Spring Fever

We are all looking forward to having this warm weather around for longer!  March started quite busy for us, but things are starting to get back to normal.  Pete spent 7 days in Dubai and by the looks of the pictures, he really enjoyed himself!  

testing out a 4-wheeler

a beautiful day in the desert

Rob, Pete, and Ian

a traditional Arabian dinner

the Leap of Faith at the Atlantis hotel on the Palm island

the Burj Dubai,  world’s tallest building (for the moment)

Andrew and I spent lots of quality time together when Pete was gone! 

When Pete returned we were able to enjoy Andrew’s first walk around the path by our house.

He was a little surprised that we were letting him walk by himself, especially with no coat or hat on!

As soon as he realized that this was okay he was off, leaving little footprints behind himself.

He found a stick and didn’t even try to put it in his mouth!

We saw some of our neighbors from when we lived in the townhome and visited with them for awhile, meanwhile Andrew grew tired and decided to take a break.

By the end of the walk his pants were all wet and covered in mud.

And we ended up carrying him home the rest of the way.

We had a little celebration at our house this afternoon!  I’m on spring break this week, Andrew is getting a break from daycare, and it’s St. Patrick’s Day, so we had shamrock shakes all around!
Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

May God be with you and bless you:
May you see your children’s children.
May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.

May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home
And may the hand of a friend always be near.

May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.


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our little fish

Yesterday we took Andrew to the Monticello community center to go swimming.  Before we left he demonstrated his daredevil skills on his car and lawn mower.















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so very true

If you are a parent or ever want to be a parent, you should definitely read THIS.  It’s from a blog that I frequently read.  Enjoy.  

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the many faces of andrew

Andrew has been keeping us very busy lately.  He is always on the move and getting into something.  Some of his favorite activities lately are:
* trying to get a sip of water out of the bottles that have been put in the recycling bag.
* walking into closets and then immediately shutting the door and sticking his little fingers under the door for us to grab at.  
* going down the stairs backward, although today he made his body stiff and just slid all the way down.
* saying “hot”.  now he puts his eyebrows up and nods his head up and down when he says it,  as if he’s trying to convince us that whatever he’s pointing to really is hot.
* reading lots of books before bed time.  He brings a book to me, I read it, then he brings it to Pete and he reads it.  Then, Andrew picks out another one and we both read it, and so on.  
* helping with the laundry by pushing the buttons on the washer and dryer.  I show him which one to push, he pushes it and then stands back to watch the clothes circle around.
Pete was able to spend a few days at home with Andrew while our daycare provider was out on maternity leave.  Below are the many faces that Pete captured throughout the day!


not a face picture, but he’s been laying down in some weird spots lately to take a break

upset because he wants to play with all of the “hots” in Pete’s office



I think we need to start telling him that if he does this too much his face will stay like that.  Yikes.


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We need your help!

We need your help deciding which video we should use for a Kikkoman video contest.  This contest is high stakes so we made 5 videos and are struggling to decide which one we should put forth as the final submission.  

All of the movies are listed below and you can vote on the right side of this page.   
*(if you have a youtube account please rate all of the movies with 5 stars, it will help us in the contest)*
Thank you for your help!
Movie #1  
Kikkoman can’t live without it….

Movie #2 
What would you rather have milk or Kikkoman…

Movie #3 
Don’t try to borrow Andy’s Kikkoman…

Movie #4
Life is filled with choices…

Movie #5 
It will change your life…
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American Pete is Having a Ball

9 years ago on Shrove (Fat) Tuesday, I spent the day in a pasture outside of Alnwick Castle playing football (soccer) with the town.  After the football match the Duke tossed the football in the river Aln and I came out on the other side with the ball…becoming one of the first Americans to achieve this task…

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Hot

From some odd reason Andrew thinks that everything is hot lately…

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Andrew vs the Stairs

I had the week off this week so we decided to work on the stairs. I think that Andy is getting the hang of it.

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13 month Top Ten

Andrew is growing and changing so much lately, we’ve decided to chronicle some of the changes. Here are a few of our favorite things:

* The way he sings “Baby, baby, baby signing time” when he wants to watch his DVD, except he sounds like this “bebe, bebe, bebe, BEEBEEE!!!”.

* How he eats almost anything we put on his tray. It’s as if he thinks we’ll never feed him again.

* Anytime he hears a noise from Pete’s office, he walks over to the doors and whines because Pete isn’t playing with him.

* He can be entertained for hours just by pulling out the drawer below the oven. He loves to put the lids on the pots and pans!

* How he loves to walk everywhere. The other day we were going to let him walk out to the car from a restaurant, he made it to the doors and looked up at us and just stood there until we scooped him up.

* The way that he refers to the new lamp in his room as “Hot”.

* The way that he smushes his face against any glass surface.

* He pulls on our pant legs just so he can be picked up to see what is happening on the counter.

* He loves books and will usually sit still long enough for us to read them to him.

* When he wakes up from a nap and tries to grab books from the shelf through the slats in his crib.

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Bear Attack, Ninja and French Lesson’s??

Why are people saying Andy can speak French, Fight like a Ninja and was attacked by a bear…


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