On the MOVE!

This is the story of my life. Notice baby being cute. Grab camera. Baby is already on the move. This boy never stops! (except for bed time and nap time)

 He starts his day around 6am and the minute he wakes up, he is talking, squealing, babbling and trying to close all the doors on you. (that's his new fave thing: open the door, shut the door, repeat.)

 Anytime I try to get the camera out to get some good pictures, he just won't stay still. And I think he knows about the camera and intentionally moves so I can't get any good pics. You should see his face in one of the studio pics we had done for his 9 month pictures. He was not having that lady or her camera. 

 Dog toys = staying still for five seconds :) 

 Really, mom? (I have a feeling this is not the last time I will see this face!)

I think Andrew was trying to get Simba's toy and Simba was trying to get Andrew's face. The other story of my life! :)

What a joy!

Playing Outside

We went on a walk the other day and it was a bit too hot for Simba. So Andrew got to share the stroller. They were actually being really good until we got out the camera - then Drewbie was not liking the whole sharing thing. :)

Usually Andrew gets to go outside at daycare but if he doesn't, we try to go outside in the evenings. It's been too hot lately but one evening a couple weeks ago, it was overcast and windy. It was so nice out so we sat outside in the grass. 

I pulled out the camera because the clouds provided great coverage for some good pics. 

Love this one...

It started to rain but I snapped a couple with Daddy. 

Think they look a little bit alike? :)

Catch up on Pictures

This is just a quick catch up on some pictures from the big camera....

We have this lady bug/plant thing that moves when the sun is shining. Andrew loves to watch it in the window. 

He can actually reach it now and plays with it in the dog beds (because they are right under the window and he stands in them to get to the plant).

Naked boy playing with his push toys.

He thinks his daddy hung the moon. They are so funny together. 

I love this picture. I wish it had turned out better and that I had more of Brian's face in it. 

9 Months Old!!

Yep, this sweet boy is 9 months old!

I try to take monthly b-day pictures in the morning before we leave for school. 

Usually I have to get Daddy to act up behind me to get some smiles. Andrew learned fast to crawl away when I break out the camera.

These turned out really good though. Those two bottom teeth have really come in! He is breaking through about 4 on the top too!

This has to be my favorite! This sweet boy has moved into size 3 diapers. He is 17.5 lbs and 25 inches. He is finally in the 1.1% for his length - exciting!

After we got back from Galveston, he had an ear infection for a good four weeks. We went to the doctor's office three times, were on the three different antibiotics and then it finally cleared up. Only to then have an enlarged spleen and liver because of the infection! So we had to have blood drawn and an ultrasound done. Luckily, everything is back to normal but that was a miserable few weeks. 

Andrew is now crawling on all fours, no more army scootin. He eats breakfast at daycare (rice cereal) and then some pureed lunch (usually sweet potatoes, mangos or peas & carrots) and then gets a snack of yogurt and applesauce. For dinner, it just depends what we have. Sometimes it's cheese and avocado, more purees, rice cereal, mac & cheese....

He also loves his push toys and he loves to push the chairs in the dining area around. His favorite toys are usually the tupperware in the kitchen or the dog bowls. He is in 6-9 month clothing. He can wear 9 month onesies but everything else that is 9 months is just too big for him. He can still fit into most of his 6 month clothing as well. 

Sometimes when he sleeps is lays across the crib and he just looks so big to me. It is like he grew into a little boy over night. He is still so much fun and great when we take him out. He loves to people watch. I don't know where he got his social skills ;) He is still waking up once a night, at least. It's not terrible for us since we are used to it but it will be nice when he decides to start sleeping through the night. He just doesn't get enough calories during the day to last all night. 

He is such a sweet boy and we are so blessed to be his parents. We love him so much and even more each day. His one-year birthday is creeping up and I am so excited for him and can't wait to see him grow and learn!

Summer of Beer Reunion 2012

We went to Galveston for our coaches reunion this summer. Just some pics from the trip...

Dad and Andrew at a restaurant one night. He is an active little monster!

Ha - this was only the beginning...

Typical BB and Ali Hortince

Pretty sure they are talking about sharks right here. 

Brian trying to share a cherry :) 

Carolyn said this would gross out the kids...haha

Ali wouldn't share the ice cream and that made Drewbs very angry!

Bradys

floor-de-lay, I believe this was called. :) (Not the correct way to pronounce it but from the dictionary of BB)

Mom feeding Drewbs something that he shouldn't have, I'm sure.

Here are the best pictures. These two crack me up. I wish I could have video of the conversation. 

Group picture, take 1...

This is probably the best. 

Mom kept giving Andrew ice...

and she was chewing it up first. So he knew where the loot was. :) 

We had such a blast. It's always too short of a weekend but we always have so much fun. Next year, we are going to try to go earlier so that EVERYONE can attend. It's only half the fun when not everyone is there. Love this group!