A letter from Andrew

Dear Great Grandma Gug,

Happy 80th birthday! You are a wonderful great grandma. I love it when you hold me, and sing to me, and give me kisses.

I wish I could be there in person to smile at you, and show you how I say "duck." Of course, it sounds a lot like "clock" which I now pronounce "gock."

My favorite song that my mom sings is "Itsy Bitsy Spider." I like trying to do the hand movements--I still can't quite get it (I end up twisting my two fists together), but I keep trying. I also say "Jesus." It sounds like "seesush." My mom and dad have been reading to me about Him since it is Easter time.

I like sticks, and I like to dig. I also love swings.

I love you,

Baby Andrew

Getting organized

In the spirit of spring cleaning, a friend of mine put together a "Get Organized" group. Each week we tackle a new spot in the house. This first week was the dreaded desk area.

Here is my before picture (so embarrassing, but I just have to remind myself that it is because I am pregnant and perpetually exhausted):

BEFORE

Here is my after picture:

AFTER

(Right now I just have the damask fabric tacked to the wall, but my next project is to turn it into a giant bulletin board.)

Since we have a bookshelf to the left of our desk, I also worked on the bookshelf. Here is the before (once again, so embarrassing):

BEFORE

Here is my after picture:

AFTER

I still feel like the office area could use more work and time, but this is as good as it will get for now (considering). I am looking forward to the next project. It's so much easier to organize things when you just focus on one small area at a time.

Seventeen months

It's hard to believe our little boy is seventeen months!

He now likes to run everywhere (especially down our hall), and loves saying all words that end in "ck." It all started when his one of his first words was "clock."

Mike thinks it's funny that before he was even saying "momma" he ran around pointing to all the clocks--enthusiastically pronounced "cok." Now he runs around using all "ck" words including truck, block, duck, quack, snack, etc.

He also loves being around other kids, especially older ones. It's fun to see him watch them with such wonder.

Loch Raven Reservoir

It has been gorgeous weather in Maryland so we went with our friends Alona and the Ash family to the nearest beach we have: Loch Raven Reservoir. We wanted him to run around as much as possible since tomorrow we are taking him into the hospital to get some tests. It was still pretty muddy but I think that made it even more exciting.

Mike got the job of running around after him (since mom gets to do that every other day of the week). Mike had fun trying to keep Andrew from eating the dirt, stepping in the goose droppings, and running right into the water.

We had a blast. I am sure we'll be back soon many times this coming summer.

It's a BOY

We found out our new little arrival will be a boy.

Baby boy Featherstone #2 is due July 17th.