Week in Review

On Monday, Grandma brought Great Grandma and Great Grandpa over for a visit. Drew was quite excited...especially since they brought presents!! Drew was getting a little confused with the "Great" title, so at the lunch table I said "Drew, that is Great Grandma and that is Great Grandma and (pointing to my mother) that is just plain old Grandma" Drew responded "NO Mommy, that not plain Grandma...thats SPECIAL Grandma". He just about knocked my socks off. Not only was that incredibly sweet, but I was shocked that he picked up on my joke and knew how to respond.

Harrison is starting to give little smirks. We have seen a few true smiles, but most of his big smiles and giggles are in his sleep. He was giving me some cute smirks until Drew woke up from his nap and tried to force a toy into his hand:

Drew had a milestone this week. He said his first swear! I was certain that he would pick up his first one from me, but that isn't how it went. We went to the barber on Weds and when we were done and walking down the street (for the visual image, imagine me with Harrison in the Bjorn, Drew with a fresh haircut and looking super cute, sucking on a lollipop, happily walking, almost skipping down the street, on a beautiful 70 degree afternoon) there was some traffic backed up at the intersection and there was a man in a truck with his window open who apparently was upset by another drivers actions and yelled "oh come on you stupid a**holes". Drew didn't miss a beat and pulled the sucker out of his mouth and yelled "stupid a**holes"! My jaw dropped to the ground. I was going to yell something back to the driver like nice mouth, or something very mother hen like, but I figured I better just stay quiet and pretend it never happened. Luckily, he hasn't said it again. I guess I can enjoy the humor in the situation with out the guilt of being the one he was repeating.

On Saturday, I took Harrison with me to do some much needed clothes shopping at the mall. I forgot how easy it used to be to shop with a baby in tow (as opposed to a 2 year old who HATES to shop). But I quickly remembered how much the nursing and diaper changing while out stinks. Nursing wasn't the tough part, it was the 3 consecutive diaper changes and the stream of pee across the restroom that was difficult. While we were out, Dad and Drew made some artwork for the Grandmothers for Mothers Day. I was quite impressed at his use of color.
On Sunday (Mothers Day), after a yummy breakfast, I spent a wonderful day with my boys! Harrison didn't want to cooperate for this picture, but he was a good boy for most of the day.