Drew Turns 4 Years Old

After many trips to Maryland to look at  houses since January, it turns out that we found our new home on Drew's 4th birthday, May 6th.  What a birthday present!  Even better, Drew had his family together with him on his birthday, including both sets of grandparents and a bunch of cousins! We had a wonderful time with everyone in Maryland and we are all looking forward to many more celebrations together once we move to our new state.

Drew opening up a gigantic remote-controlled dinosaur.

Ready for some cake!

Katie and Granny

Family of four for a little while longer.

Things about Drew:

- He is so sweet and thoughtful. He loves taking care of me and my belly and the new baby. He has been playing house with Katie a lot lately and he is always the dad. They have a pretend baby... actually about five of them! He feeds the babies, takes care of them, kisses them, rocks them to sleep, and makes sure that they are happy.  Then he goes to work. He told me that he deserved a father's day gift because of all of the hard work he has been doing lately while playing house!
- He loves being a big brother and always takes this role very seriously. Recently, he told me that he is worried about being a big brother to two kids once new baby arrives. I told him not to worry, that being a big brother comes naturally to him.  He really likes teaching things to Katie and he is very good at encouraging her with "Good job, Katie".  At his pre-k interview in January, the admissions officer asked him how he learned everything he knows if he doesn't go to school and he said "My mom teaches me and then it is is my job to teach Katie." 

- He is tall and skinny--- 92% for height and 50% for weight.  

- He loves to play with his toys.  His favorite toys right now are dinosaurs, space shuttles, pirates, cars/trucks, puzzles, art or painting projects, musical instruments and anything that he can crash!

- He loves to play with his little sister and they have elaborate games that they play together every day.  They love to make pretend and play pirates and princesses, monsters, fort games, animal games, freeze tag, hide and seek and other silly stuff that half the time I have no idea what is going on, but they completely understand. 

- He hates to get dressed/leave the apartment but as soon as we get outside he is happy as can be and doesn't want to go home.

- He loves to eat meat----bacon, steak, porkchops, sausage, ribs, ham, chicken....anything that is meat he will eat!  He also loves anything chocolate!

- He is a really good soccer player and is a very fast runner.  He also loves to tackle people and has recently gotten into fishing and golf. 

- He loves going on adventures and exploring different sections of the park. He loves to have picnics, go rock climbing, and play in the playgrounds and sprinklers. 

- He loves to drink milk and cuddle with is blankie while we read books before bedtime. 

- Things that he wants to be when he grows up include an orthopedic surgeon, a paleontologist, an astronaut, a race car driver, and a chef. 

- He goes to sleep at 7pm and wakes up between 6:30am and 7:30am.  He is such a good sleeper!

- He loves his friends (his age and my age), his cousins and his grandparents, his great-grandparents and his aunts and uncles.

- He gets home and immediately take off his shoes and shorts/pants.  He doesn't like to wear clothes!

- He is really into telling jokes and being silly. He loves to sing and dance.

- He loves to visit Collingswood, Maryland, Connecticut, the Mountain House and Myrtle Beach. 

- He is really inquisitive and thinks things out and wants to know details on how things work. 

- He has a really great memory and amazes me everyday with the stuff he remembers. 

- He loves Friday night movie night with popcorn and cuddling with daddy.
- He tells me that his job as a kid is to play and eat good food and sleep all night and my job as the mom is to clean up all of the mess he makes!!  GREAT!

- He is very protective of his family, specifically his sister.
- He is my little man and I love him so much!

Happy Birthday Drew! My big 4 year old!