Apple Picking

This past weekend we spent a lovely fall day at my parents house to go apple picking. It is always a good time to watch Andrik get all excited doing new things. Picking up apples off the ground and banging them together. Or finding just the right one to pick up and hand to you all proud. We also got to take a very short hay ride. Andrik enjoyed throwing the hay off more than the ride I think :) What new adventures are in store for us..... Deerfield Fair this weekend! I think they even have a petting zoo (God help those animals :)).

The Past Month

and here it goes.... The past month hasn't really been anything too exciting. We visited the children's museum in Dover, which he seemed to like. They had plenty of buttons for him to push which he totally loves. There was also a play kitchen that amused him as he stole the food from other kids. It is always amazing to see what catch's the attention of kids. Some of the kids were fighting over the drums, some the trains and others the play food. Have to wonder what goes through their little minds :)




and of course we always have fun at memere & pepere's. From fun tub crayons to playing street hockey with Matt and his boy outside. It is crazy to think that not so long ago we were the ones playing out in the road, yelling 'car' everytime one was coming up the road. And now our kids are the ones playing out there. It is kind of neat to watch everything come full circle :)




This summer sure has been one of growing. We walk and talk, laugh and throw tantrums, wake up in the middle of the night wanting to play and push people at daycare. We now have 7.5 teeth and know how to use them :) We say 'NO' when we don't want to do things and right before we do things we know we shouldn't. I can't wait to see what the future holds and yet don't want it to go by as fast as it is.

A New Beginning

Ok, I know I totally suck at this blogging thing :) But I am going to try to do weekly updates of what is going on in our lives. Granted this will be nothing exciting, but at least you will get some pics of Andrik :)

7 Months

Hey everyone, sorry it as been so long. Not sure who is following anymore because of it :(

Here is an update of what Andrik has been doing. We have started eating our pureed baby foods, of which he hasn't met one he hasn't liked (except yogurt). We also now eats puffs and cheerio's, although we don't quite grasp the concept of pickingthem up and putting in our mouth. Or he is really smart and playing us and making us put them in his mouth....

He can now sit up completely on his own and has taken to rocking back and forth like Kendall does.


He doesn't have any teeth yet, but I swear has been teething since 4 months. No crawling or any of that yet either.

He absolutely loves the bouncer and will bounce until he falls asleep in it.

Here are a couple of the latest pics..








6 Month Pic



















Eating our toes
















Being tortured by mom :)

















Distracted by one of the many leaves falling














Our little monkey

Back to Work

On a very sad note, I had to start work last week (June1). Not only did I not want to go back, but the though of not 'hanging' out with Andy all day is kind of depressing. I never thought 6 weeks would go by so quickly.

We also have the pleasant experience of our first cold. He is completly congested and coughing and sneezing. I feel so bad since there is nothing you can really do. And if his sleeping pattern wasn't bad enough, it is even worse now :( The things he picks up after being at daycare for only 1 week. And the inevitable, Kendall and I are also sick. I thought colds were only for the winter???

On a positive note... When we brought him in for the cold he did weigh in at 9lbs. Our little man is growing :)

Already a Month Old!!

Where does the time go. Andy is already a month old...and I have to go back to work in a week and a half :( At his checkup yesterday he weighed in at 7.6 lbs (gaining almost a pound since last week). He finally isn't swimming in all of his newborn clothes so that is kind of fun. He also got the first of his many shots yesterday and seemed to do fine with it.

He still has his days and nights mixed up, but I dare to say I think it is getting better. We have switched to feeding him formula at night which seems to hold him longer. He does still, however, have really bad gas at night. The docs say it isn't colic because he would be fussing all day long instead of just at night. Apparently this is normal and will last another couple of months, unfortunately.


Here are some updated pics..