Big Snow! Little Andrew!

So we have had quite a winter. Here are some shots from our latest snow, the Blizzard of 2010. Here in Severna Park we got somewhere between 24 and 28 inches. That is a lot of snow anywhere, but in Maryland it is a ton! The snow started falling around noon on Friday and didn't stop until about late afternoon on Saturday. Saturday morning at 7am our power went out. We were losing about 1 degree/hr in the house and had a meager supply of firewood. At 4pm we decided to drive over to a friend's house for the night to stay warm. Good decision as our power was out until 2:30am. Sunday we returned home and went out to enjoy the winter wonderland.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Andrew is one. We celebrated with a brunch with a few friends at our house. He are a few photos documenting the day for friends and family who are out of town

Andrew started the day "opening" a present from Mom and Dad. His favorite bath toy is Nemo, so we thought a plush Nemo as big as Andrew might be good.

Andrew loves his new book from Aunt Hannah and Uncle Zach. It is all about the colorful fish from Hawaii.

Jenn Cook made Andrew's beautiful birthday cake. It was delicious! Jenn made our wedding cake so it is very special to have a cake from her.

Andrew showing off his strong desire to walk.

Andew LOVED it when everyone sang "Happy Birthday"

Andew having his first bites of birthday cake and going for more!

Yummy!

Andrew enjoying his toys and birthday hat.

A few family photos.

Dad help helps Andrew open presents while Noah and Nathan supervise.

It was a great day. Andrew took a long nap after everyone went home.

Busy Weekend!!!

So it has been a little while since I last updated. We just wrapped up a very busy weekend with Halloween and Andrew's First Birthday! It was a great time and Andrew seemed to have a great time. Here are some photos that sum up the weekend.

Here is Andrew before a fun day at daycare for the Halloween Party!

Trick or Treating with Mom!

I'm Sailing!

Finally at 81/2 months old we got Andrew on the water. We sailed with Andrew's godfather J from Baltimore to Annapolis. The sail lasted about 5 hours and finished with a late lunch at Cantler's. Andrew did great and the motion of the boat seemed to lend itself to some good napping.

Off to Milwaukee

Andrew had his first plane ride over the 4thof July weekend to meet the rest of the Shingledeckers at cousin Jessica's wedding. Above are four generations of Shingledecker men. Pretty amazing. Andrew proved that plane rides can be tough when you are little, but overall all weekend he was a trooper and very happy to meet lots of family. He was especially excited to meet his Aunt Hannah and Uncle Zach!

Here is Andrew with the bride. Her mother, Aunt Jan has a photo of her holding Luke while he was a baby at her wedding.

Getting bigger

Check me out. I am getting big! Here I am helping Daddy learn about my new "big boy carseat" and I can eat a cracker!

Playground! and Parties

We took Andrew to the playground for the first time! He is still a little small for the swings but he seemed to enjoy it!

Mid June brought the Annual Luke and J birthday party. Check out the little hawaiian shirt!