More outside play

I love when it's nice outside and I can use my camera the way I intended -- action shots of Drew:

We ate lunch again outside and most of the time Drew had to dog-block her lunch from Nikki. Then she shared a piece. And that's why they are BFFs.

Just another day in the OC...

Let me preface by saying the water was probably 60 degrees. Drew does not care. She started off in overalls and ended up naked. It's nice to get a peek of those days where she can play outside for hours and exhaust herself for an actual nap...which we've been missing this week.

And here's why I looooove my new camera, FlipBook Drew:

I Love the 80s....and the Oscars

In case there's someone who hasn't seen these pictures from Facebook, we'll share them. Jeremy and I went a little 'urban' for our costumes...Jeremy is sporting a Pepperdine Waves jacket on top of a RunDMC shirt with a watch around his neck on a gold chain. I am wearing a vintage 1986 Vicki Scott orginal in silver, over a Yo! MTV Raps t-shirt and grey rolled jeans. The wave in my hair only needed a little hairspray, my hair actually does this naturally.

Joan Jett and Axl Rose were there, but had to leave semi-early to get back to their 4-month-old. Who knew?

Reverend Run and Don Johnson...aka DJ.

My contribution to the party: the birthday banner, of course.

Molly Ringwald (or the Material Girl?) was kind enough to pose with the Birthday Girl, Mo.

Number 1 co-Party Planner and her beau, Bret Michaels. You can't see it, but he is wearing a shirt that says "Blondes Have More Fun" and has a guitar strapped to his chest. We also had Teen Wolf at the party, but I know his picture is floating around Facebook somewhere.

And Best Actress goes to....Drew and Lauren!

He he...don't we look like the happy family? Drew has started naming all her babies "Baby Lauren" now, although there are a few that are still known as Alice. I'm still not sure why.

Fun with Chuck

Riding the clock...I can't believe she thinks this is fun -- I think it moves 6 inches in 5 minutes.

The Merry-Go-Round is still a hit, though I'm not sure for how much longer since it only has 3 horses and I think she runs faster than the ride moves. When did our 2-year-old become too big for Chuck E. Cheese?

Practicing her parallel parking. Ug, that Chuck is SUCH a backseat driver.

Barney is a much more roadtrip friendly.

This week...

On Sunday, Drew surprised us all and poopied on the potty! We've tried every bribe in the book and had to pay up big time: a new toy, Chuck E. Cheese, an M&M. Unfortunately she basically quit after that and now we're back to pull-ups full time until the power struggle subsides.

Drew was so happy to get her Boppa and Grammy back after 2 long trips. Here she is, snuggling up with her Boppa, and listening to all the noises in his tummy. There seems to be a lot going on in there.

A little trip to the park with a smoothie from Jamba Juice. Smoothies make her quite happy.

We visited Papa and he cut a big, beautiful flower for Drew to take home.

Best compliment ever.

This morning, while Jeremy spun a ball on his finger, Drew said:

"Daddy, you are the coolest man ever."

This week in Drew's world

I am beginning to lose track of all the things Drew says and does that equally amuses and exhausts me, so I thought I'd write a few down from this week while I remembered.

in the car: "Put on Beyonce. Put on Lady Gaga."

to the babysitter: "I'm a princess and princesses don't go to sleep."

at any time of any day: "Mommy, you're driving me crazy."

while trying to get her to poop on potty: "I am waiting to poopie on the potty for a rainy day."
(By the way Lindsey, it was a no-go on Saturday when it did rain)

while watching US Hockey: "USA! USA! .....where's Teemu?"

And lastly, since we've been potty training she has been wearing panties during the day to practice going on the potty. Yesterday she wet herself while sitting in her highchair eating breakfast (obviously not a good start), so I gave her a bath. Once again, after her bath, she wet herself and as I was carrying her upstairs to change her we had a little talk:

me: "Drew, do you know why we just had a bath? Because you wee-weed in your panties and got all wet."
Drew: "Well, I guess I better have a bath then."

Point goes to the toddler. You can't make this stuff up.

Girls just wanna have fun.

The Husteads came over last night for some dinner and hanging out....and the kids got together to make a huge mess and not eat any of their dinner :) I've said it before: we need to get together with more kids, Drew gets so pumped up when friends come over I feel like we've been imprisoning her.

 

What is it with kids and this doll? Jeremy and I are slightly afraid of it but all little kids seem to gravitate toward it when they come over.  

Drew had a ball with the girls and also got to witness both Maya and Teagen using the big-girl potty, which we're hoping will stick in her brain. As always we had lots of fun with Lindsey and Chad and are continuing our evil plan of convincing them to move closer.

What we did for Valentine's Day

I think all the photos were pretty self-explanatory, except maybe this one. My mom got a package of the world's largest Reese's Peanut Butter Cups from my dad. Thanks to her family, she is down to 1/8 of one left.....speaking of....

Happy V-Day!

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