Ang Turned 27

Angela turned 27 on the 23rd and we celebrated her birthday by taking an overnight trip to Black Butte Ranch in Sisters, OR. We left Andrew overnight for the first time with Taylor's parents. He did great and had so much fun. Andrew is so blessed to have such amazing grandparents on both sides. And we were blessed to get away and spend some time together.

9 Months In and 9 Months Out

Andrew turned 9 months on the 22nd. We cannot believe it has been 9 months already. We know he's not even 1 yet but it seems like he is growing up so fast. He is loving life, smiling all the time and at everyone. He has two teeth, sits up and plays by himself, babbles all the time and is still working on learning to crawl. He acts like he wants to skip crawling and walk first, but he are hoping he crawls first. He is still scooting backwards but now he also turns and does circles. So he can pretty much get where he wants to go by going backwards.

Family Updates

This has been an exciting summer so far. We started off in the end of May with a trip to Hawaii with Taylor's family. We stayed a week in Kehei, Maui and had a wonderful time. It was great getting so much family time and it was Andrew's first vacation. Andrew enjoyed the beach and tried to eat the sand. One of our many highlights was snorkeling almost everyday and swimming with a sea turtle.



At the end of June, Angela decided to stop working and is choosing to stay home as a full-time mom. She is loving it. Her and Andrew have been very busy with Mom's group, Beginning Shrimp- Andrew's swimming class at the YMCA, and fun times at the park. Angela and Andrew also got to go on a trip to Minnesota with Angela's grandma to see her dear friend Katherine and Angela's family.



In July the Lord blessed us with providing Taylor with a new job. He is now a Educational Counselor at a local College and is loving every minute of it. We are so thankful for this new job. He is enjoying being on a college campus and helping students.

In July we also got to see some of Angela's family in Bellingham, WA for a mini family reunion.


Andrew is also changing so much and it is so fun seeing his personality develop. He is a joyful baby. It is so fun taking him out on errands because he has such a sincere, big smile that everyone falls in love with him. He loves being in the water, the zoo especially the sea otters, and the swing at the park. He is becoming more vocal and more active everyday, but can still be pretty mellow guy. He is working on learning to crawl. He scoots backwards until he gets stuck under the couch or somewhere else and then we move him forward and he does it again.

Andrew's pictures - birth to eight months