Drew's First Birthday!

Drew had two first birthday parties (as weird as that sounds!) His first one was in Tripoli the day before his actual birthday. We had a lot of friends and family over. It was great to get everyone together and Drew received way too many wonderful gifts.
These next three pictures are kind of random, but it's where they ended up when I uploaded them so oh well! This first one is Drew and Monkey's official one year photo. Doesn't he look like such a big boy? (Drew, not Monkey! :) )

This one is Drew on the day of Grandma Elsie's funeral. He was actually sick that day, I just didn't know it at the time of this picture. Mean Mommy!!

Drew and Bebo checking on Alice, our 90 year old neighbor.

This is from Drew's birthday party in Ottumwa which was the weekend after his actual birthday. He is with his friends Kenleigh Burton (left) and Bailey Johnson (right) I went to high school with both of their parents.

Drew's cake in Ottumwa. He didn't seem to like chocolate as much as vanilla.

His big cake. He's saying MMMMM. He knew what it was because of his previous party!

Drew and Monkey have a dandy time at the party!

Drew's first try at birthday cake. I told you he liked vanilla better!

Opening gifts in Tripoli.

It's crazy how fast the year has gone. We have had so much fun watching Drew change before our very eyes. We feel so blessed to have him in our lives and we're not real sure what we did before he was born! We look forward to all of the new things and joys that lie ahead of our little family!

Drew's Christmas and First Big Boy Hair Cut

Here is Drew sitting on Santa's lap (my dad). He wasn't scared at all! :) We put him on Santa's lap at Wal-Mart as well and he never thought about even frowning.
I know I recognize you from somewhere.

Uncle Will got Drew a play shotgun for Christmas. He loves it. He chases Bebo, who he calls No No around the house with it and giggles. Joe plays with them and they pretend they're hunting dog! It's pretty cute!

Grandpa Mark and Grandma Jan got Drew this ride on pony. He hasn't quite figured out how to make it go yet!

What a big boy already!

These next few are of Drew's new haircut. It's just like Daddy's.

I can't believe Drew will be one on Sunday already!! He is doing so many new things now. He takes steps here and there, but crawling is a much more efficent way to get around for him. He says no, no and dada very well. He has started saying "What's that?" and pointing at random things. He loves to play with Bebo and get into things he's not supposed to. When we were picking up the tree last week, I went into the dining room for about 30 seconds to put something away. When I came back, Drew was half way up our steep stairs!! It's a good thing our stairway has a door on it! He loves to eat everything, especially meat and bread. There isn't much he won't eat. His party in Tripoli is set for Saturday and he is looking forward to it. I'll have more pictures from that soon!