Saturday, June 18, 2011

Easter 2011

The Easter Bunny came for the first time to the Andaverde house this year. Saul had never really been into the concept, but we went whole hog this year and our house was definitely well taken care of.



Here is the egg hunt. All of the eggs were found and Andreas loved it. We need to work on his hunting skills though, since most of the time it took a lot of arm waving, whistling, and pointing for him to get some fairly obviously hidden eggs.

I am not sure exactly what happened to his pants in all of these pictures. I chalk it up to the excitement of the day.



Monday, April 4, 2011

Baby #2 and Weekend Fun

This weekend was fantastic -- very warm weather, general conference, and spending time with family. Is there anything better?!?

We found out our baby is 88% likely to be a boy. The ultrasound technician said the cord kept getting in the way so she couldn't be 100% sure, but we are excited! Andreas will (sometimes) enjoy having a playmate and this definitely cuts down on what we need to buy to get ready!

Here are a couple of shots of Andreas through the week. He is crawling up and down the stairs very well. Not quite tall enough to walk up/down them normally yet.


We have been spending time outside enjoying the good weather. Andreas has a Toy Story chair that he loves. Mostly he tries to eat the plants (why is it the only time he will eat anything green is outside?) and I watch/supervise Saul doing all of the work.
We were watering some of the plants this weekend, and Andreas could just not resist. Here he is getting in the way.

And loving being sprayed in the face...

Hoping for more....
Finally getting more....

Then thinking maybe this isn't so fun anymore...
We also got to have dinner with Sam, Tiffany, and Zoe on Sunday. Today we swapped babysitting for doctor appointments. They are playing pretty good together (at least on Zoe's side, Andreas needs some work).
And to be fair, on the picture above I kept making weird sounds trying to get the kids' attention, and I think Zoe was not amused. The fact I couldn't get a good shot of her is more a testament to that than that she wasn't having fun.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

March and Saul Madness

I had a work trip to Las Vegas last week and had a great time visiting Erika and Brandon -- but I missed Saul and Andreas. Saul sent me a picture every day to make sure I didn't get too sad. Here are a few of them:

Saul took Andreas on a walk and had the first kitty interaction. Definitely a noteworthy moment for Saul

And here are just a few random pictures from the last week.
Saul said he inspired this picture.
Abuela and Abuelo sent this hat for Andreas, unfortunately a little small but fun just the same.
And here is Saul up to his usual antics -- throwing Andreas in a tub and dumping the toys on top.



Andreas's Uncle Sam made a cake and brought over a piece. Here he is enjoying it.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

For the Naked Baby Lovers

Saul orchestrated this photo session, which I'm sure the naked baby lovers out there will appreciate. He thought it was SO funny! He went around the house laughing for about 20 minutes. Enjoy!



Naked Baby coming at ya!
Supermodel pose

Saul's 34th Birthday

Saul turned the big 34 on January 11th. After this, only mid to late thirties. Yikes! We had a cake and a little party with the Zims.


Saul turned the big 34. After this, only mid to late thirties. Yikes! We had a cake and a little party.

Christmas Day 2010

Christmas Day we waited upstairs until the appointed time to go down and see what Santa brought us. The kids played with blocks...
and they also played with anything else they could get their hands on.




Santa really outdid himself on the Christmas PJs for the boys this year. Super cute!

The PJs for the girls were cute too!


Waiting to go down and see the loot!

Andreas loved his See n' Say with the animal sounds
And Mom loved her ornaments
The aftermath...
Erika got some hats from Disneyland to put in stockings. They were really fun!
Stockings galore
More of the hats