Three things

Andrew can do three things. Well, he does the normal stuff: eat, sleep, poop, burp, etc... However, now he's getting a little cooler.

1. He can roll over. This clip shows the very first time he rolled over.

2. He can pet the dog.

3. He can press the button on his toy to make it say the color. He can press this button over and over.

I know he'll learn more stuff as we go, but these are the first things he can do "on purpose". Since he's not good at performing on command, I thought posting these videos would be proof enough.

~Anne

Andrew's best friend

I don't have much to say about this, but I needed to give props to Andrew's new best friend, the porcupine.

It's a very simple relationship: Andrew likes to chew. Porcupine is chewable and can't run fast enough to get away.
~Anne

Sleep

Here's something super obvious: new parents are sleep deprived. Even people without kids will tell you that having a newborn means getting very little sleep or sometimes none at all. How come the most important and challenging job of your life (parenting) begins with mind-numbing exhaustion? It makes no sense. As you can see here, Chris, Andrew, Lady, and I look less than well-rested.

Yikes.

They send you home from the hospital completely clueless, scared out of your mind, and, by the way, you won't sleep soundly until Andrew begins "sleeping through the night". I chose to put this phrase in quotes because, according to all the baby sources out there, "sleeping through the night" happens when the baby sleeps 5 hours in a row. So long sleeping till noon.

Here's my question: How did we party until 3, 4, 5 am, and then wake up the next day to do it all again? How come party tired and baby tired are not even close to the same thing?

Here's a great idea: I haven't slept for more than an hour straight in weeks, so I think I am a great candidate to take care of a newborn who depends on me for everything.


Well, thanks to lots of prayer, a fabulous babysitter, and a little classical music, Andrew sleeps both "through the night" and through the night. I never thought 5 hours of sleep in a row would ever feel so good.

Thank God for naps.
~Anne

Here we go again...

Alright, I mean it this time. I got cold feet with the blog before because my husband gave me mixed messages. With some encouragement (thanks Aunt Bre), I thought I'd give it another shot. When it comes right down to it, I carried the little booger for 9 months, so if I want to write about our times, why not?

Here's my husband, Chris, and I... pre-Andrew.

We liked to party... Ok, we loved (and still love) to party and did it quite frequently. Things have changed, and it's pretty fabulous. Do I miss the 2:30 am runs to Taco Cabana and waking up at noon? Of course, but Andrew's a pretty great change.

Here I am just before Andrew's arrival.

And then, Andrew arrived. Here he with Mommy and Daddy in the beginning, and him now at 4 and 1/2 months old. Right now he's weighing in at a whopping 13 and 1/2 pounds, and he's pretty fantastic. Anyway, I'll try to track our wild and crazy times here.

~Anne