Sweet Glasses

Drew boy has some new bling on! He was prescribed glasses to help correct a minor lazy eye and near sightedness. Both of these conditions are common affects from the laser treatments that he received while in the NICU. He is so cute with his glasses, it really makes him look a lot older which is kind of sad. Sometimes we wish that we could just stop time for a little while or atleast slow it down. As you can see in the pictures, it is a lot of fun trying to keep the glasses on his face and out of his mouth:) Hopefully he will get used to them soon. This Summer was a lot of fun for our family. Drew loved our trips to Lake Powelll and he had so much fun hanging out at the pool. Drew has been doing well with almost everything and he is starting to move all over the place. He hasn't quite learned to crawl yet but he rolls all over the house. He loves to eat his baby food and he is so interested in what we eat. He is extremely curious and wants to check out everything he sees, and of course put everything in his mouth. Jenn took Drew to Gardner Village to see some pumpkins and to take some pictures, he decided it was a good opportunity to lick the pumpkins:) This past weekend we had a blast carving pumpkins with Jenn's family. We think Drew enjoys Halloween, we'll see how long he lasts in his costume. Tonight was Monday Night Football for the Broncos and Drew was pretty sad that they got destroyed! He doesn't really like it when Dad yells at the TV so this season will be a little more mellow in our house:) We enjoy every day with our little guy, he bring us so much joy.

Fun Summer

Wow, we have really dropped the ball with the blog! Well Drew has had a very fun summer. Drew now weighs almost fifteen pounds and he is doing awesome. It is impossible to forget what we experienced when Drew was at the NICU, but it seems like such a long time ago. Everything seems to be fairly normal now with our little guy. We are still a little cautious with him, but for the most part we are just enjoying taking him to all of our favorite places. For the fourth of July we took him to his first Salt Lake Bees baseball game and he really enjoyed the fire works afterwards. We put little baby ear plugs on his ears and he just stared at the fireworks with a curious look on his face. Drew loves boating, golfing, and hiking. We took him to the Champion's Challenge Golf tournament at Thanksgiving Point where Drew got to watch Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sorentstam and Deron Williams play golf. The highlight of our summer was swimming with him at Lake Powell. He loves exploring and experiencing new things. We cannot imagine life without him; he has brought us so much joy. Drew's uncle Ryan came home from his mission and Drew was so excited to see him. Drew was also excited to attend his Uncle Tyler and Aunt Rachel's wedding! This summer has been a lot of fun for our family and Drew has made it so joyful. In a couple of weeks Drew will have another eye checkup, so we hope that will go well. Drew had his first little cold last week and he got an ear infection also:( Other than being a little grumpy he handled it pretty well. Drew is working on sitting up and is trying so hard to scoot on his tummy. He lies on his tummy and kicks so hard and then looks around but he hasn't quite learned how to actually move anywhere:) He has had a lot of support from various specialists who work with his development. We are still amazed at his progress and grateful for everyone who has cared for our sweet son. Hopefully this week we will find some time to take him to go see all of his nurses and friends at the NICU!

Happy Father's Day

Daddy had a wonderful first Father's Day today! Drew has the best Daddy ever! Eric is the best dad and we love him so much! He is such an incredible guy and we are so blessed to have him in our lives! He is truly amazing!!! Two weeks ago Drew had his hernia operation and everything went really well. We stayed over night at the hospital just to make sure that he recovered from the anesthesia. It was really weird to see him with IV's and hooked up to monitors again. Drew was really tough, he healed fast and it seems like he is a lot more comfortable now. This past week has been a lot of fun with him. Drew had his first experience boating and swimming! Well not really swimming, he just dipped his feet in the water and splashed around. It was so much fun, he is really starting to enjoy being outside. Drew also learned to roll over from his tummy to his back this week! He has kind of been giggling a lot lately and he really giggled loud today when we kissed his cheeks. We are enjoying every day with Drew, when he wakes up in the morning we get so excited to get him out of his crib and play with him. He brings a lot of joy to our family.