Halloween and a Half

Nanny made a cake for Anna's half birthday and we sang to her. She was a little excited...



Andrew has been enjoying his walker. It was a beautiful day.



Guess who's got two teeth??



Drew refuses to eat anything but carrots.



Spirit week at school resulted in a visit from some freshmen princesses on "Disney Day". Anna wants to come with us every day now.



My AP Bio class decided to dress up as characters from Harry Potter on "Movie Day". I was Professor McGonagall.



On Halloween, Nanny and Poppy came over and helped us get the kids dressed. Anna was "Tinkerbeyah" and Andrew was a Duck.



It was a hot, sunny day.




Poor Drew is barely sitting up. We kept propping him up in the wagon so that he could be in the neighborhood parade.



You can tell he was having a blast.




Anna, Mary Jane, and I had a great time trick or treating, and Anna amassed a large haul of candy. Shaun and I did quite a few "quality control" tests on it. Drew, Carl, and Shaun handed out candy (with a little drool). It was a fantastic night!

Fall Fun

Aunt Rochelle, Aunt Sheila, and Uncle Howie came up for a visit the weekend after Andrew's Baptism. I forgot I had this picture! It was so nice to see them!




We played at the Pasquier's after Sara's birthday party at watched the LSU game. We were having so much fun that I forgot to take pictures of the party.



We went to the corn maze two weekends ago. Instead of getting lost in the maze, we bypassed it and just played on everything else. Anna had a great time.




Anna's favorite attraction was the pony ride.





Andrew was pumped. He had just had his 4 month check up. He was in the 75th percentile for all of his measurements- 17 lbs, 26 inches long, with a 17 inch head. That's only 5 inches smaller than mine...



Anna went on this cow ride, but was crying by the end. I think the best part of the attraction was the guy wearing the cow outfit. You can't go wrong with those awesome overalls!



We got one for Roo, too, but he was busy eating when we took this picture...

For Nanny and Poppy

Tea and Tigergating

Anna decided to have a tea party with Drew. Fritz wanted to be in on the action, too.







Drew is so patient with Anna. He just sits back and enjoys the show.



Goofing around on Saturday morning.



Drew is into chewing on everything. My first tooth came in at 4 months- I wonder if his will too?



A Daddy and Anna self-portrait!



"Tigergating" before the West Virginia game.



Like father, like son.





Shaun's godfather Michael (A WV alumnus) came from NJ to visit for the weekend.
Too bad he was tigerbait...
Despite that, we had a wonderful time with him and are so glad he was able to come!!



Carl and Mary Jane also came out to the tailgate!!



Special thanks to Mary Jane who took Anna to the bathroom about 8 times in two hours!



Maybe one day I'll actually catch a smile... he does it all the time, except when he sees the camera!

Andrew's Baptism

Andrew was Baptized at St. Luke's on Sunday, September 5. My parents, my aunt Kathy, and Shaun's parents were at the mass, along with Stephen, the Godfather. We missed Kristen, the Godmother, but she had something a little more important to do...



You can tell Anna was VERY excited to be there...



Here is Father Joe, who Baptized Andrew.



Andrew says Hi to everyone who couldn't make it. With such a rough two weeks preceding, I wasn't sure we'd be able to get it all together and we didn't really invite anyone until Saturday.



Anna refused to take a picture with us.



My dad now considers Andrew to be a "shaped up baby" since he's bigger and smiles.





We tried out the jumper this morning. I think he liked it :-)

Yay Pasquiers!

We asked Kristen to be Andrew's Godmother and thought she could make it to his baptism on Sunday for sure... but Peter was born a few days before his due date on September 3! Congratulations to the Pasquier family!

End of August

I didn't have time to post these during August, but I took them last weekend. Roo is getting pretty good at sitting in his bumpo seat. He has been smiling a lot, but I can never seem to catch it on camera.



Any bets on how long he'll keep these baby blues?



A (somewhat) rare photo of the camera woman and her favorite kids.



I tried taking pictures of these two as a gift for the wonderful ladies at our day care, which closed on Friday. DRAMA! Two weeks ago we discovered that they had to close. It has been a very stressful two weeks, but we found another good place and Anna is excited about it.
Andrew seems fairly interested- he even drooled a little when I told him.



Roo didn't last long before he started cutting up.