Happy Father's Day!

We had a Happy Father's Day this year! We started out by going to church, we planned to go to Sunday School after church, but we went by Andrew's class and he saw his mommy and didn't want me to leave him- so I didn't! (Andrew and I are getting way too attached with me being home with him all day every day!) Jason wanted to go home anyway, because he wanted to mow the yard- yes, he wanted to! My family was coming up to bring Andrew's swing set and he wanted the yard to look perfect! So, we headed home and Jason mowed the yard to prepare for the swing set. Mom, Dad, Mere, and Don got to our house around noon and we went to eat lunch at PF Changs- Jason's favorite place! After lunch we went outside and watched Dad and Jason build Andrew's swing set. I thought it was funny that it was Father's Day and they were working so hard to put together that swing set for Andrew. That's just what good father's do! They work hard to make their kids happy. Here are a few pictures from our day!

Andrew's Nana sent him a water table, he loves to fill it up with the hose and then pour all the water out.
Here he is filling up the bucket so he can pour it into Gracey's bowl.

Don pulled Andrew around the backyard in his wagon.

The swing is up and Andrew loved it! He almost passed out from the motion of the swing.

Here they are with the finished product. Dad, Don (my grandfather), Andrew, and Jason. These are all the great dads that I know. I hope someday that Andrew grows up to be just like them.

A Big Boy!

Today Andrew got his haircut- it was his forth haircut, but for some reason this haircut made him look much older then the last ones. He will be 21 months old on the 15th, so I thought I'd share some of the things that Andrew is able to do these days.

* He says lots of words and is starting to put words together and make sentences
* He LOVES to go outside and play
* He loves animals- especially our cat, Ally
* He can take out electrical outlet covers
* He loves the vaccum cleaner- he calls it the "vaccy" and loves to watch me vaccum and will sit and pretend to vaccum and play with the attachments for hours
* He weighs about 26 pounds and is holding steady with that weight
* He never sits down once he's awake. He only sits to eat. No kidding!
* He mimics everything

If you notice the big bump on his forhead, that's where he fell on the concrete. He was walking Gracey and she accidently pulled him to hard and he fell down. Ouch!

Sliding and Swimming

Well, we've been having a pretty fun summer this far. Andrew is always busy and we just try to keep up with him. Andrew spent a long weekend in Conway while we went to El Dorado for Jason's 10 year high school reunion. The reunion was kind of blah, but it was great to see some friends that we haven't seen a quite a while. We really enjoyed our visit. We spent a couple of days in Conway too. My sister Carol and her little girl Jenny Grace came to visit and she and Andrew got to play. They also did a lot of swimming. Andrew didn't really want to swim at first, but later on he loved it- as long as his Grandad was swimming with him. I'm planning to put him in swimming lessons next summer. I just wanted to wait this summer with his tubes, even though they say it's ok. Right now he just enjoys splashing on the steps and climbing in and out of the pool. Andrew has really started saying a lot. He can pretty much understand anything you tell him and we can almost understand everything he is telling us. The most important thing he tells us is that he wants to go outside! I have gotten Andrew on a great summer sleeping schedule- he goes to bed around 9 or 10 and gets up around 9 or 10. I love it! He understands the importance of sleeping in during the summer!

This pregnancy is moving along. I'm feeling quite a bit better, I still have sick spells- like the other day at the spa and in the car on the way home from El Dorado (thank goodness for a Wendy's sack...), but it comes and then goes quickly so that's good. We find out on the 30th if the baby is a boy or a girl, so we're looking forward to that. That's about all that we've been doing. I've been trying to clean my house by myself- well, with Andrew's help- and that's coming along. My goal is to get it all cleaned up this week! Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

This is half of Andrew's new swing set, my parents got one for their house and it doesn't fit right in their backyard so they are going to bring it up to our house! Yea!

Andrew enjoys sweeping off the patio

Relaxing after a hard day of swimming

Thinking about getting it

Here I come

Filling up the lawn mower- using the air pump

Andrew enjoys all the gadgets more then the toys. He had more fun with the air pump then the pool toys!

What We've Been Up To

Well, things are finally starting to get better around here. I'm feeling better, Andrew is out of school, and I've got one day left! I've made it to 15 weeks and the nausea has subsided. I still get sick in the morning and afternoon, but it just comes in one wave and then goes! We have been going outside a lot! Andrew loves to be outside. If we ask him if he wants to go outside he says "Yeah" really loud with a huge smile and runs to the door. He especially likes the front yard, because he likes to go on walks. He runs the whole way or holds the leash and walks Gracey. It's really funny! He is so active these days! Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.

