Andrew loved having his cousins and aunt and uncle at our house this week. He was pretty excited about having a baby in the house and any time he could he would try to hold him or play with him. It was fun to watch him with the baby. It is always nice to have more people to play with! Thanks for coming to visit Ryker and Michelle, Tory and Elizabeth!

My Big Boy Bed!

We set up Andrew's new bed just before his 2nd Birthday and boy did he love it. He wanted to play in it all the time and would constantly say "up" so we would lift him to the top bunk. We weren't quite ready for him to sleep in it so we kept putting him in the crib to sleep. One night he decided he was ready for his bed and marched right in when we said it was bedtime and knelt down to say prayers by the bunk bed. We said prayers and gave him some toys to play with and said good night. We left the room with no thought that he would stay and didn't hear anything from him after that. This is what we found when we went back to check on him and he hasn't been back in his crib since. What a big boy!

Birthday Boy!

We celebrated Andrew's birthday twice...first, on his actual birthday and second on Sunday with all of the family. Andrew was spoiled by Granny and Grandpa Jewkes, Grandma and Grandpa Thornton, and his aunts, uncles, and cousins. It was so fun to watch him open his presents because he was completely into tearing into the packages. He got some really fun presents that should keep him entertained for a while.

*Cabbage Patch Little Boy with lots of hair

*Harmonica

*Books

*Magna Doodle

*Tool kit with box

*Two sweat outfits

*Shorts outfit

*Crayon and marker set in a back pack

*Hot Wheels Cars

*T-Ball set

*Charlotte's Web DVD

*$10

We asked Grandpa Jewkes to make him a baseball player cake and he did a great job. I made sugar cookies and we had a fun time eating and celebrating. The kids all got balloons to take home with them. It is so fun to be able to live close to family and have a great time when we all get together.

Like Father, Like Son

As you can tell, this blog is all about our little guy! It has been so fun to watch him grow and become an adorable little boy. Daddy was cooking dinner the other night and Andrew was a big helper...he even wore the apron to be just like his daddy!

Missing Daddy!

So Isaac had to go to Florida for work this week and we have missed him a ton! I am especially jealous that he gets to be somewhere warm even if he doesn't get to be outside in it much. I told him I would post a picture of Andrew in his new outfit we bought for pictures, sooo...here are the few pictures I got. The one of him screaming was about how his pictures went, but this was him wanting the camera...watch out two year old tantrums! (It was the best one showing his whole outfit though.) We miss you daddy...can't wait to see you!

Bowling!

Aunt Tawna had a birthday party and invited us to go bowling along with several friends and all of her family. It was the first time I had been bowling in a long time and I finished with a score of 136 or something like that...no bumpers even. Andrew had never bowled and it was his nap time so the first couple of times went okay, but then he was done. Let's just say he had a hard time taking his turn. We had a fun time bowling and eating yummy cake!

Andrew, my little daddy's boy!

It's a boy!

We had our ultrasound to see how the baby is doing and found out it's a boy and that everything looks great so far. We are excited to have another little boy, and I am sure Andrew will love having a great playmate.

Vernal Temple

After Christmas we had the great opportunity to go to Vernal and visit the Temple there. It was a snowy drive but we made it just fine. The Temple was a Tabernacle that was converted to a Temple in 1997. It was beautiful inside and a wonderful experience. Isaac was born in Vernal and this is a picture in front of their home there.

New Found Joys

Andrew has found two extremely exciting new things to do....SHOVEL SNOW and CUT WITH SCISSORS!