February Pictures

He is such a happy baby!

Wearing his monogrammed onesie from Aunt Linda. And his new Old Navy jeans. Too cute!

This was from Gma Cindy's phone. He is such a ham :)

We were out running errands and he was a good lil sport.

 

With daddy.

Hachie Weekend

We had a visit to Hachie last weekend. One of these days we will go there and just relax :) Right now, when we go, we have to show off Andrew - which is okay too!

We got to see the Bradys on Saturday night. 

 He looks so tiny with Pat. 

 And with Twiggs, of course. This wasn't the best picture that I got of them but I thought it was funny!

 I really sucked at picture taking last weekend. I went with the best intentions of getting outside to get some good pictures. It just didn't happen. Drebs loves being outside so I will eventually get out and learn how to use my camera in the sunlight. 

When we got home on Sunday, I went to the grocery store. While I was gone, Brian got a ton of cute pictures of DrewB in the jumperoo. He loves that thing and gave Brian some great smiles. 

I love that he goes from this really great smile...

 To a wide open laugh!

He is getting such a little personality. He is starting to laugh and like I said, loves his jumper. His feet don't touch the ground yet so we put a pillow underneath and he can bounce on it and move the seat around. He is learning to play with all the toys on it. We have a little toy with a mirror on it and tonight we sat and played with it. He laughed at himself in the mirror. He is just learning new stuff everyday and I love watching him figure things out. :)

He fell asleep in my lap tonight. I could have sat there all night with him. Love when he does that. He got sweaty, though, and I had to put him down. He is very hot natured like his momma! 

Bath Time

This cutie loves bath time! We are bathing every other night right now just because he really isn't "dirty" all the time. We will probably switch to every night pretty soon. It is a great way for him to unwind and is an important part of our bedtime routine. 

 Hands in mouth...all.the.time.

 He is so funny in the bath. After I wash him up, he loves to just sit in there and kick around. I think he likes the weightlessness feeling. He always lifts up his feet so his butt comes up off the little seat, then laughs and kicks around. 

 I can't wait until summer to get him in the pool. I hope we have a quick swimmer on our hands.

 And we take our time getting dressed. He likes to just lay in the towel and talk to me about his day. 

I love that little dude!

Pinterest FAIL

So, I have several Pinterest recipes that have been great successes and I've had some that have been so-so. I will share some of the success stories later.

Tonight, I had a Pinterest FAIL. It was not the recipe, it was me.

Here is the recipe for smash sweet potatoes. http://dlynz.com/?p=2353


*picture from original website listed above*

My sweet potatoes did not look like this. My sister has fixed these and raved about them. I just failed. :)

My potatoes fell apart and burned instead of "crisping". They tasted okay but not great. I will probably try this again because I love sweet potatoes but I will probably do this when I have a little more time for dinner and I'm not starvin marvin.

*This is from a couple weekends ago when we were running errands. Isn't he cute in his little beanie? Love this little dude*

I have found a great photographer to do some family pictures. We are trying to pin down a date but it will be within the next week or so. I'm excited!! Will have to share when they are all done.

Our Weekend

We had a great relaxing weekend. As much as we love having company on the weekend, we equally love having weekends with absolutely no plans.

Friday, it was rainy all day and it continued to rain pretty hard and steady throughout the night. So Saturday morning was dark and rainy. Andrew peed through a diaper in the middle of the night so he slept in bed with us. Then he peed through another one in our bed. Therefore, we were all up at 6 am and I was doing laundry. :) I commented to a friend on facebook that Andrew makes being up at 6am on a Saturday just fine and dandy.

While we were up early, we just stayed in our pajamas and hung out at the house. Brian fixed breakfast. We did finally get dressed and run to Target and Walgreens. I had some little baby things I wanted to pick up at Target and a prescription and pictures at Walgreens. I'm trying to stay on the ball about framing Andrew's pictures.

Today, we got up around 7am and I hit the grocery store. I've found that early morning on a Sunday is the best time to shop. I am usually in and out in about 30 minutes. We ate some breakfast and got around to head out to some Bobcat Softball. It was so cold and windy out that we only stayed for a few innings. I will be glad when it's a little warmer because we like to watch some softball.

