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!

A Hop, A Skip, and A Jump

Andrew is gonna be about eleven months old in a few days and a little less than a week ago he decided to take his first steps by himself.

.....This is what I would consider his "hop."

 

As you can see he's a bit wobbly yet, but he is working on it and he is also thrilled with his own progress.

....I suppose this would be his "skip."

 

.....I guess you'd have to call this his "jump."

Our Big Helper

Andrew loves to be a big help to people.

 Here he is "helping" cousin Jack play his games. Jack was thrilled.

He "helps" momma rearrange her cupboards... in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the bedroom...

I am very organized now. Thank you, Andrew.

He helps us with feeding him

Andrew helps daddy vacuum. 

He knows where the power button is so it is rather a game to see how fast you can vacuum before he turns it off again!

It does not promote very thorough vacuuming!

Andrew has an addiction to the dishwasher. He is VERY good at unloading it. 

He cries when the door is closed.

He is so sad that he can't "help" us with it any longer!!

Fat Tuesday

It only took Andrew 10 months to make the front page!

We found out when we went to MacKenzie's Bakery that it was Fat Tuesday

 

There was a reporter and photographer who were trying to find people eating Paczki's... 

they found Andrew!

... and publicized on the front page of the paper that we feed our child doughnuts!

(we are serious.... Must be a slow news day!)

READ THE ARTICLE HERE!

They were DELICIOUS!!

We think we might start a tradition!

We have a crawler!

In the last week, Andrew has decided he wants to move. 

 

By the end of the hall, he is getting tired.

 

So then he plays turtle! 

When Kurt is home, we do hard work... 

like brush our teeth...

give ourselves kisses...

have staring contests...

and read books! We are very productive!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

When Kurt is at work, Andrew and I go to Gramp's and Gram's house so we don't get bored. We like to stay busy.

 

For Gramp's birthday, we were able to get extra cake. It was grand!!

 

Building a snowman with cousin Kari.

9 months old

Hard to believe Andrew is 9 months old

 

He is quite the little jokester...

but he also has his ways of communicating that he is not happy... it is a very dramatic little cry.

Standing without help is VERY fun. 

 

He is quite a little man

 

Who couldn't love those blue eyes?! (and his second chin!!)