Drew's 3rd Birthday and Party

(This post is actually being written in April, once most of the dust has settled from moving/being sick/Easter/birthday parties/etc. I've post-dated it back to when it should have been for posterity's sake. Enjoy!)







It seems unbelievable that Drew is 3 years old! He's really turning into a little boy now, no longer a baby. He's a wonderful big brother and a great helper (when he wants to be). He has an amazing vocabulary and can carry on long conversations about many different topics. Some of his favorite have to do with building houses and all things construction and transportation related. He loves to search for cement trucks, garbage trucks, fire trucks, and school buses and will announce when he sees one on the road. He's got quite an eye! He has a great memory, sometimes better than Mommy and Daddy would like, and still loves to read and draw/write whenever he gets the chance.



Since Drew is finally old enough to really understand what birthday's are about we did our best to make his actual birthday special, as well as his party a few days later. I got him up and sang "Happy Birthday" and we shared a special birthday treat of cinnamon rolls, complete with candle .

"Must we sing again, can't we just eat??"

Blow out the candle Mommy made a Curious George cake for the party on Saturday
Time for a present

Family picture
After dinner at Double Dave's (one of Drew's favorite places) we came back to Gigi's house for cupcakes


"Hey Brother, if you're not going to eat it, let me help you out..." No - Josh didn't get any, not until HIS birthday!!
We were so excited to close on our new house the day after Drew's birthday so we were able to host his party at our NEW house!!! We didn't have any furniture, or any of our stuff, so we borrowed some tables and chairs and made do the best we could. The theme of the party was "Curious George" and we all had a great time. We were joined by Gramps, Aunt Becca, Gigi & Grandpa Randy, Grandpa Jack & Grandma Joyce, and the Spradleys (Matt, Miranda, Rhett & Leyton). A great time was had by all!!


The birthday boy, surrounded by his loot
Mommy & Drew with the cake
Happy 3rd Birthday Drew banner (made it myself) The dining room with borrowed tables and chairs
Time for presents
a new picnic table for the backyard (Thanks Gigi and Grandpa!)
Trying out the new T-ball set (Thanks Auntie Randi)
One more picture of the cake Let's eat! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREW!!

House Update

Hello everyone. I am once again at the keyboard, but unfortunately, this time it is because Amber is otherwise preoccupied. Drew is not feeling well, with a fever and other details I won't go into. As such, I'm back in the driver's seat to give you the latest on our new home.

Here are the latest pictures of the house. Still on schedule to close next Friday, 2/26!!! Enjoy!!

The first picture here was taken by Drew (he's quite the photographer - Don't you think?). As you will notice, we have a driveway and the lights outside are all installed.


Here is the back of the house.

Here is the shower in the Master Bath. Looks a little different than last time . . .

This is Amber's sink in the bathroom. Mine looks just like it (medicine cabinet is on the left).

Here are some updated pictures of the kitchen. The backsplash tile is in (still needed to be grouted) and the countertops are in. They look fantastic, Amber really did a good job picking them out.

Here is the update that everyone is most interested in - Drew's new bathtub!!!

It is really getting close, and we are extremely excited to show it to you all when it is finished!!!

New House Update

As this blog is likely to read differently than the previous posts, I'll go ahead and make the disclaimer up front. I have high-jacked this blog and am writing this before Amber has a chance to edit it. I hope you enjoy a change of author . . .

We had a chance to go by the new house today and it was an awesome experience. As you will see from the pictures, there has been fantastic progress and we can now see just how close we are to being ready to move in (currently scheduled to close on it on 2/26).

The first three pictures are the front exterior of the house, note the stone work is completed, and the brick is too, with the one exception of some work around the master bedroom windows in the back. The electricians were at the house working on the exterior lights (close-up to follow).

This is one of the 4 lights that will be across the front of the house (far left of garage, either side of the front door, and far right column).

Drew & Josh's new bathroom. Drew was very excited to get to see his new bathtub!

The cabinetry of the laundry room. The two cabinets on the left will be over the washer, with a short hanging rack over the dryer.

The tile work is completed in the entry, kitchen & bathrooms. This is the shower in the master bath.

These are our wonderful spindles on the banisters. This walkway crosses above the living room from the stairs to the boys' rooms.

Close-up of the spindles on the stairs.

Amber was really excited to see that the shelves in the pantry had been installed already. Looks to have lots of space.

These are our cabinets in the kitchen. The second picture is of the area where the sink will be, and is a little easier to see the color of the cabinet.

I hope you've enjoyed the change in blog author, however, I believe I'll let Amber continue to chronicle the changing world of the Wiggins' house, specifically the perpetual motion machines named Drew & Josh.

Josh at 10 months

Can you believe that my baby is already 10 months old!?! He just started crawling and is really fast! Nothing is safe anymore!!! He loves to eat just about anything and especially loves feeding himself puffs and cheerios. He's still working on top teeth (he has one, and is working on about 3 more) and has 2 on the bottom. He can say "Ma-ma-ma" and "Da-da-da" and is starting to use them appropriately. He absolutely ADORES his big brother. I love watching them together and hope that they are always such good friends. It seems like he learns something new every day and he certainly makes every day an adventure around here!

Nothing is safe anymore!! Josh is on the move!

Look out world, here he comes.

January Recap

I can't believe that January is already over!! I realized that I didn't have hardly any pictures of the boys posted from the last month so here are the best ones.

Gigi and Drew filling the feeder for the birds (but mostly for the squirrels!)

Josh is so close to crawling

Drew with a crayon behind his ear - he's ready for work

Josh with his sippy cup (we're still working on drinking from it, instead of just chewing on it)

Josh has started pulling himself up

Josh LOVES his Leapfrog table (thanks Gramps!)
Drew likes it too!

He just keeps getting cuter and cuter

I'm gonna get you, Mommy!

2 silly boys in the bathtub (they are having such fun bathing together now)

Brothers (about the best pictures we can get these days)

Mommy and Josh (picture taken by Drew!)

He's not quite a crawling machine yet, but he's getting there

Holding onto Daddy's fingers

House update

We have a roof, complete with shingles, siding and windows!!!