I know it's been forever and a day since I've posted a new blog, so what better way to get back into the swing of things, than a post about the kiddos!
We took the kids to get their pictures taken in January and here's a little sneak peek. I was really happy with them. The occasion was to document Anna's 3rd birthday, and just because poor Drew hadn't had any professional pictures taken yet!
Just last weekend, Dane was in Seattle overnight for a bachelor party so my mom came into town to get a grand baby fix. Saturday morning we took Drew for his first "big boy" haircut. He's had a couple of chop jobs done by yours truly, but he needed a good, over priced haircut, so off we went to Jack & Jill's. He did really great, but grew tired of the clippers after about 3o seconds. He looks like such a little man!
All done! They even put gel in his hair to spike it up! :)
Mommy and her handsome boy!Time is just flying by, and it's hard to believe that Drew is going to be 1 year old in just 5 weeks. I'm overwhelmed sometimes at how much I love this little man. He is such a riot and has the BEST personality! He loves playing little games and is very ticklish. He's got the best laugh ever, and one of my favorite things he does is crinkle up his nose and breathes hard through it, to where he does this light snort thing. It's hilarious, and all you have to do is do it to him and he will reciprocate on demand. He adores his big sister and wants to do whatever she's doing. If she's reading a book, he'll crawl right up on her lap on top of the book...just trying to get a good view of the pictures. :) Anna doesn't quite see it that way! He is the busiest boy I know and is into everything. For the longest time he would only do the army crawl on his belly; well finally, he found that he was much faster on his hands and knees and he hasn't slowed down since! He's cruising around everything, and will walk behind a little push toy,but he's still pretty unstable. Bubba will be walking before we know it! Another little tid bit about him is that his favorite thing to do in this entire world is eat. I'm not even kidding. I literally cannot keep the food coming fast enough...I'm still cutting it up and putting it on his tray, and he's shoveling it in faster than I can chop! He will eat anything. Grilled cheese, chicken, hamburger patty, pancakes, eggs, sandwiches (any kind), pizza, chicken pad tai, fish, any fruit, any vegetable, yogurt, spaghetti, his sister's leftovers...I mean anything! I have to monitor how much I give him, otherwise, he probably wouldn't stop! I love a good eater. :)
Anna is getting very good at being 3. The difference between a boy and a girl is astounding to me. Anna is our little emotional roller coaster. Her core is made up of truly the sweetest and most loving little soul. She is always aware and concerned about other's feelings and is (so far) the best big sister we could ask for. Her outer 3 year old shell will be running around laughing and playing a game (usually to her rules), when all the sudden, a wrong move was made (usually by mommy) and she's reduced to a sobbing heap of tears on the floor. And I'm left standing there wondering what I did wrong. With that being said, she has the most impressive imagination and it's so much fun to play along with her adventures that she makes up in her mind. On a normal day, you could find us in a "boat" trying to get safe from all the sharks in the "water". All the sudden, we'll see her friend Leah or Jaxson in a boat next to us and they are fishing and catching salmon. They share the salmon with us and we all feast on delicious fish. The End. Another ritual we have every night at bedtime is that I read her a book in bed, and then she tells a story to me. Every single one starts off with "Once upon a time, there was a little girl named me." They are always about adventures that she goes on with her friends (either to bouncy houses, the aquarium, the zoo, etc) and they always end with each of them going home for "night night" or for a nap. I love it! Anna's favorite thing to do ever is to dance. She usually has to go upstairs and put on a "pretty dress" that does the "twirly twirl" and then she puts in requests for which song she wants to dance to from the ipod. She calls all songs "jams" because probably a year ago, I heard a song in the car that I loved and I turned it up and said "Anna! This is mommy's jam!" The other day, Dynamite came on and she yelled "Dynamite!! This is my favorite jam!" I just can't get enough of this girl. Her sense of humor is awesome and she is always saying things that make me laugh and I think "I really need to write these things down". My little cuddle bug melts my heart every day and I love the mother/daughter bond that is between us!
Dane and I count our blessings every single day!
