Andrew's First Easter Egg Hunt

While this was Andrew's second Easter, it was his first year of egg hunting.  We think he was a little confused by the not completely round shape of the eggs. He spent most of the afternoon studying the two eggs in his hands instead of looking for more in the grass.  Thankfully, Lily Catherine (Andrew's cousin) was nice enough to share all of the eggs that she found with him.

Little Sports Fan

Andrew is already taking after Josh with his love for sports.  We think he liked playing with the basketball since we're still in the middle of March Madness... 

Playing Outside

Now that spring is here, we've been playing outside a lot.  Spring in Tennessee is always so beautiful!  We've been going on a lot of walks, and Andrew loves playing on the swing at the park by our house.  He always laughs the whole time he's swinging.

Andrew's 1st Birthday

Its so hard to believe that its already been one year since Andrew was born.  We celebrated his first birthday with a family party on Saturday, March 14th.  Since frogs are Andrew's favorite, I made a frog cake for everyone, and a mini frog cake for him to destroy.  He absolutely loved playing with the frosting, and managed to decorate our entire kitchen floor, and his chair with the cake.  

Michigan Ski Trip

We took a family vacation to Schuss Mountain in February.  Josh's parents, grandmother, aunt and uncle all joined us for the first part of the week.  We enjoyed a few days to ourselves at the chalet, and then a group of our friends met us up there for President's Day weekend.  It was great to get away and relax, and we had beautiful weather at the end of the week.  Andrew was not a fan of being out in the snow, although we think it was that he didn't enjoy being bundled in his snow suit. While we were up there, Andrew turned 11 months old, and Josh celebrated his 30th birthday! 

Andrew's 1st Christmas

We spent Andrew's first Christmas morning at our house opening presents.  He really got into tearing the paper, and of course, he also tried to eat a lot of it.  We had a difficult time getting him interested in any other presents once he already had the first one opened.  His favorite toys were a dinosaur ball pit, and his red wagon.  We also celebrated Christmas at both sets of grandparents' houses, and even Andrew's great-grandmother's house.  By the time we got to the last Christmas celebration, he was an old pro at the present thing--and he was also quite worn out!  

Our Family Vacation in Hawaii

Josh planned a work trip to Oahu in December, and Andrew and I got to tag along!  It was a great family vacation for us.  Andrew did surprisingly well on the very long plane ride to and from Hawaii.   While we were there, we hiked Diamond Head, spent some time at the beach, and did a little bit of shopping. Andrew wasn't too crazy about the ocean (we think the noise of the waves scared him a little), but he did love swimming in the pool!  He also tried pineapple for the first time, and loved it!