So many updates

Sorry for the lack of posts - so much has happened these last couple of weeks & I am so far behind in my updating! I will try to cram in as much as I can!

Drew has had a big week or two. He recently went to the doctor and he now weighs 27 pounds, 3 ounces. He is 31" tall and his big ol' noggin' is 19" around. All three continue to place him in above the 97th percentile for his age. Two more teeth have cut through the top for a total of 5 right now. He started to pull up a little about a week and a half ago, and he is getting quite good at it now. Now, he can go from crawling to sitting (which helps in the pulling up quite a bit). He loves to stand up, and-with guidance-he tries to take steps!!! He moved up to a different section of day care and he is starting to feed himself *very small* bites of "real" food. He goes back for another swallowing test on September 8th, and hopefully we can advance that a little more and get rid of that thickener (which makes it quite difficult for him to get liquids from a sippy cup). His babbles are sounding more and more like words each day and he continues to be a very mellow, sweet baby.

Drew has had a LOT of fun these past couple of weekends, too! 2 weekends ago, Brad and I flew to Chicago to be in our friends Bryan and Esther's wedding. We are very lucky and grateful that Meema, Aunt Lynda and Aunt Weegie all came up to look after Drew. We missed him and talked about him alot during the weekend, but we also knew he was in quite good hands and getting a WHOLE lot of attention! Brad and I had a great time at the wedding and also while exploring Chicago a bit. Here are some pictures of the fun (sorry the format turned out like it did!) Thank you Aunt Weegie, Aunt Lynda and Meema!!!

Do you think he was the center of attention, or what?!?!Aunt Weegie feeding DrewDrew loves his aunts - and his swing!And here are a couple of pictures of Mommy and Daddy away in Chicago:
The BeanBrad at Wrigley Field with our good friends, Jason and MichelleThe groom, Bryan, with Jason and BradMommy and Daddy all dressed up with Jason and Michelle - just before the weddingThen, this past weekend, Sammy and Elena were down for interviews at a couple of schools in GA and SC... hopefully we can hopefully get them down South soon! We met them at Meema's house - it was a nice treat to see them and see Mimi and Nicholas (Sammy's kids - Nicholas is almost 3 and Mimi just turned 1). They are so cute and have grown sooo much. Unfortunately, I took all of my pictures on Meema's camera - so as soon as she posts them online I will put them up.

On the way home on Sunday, we were able to swing through Columbia and stop at my good friend Sarah's house to see her, her husband and meet her sweet little one, Daniel. Sarah and I have been friends since the first grade (24 years!!!! yikes!). She had Daniel in February - so he and Drew will grow up the same age too! =) It was wonderful to see them, though too brief, and Daniel is quite a cutie.

Daniel checks out this new guy moving in on his toys
A cute picture of Sarah with DanielThe closest we could get to all 4 of us actually looking at a camera!
Whew - we have been busy! I hope everyone out there is well!