Just Me 'n My Boys

There's LOTS to share this week. It seems like life is never dull these days.

Andersen's baptism was yesterday. The message Pastor Ken gave really tied in the baptism and it was a very nice ceremony. Uncle Ryan and Auntie Sarah are AJ's godparents.

Here's a photo of all of us. Our church doesn't typically look quite so, um, strange, but it's decorated for vacation bible school right now. You probably can't see it, but Andersen's totally cheesing. He was quite the performer during the whole ordeal.

We had a brunch at our house following church. It was nice to have our family together and it was a bit bittersweet to have everyone over to our house for what will probably be the last time. It's really hitting me that we're moving in just a couple short weeks. And while we're all very excited to have more space to spread out, it will be a bit sad to leave the home we've made so many memories in.

Here's AJ in his baptism outfit.

We spent Saturday night at Grandpa & Grandma's. Mike's uncle and cousin were in town, so we hung out and had yummy burgers. It was a gorgeous evening.

Auntie Sarah with Andersen:

AJ with Mommy:

Great Grandma making over Andersen's dimpled knees:
Law had a blast being entertained by Uncle Ryan and Auntie Stacey:

I found Law during nap the other day like this. Doesn't he look so sweet?!

Law was a trooper today -- he had to go with to an orthodontist appointment, a house selection appointment and shopping. It was only fair we play outside for a bit this afternoon. Being in the backyard may be his favorite place in the world:

Big boy!

Here's Andersen after his bath tonight. He's chewing on anything and everything his can get his hands..and mouth...on these days. For good reason! He cut his first tooth on Saturday!


A pic of Law and Daddy from a couple weeks ago. I just love how Lawrence is giving him the "side eye." (and now that I just typed that, I think I may have already posted it. But, I don't care. It's cute and I don't want to have to go back and re-post it a different time if I DIDN'T already).

Andersen will be SIX MONTHS OLD on Thurday. I'm having a really hard time with this milestone. It doesn't seem like he could possibly be half a year old already. He's such a sweet little guy -- full of smiles for everyone (he's a bit of a flirt). He's been rolling around like crazy lately and I don't think crawling will be too far in the future -- he's already scooted a bit by digging his toes into the carpet and pushing off.

Lawrence is as busy as ever. The kid has BOUNDLESS energy. I wish I could bottle it and sell it! He's been talking so much and it's really cute. He's been singing, too, and dancing and clapping (to the beat!) along to his favorite CD in the car (Choo Choo Soul). It's so fun to see him learn new things every day.

In house news, we ended up changing our floorplan at the last minute. We decided we'd rather go without a couple upgrades and have more room to grow. We gain a kitchen island, integrated desk, loft area (in addition to the four bedrooms -- we'll use it as a playroom) and a better-laid-out floorplan and we're very excited. Mike and I were having a hard time choosing the exterior color, so we let Lawrence make the final choice. It's kind-of fun that we'll be able to tell him he picked our house color out (by the way, he went with the non-upgraded color...he's cheap like his mom!)

Here's a picture of our elevation. Ours will be a medium gray with black shutters.

Hope you're all doing well! It may be awhile before I post again since we'll continue to be busy with trying to get packed up and moved out...so, to the two of you who may read this on a semi-regular basis -- I'll try to update soon.