A Peace Offering

"Being mistreated is the most important condition of mortality, for eternity itself depends on how we view those who mistreat us." - from The Peacegiver.

He's 7 months this week!

i weighed him this morning, 19.2 pounds!

unstructured indoor play right here...

andrew "thumbing" the wheels to make them spin...



he loves the bunny grandma (hall) gave him for easter. he picked it out of the basket himself. these toys weren't staged!

the girls and their cookies. i thought it was funny , they liked the cookie dough, but there was a whole can of pumpkin in the dough, it really didnt look very sweet...but they liked it!

andrew getting a bit of cookie, he didnt particularly like the cookie.


he always loves water though.


notice the shirt. i had to get a picture of it in play.

me giving mom one of my many hugs.

the girls entertaining andrew....

does this shirt make my face look fat?


so last night we had sam and heidi and the girls over, and jen, and margo. it was a good time! they brought dinner and we made pumpkin choc chip cookies, very good! it was nice to see everybody and just hang out. andrew however was having a rough day. not napping, crying, and then last night when i tried to put him to bed it took forever, he didnt go to sleep unitl 10:30, and dan was the one who finally got him to sleep. i would get him to sleep and then i would lay him down and he would start screaming. and then it would take a long time to calm him down and then he would fall asleep, and the cycle went on for so long i finally just gave up and handed him to dan. what a dad! got him to sleep and got him to stay asleep when he layed him down. i think he had a fever last night, he was warm (i thought it could have also been the crying, so i didnt check the temp, but i knew something was bothering him so i gave him baby motrin. which he then choked on because he wouldnt stop crying, and then spit or threw some of it back up..) and this morning , he slept til after 7, then ate a little, and played with his toys, and then i was holding him and he felt really warm, so i checked his temp (with a forhead band, that he didnt like me holding on) it got to 100.4 i think and then he wouldnt have it anymore. so i said, okay he has a fever and let him be. but then HE (haha i put "I" and almost didnt catch it. TOTALLY changes the meaning there) fell asleep or i would have given him baby motrin, so when he wakes up i will give him some. but i want to let the poor little guy sleep.
so new andrewisms- (things andrew does)- takes chevron cars and flips them over and spins the wheel with his thumb, really cute. he loves the cars and the wheels! he also loves stuffed animals,as well as real ones. gives hugs and kisses to them liberally. when i drop him off at the gym baby center, i come back and get hugs and kisses, and it seems like every time i pick him up i get a big hug and kiss, or two or three. hes a very affectionate little guy. anyways, here are some pictures!

Finally a crib for andrew~

here is a picture of the one i got. or should be getting...
so i finally got to order my baby a crib! it should be here nov 15-28, somewhere in there. hopefully soon.

Haircut

Aunt Mare and Andy

snip snip...

Rubber ducky...you're the one...

Andrew, mom and dad (mom trying to entertain and hold head steady while dad cuts hair- didnt work.)
So today we also cut andrews hair! it was getting pretty long. so we gelled it and dan cut it! then we gave him a bath.

4 TEETH!

well just thought i would announce the arrival of two new teeth for andrew! the top 2 are officially out. or in. however you would put that. they are here. so, last oct 4 he got his first tooth, and now ONE MONTH later he has FOUR (4)! teeth. hes getting them very fast. anyways, mary came up for the weekend and we had dinner with tom and brooklyn (michelle wasnt home yet) and we ate roast and potatoes and carrots. and i made some zucchini bread.

the new bed

so dans step mom gave us the most awesome bed AND bedding!!! (complete with drapes when i get a couple rods) THANKS theresa!! anyways thought i would let you all have a look at our new addition;)

Happy Halloween (Again!)

A Happy Halloween to All and to All a Good Night. by the way, dan put up our bed!! yay!! so i will get some pictures up of it, its pretty cool. i must be very lucky by some way, because almost all our furniture was given to us! and i LOVE our furniture. .. on with the pictures;) enjoy all.

our little veggie's.





brooklyn trying to take a seat on the pumpkin. haha

Me and my pumpkin!



Brooklyn giving andrew a kiss, and below, brooklyn kept thinking that his padding from the pumpkin was a little chair, so she kept sitting on him. it was quite funny. he didnt like that.


Here are some pictures from going over to tom and michelle's, all the kids were tired and ready for bed, so they arn't the BEST pictures. but we tried! so here they are, andrew and kenzie, our little veggie tales, and then brooklyn the little 50's dancer/ girl.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin and Cowgirl


See my two teeth?


Here is andrew in his costume. we will be making rounds tonight to family, if andrew starts feeling better. he hasnt been so smiley today, i dont think he feels good. i did give him some meds, so hopefully that will help... anyways, here are some pictures of andrew and jinx (who is a cowgirl if you cant tell).

Fall O7

Here are some pictures from the fall shoot, and also in some are Tom and Michelle (my brother and his wife michelle, and andrews cousins Brooklyn and Mackenzie). and then one of andrew waiting in the car with dan, and one of andrew (who is STILL sleeping, its 10 oclock, he went to be around 9, woke up to eat at 7, and went back to sleep, and its 10 oclock! hes been sleeping so good!)













ahh i tried to bite the leave and it was hard! by the way i dont know why these came up sideways, they arnt like that on my iphoto..







Here are our pictures from Fall 07 photo shoot.