Drew is 7 Months Old!

Drew is 7 mos old and I don't know where the time is going. He is doing his best to crawl and pull up. This child wants to be on the move and anyone and everyone who meets him in person takes note of it. Drew takes 2 or 3 naps a day, most of them pretty short. He is doing pretty well sleeping through the night, and in fact last night he slept from 7:30pm until 5am. No sign of any teeth yet, but Evan didn't get any until 9 months old.

It took me a while to get a good picture of Drew. He was watching Evan run around.

Oooh what is this gadget?



I'll be damned if Drew gets to play with it and I don't.



This is Drew looking at Evan crying after I told Evan to wait to play with the palm pilot.



Evan, slightly upset.



Finally a good picture and we can wrap up this fiasco.



Cute picture of them together. A second later Evan tried to shove Drew out of the Boppy so he could sit there.



Drew is not enthusiastic about solids. He often wants to feed himself, though he is not ready to eat the types of food he could pick up with his hands and put into his mouth. I compromise by giving him an occasional biter biscuit and letting him hold his own spoon. This was Drew's first biter biscuit and this is the only time he has smiled like this while eating his dinner.





Drew can also drink out of straw. Evan never showed any interest in straws until a month ago, but now he is a straw pro. They both are!



Don't take this pear juice from me!



Evan wanted some attention while I was feeding Drew dinner so he decided he was going to feed Drew, and all of this was his own idea.









Drew didn't seem to mind though Evan missed his mouth a few times.



Evan has become an expert tower builder. He frequently asks us to "come build tower" throughout the day. He built this one just today...... Just kidding! James built it but Evan did get 4 blocks on top before it fell. I think that is pretty expert for a 2 and a half year old.



oooh don't fall!



Timber!

Lots of Drew

I noticed when I was going to write this blog update that I don't have ANY pictures of Evan. I promise to make up for that. The fact is, it is summer, we have an infant and besides appointments and trips to the grocery store or parks there isn't a lot going on. It is just too hot to do a lot of fun things outside.

Evan IS getting bigger. I am going to need to get him size 8 shoes for Fall and he also weighs about 27.5 pounds! I have no idea how tall he is but he had a spurt this summer where I needed to move him up a shirt size because the others were too short. I know you are thinking, "Okay Jennifer, he is a TODDLER he is going to GROW!" But he was 25 pounds for almost a year so weight gain is something new for him.

Okay, on to the Drew pictures. I had his 6/7 mos pictures done, around the same age as I had Evan's done. I will post one of Evan's at the bottom of the series so you can see how much they look alike at this age.













Evan at 7 months.



This is Drew's "I don't like what you are feeding me" frustrated face. Look at the cheeks!



Drew having fun in the hamper. He is really pulling himself up a bit there and in the crib when I put him in a sitting position first.













Eat the socks!

Drew is Sitting Alone

Drew has been sitting alone for about a week now. He can flail his arms and reach for toys and he doesn't tip. I have see him sit for 20-30 mins at a time until he decides to change position.

The Ballards have Arrived

My parents are away on an Alaskan bushwhacking safari cruise and the Ballards are visiting from the Netherlands and staying at my parents' place. All the men Ballards took off to camp for a week so I came up to visit my cousin Tracy and four and a half year old Maryn.

Evan loved Maryn and had so much fun with her. They started off by playing some games of hide and seek.



Maryn took Evan up to wash his hands and they were also smearing soapy water all over the bathroom counter.



Evan perused Maryn's book selection and found it quite pleasing. He kept saying "Mickey book!"



Having fun outside. Maryn wanted me to get an action shot.



Maryn is pushing her daughter, Susie.











Maryn offering Evan an apple.



Evan ate so much better up there because he saw Maryn eating veggies and fruit. He also discovered that he likes to dip things in ketchup and he ate baby carrots and broccoli smothered in ketchup. Tonight we offered him some ranch dressing and he dipped his pizza in it. He loves to dip now! Anyway, they had a great dinner this night and they both got cookies after they ate.





Drew's first time in my parent's pool. He really enjoys pools now, it took him a while to really warm up to the idea.







Drew and Evan are starting to play together. Evan was insisting on giving Drew some horsey rides last week. Drew was laughing so hard, he loved it.





Here we are at the park. Drew enjoying the swings and Evan had a first; he went down the big slide by himself and on his rump.







Here is another bit of some of the jungle we have going on in the back of our house.