Watching the Garden Grow....

Drew was cleaning up his sandbox, and instead of coming straight inside, this is where I found him.

...hey Drew..... What are you doing?

"I'm watching the garden grow"

The boys....Hard at Work...

For an early birthday present, mom and dad brought over the supplies to build us a garden!
Dad, Drew, and Tony worked hard to build us a garden box in the backyard.

the finished product - Great Job Boys!!

Grandma cleaned up the patio and put new sand in Drew's sandbox while the boys were working on the garden. Drew finally had enough helping with the garden and decided to play in his sandbox.

Yardwork

Just a little over a week after our Biggest Snow Ever, here is Drew outside at Grandma and Grandpa's house on a beautiful day in his shorts doing yard work. He was raking the leaves out from under the bushes, putting them in the bucket and dumping them in the dirt. Notice his cute gardening gloves!

Most Snow EVER!

"making tracks"

Drew trying to sweep the sidewalk clean! We DO own a snow shovel (they are hard to come by down here!) but Tony took it to work with him. It was a good thing too, he got stuck trying to pick up one of his employees for work!

We had the most snow that we have ever had since we lived here! We had about 6 inches! Unbelievable! I was afraid that after the last snow that Drew wouldn't like to play in it but I found some mittens and he had a blast! He loved "making tracks," throwing "snow boulders," and making snow angels!

Snug as a Bug....

Snug as a Bug..... in a Laundry Basket

Drew has developed a habit of emptying laundry baskets, grabbing a blanket, and climbing in. Apparently, getting cozy in a laundry basket is a current favorite of his!

He asked for...... crayons.....

Drew came home from school and asked me to get the basket down that had crayons and other art supplies. I brought it down, tried not to make a big deal of it, and sat it down on the floor. He then proceeded to..... COLOR! He didn't scream and seemed to almost enjoy himself! I didn't even care that he was on the carpet, I just stood back and watched. I was afraid if I said anything that he would stop. Normally getting him to hold a crayon or any sort of artistic utensil is a fight. He has some sort of perfectionist fear of messing up and gets upset, but not today, he colored to his hearts content and then proceeded to play with play doh!

First Snow of 2009

Maybe Blizzard is stretching it a bit, but the way the Southerners deal with snow is a little bit different than up North.

Note: The amount of snow on the grass....we got less than an inch.

School was called off for the day. Everyone ran out to wipe the grocery store shelves of milk and bread, in preparation for being snowed in.

I took Drew out to play in it. You never know here, this may be all we get for the year, so we have to enjoy it while we can! The place with the most accumulation was the patio table.

Drew was a little in shock at how cold the snow was.


"Mommy it's cold and icky!"

shivers...

He decided to taste it,said it was yummy, but didn't try any more...

Maybe it is more fun to just look at the snow.

Drew saw a few flakes of snow falling and tried to catch them with his tongue.

Even though we have lived here for so long it still amazes me the way everything shuts down when snow is in the forecast. I understand that the people here do not know how to drive in snow and do not have the supplies to deal with it, but it is funny to me to have a snow day for less than an inch of snow. I was at the grocery store on Monday afternoon and they had a big display of sleds. People were buying them left and right, and yes I saw people trying to sled in this snow.

In the end Drew decided it was more fun to "pretend" to make snow balls and throw them because it was definitely less cold and wet! We did enjoy our day of being "snowed in."

My Sweeties....

My big boy and my baby. Drew is very adiment these days that he is a BIG BOY, not a baby. I guess that is a good thing, and will hopefully make the transition to being a big brother a little easier. I still have a hard time believing that my "big boy" is 4 years old! 4 years old seem so big, like he is not a little boy anymore. Right now he is so sweet about his baby sister. He talks to her through my belly button, which is apparently the direct hotline to her. He hugs her and kisses her goodnight.

(my belly at around 20 weeks - halfway there!)

Waiting for Grandma...

Drew and I headed to the airport to pick up Grandma. Drew was so excited to go to the airport (and to see Grandma).

Grandma's flight was delayed and Drew was fairly patient...

He basically had free run of the place while waiting for grandma and had fun playing in the baggage claim area.

Notice the escalator in the background of this picture. Every time a flight came in Drew sat on the floor and looked up to the top of it and said "No, not Grandma" to everyone that came down it! He got a lot of chuckles from people who were sorry to dissapoint him. Grandma did eventually come down it and he was SO EXCITED!

18 weeks

Here is the video of our ultrasound this week that the doctor gave us for those who are interested. If you have the sound on you can hear the heart beat. It gets a little muffled because the baby was rolling around a lot. I edited it down since it was so long. Our baby was extremely active but we still got a few good shots. Baby was healthy and has no problems that they can tell of at this point! Due date is still May 31st.