Andrew Update

Andrew is now 14 months old, and weighs about 23 lbs.  We are so excited for him to be a big brother in only 4 more months! 

We found out the beginning of September, the new baby is a girl. 

Andrew is so sweet when he folds his arms for prayer.  He does this when it's time to eat or when a song ends at church.  It is amazing how fast little ones learn! 

Andrew loves to help Daddy drive the car home.  He drives up the driveway into the garage with Daddy.   

 This is just a cute picture from when we went to Denny's.  We don't go out to eat that often, but Andrew decided to sit still in his high chair this time and we had a really enjoyable time.

We love his big smiles and think he looks more and more like Tyler when he was a little guy. 

2 Year Anniversary

We celebrated our second anniversary on the first of September.  We went out to eat and brought Andrew with us.  Andrew was a little bit squirmy and didn't want to sit in his high chair the whole time, but it was still fun to spend time together as a family.  It has been an amazing two years and we look forward to many, many more anniversaries! 

 Our new tripod makes taking family pictures easy! 

Take a Hike!

Tyler got off of work early on Thursday, so we took the opportunity to go hiking in Cheyenne Canyon. We hadn't been to this particular trail in a while and it was nice to go there again and enjoy the cool day.

Here are Andrew and Tyler at the start of the hike.

Andrew liked pulling on daddy's hat.

He pulled really hard sometimes. It was like a horse rider pulling on the horse's reigns going "whoa boy!"

He also leaned off to the right most of the hike, presumably to see around daddy's head. 

Leaning AND pulling on daddy's hat.

Really, he was leaning off to the right the whole time.

About half an hour into the hike Andrew got fussy and squirmy so we let him out of the backpack.

The path was uneven and rocky but with mommy's help it was a cinch!

He is such a big boy!

He got tired of walking and started playing in the dirt.

He picked it up then dropped it.

He swished it around.

Then he started to eat it. That's when we packed him back up in the backpack and headed to the car.

It was a nice fun trip, even if Andrew needed dirt washed out of his mouth! (in this picture his mouth is green from feeding him fruit snacks once we got back to the car)

First Birthday

Rachel and Andrew had a great birthday July 30th.  Tyler came home a little early from work and we had a little birthday celebration.  Rachel opened all her presents and Andrew opened a couple.  We saved the rest for Saturday- the day of his party.  

Tyler got Rachel a new Rebel T3i canon camera and we have loved taking high quality pictures.  

This is Rachel and Andrew on their birthday.    

Andrew kind of understood how to unwrap his presents.  

Andrew really likes his new sandals from Aunt Adri. He loves to wear them even though sometimes he trips because he isn't used to wearing real shoes! 

He also liked using the empty wrapping paper roll as a staff or walking stick.

This was the day he got his 12 month vaccines.  He had 5 shots total but as you can see, he is a trooper.

 When Andrew wears his sunglasses we call him "Joe Cool." He thinks it's funny to be Joe Cool and to dance around.  We aren't sure where he picked that up. 

We are very proud of our 12 month old.  He is very bright and loves mimicking Mommy by wiping his own face and helping to clean up and "fold" laundry.  (He actually just unfolds the laundry and puts it back into the basket)  He loves dogs (at least the idea of them: in stories and his stuffed animal dog), reading books (when he is in the mood), and playing with his toys.  He sleeps at least 12 hours at night and he takes 2 naps a day. 

He has 6 teeth and loves to show them off with his wide adorable smile. 

We started weaning Andrew on his birthday and he is now (a few days later) completely weaned and drinking whole milk instead of breast milk.  The transition wasn't too bad and Andrew seems to have adjusted just fine.  Here he is lounging, drinking one of his first-ever cow milk bottles. 

Now for the party! Six of Andrew's little friends were able to make it to his party.  His party was Winnie the Pooh themed and everyone had a lot of fun.  

Rachel made the cake even though she has no experience with cake decorating whatsoever.  It looked and tasted good!

Andrew's cake was actually banana bread because he loves bananas and we thought he would enjoy it.  And he did!

We played with toys, colored, blew bubbles, and pinned the tail on Eeyore.  

Then we ate and had cake! It was a pretty successful celebration. 

After nap time we opened the rest of Andrew's presents from family.  We are grateful for all the thoughtful and cute gifts!

Here is Andrew with his big boy backpack and new toothbrush.

We sure are proud of our growing little guy and are thankful for all the calls and texts we received wishing us a happy birthday.  Thank you!  

11 Months

Our baby Andrew isn't much of a baby anymore! He is an 11 month old who walks around everywhere!

He loves eating food and feeding himself. His favorite food is bananas, which he calls "na-na"

He loves playing with toys!

The first stuffed animal he has shown an attachment to is his doggie pictured here. He also likes making a grimace face where sticks his lips out and breaths heavily.

We sure are having a fun time watching our baby boy grow up!