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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Drew & Will's Newest...

Happy Summer! We are so glad the weather has been so beautiful and warm here in Maine. We have had lots of sunny, busy days and have been meaning to write and post some pics. But, the summer has just been flying by!

Drew: Drew finished Kindergarten @ the end of June and is getting ready for 1st grade!!! He had a super Kindergarten year and accomplished a lot! He made some new friends, learned to read, write and also picked up some great math skills. He has 3 loose teeth now! He also started taking an interest in sports over the past year. He did a little soccer, basketball, tee-ball, and snowboarding. This summer he started Karate lessons and Gary just bought him his first set of golf clubs! Maybe Drew will be a little athlete? Hard to tell because he has so many interests. He loves to do crafts and is very particular with his work. He also has been having fun with his friends trading Pokemon cards:) Drew has been to a couple of camps this summer. A week long Cooking, Sports and Crafts Camp @ his elementary school, A nature day camp down the road from us for a week and next week he is going to Vacation Bible School. Drew has been quite busy and is always asking what can we do next?? :)

Will: Will has changed so much over the past month! At his 10 month check up he weighed over 18 lbs (25th%) and was over 30 inches long (75th%), his head also measured in the 75th%. Will is growing lots! He now has 5 little teeth (we just saw the 5th one today!), has taken many steps - actually today he took 6 steps! He is well on his way to walking! He is also a little rascal - into everything and always always trying to keep up with Drew! He just loves Drew and will pick Drew's bedroom to play in over any room in the house! Will loves to be outside and just play around in the grass or swing. He is babbling a lot, but still has not really said a first word for sure. He eats a variety of foods and usually just eats what we eat - much smaller portions of course!!! Oh and big news!!! Little Baby Will is pretty much sleeping thru the night - yahoo!!!!! It took a lot of work and many tears, but he is finally sleeping for @ least 7 - 10 hours straight now!!! Now hopefully we can all get some much needed sleep around here:)

Hope you are all enjoying your summer! Take care, Love Shasta, Gary, Drew & Will

Friday, July 18, 2008

Drew is 6!

Drew celebrated his 6th Birthday on July 9th!!!
I can not believe our "baby" is 6 now and heading to 1st grade this Fall! As we told Drew, he partied for 3 days for his birthday celebration! It started on Sunday with a party for him and his little friends. He had a Pokemon theme party with a water slide, pinata and a beautiful Maine Summer day! Then his Nannie Peek and Koda sent him a gift certificate to Target so of course he went out and searched for Pokemon cards. He went to Summer camp that week and played with his friends and then had friends over to play with on the water slide. And finally his actual birthday came and we had a big family pizza party for him! We told him that he is one lucky little boy! Happy Birthday Little Buddy!!!!! We Love You Drew!!!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Just For Fun!

Just for fun, Drew & Will have been entered into Parents Magazine Cover Model Search. Check on the links below to view their galleries and make recommendations!

Will: http://www.parents.com/app/sharemy/photoDetails.jsp?photoId=207201270

Drew: http://www.parents.com/app/sharemy/photoDetails.jsp?photoId=207201297

Thursday, June 5, 2008

The Little Artist

Drew had a fine arts festival at his school the other night. Here is some of his beautiful artwork! Fantastic work Drew!

Before the Art Show

Will with his Great Grandmother Black.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Happy Days With Drew & Will

Gary's new toy - whoops, I mean lawn tractor.

Mother's Day Hike on Beech Hill in Rockport.

Hi everyone, we've been busy the past month doing lots of things.

With the weather getting so nice we have been spending a lot of time outside!

Drew: Drew has been busy riding his bike, playing tee ball, trading Pokemon cards and playing outside with his little friends. Drew loves to entertain Will and make him laugh and he has started calling Will "Willie" - hmmmm, we'll see what happens with that:) Drew has a concert this week for arts and music. Speaking of art, he is quite the little artist. He draws everyday and can probably draw better than I can, he loves to draw animals. Drew is also reading and writing a lot and reads to us every night before bed. It is hard to believe he only has a few weeks left of Kindergarten and than he will be a first grader!

Drew climbing trees.

Drew doing his acrobatics.

Drew on Beech Hill Hike in Rockport.

Drew with the seeds he planted with his Great Grandmother Black.

Will: Will has changed a lot over the past month. WOW! He talks a lot of baby jargon, if we only knew what he was saying. He crawls and is into everything, he pulls himself up to stand, has 4 teeth and has started eating more solid food. He does not like the baby food as much and seems to be preferring to feed himself things like cheerios, real banana, bread, crackers, and yogurt. Will loves the bath, books, dancing and playing with his toys and of course Drew is still his favorite person! He still is not sleeping thru the night, but last night we started the Ferber method again, going strictly by it...it seemed to work and I suspect Will will be sleeping much better by the end of this week!!! Maybe thru the night even!

First Bathtime in the big tub!

Will with his little friend.

First Cheerios.

First time on a trampoline - loved it!

First time in the baby swing outside - loved that also!

Also, we have some exciting news! Drew & Will have a new little baby boy cousin named Wesley!!! Welcome to the World Baby Wesley!!! Enjoy the pictures & take care, Love Shasta, Gary, Drew & Will