Pumpkin Carving

This year was the first year we involved Andrew in our pumpkin carving. It was only natural to carve a Mickey pumpkin since Andrew is going to be dressed as Mickey this year. We had a lot of fun, and are proud of our group effort to complete the pumpkin!

Tug Tug.

Andrew's learning how to manipulate situations by tugging at our heart strings. Like this evening... bedtime must have come early for Andrew. He had a hard time going to sleep. After Morgan and I listen to... "mama! daddy! where are you? I love you!" or "what did I do?" we took turns going  up there. Of course, the moment we walk in, he's fine. We go and lay in bed with him for a little bit. He charms us by talking (which we love to hear) and being all sweet and cuddily (which we ADORE). Then as either of us try to get out of bed - he literally pulls us back into bed with him. Then says "your stuck!"

Oh man, Andrew, the master manipulator. (although, I'll take it.... I just love that boy too much!)

Surprise Belly Picture

So, I don't have any 'posed' belly shots from this pregnancy. Not that I don't want them - but Morgan usually doesn't get home until late in the evening, and honestly - I don't look all that glamorous in my PJ's. When we went to the pumpkin patch last week, Morgan was the photographer for most of the activity. Much to my surprise when I downloaded them was a picture of me and my growing belly. So, here you go. 21 weeks along. Gotta love being 5 foot 2 and short waisted, there's only one way to grow.... out.

1st Dental Visit

Done! Whew!

It wasn't awful, but I hope that our next visit in 6 months goes a little easier!

Kun-kins

 Andrew has had so much fun with all the pumpkins that are out and about. We have a few toy pumpkins (thanks mom!) at the house, he's even sleeping with one! We thought it would be fun to go to a local church and pick out a pumpkin together. Andrew just kept on saying "kun-kin!" It was pretty cute. Here's some pictures from our adventures.

Baby #2....

The Stinson Family is about to have a whole lot more pink in our lives...

.... We're having a GIRL! We are so excited. Everything looked great on the ultrasound.

Morgan wasn't able to be at the ultrasound, so we had the tech write down the gender for us. We met up for lunch at a favorite place of ours, and had Andrew tell us the letters that were written down. We both thought that we heard Andrew say "O" so - we thought it was a boy - we looked at the paper and were shocked to see GIRL written down!! I'm now almost 21 weeks along. It's nice to be on the "downhill" side. February/March can't get here soon enough!

Andrew's Birthday Celebration(s)

Andrew had a great birthday this year! We started the day with homemade blueberry muffins and then we were off to Speech Therapy. Andrew had a great day there, so that's a plus. After speech we went to this cute little bakery in town and treated ourselves with donuts and a cupcake for later.

 Since Morgan was going to be at school all day long - we headed out to my parent's house for the day. Andrew had a fun lunch at McDonald's, and played in the 'play place' for the first time. Let me tell you - don't send a super cautious kid in one of those things.... Andrew had a great time playing in it, but when it was time to go - he would not come down the slide. So... preggo Emmy got to climb all the way up to him.... those are NOT made for adults! When I got to Andrew - he stated "I stuck." I pulled him out of his little nook and we slid down the slide. He wanted to go up again, but I resisted, I didn't want a repeat performance!

We had dinner with my family and Andrew got to blow some candles out and open up a gift.

 

That night, my sis-in-law called and Andrew had ALL his Stinson cousins sing Happy Birthday to him over the phone from Utah. He had a big smile on his face. It was great.


Saturday we had a family birthday party at our house. Andrew had a lot of fun. It was nice having some family over and enjoying each others company. Since Andrew LOVES numbers, I thought it would be fun to make him a number themed cake. I was pretty happy with my creation.

 Andrew got a lot of new fun toys and games. We've played with most of them already.

Favorite toy: A truck that'll tow 4 cars. Andrew took it with him for his nap today :-)

Then it was time to blow the candles out and cut the cake. Perfect ending to the party!

Happy Birthday Andrew! We still can't believe that you are three. You are the light of our lives!

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

 Happy Birthday to our dear sweet Andrew! Morgan and I are so happy to be your parents.You are such a sweet and gentle little boy. You love to give hugs and kisses and will often do it "just because." You are such a blessing in our lives.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You're THREE!

You're very first birthday, talk about love at first sight!

Your first birthday! What fun you had.

Your second birthday! Mickey Mouse all the way!

Here you are, Mr. Three Year Old!!

Touch a Truck

Today in Athens, they had their annual Touch a Truck activity. I had no idea Athens had one, so when I heard about it I got excited to take Andrew. Andrew LOVED it! He climbed in nearly every truck and if there was a horn - he honked it.

Started off with a bang! Andrew LOVES the garbage truck. Every time it comes by our place we rush outside and watch the truck do it's job.

Honking the UPS horn

Probably my favorite pic of the day. Andrew LOVED the fire truck!!

On a City Bus. Andrew is enthralled with buses.

View from outside the bus.

Honking the Mail Truck's horn.

 

 

 

 

Andrew's first AND last time in the back of a police cruiser.

 

 

 

It was fun to take Andrew to see the trucks. We first took him to one when he was about 18 months old and not talking. It was fun to hear him talk about the different trucks. The only thing that we were sad we didn't see was a School Bus. Man, that boy loves those big yellow buses!

Vicksburg

In September Morgan and I took a little road trip together to Texas. I've been meaning to blog about it... so the next few posts will be about our adventures!

Growing up.

Today, Andrew learned how to climb out of his crib. I knew that it was coming... but I just am not quite ready to put Andrew in a "big boy" bed. When I heard a thunk from upstairs, I knew it happened. I climbed up the stairs and confirmed my thoughts.  I sweetly told Andrew that it was nap time, then asked him if he wanted to be in the crib or bed (we've always have both in his room). He said "bed." And with that little word... he became a big boy.

So, I scooped up all the toys, put them in the closet and got door knob covers to keep him out of the closet and stuck in his room. Within 30 minutes he was fast asleep. I guess Andrew's holding the reins on this transition, 'cause I'm totally not ready for it. I keep on trying to hold on to bits of babyhood with him... but he keeps reminding me with things like this that he's growing up. He keeps moving the cheese, and I guess I'll have to keep moving with it. (Metaphor from this book... every adult needs to read it.)

Sweet dreams little Andrew. Stay little!

P.S. And yes, pregnancy/mother/ being Emily sensitivities got to me and I may have shed a tear.