We took a trip to Conway and Andrew enjoyed going out to the store and riding on the mule with his Grandad. He almost fell asleep...almost!
Here he is doing some painting.

His Grandad was teaching him to blow the duck call. He can actually kind of do it.

Here he is walking his dog. He gets a very determined look on his face!

It was time to go home, but not time to go inside! Anytime you ask him if he wants to go inside he says "No" and shakes his head.

Eight Things...And Three New Posts!

I have finally updated our blog. There is this post and two more (with pictures)!

My friend Laurie tagged me to do eight things and since Andrew is napping I think that I will! Here are the rules...mention the person that tagged you, complete the list of eight things, tag eight of your wonderful blogger friends, go tell them you tagged them

Eight things I look forward to:
* Having this baby. I HATE being pregnant. I know some people love it, I don't. I throw up all the time, have NO energy, can't be around anything that has a distinct smell, can't eat any of the foods I normally love, etc. etc. etc. Now, just to explain, I love being a mom. I love kids- I'd have several if I didn't have to actually HAVE them. So, for the record, love babies...hate pregnancy.
* Summer vacation. The month of April creeped by and I'm hoping that May will go a little faster!
* Weekends- especially weekends with nothing going on!
* Seeing my friends- I don't get to see them a lot because everyone's schedules are busy or we have kids or we live far away.
* Christmas- always have, always will
* Bubble Baths- they're really a treat, because I am usually to tired to take one when I have the opportunity, so when I actually do it, I love it!
* Finding out of this baby is a boy or a girl. I think we've got eight more weeks until then! I'm just curious. This pregnancy is different in a lot of ways, but similar in a lot of ways to the last one, so I'm curious to see if a girl or a boy is causing me to feel this way.
* Having enough energy to clean my house myself. So far, I haven't been able to clean like I want to and Jason has been kind enough to take over most of the chores I do, but there is just something I truly enjoy about scrubbing cabinets and mopping floors. So, once I feel good again I plan to clean, clean, clean!

Eight things I did yesterday:
* Ate a good breakfast of waffles and little smokies sausages (I love them when I'm pregnant) all dipped in syrup.
* Went to work- I only went for two days this week because Andrew had been sick.
* Picked Andrew up from school
* Watched it hail outside- I would say "pop" everytime it would his the ground and Andrew would laugh histarically!
* Stopped Andrew from plugging in his breathing maching- he had pneumonia all week.
* Stopped Andrew from taking out one of the outlet covers so he could plug his breathing machine into a different outlet
* Took away the breathing machine
* Took some medicine to keep me from throwing up (I threw up A LOT on Thursday, so I got some new medicine) and passed out soon after!

Eight things I wish I could do:
* Feel great during pregnancy
* Know what Andrew is going to destroy before he does it
* Not get frusterated when things get difficult
* Dance
* Take really good pictures
* Go a day without washing my hair
* Not ever wear makeup again
* Go to work only on days that I felt like it

Eight shows I watch:
* Desperate Housewives
* Brothers and Sisters
* Gray's Anatomy
* Private Practice
* Ugly Betty
* Dancing With The Stars
* 18 Kids and Counting
* Old sitcoms on TBS and Nick at Night

I tag anyone who wants to do this. I always think they are fun to read!

Ally Finally Had Enough!

If you look under his right eye you can see a large cat scratch!
Most of you know about Andrew's love for our fat cat Ally, and that Ally has loved him back for some reason. Well, Andrew has gotten a little big aggressive and tries to tackle Ally or pull his tail and other things that cats just don't enjoy. Jason and I have been trying to teach Andrew how to gently pet Ally and he has learned that he can pat him softly. Andrew and I were sitting on the floor and Ally was right there with us so we were petting him and all of a sudden Andrew just pounced on that cat and had Ally pinned to the ground. Ally doesn't have claws on his front paws but he does in the back, so when he was trying to escape he scraped Andrew's cheek. Andrew looked up at me and was holding his face and starting to cry a little bit. It really hurt his feelings that his Ally cat would scratch him. He got over it pretty quickly and was after that cat again!

Andrew's Dedication

Two Sunday's ago we had Andrew dedicated at our church. Usually it is done when they are babies, but we wanted to go ahead and have it done. If I had only known I would have waited and done both at once! It was a really nice service and our families were able to be apart of it. Andrew did really great. We thought it would be at the beginning of church, but it was at the end. Andrew lasted about 10 minutes before he had to go to the atrium with Jason and stay there until the end of the service! We are so proud to have such a special little boy!