2nd Living Room - Before and After

Our second "big project" is 90% complete. The wood floors will be completed in the next few months.

Loco-Motion

Over the past three weeks Andrew has perfected his crawl and has begun to pull up on everything.


This is the first night he pulled up in his crib.


And this is how we found him the next morning. His mattress has since been lowered, but he still manages to pull up. :-)


"Andruid"

Remodel - Round 2

Our next home projects are redoing the ceiling, walls and floor in the old dining room (and possibly turning it into a family room) and redoing the floors in the front living room/entryway.



Dining Room - before


Dining Room - new ceiling and new paint on the walls


Dining Room - ripping up the old carpet and tending to the wood floors beneath


The Motley Demo Crew


Living Room - clearing out all the furniture


You know what's more difficult than moving a baby grand piano? Nothin'.


Good strong work, Fellas!


Living Room / Entryway - removing the tile and backerboard


Living Room / Entryway - carpet and tile removed. Animals chillin'.


Living Room - all carpet removed

Misc. December

He's a cowboy, on a steel horse he rides...


Our little Schroeder


Andrew's Fireside Chat: A new Christmas tradition, perhaps?


Christmas Photo Shoot - Take 1


Christmas Photo Shoot - Take 2 (Our cats are so distracting.)


Enjoying one of his Christmas toys
(We video-recorded our first Christmas instead of taking regular photos. This is a still from the video.)

Don't Fence Me In

I came in to find Andrew showing me (in his subtle way) that it's time to remove the bumpers from his crib.

Spending Time at the Peekabo I.C.U.

Dinner at Tom and Carol's near Quakertown, PA

Megan (1973) and Andrew (2006)

Thanksgiving

Andrew started off his Thanksgiving Day by once again crossing the Turkey Trot finish line just ahead of his parents: last year in his mom's belly and this year in the jogging stroller pushed by his dad.


Celebrating his victory


Showing off his holiday bib


Lots of food for a little tummy - It stayed neatly arranged for about half a second.


We didn't know tryptophan had the same affect on animals.

Animal Friends

Animal art


Gentle kitten


Playing together


Friends


Andrew loves watching his bathtub fill up with water.

Misc. November

Checking out the other kids at the park


Opting for the Cirque du Soleil swinging position


This is what happens when someone refuses to eat a Veggie Puff


...continued


The as yet nameless kitten keeps the bouncy seat warm until Andrew returns.

Silly

Kilroy was Here


If this is his taste preference, then he'll have no complaints about his mother's cooking.

Halloween was Just Ducky

For Halloween, Andrew dressed up as a duck: A gender-neutral yellow duck, which led several parents of trick-or-treaters to mistakenly say, "Oh, what a cute girl!" Sigh.


Since the hood didn't fit over his head that well, we tried for the conjoined look.


Getting ready to greet the first trick-or-treaters


Out on the porch with the Kretzing Pumpkins