Eating time....

Happy 8 months to Drew!!  I can't believe how much our little guy is growing up:)

So, Drew is eating like a little machine these days.  First it was the Puffs....what is a Puff you ask?  More or less, a little piece of air (and I'm not kidding!).  Basically, it's a very easy "thing" for him to eat as it dissolves in his mouth and he can learn to eat finger foods. (Yes, there is a Puff stuck under his eye.)

Now he is on to Cheerios.  His new thing is he eats as many Cheerios as he wants off his tray.  Then if he is full and there are a few left on his tray, he slaps the tray as hard as he can to see the Cheerios flop all around and then finally onto the floor.  Good times for mom to clean up:)

He's eating more solids...cottage cheese, avacado, and bananas are some of his favorites.  For some reason he has started looking at things sideways too....

He is on the brink of crawling and has mastered pulling his knees up under him.  So, Drew's in the crawling position, but he doesn't move.  Then he plops on his belly and pushes himself up into a seated position.  My how our boy is developing his motor skills!

Balls, balls and more balls are a big hit with Drew at play time.  Also, holding mama and papa's hands as he walks throughout the house is probably his favorite thing to do.  God help us when he actually walks!

We were in Cincinnati recently visiting with our families and celebrating Daniel Henry's baptism.  Aggie is very excited and honored to be Daniel's Godmother!

Bad Duckie

"Rubber Duckie....You are NOT the one....."

Drew's maxing out his infant/toddler tub, so we opted to get him the Duckie tub that a few of our friends have recommended.  They said it's a great in-between option if you are not ready to put your baby in the tub as it still offers plenty of room for them to move and has soft cushion sides.

Perfect, right??  Well, Ag plopped Drew in the Duckie tonight, and he started screaming...and screaming....and screaming....this was a totally new thing for him as he has NEVER cried at bath time.  Even as a newborn, he loved his bath.

Needless to say, Duckie is deflating and will be returned to Target:( Drew's happy and sleeping well tonight.

Snowpocaplyse

So, as most of you all know, we got a little bit of snow yesterday.  Yes, the city of Chicago was put to a halt for a few hours due to Mother Nature.  When the snow finally stopped falling, we (Ag, Drew and I) went out and got a few pics.  Our back yard got dumped on...

The fun then begun with digging ourselves out!  Check out "our pics" to see the lovely tunnel I dug to get to the garage.  Once I got to the garage and put the garage door up, I had the pleasure of seeing the "wall" of snow that some, oh how should I put it, some "not so smart person" plowed.  Obviously, he wasn't hired by the city of Chicago and took matters into his own hands.....

As I looked around, our neighbors that live near us were out as well.  We were all wondering what in the world we were going to do with all the snow!  So, we came up with a plan.  We basically dumped the snow over our fence so that we could get to our cars and to our garage (I will say we are lucky as we are one of the few homes on the block with yard space).  We got all the cars dug out and the space in front of our garage cleared, but there was no way we could all tackle the "wall".  The "wall" of snow is about several feet high and a few feet wide.  We basically have a cul-de-sac in our back ally now. 

I don't think this wall will be gone till May!  AND, that truck is not going anywhere anytime soon....

At least Drew liked the snow!