Random Drew Funnies

All of these happened Sunday morning before church. This boy keeps me laughing.

I was in the showered and Drew was talking to me and I could quite understand what he said. I asked " you got a boo boo" and he loudly replied "NO, I brought you your boobies!" He had laid my bra in front of the shower.

Then Andy had put Drew's shoes on and he got down off of the chair and said to me "something is not quite right." I asked if it was with his shoe and he said yeah, so I toke it off and fixed the tongue. After I fixed it he said "now it is quite right."

As we were getting out of the truck at church Drew was yelling and I told him to not to yell. So we are walking into church holding hands and he says "Mom, it is not nice to yell at Jesus." I said "right it is not nice to yell at Jesus." :)

I could go on and on with a million things that this boy does and says that crack me up everyday.

Jack-O-Lanterns

Saturday after the pediatrician we visited Bryce and Tammy and then went home to carve our pumpkins. Drew seemed amused by the fact that we were going to turn pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns. Here is strong man trying to pick up a pumpkin. Yes our camera is on the fritz again and I have finally given up on it and ordered a new one. It first started acting up when Jillian was born. I couldn't handle it anymore. I hope that the new one comes before Halloween, but I am not counting on it. The new camera is part of my birthday gift.

Drew has very specific request for his "scary" jack-o-lantern.

What a doll!

Jilli liked helping mommy clean out the pumpkins. Drew didn't like the pumpkin guts so much.

Drew supervising and instructing Daddy on the "scary" Jack-o-lantern's specs.

Fun time playing in the pumpkin guts. We ended up with pumpkin everywhere. She had it all over her and it is impossible to contain her.

Pumpkin Butt
Happy and Scary

Family News

Uncle Bryce and Aunt Tammy are expecting a baby GIRL in March. Yeah!!! We are so excited. Jillian will have a cousin that is close to her age (they will be 20 months apart), almost as good as sister. Drew has been very adamant and never wavered from his girl prediction. My little boy may have a gift.

Last week my mom had a heart catherization that was a little unexpected. She wasn't feeling well and had some chest/neck/arm pain so Dad took her to see her doctor. They told her EKG was abnormal and he thought she was having a heart attack while they were talking. This resulted in her being rushed to the hospital and they were told a heart cath right then. She saw the cardiologist and he said lets do some more test first. They admitted her and did a Nuclear Stress Test, which she had an abnormal result from. That earned her a heart cath the next morning. Bryce and I carpooled over to Columbia and met Dad and Brett there. Her heart cath came back normal, no blockages. The cardiologist blamed her abnormal results on a electrical problem with her heart. Nothing that needs fixed or a pacemaker or anything. It just is. Good to know. Now every time she has a EKG and it is abnormal we won't freak out. Nice little family reunion that morning. I am so thankful my mom is fine, I know I couldn't make it with out her.

Jillian's Check Up

Jillian's check up went pretty well. She probably has a different opinion. They had to dig some impacted wax out of her ear - she did not appreciate this. Then 3 shots put her over the top. Not a happy girl, but it didn't last long. She wasn't crabby or anything the rest of the day. Below are some videos of Andy and I trying to teach her the meaning of SHHHHH! She tries to bite my finger when I put it up to her lips. This little stink may be a biter. She has bit me twice lately and she bit Nana last time she was up. Not in anger, just bites for no reason.

Her Stats:

Height - 29 3/5 inches - 30th percentile

Weight - 22 lbs 14 oz - 52th percentile

Her head was in the 90th percentile again.

The doctor wants us to see a cardiologist. Jillian has a persistent heart murmur. He thinks it is a Still's murmur which is innocent, but it is very apparent and has been heard since 9 months. So just to be on the safe side, we are having it checked out. I can't image how I will hold her still if she need an echo. It made me a little panicky and still does if I think about it too much. One web site I looked at referred to a Still's murmur as a musical heart. So I like to say Jillian has a musical heart - something I already knew :)

A Healthy Shot

Jillian had her 15 month well baby check up on Saturday. Drew was going to get a flu shot while we were there. So I started telling him about it Friday night. I told him he was getting a shot and that it would hurt for a little bit, but it was going to make him healthy. We talk about what makes us healthy. I tell him I go to the YMCA or exercise to be healthy and sometimes it works to get him to eat his veggies. Last year when he got his flu shot he just said ouch and that was it, I was hoping for a similar reaction this year.

At the doctors office they offered a nasal inhalant instead of the shot and the added plus is that it lasted longer. So no shot for Drew. As we were leaving the pediatrician's office he said in a very annoyed voice "hey, I want my healthy shot!" Not many kids want their shots, but apparently Drew did.

Crazy Bed Head

Jilli got up from her afternoon nap with the craziest bed head she has had yet. I couldn't stop laughing and every time I would laugh, Jillian would laugh. I told her she hasn't even seen it yet. It was too cute.

