wedding! Our family friend and one of his Sunday school teachers, Ms. Liz, got married!
He fell in love with peanut butter...
Drew's school has parent observation week, where the parents get to watch their child in their normal day for thirty minutes to an hour. We were so impressed! There are not limits to what they teach them and how well they retain it. We got to watch him do his "red rods", which is just sorting from smallest to largest and helps with math preparation for later on..
We got to watch him work on, and almost master, his continent map. He had to take the puzzle piece over to the teacher and tell her what the continent was and if he got it right, he got to place it on the actual map.
We also watched him do a water pouring exercise, which is part of the practical life lesson he was doing at the time that helps with coordination and independence.
And totally shifting gears, but in the middle of September we found out we were pregnant and due in May! Drew is very excited and talks about the baby a lot! He kisses my belly and even puts his ear up to it to listen. So sweet!
In early October, he got to go to the corn maze with his school friends. (Drew, Miles, Rose, Aubrey)
They took a wagon ride to feed the cows tortillas! (Kemper, Aubrey, Rose, Drew, Bankston, Miles)
Drew's second round of tailgating for the year. He's a natural!
Hat day at school... loved his face too much in this pic not to add...
Drew was Willie Nelson this year for Halloween and he rocked every minute of it! He had learned "if you got the money honey" earlier in the summer, so my coworker talked me in to dressing him up as Willie. He was too cute!
The day after Halloween, we put our Christmas decorations up. It was literally the only weekend we had open until after Christmas! Plus, I think it's too pretty and takes too much work to wait too much later :)
Drinking milk like a boss...
Meeting his elf, Sam. He did not like Sam at first...
So I let him give him one big hug before he couldn't touch him anymore (even though he didn't quite abide by that). He called him San, but learned how to spell his name over the month we had him and always spelled it Sam.
Serious chats with "San"...
Drew took his first trip to Silver Dollar City! We went with my parents, Lance, Traci and Marlowe. We got there around 1:30 and left just a little before 9:00. The kids had fun, it wasn't too cold, the lights were beautiful and Drew LOVED the rides.
He got to see Santa while he was there. He was so big this year! He shook my hand off as we got up there and walked up by himself. So proud and a little sad at the same time! He told Santa he wanted... "a guitark, drums and drumsticks" for Christmas. So, I'm wrapping up this overdue post and will leave my next one for a full Christmas update.
