Um, Where's the Dodger Blue?

For current updates about what Drew's doing - be sure to visit Camp Grammy here.

Reason number one why Uncle Matt is not allowed to play with our son when we're not there....




Sorry Uncle Matt, but Daddy says Drew can't come over and play anymore.

Daddy & Drew Day - a.k.a Mommy Time

For current updates on Drew's adventures - visit Camp Grammy here.

Daddy & Drew played so hard together on Saturday they wiped out the poor guy - and his little friend "Guy". Mommy had the day "off" to go do some scrapbooking so Daddy and Drew tried to beat the heat and played in the inflatable pool in the backyard.

When the 90-degree temps started scorching the two of them, they came inside for lunch - which Drew started to fall asleep while eating - and then took naps.

After nap part 1, they had a cold beverage - milk that is - and continued onto nap part 2. Guess those hot temperatures take it's toll on little boys.

Finally when Mommy came home from scrapbooking - she walked into a sleepy Drew cuddling with his little animal - Guy. Yes, that's the name Drew named this particular stuffed animal.

Mommy on the other hand had a fabulous day of scrapbooking from Noon - 8pm (ok more like 8:30pm). I joined my friend Lisa, and her Mom & friend at her house. It was a fantastic day, and everyone really had those creative juices flowing.

I managed to finish about 6 pages in that time. Here's a sample:


This last picture is actually 2 separate pages - not a spread. One is for Drew's book, and one is for mine.

KC Momvention

For current updates at Camp Grammy, be sure to check out their web page here.

Greetings from Kansas City! One of the benefits of traveling for work, I'm able to meet some of my online Mommy friends. On Monday night I met Helen and Amy for dinner. Earlier that day I was able to enjoy the company of Helen's triplet boys.


I've mentioned this group of fabulous girls before, but we all chat online daily (or close to) about everything from our kids, husbands and everything else in between. About 90% of us have been posting to the same Weight Watchers group since we found out we were pregnant (or adopting), and the remaining members joined us after they had their little ones.

With all of us scattered around the country, I've been fortunate to meet a number of them in my work travels (most recently was another Mommy & Son last month at the SF Zoo, her travel not mine).

It's just a great gathering of girls from different background, parenting beliefs and practices - and they are all a wonderful sounding board. Since they forgot to give me the parenting manual at the hospital after having Drew, it's nice to talk to others who have kids exactly the same age (current kid ages range from about 21-18 months),and are going through almost the same exact experiences .

Now if only we could all live within driving distance to each other...

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho - to Camp Grammy's We Go

It's sleep away camp for Drew this week at "Camp Grammy's"! Mommy is traveling to Kansas City this week for work, and Daddy has a busy week filled with deadlines and softball. So it's Grammy to the rescue! We dropped him off at their house on Sunday afternoon.

Pushing 100-degrees at Grammy & GrampC's house, the festivities quickly moved outdoors where we could play in the waterpark - otherwise known as the backyard. Grammy had an awesome find at a garage sale, with a "pool" that had "built in" sprinklers. Ask Grammy about the broken pool - haha.

And next to the "sprinkler pool" was another more traditional pool with warmer water. The waterpark was so inviting even Mommy & Daddy dipped their toes into it. Of course the only reason we did, was to get Drew get out of the grass and into the water... not the fact it was scorching hot.

After about an hour or so we left Drew to his Grammy & GrampC's Adventures. Grammy is starting a blog of her own, so be sure to stay up to date with Drew here! But have no fear - I have plenty of blogs of my own ready to go this week as well!

For the record, this is the longest stretch Daddy has been away from Drew since he was born - unfortunately this is not mine.

Heyyyyy Drew-butt-sky

For several months, GrampC has called our little guy - Drewbutzky One family dinner in February GrampC kept yelling out "Heyyyyy Drew-butzky"!

Drew would in turn respond, "Heyyyyy butt-key!" Well GrampC, here's your Butzky for you, running bare bottomed down the hallway.

See it turns out diaper changes are becoming more and more challenging. Drew likes to wiggle his way out of it, and give you the funniest smirks. This particular night last week, I decided to let him run around for a few minutes with out a diaper.

He loved his new-found freedom. He raced up and down the hallway, giggling at everything bouncing and running free. After about 10 minutes of playing chase-Drew-up-and-down-the-hallway-with-the-camera, we managed to wrangle him up and fully cover him up.

We would afterall, like to avoid an indoor sprinkler.

Unusual Milestones

Trust me on this one... you don't want to see the photo of this first milestone! And even if you did - I'd probably get arrested for kiddie porn.

Since I was pregnant, I've received email updates from a number of websites - including BabyCenter. In the early days, it would be about Drew's development while he was all warm and cozy in my belly. Now I get weekly updates on different things he is likely to be doing for his specific age. From time to time there other emails with articles covering everything from discipline tips, to potty training tips and readiness signs.

This week I open an email about unusual milestones. The first part seemed innocent enough -

What: Sees in stereo
When: 2 to 4 months

2 What: First true laugh
When: 4 to 5 months

3 What: Knows her own name
When: 5 to 8 months

Then I come across number 4......

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4 What: Plays with privates
When: 1 to 2 years
By this age, many children have discovered that it feels good to touch their privates. It's all sensation at this point. They won't be angry at you for barging into the room without knocking for a long time yet.
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This is a straight copy & paste from their newsletter... and I couldn't stop laughing when I first read this!

Um, is Drew a genius because he started playing with his privates before he turned 1? Seriously he'd play with it during diaper changes, or mostly in the shower when he was only taking showers vs. baths.

Wow, who knew I should be measuring that as a milestone! Um, it's one I'll leave out of the babybook for sure!

Oh, and according to the same newsletter article - he won't start to show modesty until around 8 or 9 years old.... so be prepared until then for a peep show.

Brown Baggin' It

It's the classic infant toddler game with a twist - Where's Drew?


On Tuesday evening Drew discovered a brown paper bag we had lying around the house - well we haven't quite gotten organized after camping last weekend, so there's a lot to get into right now. Did you know how much fun a plain paper bag can be?

This game of throw the bag over Drew lasted a good 10 minutes - which in the world of a busy toddler, is a long time!
After the fascination of the brown bag wore off, Drew was off to something more exciting like trying to take apart his ball blowing toy. This is an extra exciting toy since it's "under construction" after the wrong sized ball went down the shoot.