I like this picture because she is giving her big, dimply, squinty eyed smile with her binky in.

Timberlakes Fall Festival

Our subdivision had a fall festival this Saturday. We loaded up the kids and walked down to the lake/park area. There a lot of kids there, more than I knew were in the neighborhood.

The point of this picture was to show off Jilli's barrette with ribbon on it. It didn't even last the wagon ride down there. Oh well, it was cute while it lasted.

The wagon ride down.
First they ran around and played on the playground equipment. Drew found a boy with Buzz Lightyear jacket on. He would follow him around saying "hey boy." So I decided to teach him to how to introduce himself. I told him to say "hi, my name is Drew, what is yours?" This translated to him following the kid around saying "Hey boy, my name is Drew." Almost every kid that he introduced himself to gave him a blank stare in return. We will work on it.

Next was painting pumpkins. Yikes. I was the only anal mother who brought craft apron things, but I think it saved our shirts.

My little artist.

Jillian painting was interesting. Andy was a little stressed out.

His masterpiece.

We had grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and then they handed out goody bags to the kids. They were filled with toys and candy. So fun! Jillian was being difficult, climbing everywhere and running everywhere and before I could catch her she had already ruined a little girl's polka dot pumpkin. She picked it up and smeared all the dots. I felt so horrible. She was a handful until she got some food in her mouth. Once it got dark they handed out glow sticks and all the kids were running around.

They had a campfire and marshmallows. Jillian enjoyed her toasted marshmallow.

All the kids were playing and the older kids were having potato sack races and they would say "on you mark, get set, go." I always say this to Drew when he tells me he is a fast runner, so he got upset because he wanted to race. So I wrangle a sack from the big kids. Drew gets in and gets mad because it is too hard. I asked if he wanted to race and that made him more mad because he wanted to go slow. Did I mention he didn't have a nap that day. It was time to leave and Drew knew it too, he asked to go home. We had fun and met some new people and I signed up for Bunko :)

Friday Night Camping Almost

So I decided that Friday night Drew and I would camp in the living room and watch the movie Casper. Last time we slept on the floor with just blankets and pillows. This made us very aware that the is absolutely no padding under our carpet. So this time I brought in the mattress off of our bed. When I told Andy my plan I think he should of warned me about how heavy the thing was. So after struggling to get the mattress into the living room the kids had a blast jumping and playing on it. Jillian loved the fact that she didn't have to struggle to get on the couch, it was a breeze.

Mid jump/ fall.

Cheese!

That one is for Uncle Brett :)

Little Drummer Girl

Kissing the sis.

So after sister wore herself out, I put her in pajamas and she gave no protest to going to bed. Drew and I got in our jams too and popped some pop corn. We put in our "ghosty movie" as little man calls it. I just knew that he wouldn't make it through the movie, which was fine by me, I was more than ready for sleep. Well guess what, he made it through the whole movie and then the Great Pumpkin and then we stayed up until dad got home at 10:00. Finally the three of us settled in the living room and Drew said that he wants to go to him room and sleep in his bed. So Andy and I ended up camping in the living room. The next day I asked why he didn't want to camp with the rents, he said that it was dark and scary. He has been sleeping with lamp on lately, having bad dreams and being scared. Poor guy.

Video Mania

Here are tons of video clips I took of the kids and my Friday night together. I think everyone had a good time.

To Infinity and Beyond

If you can't tell Drew loves the Toys Story movies. He calles them 1 Toy Story and 2 Toy Story instead of Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2. He says that he is Buzz Lightyear and the he has a laser. I guess I know what I will be getting him for Christmas and Birthday. On one of the videos his rocket sound like it needs some work. He he!

Drew's Presidential Prediction

Drew hates it when I watch the news and I had just finished the news and there was tons about the election. So I decided to ask Drew for his prediction and I think that he has the best idea I have ever heard.

Jilli Bean

Jillian is constantly babbling. I swear that I hear things in the babbles, but that is just me. When I ask her what a dog says, she make a "F" sound for woof and I think when I tell her I love her it sounds similar in some sounds and rhythm to "I love you." It amazing that with her little vocab that she can understand so much. He new thing is blowing spit bubbles, over and over and over. Ahhhh!

You Are My Sunshine!

I have sang this song to both kids since they were born. Drew doesn't sing much or like to hear singing much, so this is pretty rare.

Drew's Favorite Joke

In case you didn't catch the squealing punchline - to get to the other slide! Ha Ha!

