Sitting with Santa

Matt and I took Drew to the mall to get his picture taken with Santa, but he refused to sit on his lap. Luckily, Santa came to see him at daycare and he was willing to pose.

Snowman Dance

Drew's new dance involves jumping around in circles. Watch him dance to the singing snowman.

Merry Christmas!

T-t-t-t-tractor

Here's a video from when MeMa and Papa came to visit in October. Mom is trying to get Drew to say "tractor" instead of "wactor" His pronunciation has gotten better since then.

Photo shoot "candid shots"

Mom and I took Drew to the portrait studio. It is extremely difficult to get a 2 yr old boy to sit still and pose for pictures. Thought I'd put up a few of the action shots since we got a CD with all the pics on it. Believe it or not, there were some good ones. Here are some of the others.

He looks like he's doing a push up.

Playing with the props.

Getting ready to jump off the block. From the look on his face, I just said "No." He jumped anyway. We didn't get any good pics with the block.

One of several shots of him jumping. Cute, but not one to frame.

Drew is 2

We took Drew to the circus for his birthday. He loved the elephants. Here are a few pics.

Drew loves mud

Just a quick break in the middle to wipe the mud off his face.

The Ball Pit

Last weekend we took Drew and Grandpa to the City Museum.
Here's Drew and Nathaniel in the ball pit.

Making Beautiful Music Together

Here's the first video using the new Flip video recorder I got for my birthday

1, 2, 3, go!

Here Drew demonstrates how much fun it is to run and bellyflop into the kiddie pool. And how great is it to be the center of attention.

More video of Drew in a pool

This one is from Father's Day. He's doing a very good job of swimming (one-armed).

Drew in SC Part 2

This is Mom's favorite video from the weekend. Drew had just as much fun in the pool without water as he did playing in it when it was filled.

Drew in SC Part 1

Drew and I went to SC at the end of May to celebrate my parents' 40th wedding anniversary. Dad arranged it as a surprise for Mom. We only stayed for the weekend, but Mom took more than 60 pictures of Drew in that time. Here are some highlights.

Drew in the pool with Delilah.

Dad borrowed a tractor from the neighbor for Drew.

Another tractor to play with!

Chicago

We forgot to pack our camera, so we don't have photos of Drew riding the carousel for the first time, or of him running in the fountain in Millennium Park. Here's a family photo at the wedding, and a pic of Drew at breakfast, thanks to Bryan!

Drew's tractor obsession

Drew's favorite thing right now is tractors.  On our drive to Rolla, we pass several farms and a John Deere dealership, so our conversation goes like this:

Drew:  Tractor.

Me:  Yes, honey, that's a tractor.

Drew:  Tractor!

Me:  Yes, I see the tractor.

Drew:  Tractor!  Tractor!

Me:  I know, it's a tractor.

Repeat.

So imagine his excitement when Matt and I took him to the antique tractor show one Saturday.

Drew's first boo-boo

Drew fell while running down the driveway last week.  He didn't cry very much, and the scab is already gone.

Where's Drew's nose?

Drew and his car

Drew loves to go outside, and he loves this little car that I got used for 5 bucks.  This is from March, when it was still cold out.  No children were harmed in the making of this video.

Drew amuses us by making animal sounds

Little Drummer Boy

Decorating Easter eggs is hard work

Drew and Daddy self-portraits

Pre-Easter Festivities

We went to Purina Farms the day before Easter with Daddy, Aunt Becky, Mema (now Drew's started calling her Nana) and Papa.  Drew did not want to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap.  He loved the tractor ride, but was scared of the chicken and cow that mooed really loudly.

Wheeeee!  Tractor ride!

Watch your fingers!  Animals may bite!

Drew did agree to pose with this Easter bunny.

Drew and Sarah

Aren't they so cute?  Thanks to Cami for the photos.

Spoon Feeding

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  It's been crazy busy around here.  

Here's video of Drew learning to use a spoon.  But mostly using his hands.

Drew Heel

Why didn't we just get him boxes for Christmas?

Patty Cake

More video from Christmas at the River House

Dancin' Drew

Happy New Year!  We had a great Christmas in SC.  We enjoyed the nice, warm weather (would have been perfect without the sand gnats).  

Drew was, of course, the center of attention.  Aunts, uncles, cousins, and his great-grandmother came to visit.  I have lots of videos of Drew to edit and post.  Here's a short one of him dancing with his new toy keyboard.