Crystal River to see Aunt Gigi and Uncle J

We had to stop in Crystal River, FL on the way home from our big vacation because Andrew was saying Gigi. gigi, gigi! We had a nice visit with Gretchen and Jason and enjoyed the Plantation pool. Andrew loves his Aunt and Uncle, we miss you bunches and wish you would come up and see us. Also, he was in Pappa's Indians hat, too cute. He does have a thing for baseball hats already, like father like son I guess.

Evansville, IN

Great-Grandma June just thought he was the best baby she had seen. She couldn't believe how good he was, and that he didn't need much to make him happy. We played on a blanket on the floor and in no time at all he was showing her all of his tricks: rolling over, scooting around, and playing with his piggies. His bottom left tooth came in while we were there and he started saying da da da. She kept saying he has such a sweet dispostion. He loved his Great-Grandma June very much and kept her entertained. I think Andrew was just glad to have someone his size around, haha. Above, is Grandma June and Uncle Tuffy. We had a nice visit with him. Also, we had our generation picture taken, can't believe we have 4 already.

~CARTER & ANDREW~

Andrew was ready for church, we were going to Carter's Baptism!!! Carter did wonderful, he is such a beautiful baby boy! Andrew and Carter are 11 weeks apart. Andrew is lucky, he has a cousin 10 weeks older on Kevin's side and 11 weeks younger on Carrie's side, and they're both BOYS! Carter and Andrew had fun playing on the floor.

Knoxville, TN~ Christy's Angels Benefit

Cousins of ours, the Blanchard's lost both of their parents to cancer. Christy had breast cancer and was a survivor for quite some time and really donated a lot of time to the Susan B. Komen group there in Knoxville and now her girls have a team "Christy's Angels". They had a benefit this summer and we were able to make it up there for it. We even had the TX family meet for it as well. This is our family photo with the TN, TX, and FL families! We also got just a cousins shot minus Todd, David, and Gretchen :( We really had a blast in Knoxville with all the families!!! We will definitely need to do that again in the near future.

This picture was Andrew ready for the benefit, he was working on a tooth! (his bottom left.)

"THE ANDREW TOUR"

Andrew got to meet all of his Great Aunt's and Uncle's! Aunt Betty loved his big brown eyes and Aunt Pat thought he was such a doll! Aunt Dortha and Uncle John said he was sweet. Then, we had a BBQ with Uncle Bob & Aunt Carol and he said he was a special package! We really enjoyed seeing all of them and Andrew was glad he got to meet everyone. We did a generation picture with Great Grandma Billie, Pappa, Mommy and little Andrew, 4 generations!!!

Logansport, IN Carousel

Our first stop on "THE ANDREW TOUR" was Logansport, IN to see Great-Grandma Billie, Great Aunt Beth, and Cousin Hannah!!! Andrew was a BIG HIT! Everyone thought he was precious! We took Andrew to the carousel in town, he just checked it out at first, and then he loved it. I think he was saying I want to go again when it was over. (haha) Jeff used to go when he was a kid and then Carrie and Gretchen enjoyed it in the summer when they were there to visit. Now we have introduced another generation to the carousel.

Play dates with the Brookfield's and Granny

The first time he sat up by himself was at the Brookfield's. Becky, Justin and Brady met us at the Brookfield's so we could visit with them. We had a great time! After the Brookfield visit we went to Granny's for dinner and to play with her. The two of them had a blast playing on the floor. Sheila had gotten them books, they liked looking at the pictures. Thanks Granny, we added it to our book collection on the bookshelf. Dinner was great, thank you.