It's been a while since our last post! Just thought I'd post a few pictures of what Drew has been up to lately....

A couple of months ago, Drew moved up to the younger 2 year old room at school. One of the biggest changes was that now for breakfast and lunch, they sit at little tables, rather than high chairs and also, no more sippee cups!!! So, they gave us a "real" cup to bring home to practice with. He is doing great! However, most of the time we use sippee cups to avoid having to clean up lots of messes!

See what kind of mess we make when we eat??

Drew is fearless these days. Here we are standing on the car, watching Elmo.

A man after my own heart... Drew likes the piano. His favorite song to play with mama is "happy...a-mmmeeeeaaannnn" aka "if you're happy and you know it." He says the words happy, and amen. the amen is very long and drawn out, but very cute!! He points to his cheeks and smiles when we get to the part about "then your face will surely show it."

Hot Springs!

We just got back from staying at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, AR with my parents and sister. Fun times included: lots of fish being caught, water skiing and swimming in the lake, playing in the pool, mineral baths and spa treatments at Buckstaff Bath House http://www.buckstaffbaths.com/ (for the girls). Here are a few pics!

Dad and Carl fishing at Lake Ouachita

Riding in the boat is such hard work!!
Go Shan!!
Certainly, you can ski behind a bass boat!!!

Aunt Shannon playing with Drew in the pool!

More beach pics!

Beach Time!!

So Much Fun!!!

Drew loves to play outside (in the boots, of course!)

Such a big help planting flowers!!!

Believe me, there was no one happier than Drew that it rained on Sunday. He sat right down in the puddles and splashed all around!! He was soaking wet!!
Of course, the boots eventually came off.

Happy Fathers Day!!

Happy Father's Day Carl!! After Drew's nap this afternoon, we did yardwork, then Carl and Drew had lots of fun playing in the water hose. Obviously, it wasn't planned.. Drew doesn't even have on a swimming diaper or trunks! Drew had lots of fun helping daddy cool off!!

a few of Drew's favorite things

Splashing in puddles!! (unfortunately, we haven't had any lately!!)

Riding his "wheeler"

Bringing in the trash cans every monday and thursday!... oh yes, and wearing "da boots, da boots!!"

Playing with Miller.

And, eating snacks!!! I mean, does life get any better than chocolate pudding and nutter butters??

Welcome Home Rich!

My brother, Richard has been in Iraq since January, as an air traffic controller. We were very excited to welcome him home memorial day weekend!!

Splish Splash!!

Drew loves playing in his swimming pool! His favorite thing to do is spray the water hose outside of the pool!! He also loves to try and give the dog some water in his hand! It is too cute!

Fun times were had by all!!

This past Saturday, Carl, his brother and his dad went bay fishing and had a great day. GranJan treated Drew and me to a fun morning at the zoo in New Orleans. Drew had a great time, I think his favorite animal was the "birds"... maybe because that's the only one he can say! He was also fascinated with the elephants...mainly because one of them was holding a stick with its trunk. Drew kept pointing to the elephant saying, "stick, stick." (Drew loves to pick up sticks and rocks in the afternoons!!) He fell asleep before we even got back to the interstate, and I think if the carousel had gone around one more time, he would have fallen asleep right then and there.