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!

We love to see the Temple

We had a great time at the Temple with our friends Sara and Ryan. It was so peaceful and the boys seemed to have fun. It's so nice to live close enough to go and have a picnic on Temple grounds.

First time walking!

Drew has been taking steps when I let him go but today when we were at the park he was standing holding on to a railing and just let go himself and started walking! He took like 5 steps before he fell. I was so surprised and he seemed really happy! I wish I could have gotten a video of it but it happened so fast.

This is a video from earlier today when we were just practicing at home. He just keeps getting more and more steady on his feet.

Taking steps!

10 months old!

I can't believe he is really 10 months old. I want time to freeze right here. I love the stage he is at. He is so curious about everything and it's so fun to watch him learn and discover new things. So far the only words he has said that I think he know the meaning of are "mum" and "up". He repeated up when he wanted me to pull him up a few times and says mum or mama when he's upset and wants me to come get him.

He's become a professional crawler..he crawls so fast when he wants to get something! He is also cruising on all surfaces now...he walks along the walls, mirrors, couches and tables he can easily transfer back and forth from the table to the couch and sit and stand easily which is nice because he doesn't fall as much he just bends his knees and sits. He can walk along while only holding on with one hand and can walk with his walker by himself. When I let go of him he can stand for a few seconds and even takes a few steps toward me before falling! He seems to really love his new independence and freedom to go where he wants.

Another nice thing that happened a few weeks ago was the end to the separation anxiety phase! Now he will let other people hold him again and when we go to the park or anywhere he crawls off without looking back! It's a little sad because he doesn't need me but kinda nice to to get to chill and just watch him play. Before he seemed scared to venture out on his own and would stay close to me and not go near other people but now he goes right up to other kids at the park and makes crazy noise at them like "kee kee keee." When we were in Montana visiting he would go up to his cousins and make the same noise...I think he got it from Jared! lol

Also while we were there he learned to crawl up stairs. We don't have stair for him to practice on in our apartment so I was wondering if he would be able to do it...he went almost all the way up on his first try! It was like he had been doing it for months. I don't know how this little guy learns things so quick!

He also is clapping his hands and waving hi and bye to people! He makes this crazy little scrunchy face at people. When he see's me taking a picture he does the same face sometime too like he knows he's supposed to smile for the camera!

He has increased his food intake as well. He still nurses a lot and gets the majority of his nutrients from breast milk but is slowly eating more fruits and veggies during the day and I just recently started giving him a little bit of whole oats ground up and cooked. This is his first time eating any grains. I mix a little in with his favorite purred veggies. He is eating a few tablespoons a day now. I've been intentionally slowly introducing whole foods while his intestines are continuing to develop and mature. It will be nice when he's eating more and nursing less though! It's so tiring to nurse him so much still!

This month I had Jared help me do his picture since last month was so scary with him trying to jump out of the chair! I like this picture because he was looking right at Jared making a cute smile. He loves his dad so much it's adorable. I can't believe there are only two more pictures to take!