Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Thanksgiving in TN

We were able to make it over to TN for Thanksgiving this year to visit with Tim's family. We all had a good time, and Drew especially loved spending time with cousin Cooper!



Drew had SO much fun playing on the slide at Gees. Our arms were about to fall off from him wanting to go over and over...



With 2 kiddos, really hard to get a good picture. This was about the best that we could get.







As you may already know, Drew loves the play areas at the mall. The REALLY good thing about this mall in TN is that the play area isn't crowded. So, Drew could just play and play without me worrying that he will get ran over by a big kid. We all had fun. And, we found out that he LOVES tunnels :).

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

More Pics





Trying to play with 2 toys at once.








I'm a real man. The first thing Drew asks for in the morning (of course after his milk) is for the remote control. Man, oh man....what have we started. He loves his morning cartoons.


Sunday, December 14, 2008

Drew Dancing Video

So, no time to post pictures, but I did post a video of Drew dancing :).

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

More Playing...

So, we took Drew to a kids play place in town. This is also where we shot the video of him walking. Drew took a little while to warm up to the place, but once he got started moving, you couldn't stop him!














All pooped out.


Time for some McAlisters :).

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Playtime

I said I would never take my child to the play area at the mall, a place I call the "germ pit". Well, as I have already learned many times being a parent, never say "never" :).

Here we are, and he loved every minute of it!




Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Day at the Zoo

We all went to the zoo Halloween weekend. It was our first time to take Drew to a zoo, so we had a lot of fun!

Here he is on the way there...







What's this thing?







His first time to on a "ride". He loved this ride; he just laughed and laughed.



Then we had a little time on the carousel.



Saw some animals and called it a day. Had a great time!


Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Ribbit, ribbit

Here are our Halloween pics. I'm hoping to get caught up with the blog this week, so hang in there.















Friday, November 21, 2008

A Pause to Consider Others

So, this is not our typical post; however, I feel it is quite appropriate. As you know, the economy is not the best, and this is unfortunately effected my employer as well. We found out this week that our company (as many others) are having to take cost-cutting measures. Of this, we are being "forced" to take some vacation during December. While some may see this as an opportunity to spend more time relaxing with friends/family (of which I agree), others will not see this "opportunity" in such a way.

This post is about those other people.

Our company hires contractors to provide services to our facility. This involves the cleaning crews and the cafeteria crews. These groups of people found out today that if they do not have enough vacation saved to last during this shut-down period in December, that they will be forced to stay home with-out pay.

When I first heard the announcement, shamefully I must admit it didn't really sink in. It wasn't until I was standing in line in the cafeteria, waiting to pay for lunch, when I saw the lady in front of me. That's when it hit me. The look on her face spoke a million words of "how am I going to pay for my kids presents?", "how will I pay my bills?", "why at this time of the year?".

I had to fight back tears. So many people in this country work where hourly wages are imperative to their survival. Unfortunately, it is this same group of people who when the economy turns, they are the first effected. These people in my building did nothing wrong, they have come to work everyday, and now they have found out that 2 weeks of pay (during Christmas, no less) most likely will be taken from them.

I just ask that as we enter into this holiday season that we remember that a lot of people out there are not wondering "should I buy this toy or that", "should I go do this or that". These people are just praying that they can pay their bills and maybe still have enough to buy their babies at least one gift.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Happy Birthday Graham!!

We wanted to take a minute to say Happy Birthday to Graham, who turned 1 today!! We can't wait to see you at Christmas!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Drew Walking!

I've attached a video from this past weekend of Drew walking. He just started this past week, and he still needs TONS of prodding before he'll walk. Of course, he'll only take a couple of steps each time before falling. Oh well. At least he's making progress!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Playing, Reading, and Eating...all my favorites






Rough days being a boy

So, Drew had a collision with a bookshelf at school and didn't win. Poor thing got his first black eye.







I think it looked MUCH worse than these pictures show. The whole side of his face was swollen and red. Poor baby. I felt so bad for him.

More Updates

I love my little hammer and helping Daddy.


I like to walk while holding hands, but not too sure about walking by myself yet.





Nonnie and Poppie came to visit.





This picture is horrible quality, but I thought the pose was cute. We are still trying to figure out how to use our new camera :(.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Fun with Birthday Toys

Once we got home from our travels in September, Drew had SO much fun getting to play with all of his new bday toys! You have to watch this video of him on the right. He LOVES playing with this toy, but I think most of all, he just likes the hammer. He goes around and "hammers" everything. Also in the video, you can see his mad ball throwing skills. Future pitcher anyone?? :)


I love my new ride!


When I get tired of playing with my toys, there is always the cabinets. I'm quite the inquisitive little one...which also means I get into trouble often.





Just too cute.


I like to read my books!




We get a lot of looks like this one. Drew points at something and says "dat"? He's very curious. He's constantly asking questions - "what's that" or in Drew language - "dat"?









After a hard day of playing, I need a nap. He loves his puppy and, of course, his thumb.