Mother's Day 2010

Mother's Day this year was my first one. My whole side of the family came to visit for Andrew's baby blessing (this is like a christening). None of them except Mom and Steve briefly had met Andrew. While they were here we took new family photos. Here are a couple of the faves.
The Lund girls with Grandma.

The Lund Girls



The Lund Family

Great Grandma Betty and Andrew.

More of the girls.

Thanks Betsy for taking such great pics again. You are awesome!

Here is Grandpa with Andrew.


Brittany and Dad.

Grandma and Kalli.

Great Grandma Betty and Andrew. She was so excited to hold him she didn't even want to set him down to eat.
Kiersty and Kalli trying to get Andrew to sleep. There was so much to see he wasn't sure he could go miss out.
A rare candid shot of James and I.
We had a bbq with some of our friends while everyone was here so here are a few pics of that. We had a fun time and good food.



My friend Leslie's cute little gal Brynlie at the bbq.
The pics after church - it was kind of funny how these turned out. James wasn't out because he was teaching Sunday School and Steve was holding Andrew so it actually looks like he is their baby. :-)

Andrew in his cute little outfit that Grandma Liz made for him.
Thanks everyone for coming to see us. We had a really good time and I'm glad Andrew got to spend time with all of you.

4 Months Old

I'm a little behind on everything but Andrew had his 4 month check up at the first of May. So here are his current stats.

FOC (Head Measurement) 41 10-25%
Weight 11 lbs 4.5 oz below 5%
Height 24 3/4" 25-50%

So he is super skinny but really long. Hopefully he'll get the height from Grandpa Kim that his mom didn't get.

We've had a lot of new things discovered this month. We're rolling over and scooting all over the place. Toys finally hold interest for him. And grabbing at everything. My face, jewelry, shirt, James' cup, whatever he can get his little hands on. He really loves grabbing his own bottle and he does pretty good most of the time at holding it. He can't figure out what to do when it falls but he's getting better.


We've also been eating a lot of solid foods. Not really sure how they can be good but he seems to love them. Squash, Carrots, Green Beans, Peas, Bananas, Applesauce and oatmeal cereal. Gotta put a bit of weight on this little man. He has 2 friends at church that are a month and 2 months younger but both have about 3 lbs on him. We're working on it.

Pinks All Out

James' dad raced in Pinks All Out in Dallas again this year so we took Andrew to his first race. I'm sure there will be many more to come in his lifetime. He was terrified of all of the cars and how loud they were so we spent the day in the trailer but had a fun time getting to see all of the family anyways. His Uncle Merlin, Aunt Beth, Cousins Scott and Laura and their 2 boys Aidan and Corbin all drove up to Dallas from Houston too so it was a lot of fun to spend time with everyone. He didn't get selected for the sweet sixteen again this year but just had a blast getting to race.

Here is Laura and the boys and Merlin.

Scott and Ralph watching the other racers fly down the track.

The other boys watching the racers. Lane thought it was a bit too loud so he kept his ear protection on the whole time.
Macy hanging out in the back of the truck.
Susan, Branson and Mark at the track.

Grandma Marlene hanging out with Andrew. She hadn't seen him since he was 3 days old so he was looking pretty different.
The track - Ralph is racing in the top photo.


The Edsel

Easter 2010

Easter this year was pretty laid back for us. We spent it with just our little family in the morning and were able to sleep in which is unusual with the little man but he woke up early and then laid right back down and we got to sleep until almost 10. It was absolutely beautiful. The Easter bunny did come visit Andrew and he got a whole bunch of new clothes, a lion toy that makes noise and has little teethers on it, and a bunch of new movies that he will enjoy someday. But for now mom and dad can enjoy them. James got some new clothes too which he had been badly needing.

That afternoon we spent Easter with our "Austin Family" and had a bbq which was a lot of fun. We counted up and had 11 adults and 19 children. It was quite the full house and I'm glad it was at the Scotts and not my house. :-) All of us brought our own steaks or chicken and we grilled those and Leslie made her wonderful gorgonzola cheese sauce to put on the meat and then the rest of us brought sides. We had enough food to feed twice the amount of people that were there and it was delicious.
Some of the older kids trying to hide from the camera.
And the younger kids having some backyard fun.
And this is Keri with her sassy new haircut that is now also red. So cute.

Then the older kids hid eggs for the younger kids at the park and we had a little easter egg hunt. Here are all the younger kids just ready to go.

Here are a couple of family pics that Betsy was kind enough to snap of us and I love that she caught Andrew smiling. So fun.



Hope you all had a Happy Easter and enjoyed celebrating the true meaning of it with family and friends. And of course enjoying what the Easter Bunny brought you.

St. Patricks Day

For St. Patricks Day Andrew was at his sitters and he got to have a fun day at the park with her 2 little ones, the 2 Haynes girls and the 2 youngest Ashford girls. He had a pretty fun day. He loves being outside and walking so the park was perfect for him. And of course Laura took a ton of pics so here you go.






Don't you love his cute little car blanket? Thanks Aunt Michelle, you have great taste. Funny that she picked out the exact fabric that I did except mine has a black background. Compare the blanket to the curtains in the nursery and you'll see.

Cute pics and a short video

These are some more pics taken of Andrew by his fantastic babysitter and friend Laura.

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Here is a cute little video of Andrew not quite knowing what to make of the sound but he really likes sounds and then his cute little friend Emma the butterfly.

More Pics

Andrew has been going to the baby sitter twice a week while I am working. And my sweet friend Laura and her 2 little kiddos are the greatest babysitters he could have. He gets all kinds of lovin' and I get lots of pictures of the little guy that are super cute. Emma is the cutie patootie that you will see holding him in a lot of the pics. She told her mom that Andrew is her best friend and she loves on him the whole time he is there and loves to pet his soft little head. I'm so glad that he has a fun place to go while Mom is at work.



Laura even captured one of his rare moments of sleeping. He looks so peaceful I wish he would do this more often. :-)