Talktive little boy...

Drew talks constantly these days - from the time he gets up in the morning, to the time he goes to sleep - he's always talking and talking and talking. Of course, his vocabulary is a bit limited right now, so he's not a great conversationalist, but he's tryng...

This past weekend Patrick and I were talking about "Donna" who used to work at AP with Patrick. All of the sudden, Drew started saying Donna (and very well enunciated I might add!)...he also used "Donna" when talking about McDonald's - so I think he thinks Donna is McDonalds - still working that one out...

When we went to McDonald's this weekend, he got a Batman toy in his Happy Meal and started saying "Batman." He even started singing along to teh TV theme song,"Da, nun, nu, nu, nu...Batman!!"

So - those are his latest words...he's also saying nail, mail, bite and eat a lot...and he's been saying Apple juice, rather than just juice...though he calls every liquid apple juice, even milk...

But, his speech is coming along very well...we still talk a a lot about men mowing all the time, but at least we've added some new stuff to talk about - LOL...

Popular Drew...

While dropping Drew off for daycare this morning, I ran into his friend Hunter's mom. Hunter and Drew are almost exactly the same age - I think Hunter is about 2 weeks older than Drew. Anyway, since Hunter started daycre a few months ago, the two boys have become great friends and always like to eat together and play together.

After saying Mommy, Daddy, Diane and Lou Lou (his other daycare provider), Hunter was the first name Drew said and he talks about Hunter constantly and apparently Hunter talks about Drew constantly.

So, this morning Hunter's mom was coming in as I was leaving and she told me how upset Hunter was when Drew was out last week for his surgery and how happy Hunter is that Drew is back. Then she said that at 3 a.m. this morning, Hunter woke up and srarted crying for Drew!!!!

I was hysterical...I mean, that's a bit much, but it's so funny!!! I can only imagine Hunter's mom having to get up at 3 a.m. to hear her child cry about Drew...LOL...

Anyway - that was how my day started this morning :)

A late night...

Last night after Patrick put Drew down to sleep, he commented that it was so great that Drew goes to bed very easily and sleeps through the night...so of course, Drew was restless all last night and up a lot!

The funny thing is, when he's awake, even if it's the middle of the night, he expects it to be light out and gets very upset when it's not...at around Midnight, last night, he was pointing to his window and saying, "Mommy, Daddy..oh no!!!!"

So - Drew got about 6 hours of sleep last night and Patrick and I each got 3-4...UGH!!

I hope Drew sleeps tonight!

Ready for Halloween

We took Drew to the party store today and let him pick out his Halloween costume...so choosing between a puppy, kitty, bumble bee, Thomas the Train and somethig I else that I'm forgetting - he chose to be a kitty - or "num num" as he calls them...we tried the costume on him in the store and he looked soooo cute - espeically when he was running around holding his pumpkin for the candy - I can't wait to get him all dressed up to go out!! he's going to be the cutest kitty in Connecticut...

Of course Daddy the pushover also bought him a tiger hat he wanted and then a Boston Red Sox hat a few minutes later at Babys R Us...Drew wore his hats all day and went to sleep in his Red Sox PJs and Red Sox hat - I took a picture to send to granddad, but of course I didn't have the memory card in the camera, so Granddad won't have to see his grandson in Red Sox gear! (Granddad is a big Yankees fan!!).

Drew is very into nails lately - I don't know why - maybe cause it's a new word for him?? He loves to point out everyone's nails, including Peyton's and we had to get him new nail clippers today too...I guess he just likes having nice manicured nails -nothing wrong with that!

He's recovering well from his surgery and didn't need pain medicine all day today, which is great. His bandage comes off tomorrow...so it looks like he's fine to go back to daycare Monday, which will make Mommy and Daddy's bosses very happy!!

Not much else going on here - watching football today and tomorrow - it's the Steelers-Browns game on national TV tomorrow night. Somehow I think I'll be the one going to sleep depressed tomorrow night, instead of Patrick...oh well :(

Thank goodness it's over!!

Well - Drew's surgery is done and he's on the road to recovery. He's doing great - acting like he never had surgery and I am very relieved!!! He doesn't seem to be in pain, though he talks about his "boo-boo" when I change his diaper. He's been running around and trying to jump all over the place today, so everthing seems to be fine. Whew...huge load off my mind...

Now I need to get in touch with the rabbi and schedule his conversion ceremony...hopefully by the end of October/begining of November...and then we're done :)

Now we just have to get him to the dentist... :)

I'm a nervous mom....

I just talked to the hospital and got the instructions for Drew's circumcision surgery. We have to be there at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, but he can't have any food after midnight and no liquids after 8 a.m. He is going to be a very unhappy, cranky boy! Thankfully he can have apple juice and ice pops until 8 a.m. and he loves ice pops and always cries when we won't let him have more than one - he'll be in his glory on Wednesday.

They said we can be with him until he falls asleep and when he wakes up, so that's good too. I told the nurse he has seperation anxiety and doesn't do well when neither Patrick or myself are around. We will also bring bunny with us for comfort...

I just hope it goes well and he's OK afterwards and there's not a lot of pain for him. I'm very worried...

Of course I got the typcial questions about his birth and exaplained that he was born full term, but other than that I didn't really know anything. Then she said, so you don't know his parents' medical history? I really wanted to say - yes, I know his PARENTS medical history, just not his BIRTHPARENTS medical history, but I refrained as this woman will be taking care of my child and I didn't want to piss her off...

I really wish people would learn the correct terminology!!

That's it...I hope Drew will be OK...

A rainy weekend coming up...

It's going to be a looooooong weekend in the Sanders house - with all the rain headed our way, we won't be going outside and Drew will not be a happy boy. We were supposed to go to a picnic sponsored by our adoption agency tomorrow - now that's cancelled. It also was cancelled in May, due to rain - now they're not going to hold it until next May...I was really hoping to meet some other families with internatioally-adopted kids who are around Drew's age...oh well :(

Let's see...what's new with Drew...

He's in a very clingy stage these days - crying when he goes to daycare and clinging to us and crying when it's bedtime - he's never cried when going to sleep - he loves his bed and we always let him play with toys until he falls asleep. So, hopefully this is just a normal 2-year-old phase he will outgrow soon!!

Other than that he's good - speaking much more. His new favorite toy is his "man" - a little toy man he likes to take everywhere...it's just funny when he looks around the house and calls out "Maaan..."

I think that's about it - have a good and dry weekend everyone!