Yesterday Z took the youth group to VA Beach. He usually does this once a month during the summer and this year, Sam has been able to go along with him. He has the best time with the "youf group". Digging in the sand, playing in the waves with daddy and special treats make for a great day. Since Sam is with Zac all day, that gives me the chance to have some quality time with Drew. It's amazing how quiet it is when you are down a kid! :) Well, today it was back to normal, mom, sam and drew. After naptime, we headed to the grocery store. Not my favorite thing to do with both boys, but the carts that have the car in the front definately make it doable! After parking the van, I opened both doors and then went around to get Sam out first, then we walked back around to grab Drew. Well, in typical Drew fashion, one shoe was gone, and I couldn't find it anywhere. While I was searching IN the car, I heard Sam say, "mommy look" and he was pointing underneath the car next to us...guess what he found????? Drew's shoe. Someone he managed to take it off and throw it underneath the car beside us while I was getting Sam out of the car. I'm just glad that Sam was there to find it! Well, Z has taken the boys to Target and I am going to have some quiet time! :)

Drew - 18 months

I can't believe my baby is 18 months old. It's true that time flies by! There are so many things I could say about Drew. He is one determined (willful) sweet, lovable little boy. He is funny too. Today, I heard him laughing and I turned around to see him pointing at his toy Elmo. He was laughing because he had put his paci in Elmo's mouth and thought it was so funny...and it really was. He is still lacking in the teeth department. He has two upper molars and his 4 front teeth. Not sure what is taking them so long to come out. He does talk all the time though. He will carry on a whole conversation with me or pretend he is talking on the phone. It's so funny to listen to him. He also says lots of stuff that I can understand...thank you, bye bye, mama, dada, truck, love you, ball and really lots of other stuff. One of the things I love the most about Drew is how much he loves to love on people. He will gladly give me hugs and kisses and loves to be close to Sam and hug on him too. This past week, I picked up Drew from the nursery and the nursery worker told me that Drew gave him two unprompted hugs. He is also my daredevil...always looking for something to climb. He is not afraid of anything. The big slide at the park, the diving board at the pool, it just doesn't phase him. I'm looking forward to seeing more of his silly, fun, lovable personality develop but there are times I wish I could stop time and keep them my little babies forever! I love you Drew!

Making Money

Earlier this afternoon, Zac told Sam he would give him a quarter for every stick he picked up in the front yard. I looked at Z like he was crazy!!! I was thinking maybe a penny, but def. not a quarter!! Well, Sam worked hard and ended up with 100 sticks. Haha, I think I was right in this little matter, Z probably did too after he paid Sam $25.00. :)