Renaissance Festival

Last weekend Tim, Johnna and Madeline Wilson came up to visit. Friday Tim and Andy helped our friend Chris Youtsey move up to the KC area. He is going to working at Independence PD. There are four guys that worked together on the road at the Sheriff's department that have stayed really close friends (Andy, Tim, Chris and Jeremiah Hunter). Jeremiah and his family are in Columbia now, his wife Ruth is med school. Tim told me this weekend he has successfully moved all three of his friends from Joplin. Everyone has helped the other move. What good guys. Johnna and Madeline met the boys over at Chris's house Friday evening and then they were coming to our house. I kept telling Drew that Madeline was coming to his house. He kept asking when, where is she now? I told him "She is at Chris' " he said "I want to go to Christmas." The finally made it and Drew was so excited. We ate BBQ and the kids played, Jilli cashed out first. My kids go to bed early 7:00 - 7:30 on most nights, so I think Jilli made it to 8:45 and Drew went to bed around 10:00. The next morning we went to the Renaissance Festival, it is literally 10 minutes from our house. Her are the girls at the beginning of our journey.

There was a kids play area with a pirate ship. Here Johnna is helping Jillian aboard.
Miss Madeline
Captain Drew

There was a lady sitting there with what looked like a tiny pillow on her lap and then the pillow started moving. She had a hedgehog in there. Drew was a little curious about it for 3 seconds and then ran off to play again. He is the navy shoulder in the bottom right corner.

They were teaching the little girls to dance and it was ever so amusing. Here is Mad shaking her booty :)

They had rides for the kids that were all man powered. Drew and Madeline rode the swings. I am not sure what he thought of them, he didn't say much. There was a lot going on and the crowds were starting to pick up a little.

Weeeeeeeeeee!

The next ride was a boat like contraption. Mad and Drew were on one side and two other little kids were on the other. Drew looked like he was having fun at first, then his expression changed dramatically. He started saying "too fast" and "stop, I want out." Then the other kids started yelling faster and he followed along. I don't know if he is going to be a ride kind of kid or not. Mixed reviews.

Next was camel rides. Johnna said Madeline was talking about riding a camel forever, I think it is on a Wiggles episode. So Andy was the chaperon. They also had the option of an elephant ride and I am glad they chose the camel, because I just watched a 20/20 or Dateline that showed elephants attacking people. Yikes!

My Hump, my hump, my lovely lady hump. Wait, I don't know if the camel was a girl or not.

Drew was in a iffy mood all day. He did a lot of running off and whining, but our Jilli bean was a complete angel. She rode in the wagon most of the time and just took it all in. Madeline got a beautiful butterfly painted on her face and I tried to convince Drew to get a snake painted on his face, but I was unsuccessful. What a party pooper. Here are the girls with their butterfly wands. Jilli's is in her room, it is cute. Drew got a kite and it was broke before the night was over.

About 12:30 Drew had had enough, so we left and the Wilsons stayed behind. On the way back to the truck Jillian fell asleep in the wagon, poor girl was exhausted. We went home, had lunch and napped, at least Jilli and I did. Drew, the one who needed the most, refused. The Wilsons came back to our house and we played outside for a while and then headed to T-Rex for dinner. Drew and Mad both loved it. Madeline got a hard hat with light on it, like Drew's. We checked out the fountain and then it was time for the Wilsons to head back to Joplin. Drew has asked about them almost everyday since. Drew loved miss Johnna. He wanted her to hold him or hold his hand. I think it was record, he must have said her name about 1000 times in one weekend. We had so much fun with them.

Randoms

• Jillian is climbing everything. The other day I was in the kitchen and turned around and Jilli was sitting on the kitchen table. My mom asked if I took a picture, but I was too busy having a heart attack. I am waiting for the day she climbs out of the crib. Drew never did.

• Jillian's top two molars are through. Yeah!

• We have been working on potty training a little more. Drew is willing to go and sit, but I have been taking him every 40 - 45 minutes and his pull up is always wet. So the other day I let him go with nothing but a t-shirt on and he would start to squirm and hold himself and a say that he wanted a pull up, so I knew that he needed to go. But still it was every 40 minutes or so. I feel like he has to be able to hold if for longer for us to ever be potty trained. I think that it is funny that he won't tell me that he has to go potty, but want a pull up. Who knows? We will keep trying. We ask in the morning if he wants a diaper or pull up and every day it changes.

• A funny Drew story. I brought home a chocolate Halloween sprinkle donut from the grocery store and he was chowing down and said to me " I just ate a ghost." I asked him what does a ghost taste like and he said "Spoooooky." Nana got a big kick out of that one.

It Tickles My Eyes?

So I am trying to get some shots of little man and of course his usual complaint, that hurts my eyes. I told him the flash doesn't hurt and he asked "it tickles my eyes?" The funny thing is he knows that he is being funny, he says it sarcastically with a ornery grin on his face.

Innovative, he uses his foot to block the flash.

I just thought this was a cute picture of him. He looks like such a little boy and not a toddler any more.