Words of the Little Man

Drew seems to call for Daddy when he's in a funny mood and he cries for Mommy when he's upset. We've translated that to mean that he seeks comfort from mom and he likes dad for kicks.

Josh said that I don't post a lot on this site, so I thought I would make more of an effort to update our blog. Well, everyone, big news. Our little guy has taken his first steps. It happened while I was talking to mom on the phone about their trip here. He came up to me and instead of edging his way along our furniture to reach me, he turned and took 2 steps. I immediately picked him up and brought him to a clear area on the floor and he took 2 more steps, giggling, and smiling. I think he's pleased of himself for doing such a great job, or maybe he was just laughing at how excited I was for him. My poor mom had to sit on the other end of the phone and listen to me gush about my baby boy. So, there you have it, we have a walker in our midst. And I couldn't be happier......

More of our little man

Can't you see that I'm on the phone?

Drew is trying to show off his new teeth. They still need to come up more first though.

One happy baby!

Drew's 1st brat.

Just chatting away.

Random Drew video

How not to go down stairs by Andrew

Sorry but Facebook eats up our internet time

So we have recently been introduced to Facebook the on-line social utility to connect to friends past and present. We highly recommend it to anyone, we have tracked down old school friends, mission companions, etc. One negative though is that it has taken us away from the blog as we spend more time on facebook than the blog.



Anyways Drew is continuing to grow and he is cutting his top two and bottom two teeth. He has also figured out how to go down stairs (albeit in a very unorthodox manner).



Here are some pictures from the last little bit enjoy!

Steph and Drew at the Zoo!

Drew signed a new 2 year contract and got this sweet cell phone!

I guess we still have to teach him that books are for reading.

That is cracker all over him, no matter what it looks like.

Caribbean Cruise

The trip started with a few days in Tarpon Springs (Tampa Bay area), where we spent some quality time with Steph's grandparents. It was Drew's first time meeting his great grandpa and grandma Jellum. He loved the pool at their condo!The second day we went over to Busch Gardens aka "Duff Gardens" and among rollercoasters we also saw a 4d show.

This is one of the first pictures on the boat, all of us in the dining hall eating to our heart's content.

The view of the ocean in our room helped entertain Drew.

From left to right: Steph, Megan, Dave, Cindy, and Mellisa.

Drew loved crawling on the beach!

Steph in Playa Del Carmen holding an Iguana.

Outside the ruins in Tulum Mexico.

At a local Mayan village Drew made some new friends.

We haven't gotten the pictures from the Grand Caymans posted yet, because most of them were underwater pictures from snuba diving that either didn't turn out or we don't have copies of yet.

Here are some fun video clips to enjoy.

4th of July

It's been a while since we posted a blog but so much has happened. First we'll start off with the 4th of July. We started the day with a big breakfast in our back yard, then in the afternoon we had a bbq with Steph's relatives up in Ogden. That night we watched fireworks at Sugarhouse park. Drew wasn't scared by the fireworks, but rather he was intrigued by them. Overall it was a lot of fun for Drew's first 4th.

Temple Square Trip

We went down to Temple Square this last Sunday with friends Jarred Dexter and his girlfriend Jen. We also met up Spence and Matt there. It was a good time and it was Drew's first trip to Temple Square.


We're trying to get Drew used to grass, he isn't very fond of it. If we hold him over the grass he will lift up his legs in an attempt not to touch it.