My Silly Goose

Every day with Andrew is an adventure. You never know what he's going to come up with. Today he was having some fun with some plastic pots that I bought to plant my pineapples in. He likes to wear it on his head and run around the house blind.

His new favorite saying, "What's that Mama?" He's a very inquisitive little boy. He loves to figure out how things work. He likes to help Daddy in the garage. He gets a screw driver and starts sticking it places, trying to "fix" it. He still loves to help me in the kitchen. Every time he hears the kitchen timer go off, he'll say, "Cookies ready Mama." (So I like to bake, but I promise it's not always cookies!)

Another new thing: he loves to put the word "is" at the end of his sentences. For example, "There Andrew ball is." "Mama, where Chicky is?"

When I sneeze, he'll say "Bess you Mama." And he's very polite, using please and thank you at all the right moments. I like it when he say thank you because the inflection in his voice is adorable! The "you" part is very high pitched. Too cute.

Enough rambling....just wanted to give you an update on all things Andrew!

Do you SEE That?

Take a look at what's going on in our backyard....

Did you see it? Let's look a little closer...

And closer...

We have GRASS!!!! (well, sort of) Slowly but surely, little blades are springing up everywhere. Soon enough we'll have an actual back yard. That is IF I can keep the birds from eating all the seed.

Marine Corps Birthday Ball

Last night Drew and I attended the 233rd Marine Corps Birthday Ball. We had a blast, but my day started earlier than that. I decided that since I NEVER get dressed up, much less wear make up anymore, that I would do my best to look good for Drew. (I mean seriously...some days I don't get a shower until Drew gets home!) So I went and had my hair and make-up done! I had forgotten how nice it feels to get all dressed up.

When I got home it was time to get dressed. Andrew thought he'd help me and break in my shoes for me!

We dropped him off at our neighbor Polly's house. He was fine until we left. Then he screamed! I called to check on him before we got to the ball. Polly's husband told us he was fine and they were on a walk to the mailbox. When we got home we found out that he was really good for her. He even went to bed right on time at 8:30. (And slept til 8:30 this morning!!!)

Now back to the ball....

We had such a good time. We don't get out much by ourselves anymore so we enjoyed the time together. The girls did too...
Kim, Lesley, Me, Kristina.
Kelly and Kristina Attwood.
Eeek! There's something in the bushes!!.........oh, it's just Nick!~
Me and Drew (without Nick in the bushes)
The Ladners with the Turners.
Zaro showing off his dancing skills....

Zaro taking a picture of Drew, taking a picture of the girls.
One of my former students was there!!
Here's me and Kristina after a little "cha-cha slide" action!
Don't ya just love a man in uniform? Well here are quite a few...actin' the fool. (except for Drew, Nick, and Garreth...they look normal!)

As you can tell, we had a BLAST. Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I always enjoy going to the ball. Personally, I'm already looking forward to next year! Semper Fi! If you'd like to see more pictures you can visit Kim and Lesley at their blogs.

Back on Track

It only took Andrew 3 days to get back on a normal schedule after our trip. The first night he woke up at 3:30 am ready to go! (I was not) But he stayed up until 3pm, when he took a short nap and then went back to bed at 8. The next morning he slept until 5, stayed awake all day with no nap, and went to bed at 8. Since then he has been back to normal going to bed at 8:30 and getting up at 7.

Those first few days he did find some interesting places to go to sleep.

When he's not sleeping, he spends his days being as silly as possible!
He is SO funny sometimes. Drew and I think it's funny when he picks up on "humor" in cartoons. He'll be watching and just bust out laughing. (Donald Duck is his favorite...just like Daddy)

He does such a great job saying the blessing at the dinner table. He likes to say it. And he does it perfectly clear. When we tell him it's time for the blessing he reaches out for our hands, bows his head and says, "Dear God. Thank you for food. AMEN!" Those are the moments that totally melt my heart and bring a tear to my eye.

Trick or Treat!

We were still in Mississippi for Halloween so Andrew had the chance to go trick or treating with his cousins. It was so much fun. He had a blast!

