Drew's first baseball game

Not a whole lot going on this week. Drew and I have been spending a lot of time at the pool, which he LOVES! We will stay a good two hours before he shows any signs of being tired or ready to move on to something else. He's very social and immediately befriends whoever joins us in the pool. Although, I have to be right in there next to him - he jumps and does silly things and goes under occasionally. He isn't bothered by this one bit - as soon as I rush to him and get him back on his feet, he goes right on playing. I try to keep my gasp and panic to myself so I don't scare him...although he is pretty fearless, he probably wouldn't notice.

This past weekend we took him to a Kannapolis Intimidators baseball game. We met up with the Lake Norman Mommies group that I am a member of. They had food set out for us and then all our seats were together. I think Drew had a pretty good time. He really enjoyed the helicopter that flew over the stadium and dropped down Chick-Fil-A cows with parachutes! Chad took him down near the outfield and one of the players tossed them one of the cows that had landed out there. And any time the helicopter flew around during the game, Drew would be mesmerized by it and say "copter!" He also liked all the music they played and would dance...and then say "more, more!" whenever it stopped. There was a playground in the stadium too. We had to take a break from just sitting at our seats and check it out. Drew actually walked up the stairs to the slide (w/o kneeling or using his hands on the steps) - only after watching one of the older boys do it! The railing was the perfect height for little ones. We ate with the mom's group at 6pm and then the game started at 7pm... and by 8:30 Drew was ready to camp out on the ground by our seats with his blankie, so we headed out early.

He really liked all the clapping and yelling. Here he is watching a really loud lady sitting behind us. After staring at her awhile, he waved (with that same serious face). She tried to get him to hold her big foam finger, but he was a little afraid of it.

Then he got into it and started clapping too! There was a player named Drew that we'd all clap for.He wasn't too sure about their mascot, Crock. He liked him until he got close enough to touch.

Saturday morning, Chad and I worked out while Drew hung out in childwatch. And when we were signing him out, some other little boys were leaving with their parents. As they were leaving, they were saying, "bye, Drew!" And we watched as Drew hopped up from the table, put his snack down, and waved, "bye!" OMG, he's growing up so quick!! And then today, he asked to color! He was carrying around his coloring book and was saying, "color." I dumped his crayons out and he picked up the blue one, started coloring and then said, "blue." He definitely surprises me everyday!!