Big Boy Bed!

Last night, Drew spent his first night in his big boy bed! We had been talking about putting him in a twin bed in the near future. In fact, we already have the bed...I am slightly embarassed to say that we bought the bed at a very well-known city neighborhood (the same neighborhood in which our lovely governor lives, but maybe not for much longer!) garage sale before we were even pregnant! But, I couldn't pass it up--it's an old, iron bed like the one I used to have as a kid and only cost us $20. It sat in our garage for years until a couple weeks ago. Grant somehow got it out of our over-filled garage (I'll do another post on that subject another time) and upon closer examination, I noticed it was chipping red paint. Since I have no idea when it was painted, LEAD paint immediately entered my mind. I had already bought the paint and sandpaper at this point, hoping to make it a weekend project. Since my son loves to put anything and everything into his mouth, I did lead test on it, and sure enough, it's lead paint. On to Plan B. Even though we hope to eventually use the bed for Drew, we decided that since Plan A was scratched, it would probably be best to transition him to a toddler bed first. I struck gold when I found a wooden firetruck bed on Craiglist. The following pictures are when Drew saw the bed for the first time and the morning after he slept in bed. If you can't tell by the look on his face, he loves it! And, I am happy to say, that the transition couldn't have been better!



What's this?

A big boy bed!



A firetruck big boy bed!



I love my bed!






But, I love my car, too!




After spending ALL night in my bed!

Sledding

Jakob and Drew went sledding with their daddies! The boys (all of them!) had fun on the little hill near our house, and then went to McDonalds for lunch.








*Notice the lovely Chicago tradition (in the background of the picture of all the boys) of "saving" parking spaces when it snows. I mean, give me a break! There couldn't have been more than a couple inches and people are already psycho over their spots. This is actually illegal, but Dayley does not enforce it. What really annoys me is when people still have thier ghetto spot-savers up in April!

Heidi and Guido's New House

Today Heidi and Guido took possession of their new house! Although it needs some new paint, it's a gorgeous Victorian. The best part of it all? They're practically our neighbors! It's about a 3 minute drive and a 10 minute walk! We couldn't be happier.

Playing in the "Snow"

Drew and Daddy spent some time out in the "snow" today. Too bad it was more like rain!

Thanksgiving Round II

Grant's family has a yearly Easter tradition. It's called an Egg Fight, and it's an old German tradition where contestants use boiled eggs to try to crack each other's eggs. His family takes this very seriously (one year we got in BIG trouble and were called "cheaters" for using organic, free range eggs) and even included Drew in on the festivities. But an egg fight at Thanksgiving? Since so many people are out of town on Spring Break during Easter, the official competition was switched to Thanksgiving so that all can take part. Congrats to Steph for the win this year!
In addition to giving thanks for all that we have in our lives, we also celebrated Grant's grandma's 90th birthday. Drew was a trooper the whole day. At my parents' house, he had my cousins' kids to play with, not to mention the insane amount of toys. At Grant's aunt's house, there were no toys or other children to play with. Despite that fact, Drew was on his best behavior. He ran numerous laps around the house, entertained everyone with his boyishly good looks, and even entertained himself in Lula's cage.

Thanksgiving Round I

Every year we spend Thanksgiving Day with both of our families. Altough it can be weary and tiresome jumping from house to house, we are blessed to have both of our families so close. Our first stop was at my parents' house for a turkey lunch. Being with family makes me realize how many things I have to be thankful for.

Genius?

The other night after dinner, I changed Drew's diaper and instead of putting a new one on, I let him run around without a diaper. I'm sure you can already see where this is heading, but to tell this story, I need to give you a little background information, so bear with me. While we were in MI last weekend, I found this really unique chalkboard for Drew's room. We are in the process of trying to switch Drew's room from a nursey to a "big boy" room with a Transportation theme, so I thought this antique one would go perfectly. On this particular night, Drew decided to express his artistic talents, in more ways than one...
Just after these pictures were taken, Grant and I were discussing how talented Drew is. For one, he has an unbelievable memory. When we drive past my parents' street, he knows they live there. He starts crying because he wants to go to Mormor's house. Anytime we are driving and he sees a Volvo XC90, he makes sure to point out, "Mormor's car!" He is very focused, has quite the imagination, and is extremely curious about everything. Just as Grant and I were bringing up the possibility that he might be gifted, Drew pooped on the floor. Let me just say the discussion ended there!