After that, we hit up a couple of the outlet stores that had some sales going. We didn't find much but I did buy a dress from Jones NY for $15! It is just a simple black dress but it's cute and was a great price! We stopped by Sam's for some formula and meats, had some pizza and then headed home.

Drebs had a lengthy nap once we got home (he's napping in his crib now) and I watched 'The Help'. We had rented it from Redbox. It wasn't nearly as good as the book but still a pretty good movie.

So, it was a relaxing yet productive weekend.Of course, we just enjoyed spending time with Andrew since we don't do much but sleep during the week. Only snapped one picture of my pumpkin today. He was sportin his new jeans and a cute onesie that my aunt made him.

February 17th - Three Months Old

Oh, Andrew, 

You are 3 months old now and I cannot believe it's been that long since we brought you home from the hospital. Three months doesn't seem like that long but I feel like it was last week when you were swimming in your preemie clothes and were only 6 lbs!

If I had to guess, I think you are around 12 lbs now. We won't know until we go for your four month appointment since mommy doesn't keep a scale in the house.

You are still in size one diapers but that belly is getting bigger and hanging over your diaper more and more. 

You are a good eater and still eat pretty much every three hours except at night. 

You've been sleeping through the night for awhile. At least, I consider it sleeping through the night. You go to bed around 8pm and wake up once, around 4am. Then you are up for the day around 6:30am. 

You take 3-4 naps a day and love napping in your swing. 

You are such a happy baby in the mornings and you love to talk to us while we get ready in the morning. 

 

You have been at daycare for a couple of weeks now and you love your teachers. You just smile at them when we drop you off. I think you like to flirt with Ms. Laura. I love your teachers too and that makes it easier to drop you off everyday. You are so excited to see me when I pick you up too. 

You are just an all around happy baby. You really only cry when you are hungry, tired or wet. Otherwise, you  are at the stage where you smile at everything and are starting to laugh. You love your jumper and to sit up and look around. 

We love you so much and still look at you daily with disbelief that you are ours. Your daddy is so in love with you and it makes my heart happy to hear him talk to "his son". You light up when you see us and I'm pretty sure we do that same! :) We have loved watching you grow and get a little personality and it only makes me more excited to see what you have in store for us!

Wicked

Last weekend, Brian's parents came down for a three day weekend. They kept Andrew on Friday and then Saturday Brian and I went to see Wicked. 

 It was such a great play. Our seats were okay but I would have like to have been in the middle more. I had gotten the tickets for Brian at Christmas and he really enjoyed it. We will definitely have to go to more things at Bass Concert Hall. It was a pretty neat place. 

We didn't do much beside the play. Brian's parents enjoyed their baby time. :) But who wouldn't enjoy that cute little face?!

Super Bowl

Brian and I decided, kinda last minute, to have a Super Bowl party. We were bummed that the 49ers weren't in the game but we thought it would be nice to watch it with friends. We ended up having about 10 people at the house and way too much food! We had a good time though. Here is Andrew watching the game with dad. He was not in a good mood that day so this was one of the few times he wasn't whining. :)

 And here is Andrew's friend. They are only 3 days apart and both such cuties!

We're BAAAAACK! First day of work and daycare

Well, I went back to work on February 1st. I was anxious to get back and ready for the first day to be over with. I was nervous about daycare and being away from Andrew all day. But I knew it would be good for both of us. And it was. His daycare is great and we love his teachers. I only went and checked on him at lunch on the first day. And I didn't cry when I dropped him off. :) 

 When we picked him up, his teachers gushed about what a good baby he is. We got in the car and he was just cooing away, I imagine telling me all about his day. After about 10 minutes, he promptly threw a fit and then passed out.

The first day of daycare wore him out! When we got home, he slept for 2.5 hours. We had to wake him up to eat and get ready for bed. Since then, though, he has started taking better naps at daycare and has really adjusted well. We had a great first day back and it has continued that way since!