Friday, October 7, 2011

Great Success

Each day, Andrew does the following steps:
1. Pulls everything out of this basket on his changing table shelf
2. Pulls the basket off of the shelf
3. Unsuccessfully tries to get in the basket
Well today...mission accomplished!  I love how proud he is of himself!

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Doing some paperwork in my jammies



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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Our Weekend

We had another very busy weekend. Even though Joey worked a lot, it was relaxing and fun to be with my boys. On Friday, our family went to Wings and then shopped for a swingset. We went to two different places, but we didn't find what we wanted.

On Saturday, Andrew and I shopped for a few things while Joey worked. Then, we picked him up and went to Birmingham to spend the day at my sister's house. We got to see Amelia and my mom has been staying with her, so she was there. We do have a small problem. I was scared to hold Amelia because she was sooo little! I told Joey that there was no way that Andrew was ever that small! I just don't remember having a baby that little. I guess I better get over my fear soon:) We came home to watch Alabama dominate Florida.

On Sunday, Joey got up very early to go to work but was able to meet us at church. I woke up on Sunday thinking about Cypress Inn rolls. After church, we went to Cypress and ran into some of our favorite people! Here we are with Christin and Jack.

I really wanted to take Andrew to the fair Sunday afternoon. Some friends of ours from church (with babies) said that there were some rides perfect for his age. However, Andrew decided to take a 4 hour nap on Sunday. With the fair idea out, we decided to go to a park. My buddy read about tractors on the way.


I do not understand why a baby swing would not have straps. He loved the swing, but one of us had to stand right in front of him the entire time.


I'm not so sure about this slide, Da da!



We hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Perfect Afternoon

Andrew still loves to watch Family Feud each day.  He likes to clap with the contestants.  Top off a good episode with a book, and he is in heaven!

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Pig Fuey

Alabama played (and beat!!) Arkansas this weekend. Once again, we decided to sell our tickets because we wanted to spend the day with our little man. He's such a cute Bama fan!

He did pretty well watching the game. Of course, he snuck in some stories during the commercials.

Andrew REALLY wants to drink from a cup. He is just not ready yet, but we do give him empty cups that he uses to practice.



Until we had Andrew, Joey used to give me a hug and kiss each time Alabama scored. Now, I am an afterthought! My boys high-fived, shook the shaker, and said "Roll Tide" together after each score. Here they are anxiously awaiting the next score.

TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!

Amelia Karen Rathmell

WHAT?? I have a new cousin? My mom hasn't even blogged about this yet? I'm shocked! Amelia Karen Rathmell was born on on Sunday, September 18th at 7:17 p.m. She was 20.5 inches long and weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces.

Susan's water broke early Sunday morning, but she was not having any contractions. Meanwhile in Tuscaloosa, Andrew and I were getting dressed for church, Joey was at work, and the O'Harra family was spending the weekend with us.

We got the call that Susan's water broke, and the O'Harra family graciously offered to watch Andrew while I went to Birmingham. Once I got to Susan's house, she got a few last minute things finished and called her doctor. The doctor encouraged her to go ahead and come to the hospital even though she was not having contractions.

Final pictures as a family of 3:




Once we got to the hospital, Susan did some walking to try to get the contractions started.





Mariella and Sue came from Wetumpka to meet Baby Amelia.


Welcome, Baby Amelia! Praise God that you are safely here. We love you so much!


Reading With Jan



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