Andrew's 1 Year Photo Shoot

We decided to have Jamie Carney (www.oasis-photography.com) take some pictures of Andrew at one year. She took his pictures at around 3 months old and they were great, but the recent shoot was even more fun. She got some great family photos as well.

Check out the pics here.

Andrew's First Haircut

Right after Christmas, Andrew got his first haircut. His bangs were getting in his eyes and the hair in the back was looking kind of shaggy. There was no way I was going to attempt to take scissors to his hair on my own because he is a total wiggle room. So, my mom and I took Andrew to a place called Pigtails and Crewcuts down the street from our house. It was great - he got to sit in this airplane chair / ride looking thing and pretend to fly while watching cartoons. This provided all the necessary distractions required to keep him still while his hair was cut. The hair stylist put a little hair gel in his hair when she was done and he looked like a movie star (this will be the last time he uses 'product' if his dad has anything to say about it).

Here are some pictures of the first haircut experience. He looks pretty pitiful in some of them, but it was a probably more fun for me and my mom to watch than it was for him to go through it.

What a difference a year makes

I forgot to post Andrew's 1 year 'Watch Andrew Grow' pictures so check out the latest pics here.

One Week

One Year

Merry Christmas & Happy 1st Birthday!

Over the past few weeks, we celebrated Christmas and Andrew's first birthday. We had a great time spending time with family and friends over the holidays and are still in denial that Andrew is 1!

We celebrated an early Christmas with the Gibbons side of the family. Andrew was more interested in climbing the nearby stairs than opening presents, but he was spoiled with clothes, toys and love. Click here for the early Christmas pictures.

We headed to Rocky Mount where we celebrated Christmas with the Martin side of the family. We had a great time and Andrew was spoiled with more clothes, toys and love. By this time, he
had more practice opening presents and seemed to have fun with the paper and ribbons. Click here for some pictures from our Rocky Mount Christmas visit.

On 12/26, we celebrated Andrew's birthday party while in Rocky Mount. The birthday boy was a bit timid around birthday cake, but he got into it once Aunt Melissa introduced him to the icing. Click here for pictures of Andrew's Rocky Mount birthday celebration.

On 1/2, we had Andrew's 'official' birthday party in Charlotte. Poor kid's birthday is so close to Christmas, but by this point, he was an experienced present opener and cake eater (well, sort of). Click here for more birthday party pictures and other pictures from the week.

Needless to say, we are extremely blessed to have such loving family and friends with which to celebrate these special occasions. 2009 was an amazing year and we can hardly believe that our little boy is already one. We hope that everyone has a happy and health 2010!

Washing Hands

Andrew seems to be learning a lot these days - especially, from watching aspects of mommy and daddy's routine.  For example, he tries to put on his own socks.  He can't quite figure out how to get the sock hole open so he basically just ends up placing them on top of his feet.  His latest trick is washing his hands.  We keep sanitizer on the changing table and noticed that he starting rubbing his hands together at the same time we were.  Here's a video of him practicing his hand washing.

Andrew is 11 Months (+9 Days)

We were a little behind in taking Andrew's 11 month picture since we were out of town and he was under the weather. However, here is the link to the Watch Andrew Grow album where we've uploaded his recent shots.

We can't believe that the little man is going to be 1 year old in 3 weeks. We'll be sure to post some updated pictures from the holidays and from his birthday celebrations later this month. Happy Holidays!

Andrew's New Playroom

Grandma and Grandpa Martin recently visited and did a makeover of our bonus room. Grandma Martin has been planning this makeover for months and her idea of the horizontal stripes turned out great. She worked so hard and late for nights and the room turned out great. You can see from the pictures here that Andrew is already enjoying his new room and waiting for new things to put in the cabinets and magnetic wall.

Thank you to Grandma Martin for her ideas and hard work. Andrew made a sign for one of the pictures but then he attacked his own sign. Thank you also to Grandpa Martin for his constant trips to Lowe's and painting efforts.