Andrew 11 Months

The FINAL COUNT DOWN (cue music)!!! We are less than a month away from having a one year old running around the house!  Andrew had his first Christmas and it couldn't have gone any better!  He received so many awesome gifts that they have taken over the living room up and downstairs.  Some of the older toys he doesn't really understand yet but down the road he will love them.  Last month I though Andrew was getting one tooth in but my sister in law Carolyn pointed out to me that it was two teeth!  No more so far but I think he will be getting another one in the next week or so because his saliva production has spiked up.

Still drinking three bottles a day and eating all solid foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  It will be interesting to watch him transition into milk after he turns one.  Matt and I were huge milk drinkers when we were little so I have a feeling he will be too.

Andrew took his first steps at the beginning of the month, then about a week and a half ago took about four steps.  Last weekend my parents came over to hang out with us and took more steps.  They thought is was the cutest thing when he was walking around the kitchen and living room with his walker.

Last week we found out that Matt received a promotion from Pepsi and we will be moving to Columbia!!! So proud of my husband and all the hard work he has done for our family! We are very excited for this new adventure in our lives.  Matt starts on February 10th and we will move once we sell the house here in Gardner.  So if you know anyone that wants to move to the south Olathe/Gardner area let us know!  We are going to Columbia tonight to look at house tomorrow.  Should be an exciting time!!!

Enjoy some pictures of the past month!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Playing with all my new toys!

This is Matt I believe at 3 months.

Great season 49ers!

Being adventurous!

Watching a video grandpa put on Facebook.

Christmas

Christmas was SO MUCH FUN!!!! Mostly because it was Andrew's first Christmas.  Since Matt had to work Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas, we had Christmas at my parents house this year.  We started out the morning at our house just the three of us, our little family.  Andrew did such a great job at opening presents! He got some clothes, books, baby computer reader, blocks and a growth chart from us.

Our Christmas tree

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

New pj's

We headed over to my parents for dinner and presents.  Everyone was there: my parents, my sister and her fiance Mark, Grandma Hamm, Aunt Audrey, Uncle Bob, Aunt Deann, Grandma Carol, Grandpa Galen, Grandma Georgeann, Grandpa Dale and of course us.  I think everyone was just as excited as us to watch Andrew open gifts and be there for his first Christmas.  We ate dinner which was amazing and then opened up gifts.  Andrew received so many gifts: books, stuffed animal that plays music and talks, 49ers outfit, bathtub set, Little People construction set, car garage with tow truck and some money.

Christmas tree at my parents house.

Andrew was ready for some food.

Some of Andrew's gifts.

My husband beat me to the punch and got me my boots! Love him and them!!!

My sister and her fiance Mark.

Grandpa gave Andrew a cupcake...

and he liked it...

he REALLY liked it lol!!!

Andrew and Uncle Bob

Thursday after Christmas we headed to Minneola.  It was going to be Andrew's first trip there and first long trip.  We traveled to Minneola with Mitch, Carolyn and the kids.  Stopped in Wichita for dinner at Spangles and then made it to Minneola before 10 pm.  We had Christmas with Matt's side of the family the next day.  Again Andrew made it out like a bandit with toys! He received an Elephant that blows balls out of his trunk, a scooter/rocker, block table with blocks, a push around car and some more money.

Hailey pushing Andrew around.

All the Harris cousins.

Preston pushing Andrew around.

Visiting Nanny.

We ate lunch after presents and then the grown-ups went to the casino.  Matt and I didn't do so hot but it was nice to have some fun.  We came back and some of the kids and parents went ice skating.  Matt and I stayed home with Andrew and Sandy and watched a couple of movies.  I highly recommend watching Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University, very cute and funny movies.

One Saturday Mitch, Carolyn, Mike, Stephanie and the kids headed home.  Aunt Judy and Darris came to visit everyone.  We also went to go see Matt's grandma, Nanny, that was in the hospital in Minneola.  She is doing pretty well for being 100 and soon to be 101 in the next week.  We stayed an extra day so Michele, Jim and the girls could get more Andrew time.  Saturday night Matt and I went out on a date.  We went to Dodge to go shopping, back to the casino where we both ended up winning money and coming out on the plus side for the two days and then we went to dinner. It's always nice going on dates and just having some us time.

We headed home on Sunday and barely fit everything in the SUV.  It took us a little bit longer to get home because we made a couple more stops.  Overall Andrew did okay for his first trip.  The last two hours of both the trips to Minneola and home were the roughest parts.  He was just ready to get out of his car seat.  We enjoyed every single second with both of our families and cherish it all!

Heading home!