Gabriella Joan Andrews

Gabriella joined us into this world on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 7:04 AM.

7 lbs 4 oz. 20.75" long

She's absolutely beautiful.

Nattie's New Puppy

Nattie rescued "Olive"...who is now Kira. She's so sweet. She's a german short haired pointer. She's absolutely beautiful.

Diaper Cake

This was the diaper cake that Nattie and Brenda made for my baby shower. It's soo cute! Thank you both!

Musuem of Nature & Science

Here's Ben at the Museum of Nature & Science. Luke went with him a couple of weeks ago. I think he had a blast.

Happy 4th of July

Here are some pics from our neighborhood's 4th of July bike parade. It was HOT! But Ben had a blast riding around with all the other kids!

Kai Bear's Bear

I made Kai's birthday cake for him. It turned out really cute & deliciosa! As you can see, he thought so too!

Children's Museum

Tuesday was free day at the Children's Museum so we thought we'd check it out. Ben had a lot of fun as you can see...he pretended he was a firefighter and a vet. Then he got to build something with his daddy, and play in the toddler area.

Let's go fly a kite!

Ben loves to fly his new kite. But I always have to sing the song from Mary Poppins. So cute...

The Andrews Family - 3 Generations

Here's a pic of Ben and Finn meeting their Great grandpa and grandma Andrews. Grandma Andrews was in the hospital for a few days as she fell and hit the side of the bath tub and broke two ribs and lacerated her liver. But she is well on the road to recovery.

Happy Mother's Day!

Luke and Ben took me to the Botanical Gardens for Mother's Day. It was so nice. Here are some pictures from our adventure.

Riding the school bus

Here are some pictures of Ben riding the school bus and a merry go round at Colorado Mills mall the other day. Once I put in the coins for the school bus ride and it started going, he wasn't quite sure what to do. Ha! I guess you can tell we have never done one of those rides before!

The men in my life...

Luke was reading a book or five to Ben before night night and Ben laid down just like daddy was. Then Riley joined in as well. So I ran downstairs for the camera. Too cute!

Swimming at the Rec Center

Ben loves to be in the water. So we take him just about every other weekend to a Rec Center in Broomfield (at least until our outdoor pool opens). He has so much fun.

It's going to be a...girl!

Well after the first ultrasound (for medical purposes) telling us that it was about 60% chance of a girl. We HAD to know for sure. So we went to a place that performs ultrasounds in a nonmedical fashion. It was so awesome. She had the live video up on a flat screen so we could see everything really well. Then she asked us if we want to "see her face" and not knowing what she meant, I said of course! So she converted the 2D image to 3D. It was AMAZING. My heart skipped a beat. Her cheeks are already chubby. And we now know she's definately A GIRL!

We're so blessed and extremely excited. Here are a few pics from the ultrasound.

look i can shave

Ben gets dry cheeks very easily so we bought him this face balm. He uses it like he's shaving.

Sorry it's been so long...

Here is some pictures of Ben and Jett playing on the ole tractor. This tractor is like 3 generations...It was Luke's dad, then Luke and his brothers, and now Ben's (but we'll share with cousins of course!)

My 2nd Birthday Party!

Can you believe Ben is turning 2! Today was his birthday party. He had lots of fun and got lots of stuff. What a great day it was. Here are some pictures of the cake and friends!