Happy Easter!

Little man is so blessed to have so many people that love him!  He got three easter baskets and had a yummy easter dinner!  I love sharing these holidays with him.  Thank you Lord for this little boy!!

Getting his Easter basket from mom and dad:

Daddy and Drew on Easter morning:

Drew with Grandma and Grandpa Todd's Easter presents:

Sitting on Uncle Chris's motorcycle:

Drew with Nanna Abela's basket:

So we decided to take Drew over to my mom's neighbor who always goes all out decorating for holidays.  To say the least, he hated it.  Haha!

Hanging with nannu:

Finally, Drew with Nanna at Easter dinner!

First Haircut!!

Oh boy, I hated to get his haircut but it was looking very shabby.  He pretty much had wings on both sides and the back was long and way overgrown.  My auntie Fran used to cut hair so when we met up for my grandma's birthday, she cut it for me.  I have to say that she did a wonderful job and he looked soooo much better after he got it cut!!

He did a wonderful job sitting still for Auntie Fran.  He's a total natural!!

And the finished project!!  How cute is this kid???

Drew's 1 Year Well Visit and A Case of the Sickies!

Drew's well visit went great!  He weighed in at 24 lb 8oz (75% percentile) and 32" (95% percentile).  The doc told us that he would most likely be tall and he was happy with his verbiage (he has 4 words at 1 years old).

However; Just 11 days after his 1st birthday, Drew got his first major illness.  Definitely not one of the firsts I was looking forward to!

He started with a low grade fever the day after his well visit so I am sure he picked something up there.  Just a few days later, his fever reached 104.  We alternated tylenol with motrin to try and keep it down and we would for a while, just to have it shoot back up.  3 days into the high fever and 1 doctor visit later, we just couldn't keep a head of it.  Drew was extremely lethargic and his little heart was just racing so we knew it was time to bring him in to the ER (since it was Saturday).  

We got him there and they immediately took us back.  Fever was still around 103-104 and they were concerned he was dehydrating so they decided to start an IV and keep us for the night.  Not the news we wanted to hear.  It took 3 different people to get the IV in and lets just say, this momma wasnt happy.  I was miserable that my little boy was miserable and I just wanted him to feel better!!  I do have to say though, once they got the IV in, he really started to improve.  

I was really expecting the child's wing at Troy Beaumont to be a little better designed.  They had two babies to a very small room and practically nowhere for the parents to hang out.  We were very happy when they decided to let us go home around midnight because Drew had improved so much!  That was around 12 hours into our visit.  Even though the room was small, I was very thankful the nurses and doctors took such good care of him.  It's absolutely NO FUN seeing your little dude sick and in the hospital.  :(

Dad and his sick little dude...though with that smile on Drew's face, you really can't tell!

Feel better little dude:

The 3rd time is a charm! Finally got the IV in his foot which made it impossible to keep a squirmy child still!

I know baby.  You'll feel better soon.  In the mean time, lets eat cheerios!!

Random Pics of Andrew

Just a few random pics of my little dude (and his best friend, Sonny)!!

 Reading one of the books he got for his birthday!

Drew and Auntie Melissa:

Playing with the ball pit mom and dad bought for his birthday!

A Few More Swim Pics!

 I am still bummed they wouldn't let us bring our real cameras into the pool area but I managed to get a few more with my cell.  The little dude is still loving the water!

1 Year Professional Pics!!!!

Again, thanks to Dionne for these pics!!  I love them!!

1st Birthday Professional Pics

Thanks to my good friend, Dionne Haglund of www.theshootinggallery.com, I have these wonderful pictures to remember Drew's 1st birthday!!!