More Firsts

It was another day of firsts for Andrew. First, the most precious part: our beloved little boy learned to giggle. And not just a little bit -- he giggled for the most part of five minutes!! Of course, when you get the video camera out, he suddenly stops...sorry! We were only able to get one giggle on camera. Maybe he's getting camera shy!




After swing time and giggling, Andrew worked up an appetite where we tried to feed him his first cereal. He gave it a good try, but he let us know in his own way that his thumb was plenty fine for now.

4 months!

Our boy is 4 months old. Hard to believe. Here are stats from his recent doctor's appointment. He weighs 15 lbs 15 oz which is the 75 percentile. He is 25 1/4 inches in length which is the 62 percentile. We are so proud of him!

fun with the cousins

My sister Sara and her family are visiting from Texas this week. This is the first time that they have gotten to see Andrew. Andrew absolutely loves them! I have never seen him behave so well. I think he likes to have someone new to look at and watch...truth be told Sara's family can be quite entertaining :) Here are a few activities we have been up to so far:

Dayana and Daniel helping to give Andrew a bath














Having fun on the swings














At the zoo

random pictures

Here are a few random pictures we have taken along the way of our little buddy. He is filling out and also becoming quite strong these days. Hard to believe in less than a week he will be 4 months old!

hands and feet

More milestones for Andrew: He has been noticing his hands and feet. He plays with his hands quite a bit. He has also been able to grip and play with toys much better. I love to watch him play with this rattle because he is always surprised when it moves and makes noise.

Andrew's Baptism

Andrew Jon was baptized on July 18!! Praise be to God!!

As anxious parents, we were wondering how Andrew would do during baptism. Lately, he's been pretty fussy during the day and we were praying he'd behave for just long enough! Andrew started out so well, but with each passing praise song at the beginning of the service, we knew we were on borrowed time!! But Andrew did just fine. I won't show the whole video, but he was just plain enamored with the pastor -- he couldn't take his eyes off her! The whole congregation laughed! He would have made it the whole time without crying, but some holy water made it into his eyes -- I can't really blame him for crying!!

Whitecaps

We brought Andrew to his first baseball game on Saturday. Daddy has been wanting to do this for a long time (shall we say, about 13 weeks?). This seems to be a dream for most men and their sons. Andrew did quite well and lasted about 2 hours. Aren't we cool parents? Letting him stay up 2 hours past his bed time? We paid for it the next day but it was worth it!