It's a little TOO quiet...

As most moms will tell you, quiet is often a bad thing. Unless your child is asleep, quiet means they are likely very interested in something... and that something isn't always something you want them interested in. Either that or they don't want to get caught doing whatever it is they're doing. In those "oh, that's nice, Drew is playing quietly... wait... it's a little TOO quiet" moments I have found Drew pulling knives and/or scissors out of the dishwasher; he  has disappeared all the way upstairs (when I wasn't fully aware that he could climb a set of stairs on his own);  and I found him coming out of the bathroom with Jason's wireless mouse- "phew... I caught him just in time... oh wait... is that water dripping from the mouse? Crap!"

But actually, more often than not, I peak around a corner to find something like the sights I found tonight while cooking dinner...

My little genius playing with his abacus

This one actually could get dangerous, but he's been
enjoying emptying and filling the crayon box.

Both of these photos were captured in true "uh oh.. what is he up to now?" moments. Not pictured was the first "it's too quiet moment" which led to me pulling out the camera in the first place- I found him sitting in his play room, surrounded by toys, but with a book open in his lap. He was happily "reading" it to himself. :)

Wordless Wednesday: Little MacGyver?

P.S. That's a hammer and a wrench

Movin' Baby

While Drew is in no way crawling or walking yet, he is finding his own ways to be mobile. Case in point:

Drew was in the center of his play mat (yeah, way over there in the left of the top photo), but managed to not only scoot all the way to the corner (to gnaw on the post??), but also managed to knock over my glass of water!

And yes, I have begun putting a larger blanket beneath the play mat because of this new ability of his. While we actually vacuum quite frequently in our house (a necessity with 2 cats, a dog, and an very allergy-prone husband) I still don't trust that our carpets are all that clean. And that's even after having them professionally cleaned during my "nesting" phase. But again, there are 2 cats and a dog in this house... I think that's enough said. (What am I going to do when he IS crawling?)

A Toy Story

This is one of Drew's favotire toys. And by favorite I mean at least it holds his attention for more than ten seconds.

This is one of my faves! Two pairs of cute eyes! Of course you know which ones are my favorite though!

And a video to add to the fun.... yes, it's sideways, because I can be unintelligent like that sometimes (see how I avoid the word stupid? That's the teacher in me...). Really I just wasn't thinking and of course I can't take a vertical video! And now I don't think there's a way to turn it. Oh well! You can just tilt your head and it's as good as if I hadn't been stu...oops, unintelligent!

P.S. I LOVE the way he looks like he's trying to talk back to me in the beginning. He has started doing this a lot. :)