Update

I haven't posted in a while, just haven't thought to take pictures. We have had lots of fun playdates, gone on walks, went to Playgym, and Mommy went to the Spa for the weekend!! Chad and Andrew did boy stuff, test drove cars, went to the Aquarium, played on the golf course, and went to Arby's for roast beef!! Chad did a great job with Andrew and the house was even in order when I got home! Andrew is doing so many new things it's really amazing. He can do lots of animal sounds (chicken, duck, snake, cow, dinosaur, lion, elephant, and pig), point to almost all his body parts, and is saying about 15 words. The newest words are Elmo (Momo), knock knock (not not), fish (tish), ball (bah), pop and poop (pup). He comes and tells me when he has to (pup) now and I sit him on the potty (but he doesn't do anything until he gets off of it) so now he is saying pup all day so he can sit on the potty. I think we are going to have to put a stop to this, it's become more of a game now so I don't want to ruin the potty training thing for later. Mimi is coming this weekend since Chad's on call so hopefully I'll have some pictures next week.

It's A Girl!

Andrew wasn't too happy today when a baby girl was dropped off at our house! We babysat sweet Avery so Lara could take Carly to the doctor. She was an angel and took an hour nap without even fussing! We played and she laughed and smiled more than Andrew ever did as a baby...she did those little giggles where you can hear them in the back of their throat!! We had lots of fun, but Andrew said he doesn't want a sibling for a while, he doesn't like his Mommy giving her attention to anyone else!

Just watching Avery play!

I love this face....like, mom could you please quit taking my picture!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Caroline and I took Andrew and Amelia to the park today in Collegedale. It was a beautiful day and a great park for kids. They even had a real Choo-Choo train! The kids went in opposite directions so it was hard to get many pictures of the two of them together!...... We had to really keep an eye on them and stay close since it was 3pm and all of the big school kids were there to play too.

Happy Valentines Day

Andrew gave Chad his presents last night before going to bed. He made him a card with crayons and stickers all by himslef. Chad doesn't believe me, but why would I scribble and try to pass it off as Andrew's work?? Andrew also got him a puppy that pants and begs for a hug while wagging his ears!! They had lots of fun playing with it and being silly!

Notice Chad's beeper that Andrew LOVES to carry around!

Obar Kiddos!

We had a playdate at Lara'a house today and practically the whole street was there. I love that my kid is going to grow up on a street with so may kids around his age that he can play with!!

Here's Andrew saying Shhhh because baby Meg was sleeping in her carrier!

Ella (12mo), Katelyn (2 1/2), Carly (2), Kate (2), Andrew (17mo) and Meg (4 mo) We gave them all Goldfish to get them to sit still!
Their favorite toy- the treadmill

Andrew loves babies and is so gently with them/ NO, that doesn't mean I am having another

Baby Grant (6 weeks)

Avery (7 mos)
Aren't they cute in their matching outfits?

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I know my boys pee-pee is showing and I apologize, but I just had to show how much he loves his Elmo card from his Mimi!! He wouldn't let it go, and screamed when I tried to take it before bath. I figured I would end up throwing it away anyways, so I might as well pick my battles!! He wanted to sleep with it and I debated wheter or not to let him, but it was falling apart by the end of bath so I had to hide it. Thanks Mimi!!

A Blossoming Relationship!

Andrew and Amelia are getting togwther at least once a week for playdates now and their relationship is still going strong! They play so great together and never care who takes whose toy..Yet! Here are some pics from today

They took turns on the slide
Andrew showing his dunking skills with Winnie the Pooh!
Stickin' that tongue out to focus on the baseball!
Playing Peek a Boo
Crawling and panting like a puppy..his new trick!

Watching the Wiggles together
Kicking each other!
I promise he didn't hurt her.....
And she got him back!

Breakin' Them In

Cris and Wendy got some parenting 101 this weekend staying at our house. They got to see how our life is now all about Andrew. He entertained us some but mostly we had to entertain him. I think he was a little more high maintenance since we had guests and he wanted extra attention from everyone!! The funniest thing was when Cris asked Chad if he ever gets to take a nap!! What's that? Oh yeah, that thing we used to do on weekends before having a kid!!