Saturday, July 28, 2012

More Vacation Pics

Drew tried Grandma's homemade cavatini one night....
 I think he liked it!!!!
 Getting ready to go get ice cream and ride the rides!


 Aevan and Taylor rode the rollercoaster!
Taylor and Ben loved the rides!!!
 Drew tried some watermelon and loved it!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Drew - 9 months

Drew is 9 months old!!!  He is so happy and gives us the goofiest grins all the time.  This is a nice change since he pretty much didn't smile for the first 6 months.  He loves to play peek-a-boo, can clap, and can sort of wave.  He is still a great eater and prefers to feed himself.  His favorite food is probably bananas or blueberries!  He also LOVES grandma's pasta!  We went to the doctor this week and he was 19 lbs. 13 oz. and was 28 1/2 inches long (both about the 50th percentile).  He has a great army crawl that gets him where he wants and is starting to crawl on his hands and knees a little more.  He is starting to pull up on things but can't always do it.  Drew's sleeping has finally improved except that he likes to get up EARLY.....like before 6 most days!  He now has 4 teeth.....two on bottom and two on top (but not the front two).

 Drew got his first injury in Myrtle Beach.  He was holding on to a table and fell and cut his lip open.  You can kind of see it in this picture.  It bled quite a bit and I was afraid he was going to need a stitch, but thankfully it stopped and started closing on its own fairly quick.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Myrtle Beach

We took our annual trip to Myrtle Beach last week.  We had great weather and the kids were really good the whole time.  They had so much fun on the beach and at the pool (which is pretty much all we did).
Drew loved the bocce balls!
 Popsicles on the beach!




 We had a lot of low tide when we were on the beach which was great because the kids loved playing in the little tide pools.  The would dig, splash, and "swim" around!
 I'm still finding sand in his ears...

Sand ice cream cone!

Friday, July 6, 2012

4th of July Fun!!!

We blocked off our street on the 4th and had a big 'ol party!!!  Despite it being scorching hot we had a really great time!  Troy and our next door neighbor smoked a bunch of meat and we had tons of other food to go along with cotton candy, snow cones, and homemade ice cream!
Taylor trying to stay cool.... 
 Oma and Opa came and spent the day with us!
 Ben loved playing at the water tables.
 Taylor tried to participate in the water balloon toss....didn't quite get it.
 Drew found a new love for ice chips!
 The girls team gathering for the scavenger hunt (they won)!
 We decorated bikes and had a bike parade!
 Ready to go!

 Taylor taking a swing at the pinata.
 Candy!
 While all the other kids were doing the pinata Ben enjoyed having the bounce house all to himself!!!!

Sunday, July 1, 2012

8 Months

I'm a little slow getting this 8 month post up, but I didn't forget!  Drew got two bottom teeth this month and I think we have finally made some improvements in the sleep department.  He is still an early riser, but at least he's not constantly waking throughout the night.  He is a great eater and loves to feed himself.  I can honestly say that he prefers vegetables over fruit.....we'll see how long that lasts!  Some of his favorites are pancakes, french toast, carrots, bananas, and peas (yuck).  He's still quite the momma's boy....if I'm in the same room as him he has to be all over me!