Drew's 11th Year!

I'm going to get these yearly updates finished in January, yay! Last but certainly not least is our baby with the first birthday of the year. Our small but mighty girl is 11, and she just keeps getting better and better.

Stats:

Height: 54.5" {21.8%}

Weight: 63.8 pounds {8%}

BMI: 15.1 {12%}

Clothes size: 6/S and 7-8/M

Shoe size: 4 or 4.5

Teeth lost: 1

This girl continues to be the sweetest of our children. She has the purest heart and is always the biggest helper. She keeps her room clean {most of the time}, will help with any chore, loves to help with cooking, just a big help to me! I have to remember not to take advantage of her kind nature since her brother and sister complain quite a bit more about pitching in!

She is also very silly! She has her 'weird' moments where she is being extremely goofy and loves to say silly/outrageous things for a laugh. She's showing signs of growing up and maturing but also has some little girl in her still, which I love!

Drew LOVES basketball! She played in a summer league and really thrived - we didn't realize she was so competitive and fierce. She's currently in her 2nd season and truly loves it. She is also still enjoying Girl Scouts and takes piano lessons {begrudgingly}.

She has really developed a love of baking and is very artistic overall. She loves drawing and painting, writing stories and music, and she loves photography - she's talented in ways I am definitely not.

Drew is thriving at her new school, but it took some time to settle in. She definitely has anxiety in new situations, but I think we've managed through the worst of it. She has excellent grades, has made new friends {but still has her bestie, Zara}, has some great teachers, overall it's been a great transition, and I think she's going to be very successful here.

Clothes have historically been such a challenge with Drew, but we found a new store this year, Tilly's, and it has been a game changer. It reminds me of a '90s Pac Sun, and we've had a lot of success finding clothes she likes there. We used to end shopping trips with one of us in tears, and now we leave Tilly's every time with a few purchases, yay!

She is a great eater still - lots of fruits and vegetables - and has gotten more adventurous in the last year in trying new things. She's started to be able to handle a little bit of spice which is fun! Her favorite snack is seaweed!

Electronics aren't an obsession for her like Trent and Paige, but she definitely has some apps she enjoys - she loves the editing apps, like Cap Cut, to make little videos. She loves to FaceTime her friends and play games. I'm really enjoying watching movies with her - we are making good pace through some of my favorites from growing up!

Drew loves her family something fierce. She loves to spend times with her grandparents and cousins - she is always down for a sleepover with family. She and Blair have a super close bond, and I love that so much for them.

She has such a nurturing heart. She LOVES animals {wants a dog so bad she can't stand it} and loves babies. I fully see a career in babysitting for this girl when she's a little older. She is just a nurturer!

This girl is beyond loved and it is such a joy to be her mother! I can't wait to see what her 12th year brings!!