Do I Smell Cookies?

Andrew and Auntie K playing by the castle.
You can try, but you can't hold me down, I just want to stand.
Please, let me out of the jail.

Disregard the bite out of the xmas tree.Andrew loved the gift wrap from his xmas gift from Auntie K

I love to play at my activity table.

What a great weekend. Andrew is doing so much and is so fun (and adventerous too! Three falls with minor (but loud) head bumps). Today Auntie Katherine came over to play and bake some Christmas cookies with us. Andrew finds her facinating and stared for about the first 10 minutes.

Look at me, I just love to stand up!

Sugar Bear

Please keep Sugar Bear in your thoughts. She is having abdominal surgery right now. She hasn't been right since last Wednesday and appears to have ingested pieces of a towel that are causing an obstruction. What a weekend, I'm sick, Nelson is sick, Andrew is sick, and now Sugar Bear is sick. We will know more later and hopefully may be able to bring her home tomorrow.

Woahh...I'm standing
I love ravioli, and I like to put it in my hair!

Dad, this is fun!

Andrew is busy getting into everything! You wouldn't even know that he has bilateral ear infections....again! He didn't seem quite right so off to the doctor he went yesterday. He seems like himself again, just a lingering cough.

It has been another cold weekend in Iowa, 11 degrees was the high yesterday. We didn't get as much snow as was predicted, that is good. It is only the beginning of the season and we are already tired of the cold. It will be fun when Andrew can actually play in the snow.

Bubbles....cats...oh my!

A Cold Weekend in Iowa!

What a weekend! Lots of ice....and a little snow. We didn't venture out until Sunday, when it was still a little slick outside. Andrew has had a great weekend, he has a new tooth (that totals 5 now, and explains the weekend crankiness). He also sat up all by himself, what a big boy! We went to Walmart for pictures with Santa (free nowless) and will post that later. I just had to take a picture (or two, or ten or 30) of him in his Christmas outfit.

Dancing to My Own Beat

Playtime!

Happy Turkey Day - a few days late

Hi All,
Andrew enjoyed some turkey, not on turkey day but today. The poor baby has been sick (....again...), he had the croup. The rumors are true about the croup, he sounded like a barking dog. He seems to be getting a little better just in time to cut some more teeth. I flew back in from Candice's wedding on Thanksgiving just in time to make it to our friends house for lunch. Andrew wasn't feeling so well so we had to skip out a little early. However, today Andrew tried turkey for the first time and loved it, he also had a taste of an orange and thought that it was very interesting. We have spent the last few days catching up, as it seems like I have been gone so much. I think he might be sick of me as he almost jumped for joy when he saw Nelson this afternoon. I found out today that Andrew loves to dance. In my despiration to find some way to entertain his afternoon fussiness I started to dance and he started to laugh. I picked him up and we danced together as long as my arms could take it. He kicked his feet, clapped his hands and laughed...it was a lot of fun!
Enjoy the new pictures.

Andrew is all over the place. He loves his Christmas gift from Papa and Nana Olivier, that arrived yesterday. However, he doesn't like to sit in it alone so mom or dad has to be in there with him. He also tries to pull himself up on the walls.

Papa and Nana Olivier visit!

Hello all! Sorry for the blogging hiatus. Andrew's Papa and Nana Olivier came to visit while I went to a conference in Savannah, GA. He did really well while I was gone, but I missed him so much. While away he learned to crawl better, learned to wave byebye (only when he wants to) and expanded his verbal skills. He also went for long walks, went shopping and enjoyed spending time with his grandparents. Here are some pictures while I was away.