New Nephew - Paxton Slade

I'm behind as usual but trying to catch some of these up.

The Fleischman's added a new little man to the bunch on June 1. Pat and Krista had their first baby - Paxton Slade Fleischman. So over 4th of July we took a trip to Lubbock to meet the new little guy. I didn't get many good pics - he was busy making the rounds through all of us. Here are a couple of Paxton hanging out with Aunt Susan.


Pat has a new toy which Branson was only too willing to test out lol. He drove all the other kids around the culdesac in it.


Grandma even took a ride.

The older boys watching....it only lasted so long before they had to go commandeer the golf cart and attempt to "pop a wheelie" and drag it all the way to the end of the culdesac sparking the whole way. Such crazy boys!


Because Andrew has such a crummily timed birthday 2 days after Christmas we are wanting to celebrate half birthdays with him and let him have his own special time separate from Christmas. So Grandma and Grandpa found the perfect gift for his half birthday knowing of his Cars obsession. He was much more interested in what was under the paper this time than he was at Christmas last year.


And once he saw what was in there he couldn't get it open fast enough. (it is still one of his favorite toys although half the buttons don't work anymore because he has worn them out)


Macy was such a good "mom" following Andrew around on his new toy and making sure he didn't go into the street and playing with him. He was loving his cousins and all


We had a nice time hanging out with the family and meeting our new nephew/cousin Paxton.

Visiting Aunt Becky..

And Uncle Kent, and Amy, KC, Loretta, Colt and Chandler. I haven't gotten to spend time with them in forever. I think the last time I had seen Amy and Loretta was at Uncle Kay's funeral 6 years ago and Uncle Kent and Aunt Becky was probably 4 years ago. So when I found out they were going to be in New Braunfels hanging out I couldn't pass up the opportunity to invite myself and family along. I used to spend all of my summers with these crazy folks and definitely miss them. I only wish Kara, Melinda, Teresa and Leslie could have been there with their families too.

It was a quick trip but we drove down Saturday afternoon and spent most of Sunday in New Braunfels at the Wyndham Suites. Such a nice place to stay. We had a full kitchen and plenty of room for all of us.

Saturday night we all went out to eat and this great little restaraunt in Gruene right off of the river....Or what is left of the river anyways. It was a late night but Andrew was a total trooper and had a great time!


Sunday we hung out at the pool, grilled and just took it easy. So glad we got to go join in the fun and catch up!

Dance, Dance

So Andrew is a car lover as we all know. He loves actual cars, Cars the movie and just saying cars all the time. Well we were watching Cars for the 789th time the other day and it gets to the scene (if you have seen it you know what I mean, if not...well it is a funny video anyways) where Mac is falling asleep driving and the Japanese modded cars are driving behind him playing rap music. Out of the corner of my eye, I see him start dancing so of course I was not prepared but rewound to that scene again and this is what I caught. He has quite the moves. :-)


Don't you love how cute he is?

Deutschen Pfest - May 2011

I realized that this post was neglected so I wanted to make sure it got on here. We took Andrew to Deutschen Pfest this year and he enjoyed it way more than last year. They had a little petting zoo that he thought was great. He watches a Baby Einstein video about Old McDonalds farm so he has picked up on quite a few of the animals. Although to hear him talk about it the only 2 you would think he knows are cow and puppy.

The cutest little pigs....I totally want one!

Apparently the little man agrees.

He wasn't quite sure what to make of this guy that kept looking at him.

He did say quack quack a couple of times but unfortunately it wasn't directed at these little cuties.

And we finally did see the cows so that he could see the animal he kept talking about.

Further Proof This Kid is a Fleischman....

And a monkey.



And occasionally I can even get him to sleep in the car.....unfortunately it usually only lasts 15 minutes.

18 Months Old

Andrew is 18 months old. He is growing soo fast. He is so full of energy which drives Mommy crazy some days but then he smiles at me and gives me the biggest hugs and wet, slobbery kisses and I usually forget about it.

Favorite Foods
Yogurt
Fruit Snacks
Eggs
Bananas (Nanas)
Cheese
Ice Cream
Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers

Favorite Words
Popi (puppy)
Mayi (Mattie)
Dadie (Daddy)
Yo (Yogurt)
Cah (Car) Voom, Voom (Vroom)
Truck
Coow
Duck
Chicken
Quack, Quack
Foo (Food)
Hi
Bye
Miyilk (Milk)
Yucky
Maymen (Amen)

Favorite Things to Do
Play with Cars
Watch Cars and dance to the music in it
Beat up mommy's laptop
Eat, especially if it is something off of Mommy or Daddy's Plate
Play in the Water whether it is the bath or the pool
Slide at the Park
Get in to EVERYTHING!!!! And it usually ends up being stuff he is not supposed to of course.
Follow Daddy around
Chase the puppies around everywhere
Dance

Trouble Again

I walked out of my bathroom for a total of about 2 minutes the other day and came back to find this...


He had found the shaving cream daddy used earlier that day and decided to have a grand old time playing in it.



Some days his cuteness is what keeps me from going crazy!