Simple Pleasures

Ya know, you forget the simple pleasures that life can bring until you see them again, through "little" eye's. A stick, a piece of paper, a cardboard box. We bought a new TV and while Andy was sleeping, we set it up. I wasn't sure what to do with the box.

I grabbed a knife and cut a door and a window in it and we had ourselves a "fort".

It is the simple pleasures that keep life exciting and fun.

Andy shows us how to stay young and to enjoy the simple peasures in life. No matter how much they hurt(and sometimes they do). Andy does love his fort. We also came to find out it's the poop house. He can go in there and "collect his thoughts". It seems like everytime he goes in it he poops his pants. He is always willing to share his fort, but it really isn;t that big. He invited dad inside, it was interesting.

Samantha is starting to get big and moving around. Watching the personality differences between the two is amazing to watch. She is smiling on command and as long as she has a full tummy she is more than willing to share her little smile.

She has yet to laugh but she talks a little bit and the words are so delicate and light that you can't help but love her more and more.

We had to go to Lowes this morning and since we are "crack of dawn" wakers we wandered in the store around 7am on Saturday morning. We were getting a few items and a boisterous older gentleman comes up to us and starts rambling on about how a "little helper" needs safety glasses and an apron if he's gonna be helping Dad with projects and gave Andy some gifts.

He really didn't want to take them off once he had them. We had to distract him with "something shiney" so that we could hide them till we got home, so he wasn;t throwing a fit.

He loves them though, perfect spot for a sippy cup and some crackers in the pockets.

Christmas Day

We had so much fun when Mom came to visit. She brought Santa hats for all to have. Andy is such a cheeser. I can't believe that he is only 18 mos old.



We all got dressed up for Christmas Eve for a dinner with Tami's Grandparent's. Andy enjoy's getting dolled up, but it only lasts from the bathroom to the living room. The only way for the hair to stay combed was to give him a little spritz of hairspray. He is really starting to be quite the little man

Andy had fun helping with the Christmas tree. It was fun to see his face and his excitement when the tree finally came in the house. I don't think that he was sure about having a tree in the house, but he figured it out quickly.

We were very lucky this year. We got snow on Christmas morning. We were all very excited to go out and be in the snow.

Andy is a little mimic and was running around catching snowflakes on his tongue. We don't get to see the white stuff here very often, it was quite a treat, and especially on Christmas.

All my love to my family

Christmas 2007

This is the first christmas that Andy was really able to enjoy and know what was going on for Christmas. It was enjoyable and stressful for us all. We drove around town and looked and the "aats". He is fascinated with christmas lights and the decorations.Andy was very frightened of Santa at first. (Dad was Santa). After hearing my voice and getting a few gifts out of the way, he thinks Santa is an OK guy. He was still a little confused as to why Santa sounds like my dad. It was the only way we could get pictures for the holidays.