Home Sweet Home!

We survived 10 days away from home, 4 airplane flights, several car rides, and lots of fun times in Iowa!!!! We are back home enjoying a rainy day full of playing toys, getting reorganized, and taking some much-needed naps:) More posts to come soon...

Happy 8 Months Andrew!

Oh my goodness, before I know it Andrew is going to be 9 months! So let's quickly celebrate his 8 month birthday with a few updates with what is going on in our little bug's life!

Here's some updates:

• Andrew is CRAZY active!!!! He crawls everywhere and just like his older brother, one leg often drags a little more on the floor than the other. He pulls up on EVERYTHING and he just LOVES to stand!!!! I can't even get him to sit in the bathtub without some major tears because all he wants to do is stand.
• Andrew continues to love toys. He can play, and play, and play. Lately, he has been into cars and trucks pushing them around the floor. He also loves anything that his big brother is playing with-including stuffed animals, buses, and phones! One of his favorite times of the day is when I put Aiden down for his naptime, I let Andrew have free play in our living room for about 15-30 minutes before he goes down for his nap. He just goes crazy playing, squealing, and having a blast! It's so cute:) As much as he loves his big brother, I think he loves his alone time with the toys!
• Andrew also loves to play outside, which is where we spend a lot of the time in the summer:) He crawls all around in the grass. His favorite thing to do at the playground is swing. Sometimes, he just giggles and giggles. Now, he enjoys some rides in the push car or wagon when we take the dogs on a walk. And I'm so thankful that he is FINALLY liking the pool water a little more after going all the summer. I think one of the reasons that he likes it is because he can hold on to the edge and play with toys while he is once again, standing.
• Andrew has a love/hate relationship with food. If he is well-rested and content, he loves to eat. If he is tired and fussy, there is no chance of getting food in this boy's mouth! Just like his brother, he has started to spit out his purees and is ready for some big boy food. Some of his favorite foods are blueberries, sweet potatoes, bananas, yogurt melts, apple bites, and cheese!
• Andrew usually goes to bed around 7:30-8:00 and sleeps until about 6:30ish. He still wakes up once a night, but this is a HUGE improvement when he was waking up about three times. I'm STILL waiting for one full night's of sleep which I will be very grateful for! Andrew also naps twice a day, for about one hour in the morning and about two to three hours in the afternoon! As much as I love my two boys, I am very thankful for the overlap of naps in the afternoon where I can savor some quiet time. You will either find me on the couch catching up on emails, television shows, reading a book, or taking a nap!
• Our little bug is adorable and we continue to love him more everyday!!!!!!!!

Happy 8 Months, Andrew!

Snapshots and Curtains

So I just wanted to share some random pictures from our camera recently!

Like father, like son...

A couple this mornings, we have headed out in the morning to walk dogs. Andrew goes in the carrier while Aiden pushes Happy Feet, his penguin! I think I am getting some crazy looks around the neighborhood...
Enjoying the sunny weather in the sandbox...
Brothers...
Getting ready to head out in the rain...
One on the inside, one on the outside...

Smile Andrew!...
And I am so happy that the curtains I made for the kitchen turned out:) What do you think?

Overwhelming Garden

Our garden is going crazy! I didn't check it for a couple days and lo and behold, this HUGE yellow squash had matured too long! See what happens and how long it is, it is the size of my laptop! We also have an overabudance of GIANT zucchinis around here and at least fifty tomatoes ripening right now. Gardening is AWESOME!

All This Play Wears One Out!

Dog Days of Summer

It has been SO hot here these days that sometimes the only time that we get outside is early in the morning!!! Here are our two boys enjoying their outdoor moments:

Playing with sidewalk chalk

Hi Andrew!

I think I can get this Mom!

Ready to blow bubbles

All ready to go

Playing in the garden

Hello, Hello! Is anybody there?

Chris and I were looking forward to our first weekend in a LONG time with NO plans! As we were eating dinner together as a family on Friday night in the middle of this massive heat spell, what do you know, but our power went out!!!!!

And stayed out for at least 18 hours!!!!!!

We spent one VERY HOT night with the four of us in the basement with very little sleep:) Then, we headed south to spend the day at my sister's (Thank you Jill and Tom!) before finally hearing the news that our power went back on and our house would cool down!

What a weekend, there's always something going on here in the Rogers household!

And a few more pictures...

These are just some random pictures from last week that I wanted to share from last week!

Last Thursday, we headed to an antique car show in Cranford. Someone liked the funky music that was playing and was dancing in the streets pointing out all the neat cars:

And look at this happy pants! I am so thankful for the few minutes that he will play in his exersaucer or jumperoo because he is crawling ALL over the place:)

Someone is stuffing their face with Cheerios. He is eating more and more finger foods and it makes him SO happy to feed himself!

Aiden decided to give the puppies a walk around the house. He loaded up his penguin, got a plastic bag to pick up the poop, and walked around and around and around the house with Sheffield and Cobi one morning. Thank goodness our dogs are so patient!

I love smiles from our baby boy!

You know that your child has a slight obsession when this occurs. When looking through our Sunday paper ads, Aiden grabbed the Target ad that featured a computer and cell phone on the front. He started typing on the computer and put the phone up to his ear to call people. This lasted a good 30 minutes. I think that his electronics obsession might be a bit extreme...