Kilgore-Poth-Fleharty Vaca

Last weekend we went to Surfside beach (near Galveston). My parents rented a big beach house and we all stayed for the weekend. It was so much fun!!!! Thanks to Mimi & Pops for organizing it. Afterward, the Poths came to our house on their way to San Antonio. Mimi & Pops stayed a few extra days and babysat Drew while I went and took care of a bunch of appointments (teeth, eyes, hair...whew)! Living here without a babysitter makes those things tough to do on a regular basis, so we're thankful for Mimi & Pops! Matt and I even went out to dinner baby-free! Wooo hooo! Drew sure LOVES his time with them! We've had a fun fun week!!

Sisters & Cousins

Pops & Drew checking out a big ship

Uncle Lex & Pops

We had a lot of toys at the beach house!

And Mimi had her margaritas and big hats

Drew with Mimi

Drew & Dad

Matt & Drew beachcombin

Drew loves Jonathan!

Babies on Deck

Shane in his zero gravity chair

Beach View from our deck

These pics were stolen from my mom's camera. I actually didn't take a single picture (can you believe it!?)! I'm sure she'll post more pics of the girls and the rest of the fam!

Taylor & Stephen's Shower

Mr. & Mrs. Wood
My mom made this super cute quilt for them!

Drew loved playing with Stephen!

Drew loved to rearrange the chairs

This one needs to go waaaay over there!

Showing Taylor & Stephen the blanket he picked out for them. He seriously picked it off the shelf and cuddled it the whole time we were shopping. I didn't think he'd let the cashier scan it!

The Newlyweds!

Eating eating eating....and Cousin Melissa!

Valarie, Angie & Brenda

Taylor, Stephen & Channing

Stephen's sister & parents

Sandi, Brenda & Angie

Mimi, Melissa & Toni

Hangin w/ Mimi & Pops

Drew's gotten to spend a lot of time with his Mimi & Pops this month! They came and babysat him for the weekend while Matt and I had a staycation. We stayed in Houston, but went out and did all the fun stuff that we don't usually do...restaurants, movies in the theater, comedy club, Galleria, etc. Oh, and we got to sleep in two days in a row!!! I literally have not slept in since Drew was born (17 months ago)! Thank you, Mimi & Pops!

We also made a quick trip to Dallas for my niece's wedding shower, so Drewski got to hang with them some more!

Poor baby is covered in skeeter bites :( I was afraid to take him to library storytime last week because I thought the other moms would think he had chickenpox!!

Can you believe this toy from "the Year 2000" (best Conan voice) still works? "Happy New Year, Amigo!" Drew loved it.

Texas!

This may be small, but your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. That says 119 degrees. Yup. Welcome back to Texas!

Daily Dose 'O Drew!

Eating WITH a spoon...

Latest favorite activity: driving the highchair...till it falls off the ledge into our sunken living room or tips over. Awesome.

Spikey hair from sunscreen. We are loving swim lessons!

Summer Fun

Last weekend we went to the Houston Aquarium. It was fun, but has nothing on the Dallas Aquarium, that's for sure. It was a pretty short exhibit, but it was perfect for Drew. Of course, Drew's favorite part of the aquarium was the tigers (makes perfect sense, right?)! Last year we went to the Dallas Aquarium when Drew was 4 months old and the Pintada Tigers were his favorite there. They even brought on his first real laughing fits :) So, I guess we have a Tiger fan on our hands.

Blurry, but I love how he looks like such a big boy standing by himself with his shoes on!

NO Fear...we are in trouble with this one!

Petting Stingrays
(I gladly volunteered to be the photographer for this one - yuck!!!!)

Scuba Drew

In other news, Drew usually entertains himself at home by finding all the things he can get into! Here he is in the ONE cabinet in the kitchen that doesn't have a child latch on it...Note to self: get more latches!

Silly Tee Pee Maker

New favorite hideout...behind the high chair! He stands back there and pull the straps through the back, climbs up the chair, pushes the chair around like a walker (until it falls of the ledge - we have a sunken living room)! He's always on the go!

Fish Dog

Drew loves the water so much that you'd think he was part fish....

...or is he part dog???

Yup, that first squeal is Drew!

Short Video

I never could get blogger to upload this, so here is a You Tube video! It's nothing fancy, just Drew "reading!" He LOVES books.

In other news...Some fun was had this month!

Mother's Day 2011

Mimi with her 2 favorite little Fleas

We've been a wee bit preoccupied this past month. I can't imagine why! :) So I've failed to post any of the cute things that Drew has done. I shot 2 quick videos this evening to show you some of his recent doings. The neuro doctor told us to count Drew as walking from when he took his first unassisted steps. So technically, he's been walking since early April. But in reality, he's only been what we consider a walker for the last several weeks. Sorry we didn't celebrate this milestone more! We were consumed with medical worries :) But....we have a walker! He can even turn corners and go into different rooms, etc. now! Yay!!

P.S. Apparently the 2nd video doesn't want to load tonight...It's a cliffhanger until I can get it to work!