Grandma and Aunt Nancy with Andrew

Just wanted to share a few pictures from Grandma and Aunt Nancy's visit! Andrew had so much fun seeing them again (we did too!).

Grandma reading to Andrew


Aunt Nancy reading to Andrew


In Paducah

Happy Birthday to Kyle!

This weekend, Chad, Andrew, my mom and I all went to visit my sister and to go to Kyle's first birthday party. Andrew and Kyle haven't been around each other since about a year ago when they were babies, so it was fun to see them around each other again. Kyle wasn't sure what to think about the cake... Andrew of course thought it was great! :) He's a big fan of chocolate cake! Here are a few pictures and videos!

It's a concert!

Andrew treated us to a concert this afternoon. He really had fun with it! Music is always a big hit around here! Here's a sample and some cute pictures. I'm a little biased, but I think he just keeps getting cuter!

Easter Egg Hunt & Chocolate Bunny

Lots of fun... that's about all there is to say!

Easter morning

Easter was fun... Andrew LOVED the plastic Easter eggs in his basket. He can't wait to tear into his chocolate bunny either (we'll put pictures up afterwards!). He got a stuffed Easter bunny, a new book, and a spring onesie... but it is cold outside today so he can't wear it! Here are a few pictures... check back later for more!

Loving Easter eggs...


Checking out my new book (and ALMOST ready for church)


Eating breakfast... (Andrew had a Peep in one of his Easter eggs and decided that it would go well with oatmeal) ???? Apparently he liked it!

Our trip to the zoo

We went to the zoo on Friday. It was a little chilly but we still had fun! Andrew loved looking at all of the animals. Here are some pictures!

"Once Upon a Farm" was fun... there was a lot he could do there! He wasn't quite sure what to think of the chicken... he liked looking from a distance but starting backing away when it got too close!




We went to see the pandas but didn't get a really good picture. Andrew loved looking at Ya Ya and Le Le and the China exhibit. Some bigger kids were getting their picture taken as explorers and Andrew walked right up and wanted to get his picture made too! He needed a lift up but what a cute picture!


And, finally, this is from the Northwest Passage exhibit. We had fun looking around the exhibit and watching the sea lion... and then we stayed to watch the sea lion show too. Andrew loved the music in this exhibit.




We were all really tired by the end of the day but we had a lot of fun! And we found out that a butterfly exhibit is opening Memorial Day weekend so we are excited to get to go back and see that this summer. :)

15 month update

Andrew went to the doctor for his 15 month checkup on Wednesday. He weighs 22 pounds, 7 oz. and is 31 inches tall. He is doing great! So here's the info on Andrew at 15 months:

He can:
Give "five"
Walk up steps holding Mommy or Daddy's hands (but not the ones at our house, they are too tall!)
Try to run
Eat with a fork or spoon (when he wants to... fingers are still faster!)
Point to nose and eyes (and head when "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes) is on.
Dance! :)
Say lots of words and some animal sounds: mama, daddy, nana (his babysitter), Blue (his teddy bear), fish (sh), kitty, more (and sign more too!), ball, shoe, splash, bye-bye, hi, cracker, cookie, baby, mmmm, uh-oh (have to get that one on video for you!), whoa!, up, cheese!, nose, quack, woof!, neigh, moo, bubbles

Here's a picture from Friday! :)

Nashville weekend

We went to Nashville last weekend to celebrate my mom's birthday. My mom, Chad, Andrew and I went to the park Saturday morning -- and they were having an Easter egg hunt! So Andrew went on his first Easter egg hunt. He picked up on what to do really quickly... picking up things and putting them in containers is one of his favorite things to do anyway (yes, he is probably the most organized of the 3 of us at the moment). Anyway... he was SO cute! He is a little afraid of the Easter Bunny... not as scared as he was of Santa but still not wanting to let go of Mommy or Daddy! He did give the Easter Bunny "five" though! :) Then we had fun hanging out with my mom and my sister Nina and her family. Enjoy the pictures!

