First Birthday Party

Last weekend we had Drew's first birthday party. We were so blessed to have our friends and family join us for hamburgers, hot dogs, and, of course, birthday cake. Here are a few of our memories.

We decided to go with a Veggie Tales theme. I was SO happy with the way the cakes turned out - we had Larry the Cucumber as the cake for everyone and Bob the Tomato as Drew's smash cake.



Gavin, Ashley, Dad, and Gracie

The Webb family - Joey's birthday is in just a couple of weeks, and I saw him eyeing Drew's cake.

Drew helping me open gifts

Lots of friends watching Drew open gifts

Drew got many great gifts. As soon as we opened some books, he wanted to sit down and read them.

Next up: Cake time! We set Drew up in his high chair and let him go to town on his cake. He didn't seem to mind the 20 people standing around watching him. He just dug right in.

The Slatons

The cake was pretty good for the first little while... then Drew started smearing the icing around. Once he got icing in his eyes, he went straight into meltdown mode. I took him straight to the bathtub and scrubbed off the red icing.

Poor Drew was on a sugar high for hours. At about 8 o'clock, the sugar high wore off and he crashed. He's already looking forward to the next time he gets to eat cake.

We all had a great time. Thanks to everyone for coming to join us!

First Haircut

Drew was starting to look like a backwoods truck driver with his mullet. His hair is super soft and fine, and it was starting to curl up behind his ears and around his neck. We decided that it was time to cut off that mop of hair. Here's what he looked like before:



Drew sat in the barber chair all by himself and looked like such a big boy!

He didn't realize that he was supposed to keep his head still so she could cut his hair. He was checking out Laurie, the stylist, and the little girl behind him.


Drew was a champ and didn't fuss, except for the last couple of minutes when she got out the electric razor. He didn't like that noise so close to his ear. His favorite part was playing with the smock!

The finished product. What do you think? He looks like such a grown up now!

Now he's all ready for his big birthday party next weekend! If only Mom was ready too...

Major Milestone

Drew is walking. He had been taking two little steps but now is going 5 or 6 steps at a time. I'm sure in the near future he'll be running all over the house!

Quick catch-up

I'm short on time so this will be a quick update of what we've been up to this last month...

For our anniversary (6 years - can you believe it?), John took me to a Keith Urban concert. We had a fantastic time and even John enjoyed himself. It's hard not to marvel at Keith's amazing guitar playing.

We took Drew to his first Rangers game. We went with our Sunday School class and had a really great time. Drew was precious when he kept looking around the stadium like he was awestruck. We're hoping this will be the first of many trips to the Ballpark.

Drewby with the field in the background

Daddy and Drew...the hat didn't last long :)

Drew's great grandfather gave us an OU shirt when he was born. He's now grown into it but clearly doesn't want to be a Sooner. He seemed much happier when we promised that he could still be a Baylor Bear. Look close and you can see his first tooth. Tooth #2 has come through but isn't all the way in. We think he's getting one on the top too. I personally hope they all come in at once so he can get the fussiness out of the way, but I guess we have to wait and see.

Til next time...