Daycare Egg Hunt

Again just for my records - pics of AK at his Daycare Easter Egg Hunt this year. He was so excited to open the first egg that we almost just stopped there.

Easter 2012

We went to the Easter Egg Hunt at church this year and Andrew had quite a lot of excitement with all the caandy, and coookies...

Tons of fun! They even had bunny wabbits for him to pet.

And this was his first time on a swing. We go to the park a lot but our park in the neighborhood doesn't have swings. He wasn't such a big fan at first but soon decided he never wanted to get out. We had quite the battle getting him to leave!

His Easter basket on Sunday morning.

The jelly beans were definitely a hit - he would keep "accidentally" dropping the eggs so it would break open for him.

Blanket Forts

When James and I work from home on Mondays it can be a struggle to keep Andrew entertained and still get stuff accomplished. So I figure how better to keep a little boy busy than to build a blanket fort and make a mess of the living room. He kept trying to pull the blankets over but generally was pretty happy with his little hideout.

Halt!! No one can enter unless they know the secret password...

Peek A Boo!

I just love the cuteness here and those blue eyes. He gets away with murder because of those eyes.

Bet you can't spot him he is so well hidden. Or so he thought when he tried to sneak into the candy and hide it in here.

Picasso....Or something like that

Andrew suddenly started being afraid of the bathtub/bathtime a few months ago. Strange since this has always been one of his favorite things to do. We weren't sure what started it or how to fix it. So me being the genius that I am, distracted him with the destruction of my bathtub. I got him a set of crayons that he could use to draw on everything and it has cured his fear of the tub completely. And added a whole lot more work for myself. Thankfully some other genius invented Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and they clean off everything! Here is the little Picasso at work.

Random Update Post

Super Hero - not exactly sure what his special power is but you get the idea.


Favorite sports team fun day at daycare.

Can you tell what his favorite team is?

For Christmas I bought my mom and dad plane tickets to come visit. They spent a long weekend here and we had a lot of fun. But only managed to take this one picture....and it isn't even of mom and dad. Terrible huh?

We had a lot of fun with Grandma and Grandpa though. Got some shopping in, a bit of sight seeing. Lots of food, park time, playing cars, and Grandpa even got to do some sheetrock repair thanks to a little 2 year old foot going through the wall.

Some of the funny things that Andrew likes to say now. He has become obsessed with Scooby Doo because all of the older kids at daycare love him. It is pretty funny.

Promise I'll try to do better about the updating....I have been swamped at work and with life - kidney stones, a 2 year old, cars and procrastination. So I have been terrible at updating but will be better!

2nd Birthday!

Poor Andrew has a really crummy birthday being 2 days after Christmas. We are really trying to make it a point to celebrate his half birthdays and his actual birthday is a pretty small affair.

I made him some special "Mater" cupcakes





and got him a Mater balloon


and we went out for burgers. Pretty laid back. You can see he enjoyed the cupcakes lol.



And he got a new truck. That was probably his highlight of the night.


Random Things about Andrew at this age:
*He loves to eat - strawberries are his favorite and then yogurt. He is usually a pretty good eater but these are some of the favorites.
*He loves to sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. And do Patty Cake, he loves reading books. He will come and bring me books all of the time and he wants to read them all. If they have cars or trucks in them those are the favorites even if there aren't words. He will name off all of the different types of cars and trucks in each book. He loves animals too.
*He loves water - being December it means he just plays in the bathtub all of the time.
*He loves anything "Cars" related. He has at least 3 different Mater toys, a Finn McMissile, we bought Cars 2 and he loves that.
*He loves to watch Mickey Mouse Club House and do the hot dog dance. He loves Little Einsteins too.
*He loves to play with Colt - mainly because Colt is the only dog who lets him lol.
*He loves to say Amen to prayer. Sitting still during it is a whole different story but he has the end part down to an art form lol.
*He can name most all of his major body parts.
*He loves to watch football with daddy and yell "Toushdown" (Touchdown), and "Huska Power" (Husker Power), and "Go Big Wed" (Go Big Red).
*His vocabulary expands every day but his favorite words are still car related which I know comes as a huge shock to everyone.

We are so glad we have this sweet (and major handful) in our home. He brings a lot of excitement to the house for sure.

After we cleaned up from Christmas, we got ready for church and enjoyed a really nice musical service. I love Christmas time. I love the music, the messages, the spirit and the little child that lives inside all of us still. The music is definitely one of my favorite parts. I should have gotten a picture of all of us, but apparently didn't. I am terrible at this! I did get some cute pics of Andrew in his new sweater looking adorable.

Can you tell he likes to ham it up for the camera now?



After church we had my friend Catherine from work and her boyfriend John come over for dinner. Again I didn't get any pics but we had a delicious dinner. I made a Rosemary and Garlic Crusted Prime Rib, Garlic and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, Ciabatta Bread Stuffing, Homemade Crescent Rolls (my Aunt Nanette's recipe YUMMY!), Catherine brought Green Beans and Brussel Sprouts, and then to top it all off, we had Caramel Apple Pie (From the Pioneer Woman) and Chocolate Pecan Pie with Homemade Whipped Cream. I think I just gained more weight typing out our menu. But it was super yummy. And we enjoyed hanging out with Catherine and John. Thanks guys!