Our Little Pumpkin

Andrew is 8 weeks and 2 days! He's

weighing in at 10 lbs, 11 oz!! I can't believe

how much has changed in eight weeks! He is so

much more alert and really getting a personality.

I have two weeks left until I go back to work and

I must say, there's nothing in me that wants to

go back. I feel like I'm sort of getting this mommy

thing and really starting to enjoy (not that I didn't

before) this love of my life! Anyway, I am blessed

that I get to stay home with him on Mondays and

Tuesdays AND will get four out of seven days with him!Our visit to the pumpkin patch! A little pumpkin

for our little pumpkin.

As you can tell he was very excited about our

first visit to the pumpkin patch.

Ah, a smile to melt my heart!!

Sleeping tight with his favortie binky! Grandma

Patti calls it a "nummy," I like it!

Trying to get some cute shots of my little guy,

you gotta be quick!!

I just thought this was sweet.

A few weeks back after my favortie gals

visits were over I had a bit of a tough transition

back to being a mommy on my own. Mike

sensed that things were feeling rough in my

world and brought these home. (Sigh) I'm

such a lucky gal.

How precious are these little hands?

Uncle Poops (Val) preparing his baby girl's crib!

I can't wait to meet my little niece, and see my

little brother become a daddy!!

Auntie DD is 27 weeks here!! She looks great!

She and Val were in a different town seeing

Carrie Underwood.

All is right with the world...all is right.

House Guests and a Birthday!

We celebrated Mike's birthday on Wednesday.

It was Andrew's first birthday party which was

fun! Amy also came in to town that day which

added excitement. It was a very laid back

event that we all enjoyed. Happy Birthday Mike (Daddy)!Since about two weeks Andrew has been wanting

to hold his head up. So when we do tummy time

he loves lifting his head. Daddy and baby sacked out! Drew loves laying

on chests, I'm guessing he enjoys the sound of

our heartbeat.

Doesn't he look like Randy from "A Christmas
Story?" We went on a walk this afternoon and
there was a chill in the air so we decided to bundle him up! We were lucky enough to have Eric (Amy's husband)
come out and spend the weekend with us. We
enjoyed showing him the different breweries. On
Saturday Eric made a huge batch of marinara sauce
and gave us a freezer full of meal options. Thanks Eric!

Andrew loved spending time in Auntie Amy's arms.
It was so wonderful having Amy here since last
Wednesday. She helped us out so much and
was such great company. I'm so blessed to have
such a wonderful friend. Thank you again!
Cutie!

Sleeping in his daddy's arms.

At 6 weeks Drew is close to 11 pounds! He

continues to grow like a weed. I'm scared that if

he doesn't slow down at some point I'm going to have

a gigantic baby by 3 months! He's pretty darn wonderful.

When Kimberly stayed here one of the evenings

she cooked us breakfast for dinner, her waffles rock!

Abby enjoyed her meals in our Bumbo.

Again, it was wonderful having Kimberly and

Abby here. Our visitors have brought us nothing but

joy and laughter. It's been so wonderful to have my family

and friends see Andrew and the life we live in Billings.

It has made for very hard goodbyes and a lot of "self talk."

Thanks everybody...thank you.

My BFFAE and her baby came to visit!

The Yasenaks were lucky enough to have

Kimberly and Abby visit for an extended weekend.

It was such a blast to have my great friend here

and see Abby have so much fun interacting with

all of us. Abby was so cute cause when Drew would

cry she would laugh, it made us giggle. Thank you

Kimberly and Abby for making time to come see

us, it meant the world to me to have you

both here!

The kids are looking at Kimberly. "Oh hey
Kimberly." "Oh hey mommy."Andrew is quite advanced and is using sign
language to request food.

Just chillin watching football.

All of the pictures you are viewing Kimberly took.

She got some great shots, thanks again for sharing!

I mean look at this cutie!!

Andrew is practicing holding up his head. He's

a pretty strong little boy.

"Go Cougs Drew!"

Ugh, I miss you already and wish we could have

play dates ALL the time! Love you!

1 month plus!

It was shocking to me when Oct. 2nd hit and

Andrew turned 1 month! I must be in a total daze

cause it feels like yesterday that he arrived.

Here are a few things that have been going on

in the last week or so.Grandma Patti babysitting Drew while mommy

ran to the grocery store! Andrew does a great job

in Grandma Patti's arms. Thanks Grandma G!

Grandma Moro sent Andrew this cute Halloween

onesie and I had to put him in it this week cause

he is NOT going to fit into it come the 31st. Thanks

Grandma M!

Elena and Becca came over for an

impromtu playdate. The kids enjoyed

playing under the "sea scape" together!

SO darn cute!

Aunt Lurr (AKA Antler) came to visit us this past

weekend. It was such a gift to have a wonderful

friend here to visit us. Thanks Antler, we had a blast!

And what a wonderful mommy you are going to be one day.

We are thrilled to finally have grass!! I'm going to

post a before and after photo here in the next few days.

Grandma Moro wanted a picture of Andrew with
his eyes open, here you go!! What a cutie!

I thought this one was funny, he's sort of smiling and

falling asleep.

And this one speaks for itself! He's so

dang cute I could kiss him all day long!!

What a eye opening (yet wonderful) month it's been!

I truly believe it takes a village to raise a child. We've

been blessed with many village people to help us out,

I'd be lost without all those who have

helped out locally and traveled from afar.

Drew is such a wonderful gift, thank you!