Happy 5th Anniversary

Tonight Chris and I celebrated our FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! (Our actual anniversary was 8-8-08.) Can you even believe it? Anyway, we went to a movie at a real theatre and ate a fabulous dinner at Houston's. Amazing food and it was great to be grown ups together.



Thanks, Aunt Kristin for taking care of the newly teething little man. I know he was fussy, but he loves you... And we do, too!

~Anne

PS: Here are Chris and I on our wedding day, 8-8-03... so young and so married. And now here we are on our 5th anniversary, 8-8-08... so old and so married. And we love every minute.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Martha!

Yay, birthdays! Martha's birthday was this past weekend, and we partied hard at Grandma Mary's house. We swam and ate and drank and swam. We also had bubbles. Nothing gets toddlers going like bubbles... I dig 'em, too. :)

Andrew spent the majority of the afternoon bouncing next to the pool in the shade. We all took turns dowsing him, fanning him, and keeping him the shaded.

Here we are before hitting the pool. To the right: Andrew's wearing swim trunks for the first time, and they were super cute!

Below: Here's Andrew hanging next to the pool and chewing on stuff and rockin' a mohawk.

Throughout the afternoon, Reginald B. Flops made appearances and sniffed stuff. Here his is desperately trying to avoid Macy.

There are videos from the birthday that will be uploaded later. Happy birthday, Martha!

:)

Anne

Happy 60th Birthday, Grandpa!

A few weeks ago, Andrew's Grandpa turned 60. Yay, Grandpa! We all went to Arlington to celebrate. First Walt opened presents, and then everyone took turns playing with Andrew.

Aunt Lisa and Uncle Wayne taking turns with Drew.

The celebration continued...at a brewery. Yes, Andrew took his first trip to the brewery. The brewery had no air conditioning, and only one giant fan. The entire time I could hear Reese Witherspoon's voice in the back of my mind saying "You have a baby... at a bar." Wow. It was a neat place, but Andrew and I just didn't last long.

Here's the birthday boy!

Here are Chris and Anne enjoying the time that Andrew slept. (You can see his foot in the stroller in the bottom left corner.)

Here are the Grandmas testing the fine Rhar's brew.

Lisa and Wayne, who cheers to the fact that we're getting Andrew an early start appreciating microbrews.

Here are the pictures that let me know it was time to go...

After these pictures and 45 minutes of SCREAMING on the way home. He got to sniggle up with Mommy, and order was restored. Then, it was time to roll around with Grandpa, which was probably the best part of the day.

~Anne

July 4th

Andrew had his first 4th of July. We decided that fireworks via the television were as close as he should get this year. Next year, we will get close enough to blow his eardrums and let him play with sparklers. (Toddlers playing with firewoorks...Hmmm, maybe he'll just watch.)

For 2008, we just let him play with his cousins in the pool at Diane's house. Here are some highlights from the party!

The food was fabulous! Hotdogs, potato salad, mac 'n cheese, and melting fudge.

The pool was relaxing.

And staring at (and maybe judging) each other is cool, too.

~Anne