Catching up...

I know it's been SO long since my last post. It's all my internet's fault. It's slow.
We've been so busy (and worried and stressed) about finding a job to finally move out of Dublin and get out of my mother's hair. Endless searches online and interview after interview, my hubby finally landed a teaching/coaching job at Craig Middle School in Abilene, Texas.
So off to Abilene we go--but first, an endless apartment search goes on and on. We don't know exactly which day or weekend we'll be moving, but sometime in August for sure. So please keep us in your minds and prayers that the transition will go smoothly, and we survive.

Ok, enough with updates and onto pictures!
My really good friend and boss from Cottonwood, Michelle, has been SO kind and trusting to lend me her awesome Canon 50D which has made me so giddy about taking pictures, and maybe hopefully saving up to afford a SLR of my own *wishful*
So, even though I have aspirations of owning a decent camera someday, it's still up to me to take the shots...and some are good, some are so-so, and some are terrible, (which I won't post)...I think I still have to take time to edit the ones I want to develop in Photoshop though.
Sorry pics are so small, but they upload faster--here they go...

Andrew & Dawna posing for a pic!

Andrew getting into Moomie's tapes


He's been smiling so much now! His bottom right tooth and finally today, his top right one...how weird is that?

He loves to suck on 'paletas'...especially Mexican ones!

All smiles for camera at supper time!


Moomie LOVES to make him smile by tickling him!

Pickin his nose (what a boy!)

Going "ta-ta" (poo) in his Bumbo...favorite place!

He's learned to clap too!

Andrew has become a walking pro---anywhere and everywhere!

Look at him GO!


...even in the nude...

All smiles!

Getting into EVERY cabinet door he can find...he found the containers!

He even found the homeschooling cabinet where markers and books are kept. Gary is putting up the markers...for the 7th time!

And when you take away, he cries and tilts his head as far back as it goes!

Ben, Stephanie, and Avery Schexnider came to visit and I took some snap shots of them together. I love her onesie!

Mother's Day -- Gary did good!

Well, I know it's a little late to brag about Mother's Day, but I felt I had to since this was such an accomplishment for Gary.
Gary has only given me 2 pieces of jewelry prior to this one: my promise ring, and my engagement/wedding rings...so you guys should have seen how giddy I was on Mother's Day.


Thank You Mother's Day for bringing such wonderful surprises!
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Weekend with the Taylors!

This Friday, we went to Waco to visit some friends that we had not seen in a long time! Their baby boy, Ian, is 2 months older than Andrew and about 6 inches taller than him. I guess you could say they had fun, but I think Andrew felt threatened by Ian and his ginormous hugs and smiles!
Brady was trying to capture them on his iPhone, those are his stinky socks that Ian and Andrew were playing with.
Look how much taller Ian is than Andrew!!!

Here's one of Ian's ginormous hugs...it was so funny!

Snack time for the boys....with vanilla wafers. Davin, the Taylor's dog, kept wanting to snack with them too and at one point snagged Andrew's and Ian's cookies from their hands. He also loved to licked their faces and hands...

Ian showing us how he throws his ball...

Andrew is in Ian's high chair eating pizza! We had to prop him up with some towels because it was definitely too big.

Here's Ian flirting with a girl in the restaurant, he's waving bye bye and he's blowing some kisses. He was the star at dinner! =)

The many positions of my sleeping baby....



While on the changing table, he wouldn't let me button his crotch area, he was getting fussy so I let him be and that's how he fell asleep. Gary decided it was funny and he took the picture.




















This last one is my favorite...



Fort Worth Arts Festival!

Since my last post came out all whacked when I tried to venture out on the placement of pictures, I think I'll just stick with centering them... haha.

Here are some pictures of the Arts Festival in downtown Ft. Worth during the April 18-19th weekend...

Caren went with us and she loves to take pictures of Andrew. He's so photogenic and ornery, he cracks us up so much!
We had fun this weekend. The only bad part was that we had to wait 20 minutes for a restroom with a baby changing station at Barnes & Noble with a stinky diaper =(