Water baby

Jared's sister is in town and so we got together at his parents house and swam with the cousins!   I got an underwater camera case a while ago and haven't had a chance to use it till now! It was so fun to have my camera in the water! 

 Drew was so brave and really loved the water!

We also had a fun beach day. It was overcast but warm. Drew, Landon and Claire are pretty close in age and it was fun seeing them interact. We tried to have them share a bucket of water but it ended in poor Drew getting slapped my Claire and then Landon started screaming and scared him. It's tough being the youngest cousin sometimes. lol After that everyone got their own bucket which worked out much better! 

 Drew was a messy sand monster! Eating the sand..dumping water on himself...drinking the sand from a bucket!

kisses!

Drew's been giving kisses to babies and dad for a while but just recently started giving me kisses too! They are slobbery but sweet! He's such a funny little guy!

11 months old!

Drew is 22pounds 9 ounces and 30.5 inches long!

I can't believe there is only one more photo! This year has really gone by fast. Drew has changed so much in 11 months. He is now walking back and forth from Jared and I and we can spread out pretty far and he can still make it. He has a lot more control when he walks too. He can take a few steps and then pause and stand and then take a few more steps. He has started letting go of furniture and taking a few steps to something else on his own. He has become a good climber and can almost climb onto the couch. He goes up stairs, over boxes and big toys, over Jared's face and up big steps at the park. He also learned how to down down stairs safely. Drew turns himself around and goes down on his belly now. Crawling is still his major form of transportation and he is really fast at it! I think any day now he might just take off walking though! Drew loves to get into things also. He opens any cabinet he can get into and pulls out all the pans he cruises along everything and gets on his tiptoes to reach things on the table and pull them down. I have to be really careful what I leave on the tables and counter tops now. Drew started dancing to music! It's so cute to see him bob up and down to music. He likes anything with a beat!

He now waves bye and hi pretty consistently and really loves other babies at the park. He goes right up to them and makes his cheesy smile and makes noises at them. When we go to the park he just crawls right off and doesn't even look back! It makes me a little sad that he doesn't need me but I think it's good that he is really independent. Some days he is a little chatter box babbling all day long and other days he's more quiet and just seems to be taking things in. It's fun though because he seems to understand what I say to him and responds with sounds and gestures. He reaches up to be picked up and squirms when he wants down. At such a young age he is already a little comedian just like Jared! He makes funny faces and noises to get laughs. He shakes his head noooo and makes a silly face to be funny as well. Lately he started taking turns with me and following two step directions "go get the ball...bring it to mommy" He claps for himself and signs "more" when he wants more food. Drew says momma and mom a lot. He says ba for ball sometimes too. Drew is a little sweetie..he loves pictures of babies and real babies. He gives kisses to babies, mom, dad and nana. One of the cutest things he does is hug Jared for a long time when he gets home. I think he really misses him when he's gone. It's so fun seeing his little personaty come out more and I can't wait to see whats next!

Easter

Pure victory!

We had an awesome Easter this year. We went to church and then went to Jared's parents house for a yummy Easter dinner. Drew had his first Easter egg hunt! I was pretty hilarious because he seemed to care more about the leafs on the grass than the eggs but it was still cute. He made a his crazy face when he picked up some of the eggs. He's such a little character already!