Snow!

12.30.09

On Tuesday it snowed a lot! Unfortunately the weather man did not predict the snow and it made for a nasty commute. I ran to the mall in the afternoon to do a few errands while Nate worked from home while Andrew was napping. Nate called me right when I got there and told me it was snowing, so I started to get ready to leave, then he called back and said that it stopped. I only had a few things to do and I was only there for about 45 minutes, but when I went to get in my car it was snowing hard! Once I got to the freeway the snow had stopped but there was so much traffic. As soon as I got off at our exit it was snowing again. It took me 20 minutes to get from the exit off the freeway to a little ways down the road. I was going about 5 miles/hour and I was starting to panic since my car was sliding a bit, so I decided to head to my parents. It was a little scary getting to their house (which is on the way to our house) because I slid a few times, but thankfully I made it their safe. I was stuck there for several hours and missed getting to see Andrew's reaction to all of the snow. Luckily Nate recorded it for me, but I was still really bummed out! My dad drove me home later that night and I was greeted with lots of hugs and kisses from Andrew. I think he missed me just as much as I missed him in the few hours we were apart. The next morning there was still a little bit of snow left so Andrew and I took a walk in the snow and I was able to capture a few pictures. I think he was more entertained with the snow that had melted because he kept pointing at all the water flowing down the street and saying "waterfall."

I have a super cute video of Andrew in the snow with Daddy, but for some reason it won't post right now. I will try and post it another time!

Baby #2 update

Here's a picture of me at my in-laws on Christmas at 19 weeks. We have one week left until we find out the sex of the baby....I'm so excited! I have no idea if it will be a boy or a girl but I will be excited either way. It would be fun for Andrew to have a brother, but it would also be fun to have a girl....so either way, I am happy. I'm just praying for a healthy baby! On Sunday night Nate and I were sitting watching a movie and the baby was kicking. So I put Nate's hand on my stomach and he felt the baby kick twice. It was the first time he felt the baby kick!

12.25.09-19 weeks

A Gift from Santa

Here's the video of Andrew opening his Lightening McQueen remote control car from Santa. He was so excited!!!

12.25.09- 2 years old

Zoo Lights

Waiting in line for the train

So excited to finally see the train!

On the train with Mommy & Daddy

Tonight we ventured out to zoo lights. It was absolutely freezing, but we bundled up and braved the cold. We were told that it wasn't as busy after Christmas, but it sure seemed busy! We stood in line to get into the zoo, then went right to the train and stood in line for another 45 minutes to ride the train. Andrew was a trooper. He didn't whine or complain the whole time. We took turns holding him (although Nate did most of the holding since my stomach now gets in the way) and Andrew even walked for a little bit. He was so excited to ride the train. He kept saying "train track" which is what he calls a train :) We finally got on the train and took a 15 minute ride around the zoo. Andrew loved it, but Nate & I didn't think it was very impressive. The lights around the zoo looked cooler than the ones on the train ride. Oh well, it made Andrew happy and he had a smile on his face most of the time. We were so cold that we didn't go walk around the zoo....we headed straight towards the car to get warm and then off to dinner. We made a quick stop at Baja Fresh and then home just in time for bed. Andrew must have been exhausted because he went right to sleep!

I forgot to mention that we got our train tickets for free! Just as we were standing in line to get tickets a family came up to us and said that they weren't going to use there tickets. So our whole night only costs $2.50 for the hot cocoa! We have a membership so we were able to get in free to the zoo :)

Christmas Festivities

Christmas Eve we went to church however I didn't realize that the nursery would not be open so Andrew sat in church with us. I was surprised at how well he did. They gave all of the kids goody bags with colors, a little coloring book and a candy cane. He was very excited about the candy cane and sat and watched all of the music at church. After about 20 or 30 minutes he got bored. Luckily Nate had his iphone and Andrew was able to watch a movie. After church we went to pizza (a family tradition) at CPK, came home and opened 1 gift....pajamas and then read The Night Before Christmas and a story about the birth of Jesus. After opening his present, Andrew looked at all the other presents and said "more?" We told him that he had to go to bed, but he wasn't excited about that! The next morning we spent just the 3 of us opening stockings, eating Cinnabons, and opening presents...oh yeah, and watching the Disney parade :) Andrew got lots of new cars in his stocking and just wanted to play with them the rest of the morning. He had about 1 bite of his cinnamon roll and didn't want to open presents at first. So Nate and I started opening our presents and then Andrew got excited. It took us a long time to open everything because he wanted to play with each toy! It was so fun to watch his excitement. His favorite gift was his remote control Lightening McQueen car from Santa. I will post a video of his reaction on a later post because it's priceless! After presents we got ready and ventured over to the Bailey's for Christmas dinner and gifts. We tried to put Andrew down for a nap, but he was too excited so he didn't sleep all day! We spent the afternoon opening gifts, hanging out and eating. Andrew had fun playing with all his new toys that Pama & Papa got him. He was so tired that he fell asleep on the way home and slept till 9am the next morning. That next morning we went over to my parents to see my grandparents and uncle who came up from Springfield. We had breakfast and spent the morning with them. Andrew had fun running around with his Great Uncle Gerald. We went back to our house for nap time and to try and reorganize all the toys and then back to my parents for Christmas with my side of the family. Kayla and Cory came up for the weekend and we had a fun time opening gifts, eating and laughing at old pictures of mom and dad :) It was such a wonderful Christmas season and we are so grateful for a healthy family, a baby on the way and all of our many blessings!

Andrew at Christmas Eve service eating his candy cane.

Pizza or as Andrew calls it Peepa!

Grandpa Bud & Grandma Twyla

12.25.09-Christmas with the Baileys

Opening his big box of lots of toys from Grandpa & Grandma.

So excited about all his cars.

Andrew fell off the couch while we were opening gifts and bumped his head pretty bad so Daddy gave him ice cream because he was such a brave boy :)

12.26.09-Christmas with the Mings

p.s. Andrew loved singing Happy Birthday to Jesus the whole week of Christmas and saying "Happy Birfday Jesus." So cute :)

Santa's Village

When Nate and I stayed downtown for the night we saw that Macy's had a Santa Village. We thought it would be fun to bring Andrew to see it so a few days later, we drove downtown and spent the morning as a family. We kept telling Andrew that we were going to see Rudolph and the reindeer and he was so excited. He likes Santa, but the reindeer were a little more exciting to him this year :) He's always saying "Mommy sing me Ruolph!" There was a huge line at Macy's to see Santa, so we just walked into the village area. He loved it! He kept saying "Ruoph" and "Reineer." We didn't spend a lot of time in the village, maybe 15 or 20 minutes, but Andrew loved every minute of it! We then ventured over to Pioneer Place and he had fun riding the escalators up and down with Daddy. We walked by Santa several times and asked him if he wanted to go see him and every time he said no. We didn't want to force him to, so there will be no Santa picture this year. We decided to have some chocolate at Moonstruck and watch Santa from a bench close by. Andrew was very excited about his snowman chocolate that was really a penguin :) He had one bite, loved it, then stuck the whole thing in his mouth. I think he realized it was too much so he spit it out and gave it to me. After wondering around for awhile, watching all of the fire trucks, buses, and train tracks (the MAX bus) we decided to call it a morning and head home. Hopefully we will try to make this a new family tradition!

Watching Santa while eating his chocolate.

12.22.09

Christmas Sunday

I just have to share a few photos of Andrew from Christmas Sunday because he looked so cute all dressed up!

12.20.09