This week we celebrated Drew's fourth birthday. Happy Birthday Drew!! We had fun telling Drew the story of how he was born. We talked about going to the hospital with Drew in mom's belly and having him come out and come home with us. Drew must not have put much thought into it before because he immediately starting asking how he got out of mom's belly. He even asked if we cut open mom's belly to get him out (that's not how it actually happened). We finally settled on him coming out of the "birth canal" and he seemed satisfied with that answer . . . for now. Anyhow, in honor of Drew's birthday I needed to post the first picture of me holding my son four years ago. He was tiny!
Our boy was so little at first. Look at the size of Jana's hand next to his little head! Wow!
Now Drew is HUGE. This past week at school he was student-of-the-day again for his preschool class. In honor of his birthday, his teacher made this fabulous hat for him to wear. It's quite the hat! To give some idea of Drew's size, he's currently about 44 inches tall and weighs about 43 pounds. His shoes are size children's 12 and he wears boys small shirts. When he was born he was 20 inches long and weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces. He's been growing!
You can get an even better sense of Drew's incredible hat in this picture. Wow, it is something, isn't it? :) As part of being student-of-the-day Drew brought in a fire truck for show-and-share. He was beaming walking in carrying his fire truck and had fun telling his class about his uncle Todd, who is a real firefighter. Drew was also able to tell them about his dream of becoming an "uncle firefighter" some day.
On the actual day of his birthday Drew celebrated with his daycare friends and they ate cupcakes that Jana baked and sent along. After daycare, we allowed Drew to choose our restaurant for a birthday supper in his honor. Drew chose the Pizza House for Chicago-style deep dish pizza. Good choice! We ate wonderful pizza and enjoyed a free dessert that Drew garnered for his birthday (brownie, ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped topping). Afterward, we opened a few presents from Jana and me that included a S.W.A.T. uniform. You might guess who picked that out! Here Drew is below in his new vest and Kate is trying out the helmet.
Kate was wonderful througout the celebration of Drew's birthday and Drew has done a good job of sharing new toys with her.
Here's a final video of Drew and Kate during the present opening with us. They were both very excited!
Our boy was so little at first. Look at the size of Jana's hand next to his little head! Wow!
Now Drew is HUGE. This past week at school he was student-of-the-day again for his preschool class. In honor of his birthday, his teacher made this fabulous hat for him to wear. It's quite the hat! To give some idea of Drew's size, he's currently about 44 inches tall and weighs about 43 pounds. His shoes are size children's 12 and he wears boys small shirts. When he was born he was 20 inches long and weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces. He's been growing!
You can get an even better sense of Drew's incredible hat in this picture. Wow, it is something, isn't it? :) As part of being student-of-the-day Drew brought in a fire truck for show-and-share. He was beaming walking in carrying his fire truck and had fun telling his class about his uncle Todd, who is a real firefighter. Drew was also able to tell them about his dream of becoming an "uncle firefighter" some day.
On the actual day of his birthday Drew celebrated with his daycare friends and they ate cupcakes that Jana baked and sent along. After daycare, we allowed Drew to choose our restaurant for a birthday supper in his honor. Drew chose the Pizza House for Chicago-style deep dish pizza. Good choice! We ate wonderful pizza and enjoyed a free dessert that Drew garnered for his birthday (brownie, ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped topping). Afterward, we opened a few presents from Jana and me that included a S.W.A.T. uniform. You might guess who picked that out! Here Drew is below in his new vest and Kate is trying out the helmet.
Kate was wonderful througout the celebration of Drew's birthday and Drew has done a good job of sharing new toys with her.
Here's a final video of Drew and Kate during the present opening with us. They were both very excited!
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