Give Me That Cereal

When we first started feeding Drew cereal he hated it!!! Once he got it in his mouth the funny faces started. He would look at us like "this is the worst thing I've ever tasted" and "why are you doing this to me mommy?". Then he would turn his face away from the spoon and lock his mouth shut. We would then wait a couple days and then try again to see if his tastes had changed. Then finally Wednesday, after about six failed attempts, Drew decided that cereal was the greatest thing he had ever tasted. As you can see in the photo he started grabbing the spoon to get it into his mouth on his own. He downed his bowl eating like he was a starving little boy who hadn't eaten in days. It was such a change from the previous times that were filled with gagging faces and pursed lips.

Visiting Our Land

Here are some pictures we took when we visited our land on Sunday. The first picture is at the front of the lot by the road. The next pictures are down by the creek in the back. You have to go down quite a steep hill to get to the water so we won't have to worry about ever having water in our yard. Visiting the land got us very excited to get our house sold so we can move out there.

Drew's Dedication

On Mother's Day, we had Drew dedicated at church. It was great to have our families there with us.

Mushroom Hunt

Here is a picture from Drew's first mushroom hunting experience with Grandpa Smith. We could only let him hold the mushroom for a minute because like everything he gets his hands on, it was headed straight into his mouth.

We're Land Owners

Today was an exciting day for Mitch and I. Drew didn't seem to share in our enthusiasm...I guess he's just too little to understand. : ) This afternoon we closed on our new land. For those of you who don't know, we bought 3.5 acres in a small new development outside of Brandon. We knew right when we saw it that we HAD to live there. There are great old oak trees and at the back there's a little creek. We both immediately pictured the great fun that Drew and his future bothers or sisters will have running around playing there. Our house still isn't up for sale. We just have a few things left to take care of before we can list it. We won't be starting our new house until our current house sells so pray for a fast sale.

Look at my Tongue!!!!

Drew has recently found his tongue and seems to enjoy letting it hang out of his mouth. Here are a few pictures we captured the other night demonstrating this. In just a couple minutes Mitch got quite a few different faces from Drew.

Card Club Grandsons

On Saturday we got to meet the two other little boys who are recent additions to the card club families. All of us kids grew up together and now we're all having kids so it was great to meet the newest additions to the group.

From the left:
Landon, 5 months, Chad & Erica's
Drew, 3 1/2 months, ours
Elijah, 1 1/2 months, Josh & Gail's

Giggling

Drew giggled for the first time on Apr 7 (sorry this took so long to post). We caught two different videos right before bath time.

Ready for the Boat

Since my grandparents live on a lake in Missouri we decided we better get Drew his first life jacket for this summer. Now he will be able to go near the water and enjoy the boat rides with the rest of the family. We're very excited about all the adventures we'll have this summer with Drew experiencing so many new things.

An Exciting Day At The Munsons

Today was a very exciting day at the Munson house. Drew had a day of firsts which I've detailed below.

1. When we started play time this morning, I held out his John Deere keys to him and he grabbed them from me. We've been holding things out to him for a while just waiting for him to grab something, but until today he always just swung his arms around and didn't ever make a conection.

2. Next, he was holding a rattle and stuck it in his mouth. Every other time when he has something that we placed in his hands he just mindlessly swung it around. Lately though, anything that comes near his mouth gets sucked on whether it's his coat or Grandma Smith's face. In the last week he has really found his hands and loves to see how much of them he can stick into his mouth. Many times he has one hand holding the other one in his mouth. It's quite cute.

3. When on his tummy to play this morning he ended up scooting right off the blanket and onto the carpet. He was getting way up onto his knees and pushing off with his feet. As soon as he figures out how to use his arms he'll be gone roaming freely around our house. We should probably think about baby proofing....we were thinking we wouldn't have to do this until we moved to a new house.

4. Tonight was bath night. I set him on the counter to look at himself in the mirror while Mitch ran the bath water and he started laughing for the first time. After we laid him on the floor to get him undressed he began laughing some more. It was such an awesome noise to hear coming from him. Everytime he laughed, Mitch and I laughed too.

5. Drew got a bath in the big tub because we could no longer cram him into the baby tub. He is such a big boy and so strong that he would either have his legs hanging out over the side of the tub or be pushing on the end trying to stand up so we knew we had outgrown the little tub.

In the last week I have been explaining to Drew that I have to start work next week. I told him that he needed to do all the things like laughing and rolling over while I was home so I didn't miss them for the first time. So, it was wonderful when he did all of these things today while I was still home with him. I guess he's a very good listener and loves his mommy.