Kid's Kingdom & Egg Hunt

When I grow up I'm going to take pictures like Mommy... and I'm growing up fast!

The picture has nothing to do with this post... I just liked it and knew Heather would want a picture with the blog entry (we love you Heather!)

Just wanted to post an update on new things Andrew is doing. First of all, he is starting to RUN! He has to keep up with the big kids at daycare, you know! He is talking up a storm (well, maybe not quite but he has new words coming out all of the time). Some new and not-so-new are "uh-oh", which means "Hey, mommy, I'm about to drop this so pay attention!", "bubbles!!!", always said pointing at the sky... even when there are no bubbles :), "splash" because we splash around in the tub... and tonight I think he said "mirror" when we were reading Pat the Bunny. He loves telling people "bye-bye" too and he pretends he is leaving the room (or house!) and tells us bye. It is really cute. Tonight he was really sleepy and told me bye-bye right after I kissed him goodnight because he was ready to get in the bed! He loves playing with other kids. Tonight we went to the park and spent a few minutes on the playground. Andrew slid down the slide and made friends with a little boy named Jorge, who was probably 4 and called him "baby" :). They had fun racing each other down the slide (it was a really wide slide that 2 kids could fit on). Andrew was in awe of the fact that Jorge could use a scooter. Then we walked around, or rather I walked and Andrew rode in the stroller and tried to get everyone else on the walking trail to talk to him. He was pretty successful too. :) He loves daycare now and has big grins walking in the door to daycare... he will even go to the church nursery now without a fuss! Oh, and he loves his puppy and always presses his nose to hear "Itsy-Bitsy Spider". He can even make the spider hand motion. Okay, this was a longer update than I meant to share (and there is more I could share!) but he is just learning so much lately! It is so amazing to watch him learn new stuff!

Outside is so much fun!

We've been taking advantage of when it is been nice weather outside. Andrew loves outside (especially since he got a swing!) :) Here are some pics!

Andrew's week in review...

Our week started off with a bang -- literally! Chad got a call Monday that Andrew fell at daycare and had a big cut on his eye. Andrew was great though -- I think he handled it better than we did, he was still happy and smiling the whole night!



Chad brought home a Grizzlies flag from the game giveaway on Wednesday night, so Andrew had fun playing with it:



And then Saturday, Chad had a game to work again... so Andrew and I watched a Mommy & Me DVD and played. The puppet is from that DVD. Andrew likes to sing "B-I-N-G-O" and he claps along too! It is so cute!



Oh, and this is just Andrew being silly. :) He has drawers in the kitchen that hold plastic containers, old bottles, sippy cups, bowls, etc. that he loves to play with.



And then today, we all went to the circus with Kim and Brennan! Andrew loved the music -- he was bouncing all over the place during the ringmaster's intro. He loved the lights and the animals too. :) Here are some pictures from our day!

He is getting so grown up!

Andrew has learned so much over the past couple of months! Besides words he knew when he turned one , he can say: cheese!, cracker (quack-a?), cookie (cook-co?), mmmmmwwaaah! (hugs and kisses sound... he gives real kisses now too!), baby (baba), kitty (ke-ey), and probably more words that I am forgetting. His favorite book right now is Pat the Bunny and he knows everything he is supposed to do as soon as you turn the page (or before you turn the page... last night he spent the whole book saying "bye-bye!" which is on the last page). Tonight he gave me real goodnight hugs and kisses for the first time. It was soooo sweet! He wants to walk all of the time now and thinks it is so cool that he can walk around outside holding Mommy or Daddy's hand. He's such a cutie... just had to share some things he is doing with everyone! And a couple of pictures of course...

Valentine's Day:

Playing last night (he was apparently *really* tired!):

Life on this end of the phone line...

Andrew was so cute on the phone tonight! Just thought all of you who talk to him on the phone might like to see pics from this end. (Sorry for the upset Andrew pic... he doesn't like it when he has to give the phone back.)

Random update...

I went to pick Andrew up from daycare on Friday and he had a surprise for me! :) So this is Andrew's first work of art to get displayed on our refrigerator...



And just a random picture: