Happy Thanksgiving!

Things I am thankful for: Jesus, Josh, Andrew, our amazing family, and our refrigerator. :) Thanks Pat and Lisa!

I understand, baby. I want to kiss that face too.

I decided to get some good video if Andrew crawling because he took his first steps last weekend, so I know it is only a matter of time before he is running everywhere.

In fact....

And then the pivot...

And now...

CHRISTMAS!!!! 

Catch up... Again

So, last week my app that I use for blogging crashed for good. I had to spend some time shopping for a new one. Yesterday's post was a test run. Hope you enjoyed it. :) The pictures are bigger, which I like. For those who are interested (Jessica), I switched from BlogPress to Blogsy. Anyway, things that happened this last week: Josh's 25th birthday party, a visit to Mom's, including a walk in the leaves, and Andrew's introduction to chocolate pie.

On the day of Josh's party, Andrew really wanted to be helpful to Grandma.

If you have ever watched the TV show SCRUBS, this is Josh's shout out to Dr. Cox.

Andrew's new favorite food is grapes, but they have to be peeled first. How many grandmas does it take to do this?

Some cute pictures of Andrew and Adam.

We went to visit Mom this week for our weekly Grandparent Day. It was so gorgeous outside we went for a walk around the house. Andrew even got to climb in the climbing tree a little.

What IS this, Mom?

My dad is on a chocolate pie kick, and Andrew is enjoying this.

And then just general cuteness.

Fall is Fun

We went to see GrandNana and GrandPapa today. They just returned from their celebratory RV trip to Florida that they took when Papa decided he had finished recovering from his heart surgery. We really missed them. Andrew's Nana and Papa came too, and The Papas couldn't resist taking him out in the leaves. (and why should they.)

Always wants to join in

Last weekend Josh and Scott had to work on our van (something about brakes?) and Drew really was wishing he could help. The entire time they were outside he was at the window hollering for them.





He figured out how to use his bottom teeth as a Puff Can opener.










And it wouldn't be a blog post about Andrew without a video or picture of him with an instrument.

Little Drummer Boy

Before there are any comments about the title or the music in the background of the video, I know that it is November 1st. I find it helpful to begin Advent early to have some time before the lights and the gifts take over to think about the Miracle of God's compassion. Andrew and I have been listening to Christmas music for 3 weeks. :)

Andrew has been spending some quality time with Grandpa today. In the midst of all his teething, directing music in the kitchen with Scott is one of the only places he is happy.






Sometimes they sway. :)

So far they have worked on conducting 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 time. Ben occasionally chimes in with some advice from his conducting classes.

After a while Andrew changed focus and decided to be a drummer instead.





"Grandpa, come help me!"

This boy can't help loving music.

Big Fat Blog

I admit that I have been a blog slacker this month. I am going to try to blame it on my extremely mobile 9 month old son. I have been taking pictures and video, but I haven't put them up. The dude is napping, today is the day:

We decided to give Drew on cabinet in the kitchen he is allowed to explore, so everything isn't no, no, no.








Can we have oatmeal for breakfast?

Sweet face.









Big boy rocking




Playing Mario Cart with Aunt Emily. The boys actually give him lessons in how to use the controller. They also gave him a special (broken) controller that he is allowed to slobber on.










Gotta love that hair. It is starting to lay down a little more and it sorta makes me sad.



Helping Grandpa with the dishes.

This weekend we went to visit Emily at App. It was freezing! The big upside to this was that Andrew got to wear and appreciate some of the things I have knitted for him over the last few weeks.



Wooly hat and mittens, slobber proof because wool stays warm when it is wet. God is a genius!



I knitted this sweater about 2 weeks ago and we have almost worn it out! The hat I made on the way to Boone at Josh's request. It is soooo cute!








Relaxing in the hammock.




He learned to play peekaboo himself this weekend. Papa's hat works great as a peekaboo prop.

Of course at a certain point we had to sacrifice cuteness for warmth, which is why he is wearing this blinding combo of multicolored stripes and polkadots. He was toasty though.

Clapping with his palms together is another trick he mastered this weekend. He and Papa Robins supervised and encouraged us as we took down the pop up on Monday.

When we got home Andrew was very glad to see Nana and Papa. Papa is hilarious.

At 9 months, he may be getting huge but he still fits in the cubbies in our living room.






That brings you up to yesterday. The only people missing from this post are Sara and Robin, who we miss dreadfully! That is why when Andrew wakes up we are driving to Western to let them take us to lunch. Hooray! We will try to post pictures tonight of our visit.