Andrew opening his gifts

For Andrews birthday he was able to open all of his fabulous gifts. Since he had no idea what was going on daddy was there to help him as well as all of the other kids at the party who actually understand what it is to receive a gift. Just like any other baby as soon as the gift was opened he cared more about the wrapping paper than the actual present.

Happy Birthday Andrew

For Andrew's first birthday he had 8 kids come to his party. Each child had a birthday hat to celebrate and Andrew was not very fond of his hat. We were able to keep it on his head for about 10 minutes but then he decided he had had enough. A cake was made for his birthday but it was white with white frosting so Andrew has his own special cupcake made up with chocolate frosting just so he could get a little bit more dirty for that special first birthday. He actually did very well with his cupcake and didn't make too much of a mess seeing that e is only one.

Thirsty Tina

We had an old watermelon so we decided to give it to Tina. Looks like she is loving it. First she at the watermelon and now she is just drinking up all the juice. Oh to be able to do that.

Andrew and Santa

Andrew was able to meet Santa for the first time. At first he was a little scared but soon warmed up to him and was very curious as to whose lap he was sitting in. He was very curious about the beard and almost pulled it off.

Andrew gets his first haircut

While in Utah for Christmas break Grandma cut Andrews hair for the first time. Just like any other small child he did not want to sit still while Grandma cut his hair making it that much more difficult. Once it was all said and done Grandma did a great job!

Cousin Jake at Christmas Time

Andrew at the Dinner Table

This is a picture of Andrew sitting at his high chair patiently waiting for Christmas Dinner.

Andrews first time in the snow

When we visited the Vance home in December it snowed and snowed and snowed. We took Andrew outside to play in the snow and he did not like it very much. We put him in a sled to go sledding down a small hill and he immediately jumped out and was covered in cold, wet snow. We did not have any shoes for him to wear so we ended up putting his gloves on his feet and then he had to borrow daddy's huge gloves to cover his hands.

Andrew and Daddy

Andrew Grandpa and Joshua

On our way home from California we had a layover in Salt Lake City so the whole Vance family came to see us for a few hours. Grandpa had a great time with his grandsons.

Andrew standing

Andrew stood and walked along furniture for the first time at Grandmas house. He was so proud of himself that he was able to go somewhere all by himself. He spent all week walking along furniture and getting in trouble when we went to California for Thanksgiving.

Andrew taking off his Bib

For months my biggest struggle with Andrew was keeping his bib on. If you ever put a bib on him he would immediately remove it. When we traveled to California I learned how to make a bib that would slip over his head rather than having Velcro in back for him to easily pull off. It took me a while to learn and make this new bib and it only took him a few minutes to figure out how to get it off. The next four pictures are of him removing the bib. He pretty much never wears one anymore.

Bryan and Brad

Here is the beautiful finished fried Turkey that Brad made for the Marshall family for Thanksgiving.