We're Back!

The blog is no longer on hiatus!

It has been quite a while since our last post. (We've been busy) The three of us boarded a plane on Dec. 6, headed home for the holidays. We went to Disney World with the Ladner family for a week. Andrew had a pretty good time, but he did NOT like characters. Though it wasn't quite as bad as Santa Clause, he's definetly not a fan. He loved riding the rides. He would "ooh" and "ahh" at all the sights and colors. I think the Nemo musical at Animal Kingdom was his favorite.

We spent Andrew's first birthday in Disney World as well. That's right...our baby is a year old. (I still don't know where all the time went) Grammy arranged a character breakfast at the Grand Floridian to celebrate the big day. Andrew was asleep when they brought the cake to the table, but woke up shortly after we sang Happy Birthday. He didn't dive into his cake, but he liked opening presents. Elizabeth took some pictures for me, which I'll post later. (By the the way, I broke my camera in the happiest place on earth and still haven't gotten it back yet. It should be back soon!)

We spent a few days in Albertville and then it was back to Mississippi for Christmas. We had a great time with all of our friends and family. Santa was good to Andrew. My favorite part of Christmas this year was watching his face when he came into the room and saw all of his toys. It's so fun with kids!

In other news: Andrew learned lots of new tricks while we were home. He started clapping on his birthday, Nana taught him to say "ho, ho, ho", he snaps his fingers, he learned to say "paw-paw", and he blew Erin a kiss! Lots of fun stuff. He's growing so fast and learning so much.

So, after a nice three weeks with family, we're back in Hawaii where the weather is a lot warmer! We're still working on getting our house in order. As if we didn't have enough stuff to unpack, we've been overrun with TOYS!! :) It sure is fun to watch him play. He likes to drive his car, cook in his kitchen, and watch tv in his new recliner.

Now that things are back to "normal" you can expect regular updates. Pictures will resume as soon as I get my camera back!