Happy Birthday DREW!!!

We celebrated Drew's 1st birthday at the Ridge Pointe Pavillion Park in Waukee with family and GREAT friends!! It was such a GREAT party... we had lunch (bbq beef, chicken strips, fruit, veggies and dip) and then cake and ice cream. My friend Kim told me about a lady who makes AMAZING cakes... so I ordered the cake from her... and was so pleased!! It not only was ADORABLE, but delicious too! :) She even made a little basketball smash cake!! So cute!! :)

While we waited for everyone to arrive... the kids had fun outside playing on the equipment at the park! :) (Jessica & Kyle and Parker & Owen)

Here's the BIRTHDAY BOY!!! Our cousin Candi Ladwig @ http://thevinylstudio.com/ made Drew's cute little shirt! :) THANK YOU Candi!! :)

A Family picture...

More of the BIRTHDAY BOY...

Getting LOTS OF LOVE...
Reese & Drew

Hallie & Drew

Mere & Drew

 

Getting a little tuckered out...

Singing Happy Birthday...

Not real sure about the cake...

and then...

He dug right in.... and BOY was it GOOD!! :) Drew LOVED cake... more than Parker or Owen! This boy is a CAKE LOVIN' MACHINE!!! Seriously!!! He ate his ENTIRE smash cake and then most of my piece too! He couldn't get enough! He kind of gets a little crazy when he sees cake!! ha! LOVE HIM!!!

The Pinata...

Opening Presents...

His NEW chair from Nina & Papa Hamann :)

Time to GO!!

Our little monkey was WORE OUT! :) He had such a GREAT time at his party, but his crib was calling his name... and within about 2 minutes of sitting in his carseat he was out!

THANK YOU everyone for helping us celebrate Drew's 1st Birthday!! He is such an amazing little boy and we are so THANKFUL to have him in our family! God has blessed us in so many ways, but today... our favorite blessing was celebrating the life of our little baby boy! We LOVE you so much Drew Isaac Hamann! HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!

Our Little 1-Year Old!

For Drew's actual birthday... we took him to Build-A-Bear to make a new friend to cuddle with! :) His big brothers helped him pick out a cute little puppy and they named him "Drewby Doo"!! Afterwards we went to Buffalo Wild Wings... another idea of his big brothers! It was Wednesday night, so it was kids night at BWW and they always have some type of FUN entertainment for the kids. Tonight was a clown that made balloon animals! Drew and Parker both got puppies and Owen got an adorable frog! :) It was a fun night celebrating Drew's first year... it went by WAY TOO FAST! The REAL party is Sunday, April 17th! 

1 year ago today...

Today...

At Build-A-Bear...








At Buffalo Wild Wings...

Flag Football...

Both Parker and Owen played flag football through the Y this year... and BOTH of them LOVED it!! :) This was Owen's first year (so there are a few more pics of him)... and it was DEFINITELY his time to shine!! He was one of the biggest and oldest on his team, so for ONCE he got the advantage! :) He is so used to playing with his big brother and older neighbors and can't ever seem to win, so this was HIS time to WIN!! :) He really did GREAT and had so much fun each week! Parker had another GREAT year... he played for I9 Sports last year and this year for the Y. He thought he was pretty big stuff getting to have all of his games at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines - - astro turf and all! :) It was a lot of fun this year for both boys, I think we will be signing up again next year!!! :)

Parker...
Parker's team was the BEARS (which is his FAVORITE NFLteam!!) :)

Owen...

Owen's team was the 'Gophers'! :)

Park FUN!

We have had some GREAT spring days... and the other day we invited our neighbor, Brady to come along to the park with us to play! The boys all had a great time! Parker and Brady played basketball, Owen ran around on all of the equipment and Drew did some exploring! :) It was a fun trip! :)

Swim Lessons

This year we did swim lessons a little different... we always have the boys do their lessons on the same night, but with schedules getting busier and having a 3rd little guy in the mix, we changed it this time! Parker did his lessons on Tuesday nights... and Owen on Wednesday mornings! Unfortunately, Nick and I couldn't be at both boys' lessons, so we took the 'Divide and Conquer' approach and it worked out well for us! We didn't get many pictures this time, but here are a couple of Owen. 

Parker's Spring Program

Waukee Elementary 1st graders had their spring concert this week! It was adorable watching them all sing! Parker did a GREAT job and even had an extra part! :) He made us proud! Here are some pictures of the night!

Parker & Mrs. Schulte

 

The class singing...

Parker in his special part...

King's Pointe

Nina & Papa Hamann took the Edsen family and our family to the waterpark in Storm Lake for our Valentine's Day present! It took us a while to find a time that would work for everyone... so it was the end of March when we got to go. Everyone had such a good time... the boys LOVED it! They went with Nina Hamann last summer and had a great time then too! Here are a few pictures from the trip!

Nick & Kim having fun on the water slides!! :)

Parker and Owen on the slides...

A Visit to the Groomers...

We went to Minneapolis for the weekend, and Tucker got his own spa treatment at Whimpsy Pet Salon! :) Here are his before and after photos!



Happy St. Patty's Day!

Wiggle, Wiggle... and it's OUT!!

FINALLY... Parker Matthew has lost his 1st tooth on March 15th, 2011 at age 7!! Poor Parker had been ANXIOUSLY awaiting this day for about........ a YEAR AND A HALF!!! :) All of his kindergarten friends were losing teeth and not even a loose one for Parker... then on to 1st grade and still nothing! No loose ones before Christmas... so much for singing, 'All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth!' January passed and still nothing, then on to February... and a-ha, at last a wiggler! Everyday I heard, "Mom, do you think I will lose it today?" and I would reply, not yet, Parker... it will take a couple of weeks I am sure. After 3 weeks, he says, "Mom, it has been 3 weeks now, when will it come out?" I replied, "I know it has, but you just have to be patient!" FINALLY, after about 4-1/2 weeks, he came home and said, "Mom, it is REALLY loose today, do you think it will come out soon?" I wiggled the tooth... and he was right, this tooth was REALLY loose! He asked me to pull it, but I said no and instead wiggled it a bit and to my surprise... out popped his first tooth!!! :) He was SOOO excited!

He got a visit from the tooth fairy too! :)

The Goodman's

Ryan and Dana said "I do" this weekend and I was so excited to be a part of their big day! :) Dana looked absolutely BEAUTIFUL and the wedding ceremony was perfect! We stayed at the Ramada water park for the entire weekend, so the kids got lots of water time in! It was such a great weekend!

The night before... (I missed out on the pic, but we all wore these cute shirts Candi made)









The ceremony...










The Happy Couple! :)

Family Time...

Having some fun just hanging out! Drew LOVES Tucker... and Tucker LOVES Drew! :)

Drews 9 Month Check Up

We have a happy HEALTHY 9 month old! :) We had his check up the other day and here are his stats in comparison with his big brothers at this age:

DREW - 9 months
Height: 30-3/4 in (95th percentile)
Weight: 25lbs 12oz (95th percentile)
Head: 18-1/4 (70th percentile)

Parker (9 mo)
Height: 30-1/2 in (off the chart)
Weight: 22lbs 4oz (75th percentile)
Head: 18-1/4 (75th percentile)

Owen (9 mo)
Height: 30 in (90th percentile)
Weight: 22lbs 10oz (75th percentile)
Head: 18-1/4 (75th percentile)


Gotta LOVE those healthy baby boys!! :) Thankfully no shots this visit... but they said his 12 month visit will be ROUGH! :(