Andrew...

Here's a few photos I took of Andrew the other night after dinner.  He's such a fun little boy who just makes me smile.  He's been doing much better at sleeping...for a little while he was waking up at 11 crying.  He goes to bed around 7 and wakes up around 5 to eat and falls right back asleep and then gets up around 7 for the day.  He's been taking two naps each day. Often times he takes a shorter nap in the morning and a longer one in the afternoon.  He's usually happy crawling around (he still only does the army crawl) unless he's hungry or tired.  Andrew loves patty cake, peek-a-boo, and when you tickle him.  He's such a handsome little guy and we're so lucky to have him as part of our family!  

                    

Spaghetti Dinner

The other night we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and Andrew LOVED it!  I have a picture of Julia with a messy spaghetti face when she was younger so I had to get one of Andrew too!

Yes, there is sauce in his hair too..he got it everywhere!  He's such a great eater and really likes to eat what we're eating.

Alphabet Egg Hunt

Since egg hunts are always so much fun I decided to do an alphabet egg hunt one morning to review all 26 letters of the alphabet.  Julia loved finding the eggs and once she found one she had to tell me the letter and we reviewed the sound the letter made and even thought of some words that begin with that letter.  It was such a fun way to review the alphabet and who doesn't love an egg hunt!

Princess Tea Party

Two weeks ago Julia was invited to a princess tea birthday party.  All the girls and their mommy's were dressed up and it was such a fun time. I must say I love doing girly things with my little girl...it's always so much fun!

Julia and her friend Sunny enjoying their lunch.  Marcie did such a great job with everything!  I think all the girls looked and felt like a princess that day.

Julia and Sunny showing me their princess wands.  

Of course a picture of the birthday princess, Maddie, blowing out the candles on her princess cake.  Happy Birthday Maddie! Julia had such a great time at your party.

Bounce House

On Tuesday morning before we headed back to Atlanta we went to Live2Bounce with Thomas' brother and his family.  Julia got to play once more with her cousins and she had a great time.



I was able to get a good picture of Molly enjoying the bubble machine.  Tons of bubbles everywhere!


Julia enjoyed the bubbles too!  She had lots of bubbles in her hair once it was finished.  We had a great time in New York and it was so much fun visiting with family.

Easter Day

Nana found the perfect book for Julia...Happy Easter, Curious George and Papa was the first to read it to her. Julia loves books and will always sit down and listen to a story.

One of my favorite things to do when we go back to New York is go to mass at The Cathedral which is where Thomas and I got married almost 11 years ago.  It's such a beautiful church with stained glass windows that let in such great light.  Julia even mentioned how the windows were so pretty.



A quick photo of Julia and Andrew with Nana and Papa.



It was such a nice day for Central New York that after mass we walked around Columbus Circle to enjoy the weather a bit.  Julia decided to walk around with her umbrella that she got in her Easter basket and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take some photos of our love bug and her pink umbrella.



It wasn't raining but umbrellas are great to use when it's a sunny day too.



Such a pretty girl and so sweet too! Don't you just love the right arm up?



She had so much fun running around and having me chase her so I could take a few photos.



Another great shot downtown but this time it's of Papa and Andrew.



Andrew was wiped out and fell asleep once we got in the car.  I hung out in the car with him once we got home for a bit so he could get some rest.



Such a cutie pie and looking so handsome!  I just love his blond hair!



I had to take a photo of Andrew with his favorite toy from Nana and Papa's house.  It was a golf club which I'm sure makes Papa smile since he loves golfing. At the end of the night all the toys would go back in the basket and the next morning Andrew would find that golf club and pull it out...even if it was buried under other toys.  It was hilarious!



Three generations.  Yes, Thomas looks just like his dad and the question is will Andrew look just like his Daddy and his Papa as he gets older...who knows - we'll see.



All the boys looking good in blue.



Our two great kids...Julia (3 years old) and Andrew (10 months old).



Andrew and his Nana Farrell...so great that he has a Great Nana.



Nana and Julia (with Elmo too).


Such a cute photo of Julia and Molly.  Julia had a great time playing with her cousins.  

Easter Egg Hunt

This year we were in New York for Easter so we left a few baskets on the fireplace in hope that the Easter bunny would leave a few treats in there and he did. Julia by far liked her pink umbrella the best along with her make-up and of course the chocolate. Andrew got a plaid pair of shorts, a Polo shirt, and some yogurt melts since the Easter bunny knew he didn't eat chocolate. Before Julia even picked up her basket she picked up Andrew's basket and gave it to him...it was so sweet! She really is such a nice girl.

Checking out the pink umbrella in her jammies and a tutu...the perfect combination. As we were packing for New York Julia said we needed to pack her tutu too. Hence we brought it and she wore it a few times.

Looking at the rest of the treats in her Easter basket.

The egg hunt is on.

Julia had fun finding all the eggs at Nana and Papa's house...some were pretty tricky to find this year.

Just being our sweet girl! We hope you enjoyed your egg hunts too. Happy Easter!

Visit with Another Boyce Family

On Saturday evening we went to visit my brother and his family. We had fun and it was great to see their new house...maybe not so new anymore but new to us. Julia and Andrew had fun playing on Chelsea's bed. Often times Julia will grab Andrew like this and hug him.

Andrew is checking out Chelsea..whose this? Chelsea looks super cute with her hair a bit shorter..she just recently got it cut since it's always been really long.

Grandma and Julia playing around and being silly.

My brother and Andrew.

My brother and his wife with Julia and Andrew. Kyle is in the background but we missed Beau and Chelsea.

My brother drives a truck and based on the expression on Thomas' face it looks like being a truck driver is something Thomas has always wanted to do.

Visit with The Boyce's

On Saturday afternoon we visited with my half brother Lee and his family. It was great to see them and for them to meet Andrew and to see how Julia has changed. Nancy got them some great books along with lots of other fun stuff too!

Jess was so sweet and read Julia her book called 'If I Could Keep You Little.' Such a cute book since my little girl is growing up so quickly. It's all about wanting to keep your little one little but then you'd miss out on tons of other things so her growing up is both happy and sad at the same time. So true.

So great to visit with The Boyce Family. If you ever want to take a trip feel free to come and visit us in Atlanta...we'd love to have you!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Coloring Easter Eggs with cousins was such fun! Leah joined in on the fun too!

Take a guess as to what color Julia used first when coloring her eggs? Of course it was pink! The girl loves pink. She used some other colors too but she definitely preferred using pink.

Molly and Julia coloring eggs.

We started using our hands and our fingers got dyed too.

Tyler really got into coloring eggs. He used lots of different colors unlike Julia.

Look at all the eggs! Whose going to eat all those?

Once they were dry it was fun using stickers to decorate them. Julia was sweet and made a blue one for Andrew.

Andrew took and good nap that morning and woke up towards the end of egg coloring.