Three Things

Three things (and a bonus!) about...

DREW:

1. Just turned FOUR!

2. Is obsessed with getting bigger. He'll measure himself not only on our growth chart and tell us how much he's grown, but will also stand next to Collin, a chair, table, bed, etc. and compare himself with what he was yesterday, last week, or an hour ago height-wise to that same item and exclaim how big he is getting. He has typically grown a few inches within a matter of hours.
3. Only wants another little brother. I still think this new baby is a girl (really, what are the chances of having three boys??), so he may be in for a shock. We'll see on the 24th of this month...
4. Requests a band aid for every scrape, bruise, cut, freckle, on his body. Just picture him covered in multi-colored, mutli-character band aids from head to toe and you've pretty much got it.

COLLIN:

1. Has figured out how to climb out of his crib (!!). Bright and early one morning a few weeks ago, he showed up at the side of our bed giggling and grinning ear to ear. He was so proud that he had let himself out of his room all on his own. This was something we never dealt with with Drew. Right after Drew's second birthday we switched him to a big kid bed before he ever learned to escape the crib. Collin won't be two until the end of July and has already figured this out. Really it shouldn't surprise me, he has always been my climber. Big kid bed here we come!
2.  Since he now escapes the crib, we have also had to periodically gate his doorway at bedtime when he won't stay in bed and go to sleep. Funny, he will willingly climb over his crib railing, but the smaller doorway gate will keep him in. It's resulted in him falling asleep on the floor quite a few times....
3. Asks "Whathat?", aka "What's that?" to everything. When you give him an answer (and it doesn't matter if the answer is a valid one or not), he responds with "OOOOooooh." This is asked often right now....driving in the car, looking out a window, in response to a sound he hears, something Drew has done, you get the idea.
4. Loves to give "squeezes". He readily gives the best full on bear hugs right now. Usually followed by a sloppy kiss where his lips are smashed into your cheek. So sweet, and something I can't get enough of.