At first he could only figure out how to go backwards but now he has mastered going forward too.

At night, when Peter takes Drew upstairs to read books before bed Drew has to check his email. Which consists of him going to his art easel, pressing a button to turn the “computer” on, and then he taps the easel and that is him checking the email. He told Peter that he goes to www.blahblahblah.com to check his email. That just cracks me up!

Yes, its true! Kenny, Shawn, and Eric came to visit us! They had a wedding to go to so they stayed with us on Friday night! Here is a picture of the kids together

Today was Drew’s very first soccer game-his team is named the Longhorns! We weren’t sure how Drew would do since he has been real timid in practice. And it held true in his first game. He got to kick the ball a couple of times but most of the game was spent in the field away from where the ball was.

Before the game:

Lining up for kickoff:

During the game:

Drew got to do a kickoff!

Longhorns won the game 7-0 although Drew didn’t score any of those goals. I don’t even think he was near the goal for most of them. But after the game both teams lined up and each kid got to score a goal and here is Drew scoring his goal.

High-fives after the game:

Refreshments were his favorite part!

except for the dresser. We are going to paint that a dark brown. But Im really pleased with the wall color- its called Restful from Behr.

Just a few pictures

Drew is signed up for soccer at the YMCA and today was his first practice. He did pretty well but he needs to learn to not use his hands and to listen to his coach! But it was too cute watching him try to kick the ball. And now this makes me a soccer mom! I guess all I need now is the mini-van and it will be official.

Learning how to dribble

Stopping the ball with his feet. Which was a challenge because he wanted to pick the ball up.

Lining up for their next drill

He was supposed to dribble to the goal and kick the ball in. Well, he dribbled, stopped the ball with his hands and lined it up, and then kicked it.

He was supposed to be listening to his coach.

Learning something new

They were practicing passing the ball to each other and stopping with their feet.

Learning what to do for a kick-off

Yeah- he was really listening here.

I have no idea what he was doing in this picture!

Dianne and Victor hosted a surprise party for Elicia’s 30th birthday. She had no clue about the party. I even called her earlier that day to ask her a general question and didn’t mention her birthday to make her think I had forgotten about it. Im so mean.

Here are some pictures of the party:

Elicia being surprised

Opening her blue Tiffany’s box from Blake

Earrings

Necklace

I dont know what he was looking at. But he sure is cute!

Drew playing with the party blower.

Cupcakes

Drew playing with Wyatt, Julie, and Abbie with their punchy balloons

Cute Taylor

Ryan eating icing

Taylor playing with some of the extra decorations

Arent they cute?

I love Taylor’s expression

Isabelle wearing Elicia’s shoes

Taylor carrying Elicia’s purse. She is going to be just like her mommy!

The end of the night and Drew was ready to go home.

He just seems to be talking so much lately. He is not very clear but he will almost always try to say a word that we ask him to say. He loves climbing on stools and pushing chairs around the kitchen. He is also blowing kisses with his mouth and with his hand. And if he blows a kiss with his hand he says “muah”. Too cute!
Some of the new words he is saying:

dew- Drew

dadong- ding dong (he says this when he is outside and wants to push the doorbell)

baboon- balloon

dool- stool (when he climbs up on the stool he either says dool or tall)
mamow- mickey mouse

tadow- touch down (and he puts his hands over his head when he says it)

dar- star

moo- moon

loud- cloud

uh-oh

la-laow- loud

taytoo- thank you

ya-ya- outside

lock- close

gagone- gone

wa-wa- water, drink

na-na – all foods

dog- dogs, and all other animals besides cats.

maow- cats

fishie- self explanatory

essyou- bless you

Down- he says this when he wants up OR down

boon- spoon

soo- shoe

jussse- juice

He started preschool again last week- he is in the 3 year old class and his teacher is Ms. Becky. He was so excited to start school this year but was really shy when we walked in. No tears on my part this year- I was more than ready for him to go back.

My parents came down and stayed with us over labor day weekend. Here are some pictures from that weekend:

Drew and Ryan were showing off for my parents and stepping on the bubble wrap.

Drew looking cool while playing his computer

Ryan loves climbing in chairs and sitting at the table like a big boy.

Getting ready for LSU football!

Drew playing soccer with Uncle Blake

Drew and Ryan playing in the water table

Taylor playing on moms computer