Visit from Gigi and Great Grandma

Andrew's Gigi and Great Grandma Maston came to visit this past week. We had really nice weather and were able to enjoy lots of time outside.

On Thursday we went to Hazlehead Park. We went to the Pet's Corner to see different animals. We also played at the park. Then we had some ice cream.

Andrew loves to ride the rocking animals at the park. He holds on tight and rocks himself as hard as he can.

Andrew was so funny eating his ice cream cone. He kept turning it sideways and I was sure the ice cream was going to fall on the floor!



Great Grandma tickling Andrew.

On Friday we took the train to a town called Inverurie. It has a garden centre with a cafe. The cafe sells big pancakes with either maple syrup or toffee sauce and ice cream. They are wonderful. Andrew ate a whole pancake (with just butter), which wasn't much smaller than the adult ones.

Andrew and Daddy on the train.

Andrew eating fish crackers on the train.


On Monday we went to a Ceramic place to get Andrew's hand and footprints done. Here is Andrew walking with Gigi to the place.

Painting Andrew's foot.

Andrew's handprint.


Andrew playing with his new computer.

Playing with Mommy's new rain boot.

Cute grin.

Developing Personality

Who new a hat could be so much fun! We will put it on Andrew and then he will go back and forth between Jason and I putting it on each of us.

What a picture. One pant leg up like a gangster, hat over his face, and belt in his hand. Yes, a belt is a good toy too. Our son plays with everything except toys!

And of course the sideways look. By the way, he did all these himself.

We're starting him early with his chores.

His walker is now turned into a car. What a clever idea, two toys in one. So far he can only go backwards.


Andrew loves music. Tonight he was playing with playdough while watching Barney. He loves all the singing. Then he started bouncing up and down. It was so funny. We don't know why he was doing it, but it was cute. Maybe it is his way of dancing.

Good News and a Story about Andrew

Yes, we are expecting baby #2. We are due February 1st. I am 12 weeks now, so the sickness is starting to get better. My energy level is also picking up.

I have a cute story about Andrew. I went to pick him up from nursery on Thursday at about 2:00 and he was around a corner in the eating area. He is often over there exploring when I pick him up. He's hoping for more food I guess. Well, I walked to where I could see around the corner and he was sitting at the table. One of the staff picked him up and brought him to me. I asked her what he was doing. She said he saw the food trolley with the afternoon snack come in and he ran over and sat at the table. I had a good laugh. What can I say, our son loves his food!

Trip to Durham and York

Last week the three of us took a trip to two cities in England. The first was Durham. It has a beautiful cathedral. What Jason failed to mention was that it also had very long, steep hills! This was great fun with a buggy (stroller).

Andrew is happy in this first picture, not mad.

Durham Cathedral






Next we went to York. It was originally founded by the Romans in the late 1st Century.



We visited the York Minster, a Cathedral. It was amazing! The pictures do not do it justice. It is so big that we couldn't get the whole thing in one picture. We toured the inside, as well as the crypt and treasury below.





I took these two pictures to show the width and height of these pillars.


This picture shows the Roman wall that surrounds the old part of the city. You can walk all the way around the wall. The Minster can be seen in the background.

This is one of the gates to enter the old part of the city. It is called Bootham's Bar.

One of the museums gave us this carrier for Andrew. He thought it was fun...for about 10 minutes!

One afternoon we went to the Railway Museum. Andrew and I went on a miniature train ride. This is funny now that I think about it because Andrew has been on plenty of real trains!

Wedding in Ireland

June 1-3 Jason and I took a trip to Ireland to attend a wedding. The bride is Irish and the groom is Scottish. Andrew stayed behind in Aberdeen with close friends of ours. He did fine without us but was happy when we returned.

The wedding was lovely. It was fun for us to see the Irish and Scottish traditions.

Yes, they are cutting the cake with a sword. This is not tradition, but something this particular hotel does.


Neither Jason or I really enjoy dancing. However, we do enjoy the ceilidh (pronounced kay-li) dancing they do here. It is similar to square dancing. We both danced, but never together!



Here are some scenery pictures of the area where the wedding took place. It was rainy and foggy the entire time we were there! Thankfully it was mostly dry on the day of the wedding.