Our Family Christmas

 We enjoyed many days of celebrating Christmas.

 

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Andrew rather liked all of the paper and box stuffing. 

We could have wrapped up empty boxes!

The way to know if Andrew likes something: He puts it in his mouth

We spent Christmas Eve in Chicago. Andrew even bought us dinner! 

(Actually someone thought Andrew was so cute that they bought us dinner in honor of him)

Thanks Bud! (And to the people that bought us dinner!)

 

It seems every time we go to Chicago it is bitter cold!

The Christmas Tree

I found some old pics of getting our Christmas tree!

 

It was the first time in a couple of years that we even had a tree.

 

Although Kurt and Randy don't appreciate the whole "tree experience", they love us girls and humor our love of real trees!

 

Elise and Randy were very particular about how wide their tree could be.

 (Here they are measuring their tree)

They forgot to check how tall their tree was... and ended up getting a tree wider than tall!!

 

Little mister is looking a bit mischievously at that new "toy" 

Life

Love those cuddles

 

"Daddy, what are you doing?"

 

"I didn't do it, I promise!!"

 

Pretty soon we will have a crawler!

The Busy Zoo

We have a new trick of standing by the Busy Zoo

 

But sometimes the zoo attacks you...

 

And then you poop your pants.

 

A more stable way to play with the Busy Zoo!! (but not near as exciting!)

Lets Eat!

To our dismay, it is about time to start eating some real food.  We want our son to grow, but we don't want to clean up real food poops (I do that enough at work already).

Bananas are so funny Daddy.

 

Mmmm mmmm, my tummy is so full. Hey, where's my milk?

6 months old

Our boy is 6 months old! 

Hard to believe.

 

What a clown he is!

 

Not always the most photogenic!

 

 

Our blue-eyed boy.

 

Boo!

Andrew has been gearing up for Halloween for quite a while now.

 

He couldn't wait to go trick or treating and Mommy and Daddy couldn't wait to eat the candy.

 

Here are our little zoo animals.

Trish always knew that I wanted a puppy, so here ya go! He's cuter than a puppy. 

(-Trish: I hope Andrew is the only puppy I ever have to own!)

 

The bumble bee is attacking the puppy.

 

Everyone knows how much I like Ronald Reagan. Andrew seems more interested in the Skittles.

A day off of work!

Andrew was surprised he did not have to go to work today! 

 

We went for a walk in Rose Mound Natural Preserve 

...and it was pretty cold

 

Yes, that is snow :(

 

Our beautiful Lake Michigan

 

Fall Fun!

We all went pumpkin picking again this year. Andrew is not so sure about Uncle Harvey's Pumpkins!

 

They are a little less scary when Daddy is around...

 

Daniel is photo bombing pictures at an early age!

 "Look at my worms guys!"

 

Hmmm... I wish I could adequately describe what is going on in this picture! 

The synopsis: Boys being boys!

Andrew is riding around on the golf cart in an old wash basin.  

That's pretty normal, isn't it?!

 

Now that it is getting cold, we get to have robe and slippers days. We have to work on getting the robe to stay on Andrew! Good thing mine wasn't coming off!!

Andrew's hair is hilarious these days. 

 

He really is getting the hang of eating leaves... easy entertainment!

Andrew

Here is a glimpse into a 5 month old's life...

 

There is nothing better than being outside, especially when there are leaves you can put in your mouth!

 

Sitting up is VERY fun, but after a while the arms are needed for additional assistance in balancing. Sitting up is hard work!

 

Therefore, when one gets tired, one lays down... even when mom is taking pictures!

 

He rallies and turns himself to his stomach, but his mother won't stop taking pictures!

 

So, Andrew resolves himself to sleeping in the grass.