AUGUST

This was Drew's birthday cake! Happy Big 1, Buddy!

 Don't look too closely at the cake. :)

I think it was a success. 

Sportin' Top Teeth

Mainly for the Grandparents

So here are some pictures/movies of the fun babe at our house. 

In July, we went to the park that is by where we used to live.  I loved this picture because this was the slide and almost the same pose that we used for our wedding announcements. :)   

He FINALLY started signing back.

He's a genius! :)

He also loves playing ball with us. Of course I missed the beginning part when he was actually playing...but it's still cute. AND you get to see the new trick of sitting up from being on his tummy....finally.

I wanted to put this on here just to show you how he gets "pumping" when he's excited.  

July

Man, this summer is flying!  We have been gone half of this month and of June as well.  We have had a great time traveling though visiting family.  We went to California during the last week in June to attend Andrew's niece, Natalia's baptism.  It was nice to be there for that sweet experience.  Drew was a little overwhelmed with being in a new place and having lots of people around...he and I had plenty of bonding time.
  Two weeks later we drove up to MT to attend my grandpa's 90th birthday party.  The next day we drove down to the southern part of the state, near West Yellowstone to have a little family reunion with just my siblings and their families.  We were there for 5 days and really enjoyed our vacation.  We were able to go to see a play in West Yellowstone, visit Virginia City, see Quake Lake, and we went swimming up in Bozeman at their hot springs.  Drew loved the water.  Unfortunately, our last morning there, Drew had a reaction from eggs.  It started with swelling lips and ended in hives.  Poor boy.  I hope he grows out of this.

First time swimming...loved it!

 Cousins picture.  Drew was melting down and Charlie is wondering why (and blocking Gwen).  We were only missing two cousins from the Long side. 

  It's been a fun, busy summer, but I'm ready to just stay home for a bit.

Quake Lake near Ennis, MT.  This used to be a river until an earthquake hit in the middle of the night causing half of a mountain to crash down and destroy roads and back up the river.  

 Family Picture on my birthday!

Ol' Blue Turned Red

 So...two days after finishing his antibiotics from being sick in MD, I noticed suspicious bumps on Drew's thumb.  Not just any thumb, Ol' Blue.  You see, our little boy never did like pacifiers...believe me we tried.   Andrew called his source of comfort Ol' Blue since it's trusty. :)  ANYWAY we found out that he has a type of staph infection.  Luckily it's not that contagious and it's only on his finger.  But we were told to wrap Ol' Blue.  WHAT?!!  Well, the first nap after the wrapping was refused...but he finally got tired enough that he fell asleep later.  It was kind of sad to see him try to suck his thumb through the red.  After this week, it should all be better.  

This is just a pic of his MESS before the wrap.  Oh man.  And none of his "big" bibs were clean. 

Attitude

We've been traveling fools these last few weeks and will continue to do so throughout July.  We went up to Montana around the middle of May.  The last week in May my sisters, brother and parents all got together in SLC to see the play Les Miserable. It was really fun because Mom didn't know we girls were all going to be there.  We haven't all been together, alone since Adam was two months old. 

 Holly and I

Mom, Penny, Adam

 Allison

Earlier this month we were excited to take a trip to MD to be with Andrew's parents.  (I need to upload photos to my computer to add.  There were some cute ones.)  We spent just over a week there and unfortunately Drew got sick after a couple of days and was sick most of the time.  It was too bad because he really wasn't himself at all.  It was a blessing though to have him sleeping well at night and he traveled great on the plane.

 This was on the way out...he really fought going to sleep...finally he gave in. (So did Mom.)

 We went to a minor league baseball game.  Unfortunately, there was a rain delay...yet no rain.  (strange)  Anyway, Mom Long, Drew and I left early because this boy here was SO tired.

One night we were able to go to a nearby park.  I think I caught him doing the Funky Chicken.

Drew finally started scooting around.  We try to put him up on his knees and show him how to crawl that way, however that is usually followed by a little tantrum.  Which leads me to connect to the title of this post:ATTITUDE.  Drew is getting an attitude for sure.  He throws little tantrums over things that he didn't used to.  Oh man.  I didn't realize that we would be dealing with this so young.  Hopefully, we'll all learn how to deal with this.  Anyway, he is still a sweetheart, he's just keeping us all on our toes.  

May Excitement

We discovered that Drew enjoys the swings...especially when he's rested and fed.(Naturally)

 

We also went to an aquarium and he was a trooper and really got into it.  

 

Drew loves his bath time.

Graduation Day!!

April 22 was a very eventful day around here.  Andrew finished his MBA at BYU!!  My parents and his parents came, which was really nice.  Drew was a trooper thru the whole thing.  I however look quite tired...I was. :)  We were all so proud of Andrew (and Jamen) and we are so excited to get started with the next stage in life.  

 Really happy about it all.