Big Blessings for 2013!!!

We have some very exciting news for the new year...

We are having a baby!!! The baby is due at the beginning of July. We feel so blessed because we have been waiting for this baby for a long time! Andrew is super excited to be a big brother. He already said he thinks it is a sister. We will see! I am so excited to see what 2013 holds for us.

Happy New Year!

 

Merry Christmas/Sickmas!!

Of course, I was super excited for Christmas this year! Christmas Eve started like any other year until I started to feel that little sore throat. Andrew had been sick the whole week prior and was still a little sick. I knew I was doomed! We went to church that night and I feel like during that service I went from little sore throat to full blown cold :( The worst part was that I couldn't take anything for my cold. We were able to sneak a family pic in after church.

Andrew still had a blast Christmas morning. He was so excited to see his gifts and to see the milk and cookies were gone. He makes the holidays so much fun. He played with his toys all day. My mom came to visit that night and stayed for a few days. Unfortunately, I was sick for the majority of her visit.

Mark's parents also came to visit after my mom left. They stayed for the weekend. Andrew had fun playing with all of the grandparents.

Christmas may not have gone the way I imagined it but I still enjoyed being with my family.

 

A Visit With Santa

This years visit with Santa went much better than last year! This Santa does such a good job!! Andrew was so excited to meet him and when we left he couldn't stop talking about it.

 

Andrew Turns 3!!

Time to get the blog caught up. December is such a busy month for us. I am really looking forward to the next couple months because there isn't too much on the agenda. One of our huge December highlights is Andrew's birthday. This was such a fun year for Andrew. He seemed to talk about his birthday party the whole month leading up to it. He had to have a Thomas birthday party. He had such a great day and we are so blessed to have so many people that help made his day special. A big shout out to Bev for making Andrew's birthday shirt!!

On Andrew's real birthday we met up with the Carter family at the indoor play ground for a little bit and then stopped at Starbucks for a treat! The girls gave Andrew a snowman cookie and that made his day. That night he got to open his presents from us.

Andrew also had a special birthday celebration at school. We brought cupcakes for the class to share. Andrew got a little gift from his teachers and a special crown. He loves his teachers!

Andrew has started potty training again this week so stay tuned on that. At his three year appointment he weighed 33 pounds was 37.5 inches tall. This year I decided to start a tradition of asking Andrew a few birthday questions. I am so glad I decided to do this because Andrew's answers cracked me up! Note: These are Andrew's responses word for word.

1. What is your favorite color? Orange

2. What is your favorite toy? Lightening McQueen, Finn McMissile, and Francesco

3. What is your favorite food? Milk and ketchup and hot dogs

4. What is your favorite TV show? The movie Cars

5. What is your favorite outfit? Pants, socks, and a shirt

6. What is your favorite sport? Football, baseball, basketball, and soccer ball. I responded, which one is your favorite. He says, "football, baseball, basketball, and soccer ball! They are all my favorite balls!"

7. What is your favorite snack? Fruit snacks!

8. What is your favorite animal? Giraffe

9. What is your favorite song? Old McDonald Had A Farm

10. What is your favorite book? Cars 2

11. Who is your best friend? Case and Ty

12. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Dig a shovel in the snow

13. What is your favorite drink? Milk

14. What is your favorite holiday? I don't know (I think by this point we were done with the questions)

15. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to go to soccer practice.

Love this kid!!! So blessed to have him in my life.

Happy Birthday Andrew!!

 

Thanksgiving Weekend

I love this time of year!! This year it was just us for Thanksgiving. We really didn't take a ton of pictures. We spent our day relaxing! We put up our new Christmas tree. We got one that is a little bit bigger this year and opted out on a live tree. The Christmas tree took a few days to be complete because we needed new lights. It is finally up and I love it! We still had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner just on a much smaller scale. We had a turkey breast from Honey Baked Ham that I had to wait almost an hour for! I was not surprised, I don't blame people for not wanting to cook a turkey!

On Friday we took a little road trip out to Cincinnati to see my family and friends. My mom had us over for lunch. Andrew always has a blast playing with Justin. We enjoyed more turkey and had fun spending time with my mom and sister. Beth showed us how to play Minute to Win it on Xbox, so that was kind of interesting. I think we need one of those :) In the evening we went to my friend Tanya's house for dinner and all of the girls were there with their families. Our group has pretty much tripled in size when you add in babies and boys. When we are all together it definitely makes me miss being home!!

On Saturday we took Andrew to meet Santa. This ended up being so fun!! He was so excited and of course when we got there he was super shy. That is a major improvement from last year because he cried the whole time he sat on Santa's lap. This Christmas is going to be so much fun with Andrew. He is starting to understand the whole Santa thing. Can't wait to show you all of the pictures when we get them! We are also going to try out our own version of Elf on the Shelf. Our Elf's name is Buddy.

 

Big Boy Trains

On Saturday Andrew and Mark were able to have a guys day at the CSX train station. One of our neighbors works there and offered to have Andrew out to see all of the trains. As most of you know, Andrew loves trains! The boys spent their time touring the train yard and they were able to get on a train. I know Andrew had a blast and I am pretty sure Mark had just as much fun. Here are some pictures from their day.

 

Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween this year! Andrew could not stop talking about his dinosaur costume. A few days before Halloween we carved our pumpkins. Andrew had to get his tools out to help. He didn't mind getting his hands dirty, which kind of surprised me.

On Halloween we went to our play group at Bev's house. Halloween is actually Case's birthday so the kids got to do a couple crafts and decorate cupcakes. Grandma also made the trip out to Indy for Halloween, so she was able to join in the festivities.

We went trick or treating for a while, but it was pretty cold. He was pretty much done after our street.

That is definitely roaring like a dinosaur, not jazz hands!

First door...

...this trick or treat stuff really works!!

We ran into Brutus while we were out.

The holidays are so much fun with Andrew now that he kind of understands them. Now we can't stop talking about our birthday party!!