Wednesday, August 19, 2009

AHA!

Andrew had a super fun day today; he got to visit the AHA children’s museum in Lancaster, OH with his Great-Aunt Cindy! The museum offers many different interactive stations for children of all ages. We spent a lot of time in the Plop Zone, which was for kids ages 0-3. It was an area where Andrew could crawl around and play freely, without the risk of being run over by a bigger kid! There was a foam slide and stairs to climb up and many balls to play with. Andrew practiced climbing up the stairs and sliding down the slide on his tummy (face first) and also climbing up the slide and trying to go down the stairs face first! Let’s just say it was never a dull moment keeping up with him!
We also spent some time at the water table playing with boats and duckies and trying not to get soaked. Then we played in a pretend house for a while working with tools and dug at the sand table with a rake and a shovel.

There were many other stations including a fire truck (with costumes), a Lego table, a bank, grocery store, kitchen, vet office, stage (with microphones and costumes), a garden and fishing! Many of those activities were for slightly older kids so we will have to go back some time and learn all about those!
Here are some pictures from our fun day!

Heading up the stairs!

Interesting way to go down the slide!!!
Trying to figure out how those balls got in there and how do they come out?
"YEAH, SAND!" Andrew's new favorite thing! We turned this kid into a sand monster!

Andrew had so much fun climbing on things at the museum that he decided he wanted to test out his skills at home! This is what he does when mom turns her back :)

"I'm just trying to get a good look out the window!"

Friday, August 14, 2009

A's Big Birthday Bash :)

On Sunday, August 9th Andrew took part in his very first birthday party! We had tons of family and friends over to Grandma and Grandpa Piper's house for a Mickey Mouse Luau! Andrew enjoyed every minute of it! He had several little friends come to play, he got to open a million gifts and smash a cake!!! Mom and Dad enjoyed the party too and it was fun to celebrate one year with our little man <3 It was great to have daddy home for the weekend also!

The smash cake mommy decorated!

Andrew smashing the cake!

Opening some cool presents!


Playing with the presents!

A rare family shot...we really need to do a better job at taking more!


Although the party was a lot of fun, I'm glad that it is over! There was A LOT of time spent on preparation for the party for a 1 year old who will not remember any of it! We will however have our fond memories of the day and many photos to look back on! Hopefully Andrew is not expecting quite the blowout that he had this year for his 2nd birthday!!! LOL!!!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Andrew!

Happy 1st Birthday Andrew :)
We celebrated Andrew's 1st Birthday today and went out to dinner where Andrew got to eat his first kid's meal at a restaurant! He had cheese pizza with fries and LOVED IT! He was so excited when the waitress set it down in front of me, he grabbed a slice! He knew it was for him! We really missed daddy and sent him some pictures while we were eating so he could be a part of it too!

Coloring and getting ready to order :)

Pizza and Fries on the plate!!!!

Pizza all over the place!

A present to open on his birthday

the aftermath! Verdict is - Cheese Pizza is DELICIOUS!

A special birthday treat!

Hope you enjoyed these photos from our fun dinner out! Be sure to check back soon for pictures from Andrew's First Birthday Party :)

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Visiting Dad in Delaware...as in state of ...not Delaware, OH :(

We traveled to Newark, DE on July 14th to visit Dad for a few days before heading down to the beach! We got to check out the local area and see where we are going to be living soon! Zac is staying at a local extended stay hotel, so we took advantage of all the perks; the nice walking path, the free food, etc.! We had a good time and it was great to see Zac :)



Andrew made a new friend in the mirror at Daddy's hotel room :) It looks like this one's a keeper!

11 Months - July 12th 2009

Ok, we'll start the smorgasbord of photos and video with Andrew's 11 Month Birthday! He turned 11 months on July 12th, it was a Sunday (in case you cannot remember that far back!) and we spent the day lounging by the pool and enjoying the company of Grandma and Grandpa Piper! It was a fun day, but we missed Daddy, he was stuck in Delaware, awaiting the beginning of another fun work week :(

Here are some photos from our day of swimming and fun!

Floating like a big boy!

I don't think we'll ever be able to get rid of "the bink"

Saturday, August 1, 2009

It's been awhile...

As you can tell I have not posted anything in awhile. I'm going to blame it on our super busy month of July. It seemed that once July 4th celebrations were ending our month began to fly. Andrew turned 11 months on the 12th, we left for Delaware to visit Dad on the 14th, then to Myrtle Beach with the family on the 18th, back to DE on the 25th and then back to Ohio on the 29th. It's been a little bit of a whirlwind of a month. August is now here and we are rapidly approaching Andrew's 1st Birthday!

Anyway, I have tons of photos and videos to load from the last month. Hopefully over this weekend I will have a chance to get it all on here! Check back Monday and we'll see if my goal has been accomplished :)