slacker

Sorry I've been slacking on blogging lately. I'll write more later and fill you in on NOTHING that's been going on here. Meanwhile, here's my little stud..

HaPpY BiRtHdAy MATT!!!

Lately Andrew's been on this coloring kick. It's funny because the first time he was given a color was at church. I happened to be in his room that day and laughed when they called him to come sit at the table to color. Needless to say, the boy came to the table, took the crayon and ran! He had no clue what it was or what he was supposed to do with it. It was a big ordeal when I had to get the crayon back. Well, he's come a long way and will now actually color! So lately we've had him color pictures that we can send to his grandparents. He needs to have the big crayons, but all I have are the skinny ones. Maybe Santa will bring some!!!

Concentrating on coloring!

Trying to run away from the table with the crayon. It was a struggle....

...and somehow Andrew got it out of my hands (I didn't want to break it) and got it on his chair.

So from now on...this is how Andrew will be coloring. (Yes, I know the picture is sideways. I have to constantly turn the picture so he won't just color at the bottom of the page.)

pleasing the people

Before I get hate mail again....

I've been working on Andrew's scrapbook. I have about 3 more pages to do and I'm done!! WOO-HOO! I'm sure Andrew, being a boy, won't appreciate it as much as a girl, but I enjoy doing it for him. Maybe his wife will enjoy it!! I figure this next kiddo will be our last. :) I don't want to have to do too many albums for these kids!! It's a lot of work!

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My sister and her family are coming in this weekend. She told me Monday...the day I started scrapping. So I had to hurry and finish his book because I don't want to pull all that stuff out for a while. Anyway, it will be a short trip for them. They'll get here Friday evening and then leaving early Sunday. I have a musical at church that I'm helping with so they are going to leave when I do. Kind of a bummer...but I've already committed at church.

That's all from here! Enjoying this cool weather...but not the hurricane winds we had today!

HERE PEOPLE!

Since I keep getting hate mail and comments about needing to update....here ya go!

Last week I kept a friends 9 month old for two days. Everyone kept saying how it was giving me experience for the one on the way. I disagree because who in their right mind would have children 7 months apart? It's hardly possible..unless you deliver early! Lord please don't let me go that early! Anyway, it was a lot of work, but Andrew had fun playing with her.

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Andrew went to the Dr. today for his flu shot. I made Matt go with us. He has to go back in a month for part two of the shot. She said since this is the first time he's getting the shot he has to have two doses. Not really sure why.

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I've been feeling pretty good with this pregnancy. Really can't complain. My belly hasn't popped yet. I have friends that are due within a week or so of me and they really have popped! I'm jealous and hope to pop soon because I'm tired of this in between stage!

the giggles

Today has been a blah day. We haven't done much besides straighten up the house. I was putting clothes away when I could hear Andrew cracking up at something in the front room. I went to check it out and then had to get my camera in on the action...


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halloween

Since Andrew was so young last Halloween, we called this his first "real" Halloween. I think he enjoyed it...

Dressed up as Bret Favre...even though he didn't trick-or-treat.

Andrew says he can take on Bret Favre ANY DAY!!

Anxiously awaiting the trick-or-treaters.

Trying to sneak some candy. He wasn't sure what it was, but he knew it was leaving the house quickly! He had to get his hands on it!!!

Who me? I wasn't taking ANY candy!!!

pumpkin patch

This morning we met some friends at a pumpkin patch down the road. Since we had about 800 inches of rain these last two weeks I was afraid it would be a mud pit. It wasn't too bad. There were a couple of puddles and Andrew wanted to play in ALL of them! He tried picking up all sizes of pumpkins and got dirt all over his white shirt...why did I put him in a white shirt???This was the best picture we got of Andrew. (Plus it hid his big mud stain!)

I thought this was just a funny picture. He wasn't too sure what I was doing to him.

The fam

Picture of all the kiddos. It was pretty amusing trying to get this picture!!

a little gripe

Thanks everyone for the comments about baby #2. We are very excited! I've heard having 1 baby is easy and 2 is chaotic, so we will see. I thought 1 got chaotic at times!! :)

It amazes me what people have said to me since telling that we are pregnant. Just to share a few...

I always get the ...Oh! Congratulations!...then it's followed by...Now, how old is Andrew? I say how old he is and then feel like I have to justify it by saying...he'll be 22 1/2 months by the time the baby gets here. It annoys me because it's not like Andrew 6 months old! I want to say...this is perfect timing for us...don't question it!!!!!!!!!!

And 2 times now I've gotten the whole...was it planned!? How rude is that? One lady at my church said to me how she saw my name on the expectant mom's list. She said congratulations and....was this planned? I should have said..Yes! God's plan! I hardly even know this lady and was really annoyed that someone I hardly know would make that comment.

Okay, I'm done! Just had to gripe!!

I've been keeping a secret!!

It's been a hard secret to keep, but I've had my reasons why we needed to keep it a secret....I'll share that in a bit. Now it's time I can share...with the help of Andrew...

Okay, so really the shirt should read, "I'm going to be a big brother." I couldn't find one at the time. I figured it would get the point accross!

Matt and I had decided that this time if/when we get pregnant we would tell family in person. It's more fun that way. We've told my side of the family (over the past month) and haven't seen Matt's family to tell them yet. However, they will be here today!!! We didn't think we would see family until Christmas (which would have been SO hard for me to keep it a secret that long) but it has worked out for us to see/meet up with them before then. I haven't been able to share on here because my sister-in-law reads my blog...didn't want to spill the beans.

Anyway, I'm 10 1/2 weeks and my due date is May 15th. I'm feeling great these days. However, in the beginning I was pretty nauseous. Food didn't sound good at all. Thankfully when I hit 10 weeks all that went out the window!! Just had to share my news FINALLY!