Ducks Unlimited

Jon is the Chairman of our local chapter of Ducks Unlimited and their annual fundraising banquet was Saturday night. It has kept us both very busy! Add that to me having to go out of town Wednesday - Friday for training and you can imagine how crazy things have been around here!

The banquet was a success and a lot of fun! My mom, grandma, and sister came and brought Drew. He had a great time and when Jon held him up in front of everyone, he started waving -- it was SO CUTE! Here are some pics...

[On a side note, the necklace I am wearing was made by my friend Christie, who makes unbelievably beautiful stuff!! http://www.neckletsjewelry.com/]





And here is what we ended up buying. It matches Drew's furniture almost exactly and we'll probably use it as a toy chest later on. Right now, though, it's in the spare bedroom.

Daddy's New Project

Drew can't wait to help his Daddy fix up his 1977 Ford Bronco!!




Drew also loves riding in the "mini-truck!"

Drew Walks!!

Something must have clicked today because I think I can officially say that Drew is walking! I counted 23 steps one time!! Here is some video... Please ignore my silly voice (do I really sound like that??). He was getting kind of tired, so he has a melt down at the end, but I don't know how to edit videos, so enjoy him walking...and melting down...

{Wink, Wink}

Last night as Jon was feeding Drew his nighttime snack, he had me come in there to see Drew's new trick. Jon was winking and Drew was trying to wink too! We laughed so hard!! All of these pics are Drew's attempt at winking...

Something else funny...tonight, after Drew's bath, I found a paci that has been in his drawer forever. Drew has never taken a paci other than a few times before his first surgery and that was when we had to hold it in for him. Well, tonight, he loved it!!!! It took him a while to "figure it out" but once he did, he couldn't get enough of it! I thought it might help strengthen his jaw muscles and make him swallow more so he wouldn't slobber so much, but after seeing the fit he threw when I took it away, I don't think I'll be giving it back. Doesn't he look cute though??

Parade Time!

I think Drew looks so cute in his little PJ's. Here he is with one of his favorite books!

And here's an action shot!!! Go Drew go!


Today was the annual parade in my hometown. Drew had a great time and didn't even flinch at the loud sirens or bands!

Drew and Uncle Colby:
My sister and her softball team were in the parade:
"Look at all my candy!!!"

I love this one of Drew and Whitney!!
After the parade, we walked to the park, which is right on the Ohio river.


The slide: Whitney looks scared and Drew looks like he is having the time of his life! Note my mom on the right ready to catch him!

Getting ready to ride a ride...

Playing games!

On a different note, I thought the moms of Drew's cleft friends might be interested in this pic. Drew and Jon were playing in the floor and I took this pic and later realized that you could see his repaired palate really good in it!

Here was his palate before surgeryy:

It's Homecoming!

We went to the homecoming game tonight. Drew had a great time "people watching" and he loved watching the band!!

First of all, here we are at last year's football game...


And now some from tonight!

Jon's Birthday

Today is Jon's birthday! We celebrated by going out to eat, then coming home to open presents and have cake! [On a side note, I ended up returning the camera Jon bought me for my birthday and ordering a new one -- which came in today! So these pics were all taken with my new Canon PowerShot. The main difference I see in this camera and what I call my "big camera" is the red eye. My big one seems to never have red eye and my old small one and now this one seem bad about having red eye -- especially on Drew. I guess I'll try it out for a few more days before I decide to keep it...OK, enough about cameras...onto birthday pics!!!]

First some cute ones of Drew hanging out in our spare bedroom:

And now some of the bday boy :)

Jon LOVED his new iPod, and for good reason since I had already loaded 3000+ songs on it for him!!

This is Drew with his two Halloween toys. He loves to make them both sing at the same time!

ENT Appt and Meeting Miss Lillie

Drew had his follow-up appointment today with his ENT doctor to check his ear tubes. He had them put in on July 10th and we were just now able to get up there for them to be checked, so luckily the doc said they looked great! Drew also had his hearing checked again and it came back normal. In addition to doing the hearing test like they did at his team visit (with the black boxes), they also tried the headphones on him. Now keep in mind that Drew is sitting on my lap in this black room and we are suppose to be very quiet so Drew can hear the "noises," but as soon as they put the headphones on him, I couldn't help but laugh! He looked so funny with them on!! I kept having to look up at the ceiling so I wouldn't laugh!!

After his appointment, we went to the mall (my mom was with me) and Drew got some more new clothes at Gymboree and Janie & Jack. I am on a mission to find the perfect outfits for our upcoming family pics and I think I may have found Drew's shirt today at J&J.

Last of all, we went to my friend Christie's house to meet her new daughter Lillie (born on 08.08.08). She is such a pretty little girl!! Drew wasn't sure what to think about her... :)