Vacation Anticipation

Well, here we are, just 2 days before our first beach vacation with Andrew. We leave Wednesday morning to head down to Navarre beach for 4 days. We are praying that the weather will be nice and that we will find some time to relax.

We had a really nice weekend. Father's Day was fun. Papa Kramer came over for lunch after his church (Grams is still in Tucson). I made a pot roast and potatoes on the roast for lunch. It never comes out as good as moms, but it was ok. I was very happy that Andrew took a good nap during chuch in the morning. I insisted that they lay him down. He was then able to take a good afternoon nap as well. Good thing, because the evening service was very long. . . .

Will have some pictures of the vacation when we get back!

Pouched Bibs :-)

I am so thankful that I invested in a vinal pouched bib for Andrew. Yesterday morning I had given him his milk & cereal and then I gave him some cut up toast to eat while I ate my cereal. Well, this worked perfectly Tuesday morning when I did this, but I guess I didn't get the toast cut into small enough pieces yesterday morning. Next thing I know, is he got a piece stuck in the back of his mouth or throat and he is gagging on the toast. I knew right away that he was going to loose it all. I ran over there and grabbed the bib pouch and caught most of it in there - YUCK! A little got on the high chair padding, but I needed to wash that anyways. Poor little boy, I guess not having any teeth makes it hard. :-) Here is a picture of the bib that I am talking about!

1 Year Old Pictures

Yesterday I took Andrew to Target to get his 1 year old picture made. They turned out great! I was very pleased. The same photographer that did his last pictures did yesterdays pictures. He does a great job! I decided that I wanted to get in some of the pictures so that Andrew & I could give Ben a framed picture of the 2 of us for Father's Day. (We don't get to pick up the pictures till the 24th, it will be late, but . . .) We ended picking a picture that they put together with several pictures and then at the bottome it says We Love You Daddy! It really turned out cute, hopefully Ben will like it. I showed him the small black & white printout they gave us, but it is hard to see. He said it was nice, but that he likes a picture with only 1 picture and not several. Oh well, we will know for next time :) It was pretty tough to get Andrew to sit 'still' for his pictures by himself. Is it really possible for a 1 year old to sit still when they are not sleeping? I don't think so. I was completely sweatting when we were done. I will put a link to Target's website that you can go look at the pictures, but it won't be uploaded to their website for another 10 days. Don't ask me why it takes 10 days when it is digital???

Church Nursery Workers :-(

Sunday has become the worst day of the week in keeping Andrew on his schedule. Yesterday was the first time that he went to the 1 year old nursery at church. (WOW, its weird to say that he is in the 1 year old nursery!) I told them that he still takes a morning nap and that he needs to lay down at 11:15 so that he can sleep for an hour, even 45 minutes would be good! Ben & I go in there to pick him up at 12:15, and guess who is not sleeping, Andrew. I asked her if he took a nap and she said 'no, he showed no signs of being sleepy'. This drives me crazy, just lay the baby down for a nap, he will go to sleep. When Andrew doesn't get at least some sleep in the late morning, it makes for an unpleasant day. He will take an afternoon nap, but it isn't long enough and he wakes up crying and upset - because he is still tired. He then is grumpy the rest of the evening. I don't know why the church nursery workers don't understand this, they all have or have had kids at one time or another. I think I might have to insist that they lay him down next week.

Ben & I were the church nursery workers last night for the 1 years olds. This was the first time that we had Andrew in there. I really didn't know what to expect. He was actually better than I thought. There were 3 other boys in there. They were all about to turn two this month, so there was quite an age difference between Andrew and them. Andrew did well, considering the nap situation, and that they were so much bigger than him.

Fun in the Sun

Yesterday was a pretty typical day for Andrew & I. Why is it that Andrew knows a day care day from a non-day care day? Seems like every Mon/Wed/Frid, he could sleep in till 7:30 or 8:00, but on Tues/Thur/Sat/Sun, he is up at the crack of dawn? Yesterday morning he was up at 6:15, earlier than he would have to get up on a Mon/Wed/Fri. Fortunelty, he is content to play in his bed till I get him (usually aroun 7:15-7:30) However, I have a hard time sleeping when I hear him (on the monitor) playing in his room. I took Andrew for an afternoon swim in his little pool. He loves it. He hates getting into the swim diaper & his trunks/shirt & the sunscreen application. I let him play for about 20 minutes - I'm scared that he is going to get burned even though he has shirt/shorts & lots of sunscreen on. When daddy got home at 6:45, he got to go swimming again for about 20 minutes. This is the first time Ben has been there to observe. He thought the water was too cold, even though it was at least 85 outside, so I had to go get hot water and then after 10 minutes, he thought Andrew was too cold and needed to get out. I convinced him that it wasn't too cold and Andrew got another 10 minutes in the pool.

No big plans for the weekend. It is suppose to be super hot again here in Atlanta. Ben is going to install the child safetly latches on the kitchen cabinets.

Our Little Boy

Mommy and Andrew before Sunday morning church and after Sunday evening church.

Andrew went to the 1 year old day care class on Monday morning. This is what he going to have to start taking his naps on. Here he is Sunday night checking it out. I don't see how he would stay on the mat? They have cribs for them to sleep in while they transition. The day care workers said that he had a great day on Monday. He got 'happy' circle both in the morning and the afternoon!

Andrew playing with his famer magnet toy with Grams. Daddy and Andrew before church on Sunday morning.


Sunday was the first time that Andrew got to sit in his new car seat that faces front. He didn't take a nap in the church nursery, not even 5 minutes from the time we left church and he was asleep. He got his 7 minute power nap till we got to Quiznos for lunch.

This is the first time that I have taken pictures of Andrew in his diaper. (Daddy was outside mowing the grass!!:-) He has some rolls on him and that tummy is getting pretty big.

Andrew's 1st Birthday Party

Andrew's birthday party was on Saturday May 31st. Grams & Papa Kramer & Bryant, Trina, Braden, Reagan & Lincoln all came to celebrate with Andrew. We wanted to have our lunch out on the deck, but it was too hot. We had hot dogs & hamburgers for lunch. Here are some pictures from the party.
This is Andrew's present from mommy & daddy. He has had it for a couple of months. He enjoys swinging in his baby swing and also on daddy's lap.




Grams & Papa got Andrew a little boy swimming pool. He loves the water. He splashed and played in his pool.

Mommy & Grams had to help Andrew open his presents.

Andrew wasn't too sure about what to think about his Elmo birthday cake. Mommy gave him frosting to lick and Daddy gave him some cake and ice cream on the spoon. Mommy had to put some frosting on his nose so that we could get a 'messy' picture!

Trina & baby Lincoln after lunch.







Braden playing peek-a-boo with Andrew.

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Mommy & Daddy go me balloons for by party. I even got a big Elmo balloon that sings Happy Birthday from Elmo!

Me & Papa with by blue balloon.