Andy

It's been awhile since I took pictures of Andy so I thought I'd take some.  I just used the camera on my phone, so the pictures aren't great, but he's so cute.  He's doing well and we're all doing well (though I need to figure out how to get more sleep).  It's a happy time and we're feeling so blessed.  Have a great week!


 

 

 

Happy days are here again :)

 

 

 

Happy Conference weekend everyone!  This is one of my favorite weekends of the year.  I took these pictures of Andy a couple minutes ago.  He loves sitting in his feeding seat (even though he doesn't eat solid food yet).  His colic seems to be getting better every day and that's a big blessing.  He's also the best sleeper of all my babies.  I feed him before I go to bed and then he usually only has one feeding around 4am and then he sleeps until about 8:30am.  So we're getting onto a good schedule and finding our way as a family of six.  Have a great week!
Love, Aubrey

Joy's 4th Birthday

Joy was very lucky to have two birthday parties this year.  First she got to have a birthday party in Logan.  We had such a great trip to Logan and the birthday party was one of the highlights of the trip.  Lisa got this great cake and Joy loved it!  It was so fun to celebrate with so many loved ones.

I love Lisa in the background, such a pretty smile.  And it was great to make a new friend with Emily Greer (next to Joy in the picture), she and Grace were tied at the hip all weekend.

Then on Monday, we had a birthday party with the Rogers.  I got quite ambitious with the cake (trying to implement Joy's design ideas) and Joy loved it.  It had rainbow frosting between the layers made with concentric rings of different colored frosting.  I'm still sore from making it (my Fibro's not great right now), but it was worth it.

Joy got so many wonderful presents, she's been having a great week playing with her new toys.  She is such a happy addition to our family.  She's struggling a bit with the idea of not being the baby anymore, but I know she'll adjust and be happier than ever.  We love our sweet Joy. 

Smiley Andy

 

Here are some pictures I took of Andy during the last couple weeks.  He's smiling more and more and he's crying less and less, so things are looking up.  He's been off his monitor for a couple weeks and he's doing great.  We love our little Andy!

Anniversary

Mark and Andy outside at Bardenay restaurant before the wasps came :)

Today was our 14th Anniversary.  It's our tradition to go out to eat with all our kids on our anniversary, it seems more complete to have them there with us.  We had a great dinner except for some wasps (we started outside and then quickly went inside once our food and the wasps came).  We also had a lovely date by ourselves on Saturday going to the Temple and then to dinner.  I'm so grateful to be married to such a wonderful man.  It has been an amazing 14 years, full of challenges and joy.  Through it all, we've been so blessed to have each other.  I love you, Mark.

One More

This one is mostly the same, but a little better resolution and slightly bigger smile :)

Our Andy

I got a few good pictures of Andy today on my phone.  Andy has been having a bit of colic, which is lots of fun.  So he often looks a bit like this, but he often is just crying when he's awake so that's not quite as cute.
 

We're hoping that he feels better soon so he can spend more time looking like this.  Grace and Joy have asked for ear plugs or ear muffs to block the crying and Joy asked me the other day if all babies cried this much.  I think he's going to be better really soon though (we're trying every remedy known to man).  I  have big plans for Aunt Chrissy when she gets home from California and it involves me getting a nap sometime, or Mark and I getting a date :)  (Chrissy is amazing with babies, so I think she could handle Mr. Andy and his fussiness).  Have a great week!
Love, Aubrey