Tractors!

Yesterday, despite the heat and humidity we ventured out to the County Fair. Andrew absolutely loved the fair. He got to see cows, horses, pigs and many more animals. By far the best part was playing with the tractors.

We took a few days off in early August and headed up to Door County. We did all the traditional stops: Wilson's Restaurant, Al Johnson's (Andrew loved the goats on the roof), the Confectionary, Peninsula State Park.

On our way back to Green Bay we stopped at the Wildlife Sanctuary and fed the ducks. Of course Andrew broke out his famous phrase and told the geese "Hey gooses, go back to Canada!" Here in Minnesota the geese are a bit of a nusance, making a mess all over our streets and sidewalks, so we are not fans of them.

At Nicollet Beach - Peninsula State Park.

Unfortunately our trip to Green Bay was our last for a while, but we are looking forward to some extended time at home. As always, we love to have visitors!

We are still staying busy throughout this hot and humid summer. The heat has no bearing on Mr. Andrew. He still loves being outside every minute of the day. We recently entered the dreaded, but long awaited stage of potty training. Surprisingly Andrew is doing very well at it. Last Monday was his first days of wearing underpants to day care. We've had many accident free days. He enjoys walking around the house in only his underpants and reminding us every 5 minutes of who's on his underpants. Some days it's Lighning McQueen, Mater, Nemo, etc. We are glad to be moving away from diapers, but don't really enjoy having to go to the bathroom with Andrew every hour. Even though I'm pregnant, he still goes more than me.
Baby Update: We saw the doctor last week for our 17 week appointment. Baby is growing "perfectly" (the doctor's words, not mine). This baby is growing faster than Andrew did. We have our ultrasound on August 12. Andrew is still convinced we are having a girl.
Here's some pictures from our 4th of July weekend. The park in downtown Chaska hosts bands on Friday nights. Andrew marched right up on stage to dance along with the band. We had to tear him away at the end of the evening.
Still dancing, with Bella and Melina.

Our neighborhood association hosted a 4th of July event including a parade, petting zoo and family fun day. Andrew got an elephant hat. Cute huh?

They had a great little petting zoo. All of the animals were so friendly. We even got to pet a turkey. That was a first for Mom and Dad.

The cow seemed like a big puppy. She loved her back and ears scratched.

Enjoy your August and pray for cooler weather!

Busy Start to the Summer

We have had a busy start to our summer months. Inbetween Mommy's bouts of morning sickness we try to sneak out for some fun in the sun. We recently spent the afternoon at the Splash Pad. It was pretty crowded when we first arrived so Andrew was a little timid to go in the water. Mom and Dad had to walk him around in the water, until he saw Reesey. Reesey is a girl from Andrew's class. As soon as he spotted her, he walked straight through the pool to sit next to her. They played together the rest of the time we were there. Andrew's been practicing his baseball skills. After he got bored hitting baseballs, he tried to make the game a little more challenging. Mom and Dad got a good laugh when he tried this. We're not sure where his ideas come from.

Over Father's Day weekend we went to the Classic Car show in St. Paul. Andrew LOVED all the cars (Daddy too). This was Andrew's favorite car. (It was closer to purple in real life).

We spend a lot of time hanging out with our neighbors. Andrew recently moved to the preschool room at day care. Prior to moving he was in the toddler room with Melina (our neighbor), but now he shares the preschool room with Bella (Melina's sister). The 3 of them play together just about every weekend and week night. We think they're the reason why Andrew wants a sister. Here's Andrew and Melina sharing the chair. Melina and Bella just got back from vacation and while they were gone Andrew was responsible for turtle-sitting Zoey. Zoey lives under a tree in Melina's backyard. Andrew had to check on Zoey everyday and every 3 days he had to feed Zoey his worm, some lettuce and a strawberry.

We are heading out to our 4th of July festivities. Hopefully we'll have some more pictures to post soon. Happy 4th!!!

Twinkle Twinkle

Andrew's "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" / Laughing Attack.

(he's so good he even adds in a drum solo)

A B C's

We are definately overdue for a new post, but we have a good excuse for our tardiness.

A few weeks back we found out that our family will be expanding this year. Yes, we're pregnant. Well, Beth is pregnant and much like her pregnancy with Andrew the first trimester has been a rough one. Thankfully we've known what to expect and have been able to apply our anti-nausea tricks earlier, so there is a bit less suffering. We are now 12 weeks and hopefully reaching the end of the morning sickness (technically all day sickness, not just mornings). The official due date is December 28th.

Andrew is very excited to welcome his little sister (we don't know what we're having, but Andrew thinks its a girl.) We've tried to get him excited that it may be a boy, but he insists it's a girl. He points at his tummy and says "there's a baby in there."

Enjoy the video of Andrew and his ABC's. His other favorite song to sing is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We'll try to catch that on video and post it soon.