Watch Me Grow

So we've finally downloaded and posted updates to the 2 year Watch Me Grow pictures of Andrew in his red chair.

A few of the best shots can be found here. It's hard to keep a 2 year old still for a picture.

To see the full progression over the past 2 years, click on the Watch Me Grow album. What an amazing transformation from a little peanut to a little man!

Gentlemen's Day Out

The men and little boys of the Martin and Rook families recently spent a Saturday together enjoying parts of uptown Charlotte. Since the mothers were away, Steve and Jason took Jack and Andrew on their first train ride on the light rail to uptown Charlotte to visit Discovery Place.

The little guys loved the train. While it is not exactly the same thing, they enjoyed singing the "Chuggington" theme song on the train and looking out the window.

Discovery Place was pretty impressive. The boys enjoyed the fish (all of them were Nemos), looking at the snakes and the turtles, and playing in the kids area. The kids area was a real hit once they discovered the water table and how much fun it is to dump water on themselves and each other.

The day was capped with a lunch at Brixx (Jack ate everything while Andrew ate nothing) and then the boys discovered the parking lot uptown with panels that make noise.

Pictures are found here.

Andrew's 2nd Birthday

We celebrated Andrew's 2nd birthday the day after Christmas in Rocky Mount. It was a wintery day with about 12 inches of snow so we stayed inside for most of the day. Shawn and Melissa came in on Christmas day so Andrew was able to celebrate with his little cousin who, someday, may go from being "baby Grant" to just "Grant".

One highlight of Andrew's birthday was an incredible train cake made by Bridget (Jason's writing this blog entry). For someone who claims she doesn't like to bake, it was very tasty and looked great. Andrew loved it and enjoyed being a train conductor. This worked well with the big train set he received from Santa.

Another highlight was a remote control car (I don't remember getting one of these until I was about 10 yrs old) that he figured out pretty quick.

Pictures from his birthday are here.

We are slow on posting pictures so will eventually post those from Christmas.

2 year photo shoot

We had our family pictures taken shortly before Andrew's 2nd birthday and they turned out great. They were taken by Jamie Carney (http://www.oasis-photography.com/), who has done all of our family portraits so far. This year's pictures have a few more action shots compared to last year since Andrew wasn't walking at the time of the last shoot. It was hard to get all of us still and smiling at once for a picture, but click here to check out some of the best shots.