Before I post these pictures, I must give you a little background to our crazy attire! I, I mean, Andrew loves the Doodlebops. (If you're unfamiliar, they are a toddler "rock" band on the Disney Channel...lots of singing and dancing.) We had the opportunity to go see them in concert back in Sept. Andrew had so much fun. He was singing "Doo-box, Doo-box, yeeeaaaahh" all the way home. It was too cute. The concert was our inspiration for our costumes. Finding Andrew's was pretty easy online, but apparently adults don't dress as the Doodlebops. (LOL) So, I made mine, and we pieced Drew's together little by little. I think overall we looked pretty good! (All things considered)
Here we are: DeeDee, Rooney, and Moe!

It was kind of hard in the beginning to get Andrew to wear his wig, and his gloves. We finally managed to get him to wear both, but never at the same time and he flat out refused to paint his face. He was probably a little worried when he saw me and Drew. He took one look at me, pointed to my face, and said "Mommy pink!"

We went into Bay St. Louis to trick or treat in a neighborhood full of children. Along the way we ran into our cousin's Claire and Christian. Cute lil skeletons!We also spent the night walking around with Hannah Montana, a.k.a. Carly! Andrew's cousin, Alex was with us too, but he was a lot faster than Andrew, so I don't have any pictures of the little red power ranger. Family, you can send some and I'll add them! As the night wore on, Andrew got brave. He'd walk right up to the houses all by himself! He'd hold his little pumpkin up, and after they'd drop in some candy he'd say "thank-you." It was really cute. He got so comfortable in fact, that at one house on his way back down the driveway, he stopped, turned around, and started back up the same driveway for more! I told him that he'd already gotten candy from that house. He looked at me and said, "I want another one." Then he marched back up the driveway and got more candy. The owners of the house thought it was cute. It was pretty funny.

After trick or treating, we went to Wal-Mart for "Trunk or treat." All the employees and some businesses from around town decorate their trunks and hand out candy. I had never experienced a trunk or treat before. It was "interesting." Before heading home, we ran into Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and Andrew was too cute running around. Unfortunately just after this picture was taken, he got in trouble for running away in the store.
The night was a lot of fun! Andrew did so well and he LOVED trick or treating. After all the excitement, we went home and lit our jack-o-lanterns.
We had our share of Halloween on this trip. The night after the wedding, Drew and I were invited to a Halloween Party. Since Drew and I haven't been on a date since before Andrew (with the exception of going to see a movie while my parents were here), we decided to capitalize on the Grandparents and go have some fun. We didn't want to be the Doodlebops at an adult party, so we had to find other costumes. Drew decided to go as a groomsman, since he'd already paid for the tux rental and he was already dressed. I, on the other hand, had trouble finding something to wear. Several days before the party, Drew went to Party City and saw a snow white costume. (Drew loves snow white) He was joking around with me saying I should get it. Little did he know, I went back and got the costume. I think he was surprised. I was too. This costume is TOTALLY out of character for me and I hesitate to even post it, but oh well...here goes nothing.

Here's a picture of Drew with his best friend, Tim.....or Bob Dylan on this particular night. We went to this party with Drew's cousin, Laura (on the right) and her friend, Tara. Adam was there with us as a pilot, but for some reason I don't have any pictures of him. Maybe I'll get Tim's mom to send us the shots of everyone.

Now the girls and I are just being silly. We had on crazy high boots. I was almost as tall as Adam! Our feet were KILLING us by the end of the night.

So there you have it...my momentary lapse of judgement. (We're all intitled to one, right?) That's the first Halloween party I've been to since I had one at my parent's house when I was 16. Funny...I was Cinderella that year.

Wedding Day

Drew's brother, Alex got married on Oct. 25. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful wedding. The weather was perfect! Amy, his bride, was gorgeous! She was absolutely radiant. I didn't get to take any pictures during the ceremony because I was holding a sleeping Andrew. But hey...at least he wasn't talking or trying to run around. I did manage to snap a few shots after the ceremony and at the reception.

The reception was held at the Diamondhead community center.

They had a live band, so there was dancing to be had. It was a lot of fun. Here's the happy couple just before entering the reception.

The first dance was so romantic.

I love the toasting picture.

Andrew had a good time at the reception. Here's a photo op with Leigh and Christian.Alex found the garter :)
Andrew chasing Claire and Carly.
The Ladner brothers: Drew, Alex, and Adam

Drew's parents looking good at the reception.

The wedding was fun and I wish the happy couple lots of love in their life together. And Amy, welcome to the family!