Hannah's Bridal Shower

With Hannah and Josiah's wedding coming up quickly, I remembered I never looked through her bridal shower pictures from April. As I get some time, I will add more :) It was kind of tough being there because I wanted to just take pictures the entire time. The decorations were so pretty and the antique house was so awesome!

// Her wedding theme is Girly Romantic


// Hannah shows excitement for her shower

// Maid of Honor, Valerie

// Abby Barnard [Hannah's friend, piano student, and wedding photographer]

// Mom Rose and Valerie wait for people to arrive

// Bridesmaid Danielle arrives

// Sachi and her adopted chinese daughter, Emma

Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Baby in the Tub!

Tonight, baby had his bath in the big bath tub and we got out his rubber ducky for the first time. After all the fun he had crawling around, bouncing, splashing, kicking and smiling, we decided it's time to store away his baby bath tub. He explored the plug, the running water, and the faucet. He had so much fun, and we had even more fun watching him :) It's a good thing the floor of the bathtub is grippy because as soon as he realized he could pull himself up to stand, I couldn't get him to stay seated.

 // On his hands and knees, eating his ducky.

This all happened after we spent some time giving him some homemade carrot juice. Earlier today I got out our super juicer and made some bright orange carrot juice from yummy organic carrots. Baby loved it so much! So, I think we found our solution for preparing him for vegetables. We'll juice them :) YUM.

Memorial Weekend Spent at the Cabin

As a little last minute [much needed] vacation, we spent Sunday and Monday at Andrew's grandparent's cabin. We love the peacefulness, beauty, and nature. The small cabin was shared with the entire Perron family, including grandparents and excluding Hannah [spending time with Josiah/wedding projects] and Bobby [away with army]. Since I sadly forgot my camera, Grandpa Bob gladly took over as the main photographer for the weekend via his phone camera, and Valerie took photos with her camera. Apparently, Peter took some also. So, here you'll see a nice variety of photographs taken by various photographers :)

Little Andrew Updates

It was his 9 month birthday on Sunday! And I was so bad, I didn't realize it was the 27th until Sunday evening...but anyways, he loved the cabin. Andrew took him for his first swim in the lake. As soon as his little feet touched the cold, moving water, his feet took off kicking as though he was ready to run across the lake. He cried every time Andrew took him out of the water :( It was so funny though! He spent time learning new tricks around the cabin, like learning to open Great-Grandma's cabinet drawers and doors...[he has no fun knobs to play with at home], crawling up single steps on his own, taking his first sink bath [other than when he was a newborn], and crawling up walls and then grabbing onto tabletops above his head. I got my workout just looking after him while he was on his missions. And the missions have continued ever since we returned home yesterday. He actually stood up on his own tonight without holding onto anything! Previous to our little trip, Little Drew began sitting up on his own and crawling by use of hands and feet, so he maneuvered around like that at the cabin. I thought he looked like a little bear.

With so many photos and so little time to complete this post, here are a few to begin with:

// This is how baby got himself around.

// We were on our way to the greenhouse Sunday to get Great-Grandma some flowers for her cabin. Baby was thirsty. It was HOT that day. But it was at least 10 degrees hotter in the greenhouse.

// There were sooo many beautiful flowers in there.

//The boys were anxious to get baby's feet wet for the first time in the lake.

// Our little family with our feet in the water for the first time together!

// But daddy wanted to be the first one to swim with him. And little Drew loved it so much! He couldn't get enough of it.

More Pictures to Come

Tulips

These are the beautiful pink and yellow tulips Andrew got me for my birthday last month. For weeks, I've loved waking up every morning and seeing them right next to our bed, glowing in the sunlight.

Just Not His Week

As you can see, baby just doesn't look like himself in these photos. He's been so crabby and unhappy since Wednesday. It's the teething and hot/sticky weather. I just know it. Oh, and I'm pretty sure the coconut oil I just started adding to my diet this week has contribuetd to his upset tummies...so I guess no more coconut oil for me until the nursing stops. This just hasn't been Jr's week...that's for sure. One good thing though! He can get into the sitting position on his own now, which allows him to get around even easier :)

Baby in a Hat

And here's baby...wearing a hat! :) I think I had more fun than he did though...