Drew at 11 months

Well, we predicted he would walk before 1 and he did.  Right at 11 months, he did it!  Nate and I watched him walk across the family room from the couch to us, it was Nate's second time witnessing our kids' first steps.  He saw Eliana do it at the car rental in Mexico and then Drew.  Drew is so proud of himself and he's so eager that he basically tries to run and gets on his tippy toes before face planting.  He doesn't really mind and his head shows it. He has a new bruise every day and looks like he's been in a bar fight.

Some other things at 11 months:
- He's very opinionated about his diaper changes now.  He hates them and I have to come up with either a new toy or new song to even get it on before he wiggles away.
- Drew is loving the swing outside and getting rain pants on and exploring the back yard and grounds at Ethan's pre-school.  He even got to crawl around at the skate park the other day while Ethan cruised around on his bike.  Go go third child.  This guy will see more skate park than a regular park.
- He loves reading, but is very picky about what he wants.  He basically likes the touch and feel or little animal books.
- Loves eating, a special love affair with eggs, toast, butternut squash, guacamole (but not plain avocado), apple sauce and string cheese.  He's grown to like blueberries and is still loving mandarin organs.  He does all finger food and it's fabulous.  He tries the spoon, but we are still working at that.  No luck with getting him to suck out of a straw yet.
- He can go up the stairs and can manage a stair or two coming down.  We're still working on going down the whole flight of stairs.  He practically jumps out of my arms to head up the stairs, another climber on our hands!
- He loves playing on the mini trampoline with Ethan.  He loves tackling Ethan and rough housing.  Go figure!
- He loves to say the consonant, "na na" or "nacka nacka".  Tonight I swear he said "duck" in the bath which would be his first word.  But not totally sold on that.
- Still nursing like a champ.  Thank goodness because we made a trip to the ER this weekend for stomach virus and that's the only thing he wanted to do for comfort.
- Loves to play with his block train and put blocks in and out.  Also is still in love with balls of all sorts.  He would much rather eat markers than play with old baby toys at this point.
- Waves "Hi" and does "How big is Andrew?"
- Does "high five" and runs for hugs
- Is a pure delight and joy and so happy to see anyone.  He's cried a couple times when leaving him at the gym, but it only lasts a minute.
- Got his two bottom teeth in right around 11 months.
- Growing a crazy curly mohawk, with receding hairlines.  His hair is awesome right now.
- Definitely going to have Nate's skin tone, a bit whiter than me: )
- Still napping twice/day and going to bed with the bunny Ethan picked out for him at the hospital when he was born.