A Picnic at Home

It was very nice outside today. Andrew convinced us, yet again, to eat outside. We grilled some hot dogs, baked some beans and munched on watermelon... delicious. Although, Andrew does not like watermelon...WHAT???? It's true. He tried it yesterday and today... he split it out and said, "blechhh"!

House Update

This morning we took Jeanna and Dennis by our new house. Over the past week, they put up the drywall, taped and mudded the whole house.  The brick was delivered and in neat little stacks around the house. I imagine that will be put up over the next week.

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Living Room and Kitchen/Dining, view from Utility Room

The rest of the day...

 After Andrew's game, we headed to the park. We packed a picnic lunch to enjoy with Nana and Papa. Andrew didn't even want to eat lunch; he just wanted to play.  He was very fascinated with the many ducks around. I totally forgot to bring some extra bread for the ducks, so Josh and I saved some of our sandwiches so he could throw a few. Well, not too much bread made it to the ducks... we kept handing Andrew pieces to throw and about half of them never made it to the ducks... he put them in his mouth!!!!

We played and played and played... eventually we headed to Mimi and Poppas house. Andrew spent the rest of the afternoon and evening there.  A big thanks to them for hanging with Andrew so we could have some fun!

We had tickets to the Mavericks game that evening. But before then, we ate dinner at Razzoos, a cajun cafe. I tried gator for the first time... tastes like chicken. LOL

We had never been to a professional basketball game. We got cheap nosebleed tickets, but they were still pretty good. Jeanna did not like the steep grade of the high seats, but we could see exactly what was happening on the court without looking at the big screen.  The mavs were ahead the whole first half, even up my 14 points much of the game, but the second half was very close. The last ten minutes of the game kept going back and forth.  Ultimately, the Dallas Mavericks won 103 to 100 against the Sacramento Kings.  Yeeeee Hawwwww

First T-ball Game

We signed up Andrew for Blastball league.  They call it blastball because it's not really softball or t-ball at such a young age. His team is made up of 2 and 3 year olds. His best friend, Kameron, is also on his team. He is also familiar with Ariel, a little girl who is good friends with Kameron.

It turned out Nana and Papa Wardell were in town this weekend, so they go see his first "game".  Mimi and Poppa also came to support Orange Crush!

Andrew is #3

Andrew, Kameron and Ariel before the game.

Proud Nana and Papa

Proud Mimi and Poppa

Playing on the field before they officially started

In Blastball, they only run to first base after they hit the ball off the tee. They did practice run before they started hitting. I got the perfect shot of Andrew jumping on the base. His coach, Hiliary, was there to give him a high five.

First time at bat with help of his other coach, Stacey.

This video was his second time at bat. The first time he hit the ball and then went and got the ball.  It was so funny. Second time he hit the ball right away, but wanted to start running towards the dugout.  He finally got on track towards first base (sorry it gets blurry as I zoomed out, but you get the gist).

Overall, he did great. He fell off the bleacher in the dugout and cried for a long time because Josh and I were not out there with him. Eventually, Josh went in the dugout and brought him a drink. Then he was fine and did great the second half.  Next game is Monday.

A Day Out with Thomas

This was soooo much fun, for all of us.  Andrew really enjoyed himself all afternoon!  There were a few things to walk around and do, but the main attraction was the actual 25 minute train ride. There are some pictures below.

Although, it was certainly a lot of fun and very memorable experience... the best part of the day, for me, was when I was tucking Andrew in for the night. I asked if he had a good day. He said, "Yes, I rode choo choo" and he grinned really big!  He was even talking about it the next day.

Imagination Station

Looking at model train set. It was HUGE!

It's Thomas!!!

So glad Nana and Papa were able to experience this with us

Andrew kept pointing and smiling, repeating choo chooo, choo chooo!!

Sportin' his Percy Tattoo

Watching a Thomas show inside the museum

Look Mom!!! Here's my ticket!!

Train ride with Mom and Dad... he was tired of smiling for pictures, but I promise he was having lots of fun!!!

Jr. Conductor, Andrew Lee Elliott

House Update

It's finally a "HOUSE"!  

It was so great to walk through the house and watch it come to life.

 

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Trip to Houston

Friday afternoon we drove down to Houston for the weekend. Mom came along for the ride! We stayed at Karl & Audrey's place. Saturday, the three of us went to spend the day with Josh's family while my mom stayed back and did some sewing with Audrey.  We spent Sunday morning at the Kuklenz house and traveled home shortly after lunch. 

Back Seat Buddies

Andrew discovered Karl's boots... Ta Daaahhhh

Cousins munching on some brunch

Andrew opening a late Christmas gift from Great Uncle Steve and Aunt Laurie

Brycelynn modeling one of her birthday outfits we got her

4 Generations of Elliott men

Reading "The Bug that went Ka-choooo" with Uncle Carbon

Andrew has been coughing the last few days. He started getting a low fever yesterday. Then, this morning he was red on the face down to his neckline with a few spots on his arm which were all warm to the touch. Josh wasn't convinced to take him to the Dr. but Andrew was very whiny this morning. He just wanted to snuggle and you could tell he was hurting. We have a trip planned for this weekend, so I wanted to figure out what was wrong and get him fixed asap.  Our regular pediatrician was on vacation this week, so we saw Dr. Linda Robinson.  She wanted to test him for strep since a symptom of that can be sensitive skin (probably responding to sunscreen he had on from yesterday at daycare). She also listened to his lungs and heard a little wheezing. She had us do a breathing treatment (8 minutes in a mask) in the office while we wait on the strep test results. He did pretty good for first time on Nebulizer, last two minutes were a struggle. 

She came back said he was positive for strep and listened to his lungs again. Luckily, his lungs were better - so the treatment worked.  She prescribed an antibiotic for Strep and breathing treatments (three times a day) until the cough goes away. Unfortunately, they didn't have any machines to rent there, so we had to purchase one at the pharmacy. Who knows maybe it will be a good investment. He does have these cough spells every time he gets a cold.

We picked the panda bear Nebulizer at the the pharmacy, Andrew named him Buzz.  Pictured below was his second treatment, first time at home. He did REALLY well this time; he held the mask the whole time (He doesn't like the straps around his head)!

Andrew can't go to daycare tomorrow either, so he and I will be spending lots of quality time together!!!

House Update

We have a foundation and a driveway!!! WOOT WOOT

A wonderful surprise

Happy 28th Birthday to Me!

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The flowers were designed as a cake... since I couldn't eat any on my birthday.