Christmas parade

We went to the Christmas parade in Alachua today.  Andrew was not to thrilled with going until he saw all the trucks and realized they were throwing candy.

Emily wore the new Christmas dress I made her.

She was not to thrilled with the fire trucks.

Or with the lovely bow she wore.

5 months!

Emily is 5 months!  She is just the sweetest thing, happy all the time.

Operation fatten up Emily :)

So in an attempt to put some meat on this girls bones she is getting some solid food.  We tried some oatmeal today.

And because I forgot to include this yesterday, here is Andrew with his teddy bear.  This teddy bear used to be almost as big as him!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Andrew is 2!  He had a dr's appointment this morning and I woke him up with a birthday song :)

Andrew is 35.5" tall and weighs just under 28 pounds.  We found out he is a bit anemic and has to take iron supplements.  Emily saw the dr too to get her weight checked.  Turns out she has lost 2 ounces this month!  That means she gets to start eating solid food, stuff with a lot of calories like avocado.  Then she has to go back again in 2 weeks to check her weight again.

While we were gone Kenneth got Andrew some balloons and got out all his presents.  He was so surprised when he got home.

Then he tried out the new bike in the front yard.

I wanted to get some pictures of him on his second birthday.  He is so funny, the balloons have to ride on the back of the bike.

Kicking the tires a bit.

A boy and his bike :) 

Birthday Disney trip

We spent the last 3 days at Disney World celebrating Andrew's birthday.  When we checked in at the hotel they gave him a happy birthday button, everyone in the park was wishing him a happy birthday.

He tried the cokes from around the world.

"Cheers"

He was an exceptionally well behaved boy, the days at Disney are really long for a toddler but he did really great.  Our second day there Grandpa joined us.  He fell asleep around 5 but we woke him up when it got dark so he could see the light display.  It was really spectacular, he was so sleepy, but I think he really liked it.

Today we got the royal treatment at Animal Kingdom.  A friend of ours has a cousin who works there and he got us front row seats at the Lion King show.  When we got to the show the workers were outside and they all clapped for Andrew and gave him a birthday card.  Then he was just feet from all the action at the show.  All the dancers could see his button and would wish him a happy birthday as the danced by.  There were some guys on stilts and they all bent down to say happy birthday, Andrew wasn't sure whether to be scared or excited.  He clapped his hands and dance threw the show!

Then we had a special section roped off for us for the parade.  Andrew loved it.  He really loves Mickey Mouse and I had been telling him all weekend we were going to see Mickey Mouse.  We finally got to see him in the parade today, Andrew pointed and smiled really big!