The month long party!

There are some perks to all of us having birthdays all in the same month. 

 There is cake, cake, and more cake!

Andrew and Gramps went to check out the cows at a local farm for a birthday treat. Andrew was not sure he liked the big cows... the babies were ok. 

More cake!! The birthday kids. We all can still be called kids, right?!

 

Andrew really got the hang of digging in!

 

Soooooo excited!

 (cake really gives Andrew a boost of energy. He stayed up until 11:30pm just hanging out with the adults)

Andrew's 12 month Pictures

We took the 12 month pictures out in Colorado. 

 

 

 

 

So many different expressions!

 

 Classic "Andrew Looks" and the outtakes of our photo session!!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Andrew woke up at 5am in order to start his birthday off right!

 

We were off for a hike at Chautauqua Park first thing in the morning.

 

It was Andrew's first hike and we had a great time!

 

At first Andrew thought the balloons were interesting.

 

I was trying to get a cute picture of him with his balloons and after a while, Andrew had to let us know he was sick of pictures and balloons!

 

Digging into his cake... he was not timid!

 

Mmmm Mmmm Good!

 

Who loves cake?! 

Andrew does!

 

Love this boy!

 

Andrew even got to open a few presents. It was close to 10 pm at this time.

We had a full day!!!

A visit to Colorado

 

We went to Colorado for a week in order to visit some friends and meet these two little peanuts, Camden and Josie

Andrew was not quite sure he wanted to share his daddy and momma sometimes...

We had a great time playing at the park

Our striped shirt boys

We do love these beautiful views!

The Hunt

There was quite the egg hunt this past Sunday. Here the boys are receiving their instructions

 

They are off running!

 

Aunt Jo helped Andrew catch the vision of the Easter Egg Hunt!

 

To save energy, Peter grabbed a ride from Gramps and Nana

 

After the rigorous hunt, the boys had to assess their winnings.

The 4 babies making bargains on their eggs. Andrew isn't so sure he got a good deal... the other kids took out the candy of the egg before they gave it to him!!

 

Andrew is still a little peeved at his lack of candy!

 

The adults had our own egg experience! We continued the tradition of coloring Easter eggs!

It was Randy's first time coloring eggs. He missed the coloring part and went into abstract art by just breaking the shell. Very creative Randy!

 

The boys were crazy on the tramp! All the candy was getting worked out of their system!!

A trip to Fort Lauderdale

For spring break, we were nuts enough to take 3 babies on a plane in order to get to some warm weather.

Who loves the beach? 

Andrew does!!

There was a lot of activity.... not much solitary sun bathing!

Elise and I managed to read a book though. 

Gram was not so lucky!

 

Everyone walking by Elise said something along the lines of
"She has her hands full."

They thought she had triplets!

Attempting to shop

Andrew really got into playing with the girls. They didn't always appreciate him stealing their shoes, toys, and their momma's time...

However, Elaina thought that Andrew was her baby so she would feed him her food and make him drink out of his sippy cup.

He had a lot of "mommas" this past week!

He didn't mind!

Kurt came down the last half of the week. 

We went to Everglades National Park one day...

... and saw lots and lots of gators. 

 

Andrew could have cared less about the gators but he liked the tram ride because he got LOTS of snacks!