Drew is 11 months and William turns 1!

Other than Drewbird, Drew has taken on a new nickname. Bam Bam. Any time the little guy gets something in his cute little hands he just starts pounding it on the floor. Bats, spoons, puzzles, you name it, he loves to bang it on the whatever is in front of him. Maybe we have a future drummer on our hands!
Not yet crawling but getting SO CLOSE! He scoots back in reverse and often does a kind of army crawl pivot. He seems very frustrated by his inability to go forward, so we are hoping for his sake he soon figures it out so he can cruise around to his hearts content.
He is really close to two more teeth popping through bringing him up to a whopping 4 ; ) The top left and the incisor next to it should be fully through any day now.
He is adding to his vocabulary and his new favorite word is, "Hi." It is often accompanied with an adorable smile and head tilt to the side, quite a charmer with the ladies ;) He also says, "Gu," when he sees Gus.
We have also made some HUGE progress in the sleep department. I take full responsibility for Drewbird not yet sleeping through the night, I know I have needed to just let him cry it out but just haven't been able to follow through. Awhile back we started giving him a bottle of formula at night to try and tide him over longer, well the other day for various reasons he ended up having 3 bottles of formula and the little monkey slept through the night for the 2nd time in his entire life! Of course the 1st time I was out of town. Wanting to do all we could to repeat this behavior we tried to have a very similar routine the following day, and he slept until 5! I'll take it! The picture of Drew in his highchair is him clapping after his first full nights sleep. So, needless to say, he has continued to have more formula bottles and I think he will soon be done nursing completely. I just can't believe next month we will be celebrating his 1st birthday!

Speaking of 1st birthdays, cousin William just turned 1! The Chupp's have spent most of July in MN and we have had so much fun spending time with them. The other day William was nice enough to share his train set with Cooper. Cooper was building the tracks and William came over and started taking them apart. In a high sweet voice Cooper started to say, "No no William! No no William! No no William!" Then turns and looks right at Auntie and says, "William wants to go to bed." The boys have loved wrestling with William, playing in the tent and splashing in the water table. So happy it won't be too long between visits!