Catch Up!

Y'all, it has been so very long since I've blogged- almost a year! I've never been good at the blogging thing but there are some things that I want to record, mostly from Andrew and for Andrew, since he is growing and changing so, so quickly. 

There's no way I can go back over the past year and upload picture (see Facebook!) but below are some from the recent weeks and months. I'll have to do a post on his second birthday but I'll work on that.

This is his new Adidas track suit. My boss says he only needs a gold chain to complete the look :) I love it. Adidas, if you need a baby model, I've got one that would be good!

Gosh, so weird to say that he's two now! He is talking more and more, most of which we don't understand but we can usually pick out a few things throughout. 

He's so funny - his thing in the mornings is that while we are on our way to school, he'll yawn and say "my tired". He's sleeping until around 7:15 every morning when I have to wake him up but he's pretty much always in a good mood once he's up. 

We have toast and a banana in the car on the way to school and he just chatters away, usually picking out school buses on the road.  He loves the song "The Wheels on the Bus..." so we sing that pretty much daily. He also no longer has his paci in the car. Unfortunately, he does still get it in the evenings and at bed time. At some point, we'll cut back to just bed time but we just aren't pushing it right now.

This was during the playoffs - had to sport our Niners gear! Andrew has been so into sports lately. Any sports: golf, baseball, football, soccer, basketball. We go out and watch our tennis team pretty much every weekend and he likes that too. I think his favorite right now is baseball. He watches Curious George and there is a baseball episode. That's how he learned to swing the bat. We bought him a tee a couple weeks ago to hit the ball off of. 

 

 We went to the zoo over MLK weekend and it was great! We like the SA zoo and that day had very low crowds. Drewbs is at the age where he really liked looking at the animals and could tell me what sounds they make. The last time we took him, he wasn't too interested. It was a bummer that the petting zoo was closed but I'm sure we'll make it back out this summer.

 Texas State baseball game. He's really good at sporting events. Since he's much more independent, he moves around more than he did last year but he's usually still paying attention to the game. We had an incident with Boko last week at the basketball game. Boko came out of nowhere and it scared Andrew so bad. Boko wasn't even over where we were sitting, just in the aisle next to us. And Andrew screamed bloody murder and was shaking and so scared. I couldn't quit laughing. He was terrified and I feel bad about that but he also got everyone's attention. I'm sure they thought I was beating him. He had Boko nightmares that night and slept with us but has been fine since. I don't know that we'll get him back in the gym for more games anytime soon though.

 First spring outfit. My mom got this outfit for him and Brian's mom got the Sperry's. He couldn't be any more preppy but I love it! I love plaid shorts. He's in to sunglasses and hats so now he has both. My mom brought him those sunglasses and I bought him a hat last weekend.

 I also bought him that Cars table at a flea market. He loves it. It's short to the ground but perfect for when he wants to have a picnic in the living room (mostly just on Friday nights). He loves to pull his table out. 

He is a pretty good eater still. He'll at least try most things. And then tell me "I no like it" when he doesn't want more. He's tried fish, loves broccoli and asparagus and lettuce and loves cheese the most! I still fix his lunches for school everyday and aim to make them healthy and fun. Right now, he is loving raisins (which both Brian and I hate) so that's what he has for snacks at the house. He's still a hot dog eater and won't eat much other meats. So we do lots of fruit and veggies and I try to get protein in there as well somehow.

This was from yesterday before we left for school. He just looked like such a big boy in his little jeans and Vans shoes. I could eat him up. And his shirt exactly describes him: all sports, all the time. 

He is so, so much fun. I say that at every stage but it's always true. We had some adjustments going into the terrible twos with discipline and tantrums but, for now, those have somewhat subsided. He still sits in timeout every so often but the fits and stuff don't happen much. I think it's because he has really started communicating now that he doesn't use his paci all the time. He can tell us what he wants (or doesn't want) and that prevents any meltdowns. 

He gets to watch "monkey" (Curious George) at night after his bath so he will get up in our bed and ask for the ipad. He probably knows how to work that thing better than most adults. He also loves to FaceTime his grandparents. I love that both sets live close and he knows them when we facetime or when they visit. My sister also makes it down and we facetime her as well. He loves his Ali and Desi. 

He has done so good with the transition to the two-year old room (they are the tadpoles). He's been in there since January and there are no more clinging/fussy/crying days when I drop him off. He loves to pick out his center and put his name on it - he always picks the truck center. He gives me a kiss and runs off to play. This morning, I was heading out the door and told the teacher to have a good day. Andrew leaned over to see out of his center and yelled across the room "have good day!". It pretty much melted my heart. I said "you too buddy!", blew him a kiss and left. He'll be excited when I pick him up but he always loves being at school too. That makes my heart happy. 

We are ready for warm weather and longer days so we can play outside and eventually get to the neighborhood pool. Brian says he's going to teach Andrew how to swim this summer. We'll see how far that goes :) We have just been so, so blessed by this little boy in the two short years that he has been here and we try to enjoy and appreciate every minute of it. 

I'm hoping to keep up with the blog, not necessarily every day but maybe weekly. I just want to document those little things with Andrew that I won't remember two years from now. I hardly even remember that tiny toddler from the last post and that was not even a year ago! He's at such a sweet age and learning so much. He amazes us every day!!

18 months old!

Drewbs turned 18 months old on Friday and we couldn't be having more fun with him!

Some things he is up to lately:
He can say 'hi' & 'bye' and waves.
He now calls me and Brian 'momma' and 'dadda'
He takes one 2 hour nap in the afternoon
He's in the monkey room at daycare (and we are still loving it!)
He says 'nigh nigh' when it's time for bed and knows to give us kisses
We found out today that if we start counting with 1, he will say 'two...'
He loves the kiddie pool in our neighborhood...we will spend many days there this summer
He is so into mimicking anything we say, do or sounds that are made
He mimicks Brian in the morning when he puts gel in his hair; he liks to tell the dogs 'no no no'
He loves to take pics with my phone because he can see himself in the phone...such a ham.

