Blog change

 

In light of the latest addition to our family, we’ve changed the blog site to www.andrewandethansblog.blogspot.com.  All the old pictures are there and new ones are being added to that site instead of this one :)

Ethan and family

 

Andrew loves holding his little brother (with close supervision)

 

The view from my eyes

Holding on to Aunt Jenn

Looking at Aunt Jenn

Andrew giving Ethan a bottle (again, close supervision!)

 

Snug as a bug in a rug :)

 

This is the … there is no way you are going to wake me up and get me to drink another ounce of milk.. face

Sharing

I keep finding this little yellow construction vehicle next to Ethan – looks like Andrew is willing to share at least ONE of his toys, LOL.

Introducing Ethan Robert :)

For anyone who hasn’t already heard… we’ve had a very busy few weeks!  We got a phone call three weeks ago that we had been selected by a birthmom to adopt her baby.  Fast forward three weeks and here we are :)   We will forever be grateful for the amazing gift she has given our family.

Ethan was born November 29th and weighed 8lbs 4 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long :)  He is a beautiful little boy (if we do say so ourselves) and we are enjoying him so much.   He had his first checkup today and is already up to 9 lbs 1 oz – looks like he’s taking after his big brother, LOL.  The doctor said he looks great :)

Putting on his first outfit..

With daddy and big brother Andrew :)

Meeting big brother Andrew for the first time

Meeting grandma and grandpa

Ride from hospital

At the hotel

Home sweet home

Swing away :)

Bonding :)

The thinker?

Pumpkin Pictures

Here is our pumpkin picked fresh (ok maybe not) from the Publix pumpkin patch.

Scooping out some slimy seeds and stuff.

Closely supervised carving….

 

 

 

Drum roll please………. the finished product :)

Fall Fun

We took a surprise trip over to see Aunt Jenn and cousins Alex and Rachel last weekend.  Here’s a look at the fun we had!

Just being silly :)

Alex in the hay, looking at the HUGE inflatable slide and NOT the camera :)

The previously mentioned huge inflatable slide :)

 

Here comes Andrew!

 

Rachel bravely attemping the slide with Jenn – I know that look as its been on my face many times while doing things with Jenn.  Do not even ask me about white water rafting with her, lets just say it wasn’t pretty and I have pictures to prove it.

 

All aboard for a train ride around the park!

A prime example of what 99 percent of the group pictures we take end up looking like.  Not sure what part of look at the camera and smile is so confusing… but apparently it is a difficult task!  In their defense, we did ask them to just make silly faces in this one because we had flat out given up on getting a “pretty” picture.

Bungee Bouncing

The church around the corner from us had a fall festival with fun things to do.  Here is Andrew’s first experience with a bungee trampoline jumpy thingy.

Getting ready…

 

Not so sure…..

 

Ok… yep, this is fun!

School days

Andrew started Pre-K at a Christian school a couple of weeks ago, and loves it!  Here are some pictures from his first day.

Uniform laid out and ready to go :)

Cereal and toast – yum :)  Cereal bowl with a built in straw – one of our favorite things!

Sheesh mom – enough with the pictures, can a boy just eat his breakfast in peace?

Off we go :)

The bus drops him off on the Tues/Thursdays from the school he goes to for speech therapy.  He LOVES the bus :)  He wanted to ride it last year, but I was not ready for that yet, LOL.  So this year I decided to let him do it – and did I mention he loves it??

 

And what do you suppose happens after he gets home from a long day at school? Tuesday/Thursday he is gone from 7:30 to 2.  Maybe there is still a tiny bit of baby left in him :) I’d like to think so anyway!

Waiting….

We’ve been putting our waiting for a little brother or sister time to good use and doing some sorting and organizing… Andrew was quite fascinated with all his old toys and kept saying, “Hey, I remember this!” Here’s hoping he’ll share with his brother or sister, LOL.

Andrew is headed over to grandma and pop pop’s house tonight for a sleepover while Chuck and I celebrate our anniversary by going out for dinner and a movie. Here he is sitting by our front window waiting for Grandma to come pick him up.

Walk to “Monkey Island”

We’ve been walking/bikeriding to “Monkey Island” several evenings each week.  It is the remnants of a tourist attraction that existed back in the 1950’s.  I took a few pictures of our walk/ride there tonight.

We’re on our way :)

Stopping to admire a snail shell (aka a treasured find).

Getting close!  It is on the other side of the red bridge (the bridge is actually a footbridge that leads to the island)

A closeup of the red flowers on the Royal Poinciana tree…. I had no idea how pretty they were until I saw these :)

Monkey Island View

Taking a break and refueling with some yummy Dibs

Perhaps we should rename it Iguana Island?

School Daze

School is out for the summer – how did the year go by so quickly!

This was taken the first day of school…

 

And this was on the last day…. same Andrew, just a little lot taller and more grown up!