Drew + Dad

 

Drew and Mark crack me up when they play together - they have such a good time and are so rowdy & then they are both exhausted. I took this video of them playing in the living room. It's awesome.

Drew and Miss Abby

Drew met his new cousin, Abby, on Saturday. Miss Abby was born June 13th and is a mere 5 weeks old. Drew will be 9 months old this week and he runs roughly quadruple Abby's size. Looking at her, I am not sure Drew was ever that small. 

Drew was very enamored with her. (Right after this picture was taken he grabbed a handful of her hair!)

He just wanted to touch her and play with her.

Which is exactly why he is being restrained by his dad in this picture.

Maybe when Abby is a few months older they can play together. She'll probably even be able to take Drew out!

My new garden

We have been working hard on trying to get our yards put back together after a year-long sprinkler project. My husband has been slaving away installing new sprinklers, laying sod, sorting gravel, building retaining walls... and my contribution is a cinder block succulent garden that is on our front stoop. Not quite as impressive as laying 1200 sq feet of sod but who's keeping score? Not me! 

Maybe I'll be fair & show you the finished backyard too.... but not yet.. let's bask in my garden just a little longer...

Nature vs Nurture: a Queen fan

There was no escaping it... Drew was destined to be a Queen fan from birth. Both Mark and I are big Queen fans - we went to see them for our first Valentine's Day, we made him listen to Bohemian Rhapsody in utero, our cat is named after Freddie Mercury... So, just to squelch any lingering question about it I made Drew his very own Queen shirt out of my old one. 

Maybe he needs a mustache to complete the look? 

I can sleep anywhere!

The other night my dad was visiting & while we were waiting for dinner to finish up I gave Drew his evening bottle. All of a sudden I noticed it had gotten pretty quiet and looked down and this is what I saw...

Mr Drew had propped his bottle on his chest and fell asleep in the middle of the living room floor. It was too funny. He's never done anything like that before so I had to record it. He only stayed that way for about 20 minutes but it was great while it lasted. 

Proof that if you're tired enough, you can sleep anywhere.

Carnage

Drew tried a few strawberries the other day... he enjoyed them a bit too much I think and managed to get them everywhere. The poor strawberries never had a chance.

Hangin Out... Rollin Around

Just hanging out... rolling around the livingroom before bedtime.