He is absolutely so much fun! Brian and I both can't wait until the end of the day to pick him up and see him :)

He has got such a big personality and reallu is very smart. I don't want to rush time any faster than it is already going but it will be fun when he starts talking...I think he will have many things to tell us all.

This sweet boy was baptized too last week and I thank God for every day that we have with him. He is such a blessing to us!

Andrew's Baptism

We had Andrew baptized last weekend, on Mother's Day. Brian and I also joined the church. It was such a great weekend. We had been talking about joining the church lately and I knew I wanted Andrew baptized at some point. A few weeks ago, we got an email from our Pastor that she had gotten a new assignment at a different church. 

 (Group picture after church)

We were so bummed about the new assignment. As much as I am used to that growing up in the Methodist church, I have never liked it. We started attending this church last October and have just truly enjoyed it. 

(Pastor Barbara & Andrew)

We love having a female pastor and she just provides really great messages every Sunday. We are going to miss her so much but when we got that email, I knew we wanted to join and have Andrew baptized before she left. 

(Oh, this crazy boy thought he would just take care of this baptizing thing himself - it was hilarious!)

So anyway, we picked Mother's Day to do all of this and both of our parents were able to be there. It was such a special, special day. 

(Love our little family)

It was really a great weekend. We had beautiful weather and just were able to hang out and relax all weekend. 

(great pic with all the grandparents)

We are so blessed to be a part of this church and I hope we can get more involved. I am excited for Andrew to have a church to grow up in just like I did. The people at Eylau UMC still hold such a special place with me. 

Spring Break Part Two

Brian's parents came down on Thursday afternoon for the rest of the week. We loved having them down also! Andrew love, love, loves to play outside (which I am thankful for) and would stay out all day if we let him. 

Brian's parents bought Drewbs this little truck. Once we got it put together, he wouldn't stay out of it! He still loves it. It stays in the garage and when we get out of the car everyday, he goes straight to the "tuck". 

It has a handle so an adult can push for the little kids and eventually, when his legs get long enough, Andrew will be able to push with his legs on the bottom. 

I think this was one day when we were out working in the garage - little helper chewing on the paint brush :/

I can't remember which day this was, but we were playing out in the back yard. Brian started watering the yard with one of our sprinklers. This was Andrew's first time in the sprinklers - he thought it was so neat to try to grab it and then run out from the water squealing. 

(These pictures are out of order but here's another of our little explorer - he is everywhere, all the time)

Sprinkler fun. He got just drenched but, as he has quickly taught me, it just didn't matter because he was having such a blast! 

Here he is trying to grab the water. :)

We will definitely have to bring out the sprinkler more this summer - in between visits to the pool!

Brian's parents left on that Saturday and we had a great visit - mostly just hung out and played outside, which suited everyone just fine. It was a good end to the break. We had a couple of days before my aunt and cousin stopped in to visit on their road trip of college tours. It was great to see them, even if it was only for one night. 

I loved having a simple spring break - no travel but we did some fun stuff and got some house stuff done too. I am looking forward to spring break next year now! :)

Spring Break Part One

We had such a great spring break. My previous post had some pictures that I took on my phone but here are a few (actually a ton!) from my big camera. 

We started off spring break by hosting our women's tennis team at our house for a fajita dinner. This is such a fantastic group of girls and I was excited to have them come over. Of course, Andrew loved them! He is a such a ham and loves the girls. They played all evening and gave out hugs when everyone was leaving. 

My parents came down on Sunday and stayed through Thursday morning. They helped us paint the living room/kitchen/dining/entry and we got that done in one day. After that, we did a few other house projects, including installing Andrew's swing that he got for Christmas. 

I had every intention of doing that since Christmas but didn't have a large enough drill-bit. So Pops took care of it. 

And as you can tell, he loves it. Brian said the other day, he got in the swing and just watched the trucks behind our house. They are clearing out land behind us for more houses and he loves watching the "tucks". He also likes to sit in the swing and look for birds. 

This boy is just too cute!

Then on Wednesday, we loaded up and went down to San Antonio for a visit to the zoo. He really liked some of the animals. Some, he just didn't even care about. 

He loved watching the elephants, monkeys and especially the bird exhibit. There was a petting zoo at the end that he also loved. There were goats and pigs - poor things :)

They had these brushes that you could use on the animals. My mom hated this part because one of the goats licked Andrew's hands (I'm sure bc there were graham crackers all over them) but he loved it - so Twiggs sacrificed :) 

Sidenote: These overalls are 9 month size and I absolutely adore them. He was only able to wear them like twice because of the weather but I was able to fit him into them one more time. He looks like a little explorer in them. They are now vacuum bagged in his closet :)

Oh, the pigs! There were about 4 of them laying by the exit to the little farm. And all the kids were just all over them, mostly brushing them. Andrew was so excited about them - he petted them, pounded on them and stuck his hands in their mouth. A couple started grunting at him and I had to climb over young children to make sure my young child didn't get eaten by a pig. It was chaotic but he was so funny about them. 

Family Pics before we left. 

Please notice that he is pulling on my mom's neck. I didn't post the next picture where he was actually pulling on it - it made me laugh pretty hard but my mom would probably kill me. :) 

My parents left on Thursday morning and we had such a great time with them. They helped with a ton of stuff and we were able to relax some too. We ate at Chuys on the way home from the zoo (yummy!) and Andrew went without a real nap on zoo day but it was a blast! 

Gonna post a part 2 for the second part of the week...