Lil Artist

Drew has been loving painting at the easel at MDO, so I found this little table top easel for him.  He is a budding lil artist!

Aunt Brenda & Cousin Erin Visit

 Drew (and his parents) had a great time visiting with Aunt Brenda & Cousin Erin.  Matt made a huge pot of gumbo and Drew had everyone wrapped around his finger...reading books, stealing phones, etc. He likes to put on a show, that's for sure!

MDO Pumpkin Patch 2012

Drew's MDO class took a walk to the church's pumpkin patch this morning.  I think he enjoyed seeing the pumpkins, but wasn't in the mood for picture taking!  When I left, they were painting and glittering their pumpkins to bring home.  He really loves his little class!

 

2 days after my last post, we ended up back in the hospital with Drew.  Long story short, he had a very severe hemiplegic migraine that put him in the PICU for 2 days and then on the neurology floor for another 5 days.  Now that we know what is going on, his treatments are much better and his recovery time has been unbelievably faster than last time (March).  A few weeks after the hospital stay, he is back to his antics....Smiling, "helping" me with laundry....

 ***Note to self: Leave washing machine lid closed!!

 ...and having great days at MDO!  

Love this kid!

MDO Note

So far, so good at MDO!  I'm so impressed/surprised that Drew sits through circle time.  And I've shown up early twice and saw him sitting in a line waiting for his turn to get a drink at the fountain.  What??  He's growing up ;)

MDO!

 First day of MDO Turtles class!

The teachers said Drew had a GREAT day!  They said he got grumpy a little before lunch, so the whole class just ate early.  Sounds like my kid, that's for sure!  Today he played with trains at the train table, played on the playground, painted a circle using a marble, played with poppers (cut up pool noodle pieces that pop really high when you squeeze them), drove a grocery cart around the class, went to music class, drank from a water fountain, and, of course, ate a snack & his lunch.  I'm sure he did even more, but that's what I know about.  That's quite a bit for 4 hours of "school."

He crashed when we got home and so far he's been asleep for 2 hours!  I planned on volunteering at the church just to be accessible in case of a seizure, but the MDO director (and Matt) convinced me to leave.  Believe me, I made sure every single teacher and admin knew how to give Drew his emergency medication - I made printout procedures, information about seizures (with highlighted emphasis added by me) and even stopwatches for the teachers to time seizures.  I'm "that" mom!  I was a nervous wreck leaving him, but he did great....and this mama got a pedicure!  

I'm SO glad he had a good day!!!!!

I wonder how much longer I'll get to dress him like this?  Heehee.  I'm enjoying the cutesy stuff while I still can.

July/August 2012 part 1

My little Carb Lover!!  We have a hurricane preparedness box (yep!) and we keep non perishable foods in it.  Drew broke into the box, found the Teddy Grahams, opened the new box, and then opened the silver inside package.  All in the span of about 1 minute that I wasn't looking!  Sneaky!!!

He somehow knew, intuitively, that "coins" go in couch cushions!!

Love this smile!!!

Drew's first Chuck E Cheese bday party!

Kissin on his Mimi!

Party in my crib!!!  Drew's latest favorite game is to pull any willing participant into his crib to play.  We lowered the mattress to the floor so there are no springs/weight limits to worry about.  He really does think it's fun, despite the expression he has in this pic!

Plumber Drewski

Big Smiles!

 Mimi and Mama's turn in the crib!

Phases come and go.  We are definitely in a MAMA phase...and I LOVE IT!!!  xoxo

Swimming

Ahhh, Happy 4th of July!

Diving right in!

Dance Dance Dance....SPLASH! 

June/July Pics

 Playin in the backyard!

 4th of July neighborhood parade

 Thanks, Pinterest!

 Vino Artino with the Sistino

 Joshua's Bday party -- Drew sitting like such a big boy at the table!!!

He turned in and gave her a BIG bunch of kisses right after I snapped this!

Lil Toot

 This lil toot knows he's not supposed to put his feet on the table.  So, of course, he likes to scoot his chair back and hang his foot riiiiight over the ledge!  And this is usually accompanied by one of his bigger smiles of the day.  

It's pretty hard not to laugh!

 This cutie is also getting very tall!  His mama didn't realize he could now reach the mixer bowl (which was full of 3 cups of powdered sugar).  At least he was going to share his spoils with me!

Love these cheekies!

MDO

 First day of Mother's Day out 2011

 Last day of Mother's Day Out 2012

What a year it's been!  Wild, to say the least.  I'm SO proud of my precious boy!!!!!!

NSHS Reunion and Visiting Mimi and Pops

 This weekend was our 15 year high school reunion!  I love that we've all stayed friends for sooooooo long ;)

 Drew enjoyed playing with Mimi and Pops while I was at the reunion.  Mimi taught Drew that there were Smurfs on Noah's Ark....

And Pops gave Drew an apple, which Drew LOVED to bite on...and then spit pieces of onto the floor! I love this pic because Drew is using LEFTY to help eat the apple. Big progress is being made with his recovery, thank the Lord! YAY!!