visit with the Stonecipher's

We had visitors this weekend ... Grandma and Papaw Stonecipher came to visit us! And they came bearing gifts ... well, one little gift for Andrew! It is an early Christmas present! It is a pretty cool little car and Andrew does love playing with it! It even has a cup holder!

Andrew playing in his new toy! He didn't want to get out for the longest time!

Saturday evening we went to a bonfire at some friends house. And it was COLD! So we bundled up nice and warm and had a great time!

Andrew eating his hotdog ... he wasn't so into taking pictures!

"You want some of my hot dog bun?"

Still eating ... sitting on Grandma's lap!

.... from Andrew
Thanks so much Grandma and Papaw for coming down to visit us! And thanks for my new car ... hopefully I don't peel out on the carpet! And thanks for watching me on Saturday so Mama could have some "her" time ... whatever that is! :) I love ya'll and can't wait to see ya'll again!

Love, Andrew

October ...

October was an uneventful month for us ... thankfully! Well, except one little thing ... Andrew had to switch day cares. The one that he had been in since he was seven weeks old closed. I wasn't too happy about having to find a new one ... but I think we found a pretty great one. It is closer to work, which is nice. And Andrew has done well with the change ... he never missed a beat!

Andrew with his fireman hat from daycare! He loved wearing it and we even had to take it to church one night cause he threw a fit for not having it on!

Andrew enjoys eating ... he prefers to feed himself ... and that can get pretty messy sometimes. Here he is eating yogurt!

Yes ... it is all over him ... sometimes I wish I could eat like that and it be okay! :)

Andrew playing with the soccer ball in front of our house!

Andrew sitting on Grandad's motorcycle!I know that I have already posted some pictures from our Fall Festival fun, but here are a few more!

Thing 1 and Thing 2

We even met up with Cat in the Hat!

Laughing and playing on the floor!

A Sweet Gift

While we were out in Arizona, I had the opportunity to meet up with some friends from Kenya ... friends that I hadn't seen in almost 10 years! While we were there, Keri presented us with a very precious and sweet gift. She had contacted me just after Jonathan had died and wanted to know if she could make something for Andrew out of Jonathan's clothes. I sent her all of his favorite clothes ... t-shirts, dress shirts, and pants. And she did the rest! The outcome is absolutely fabulous and something we will cherish for a lifetime. She made a quilt and a pillow. The pillow is called "What's in Daddy's Pocket?". It is made from pockets off the shirts and pants of some of the clothes. She had put little toys in some of the pockets for Andrew to find!

These pictures don't do justice to the quilt and pillow, but I want you all to see them.

Arizona ... in September

Okay ... so I am finally getting around to updating the blog. A lot has happened since my last post (well, since my last post about Andrew and I). We have been on a second family vacation ... to Arizona with the Stonecipher's. It was a great time to visit with family and to relax. We stayed with Randy and Bev Tozer, that is Jonathan's uncle and aunt. They have a beautiful home and had plenty of room for all of us. And they had a great pool! Andrew and I had fabulous time in Phoenix ... enjoy the pictures!

Papaw and Andrew hanging out by the pool

Sarah was our "resident chef" while we were there! She made an incredible pasta dish! It was the biggest bowl of pasta that I have ever seen!

Doesn't it look delicious?!?!

Andrew jumping to me ... well, he thought about it but never did!


Hanging out in the pool - Andrew loved the water!



Andrew and I - this is one of my favorite pictures!

The whole group of us ...

Andrew and I sharing ice cream at the train park
Waiting to ride the train at the train park


Going down the slide ... look at Andrew's hair ... gotta love some static!






Matt and Sarah - after one of our delicious dinners!

Papaw and his three boys!

Levi ...

Hi... Sorry for not posting this sooner. I've had several people ask me just today about Levi. He is doing well. He was discharged from the hospital Sunday morning. They even went to church on their way home! I know that Bonnie is so glad to be out of that hospital room! Thank you so much for each of your prayers. We appreciate it so much!

And just until I get some time to update the blog with some fun pictures ... here is one from Halloween. Andrew and I went with Avery and Granddad to the Harvest Festival at Josh and Bonnie's church ... we were a cute bunch! Avery was Snow White and Andrew and I were Thing 1 and Thing 2 - from Cat in the Hat.