Need Advice - Please Help!!!

For all you past, present, or future Pregnant Women, I need advice!!!! I am just now 24 weeks pregnant and, I crave nothing but sweets, chocolate to be more exact. Normally I rarely ever eat any types of sweets, and I did have more sweets cravings with Andrew (while I was pregnant), but this baby is 10x worse!! I am trying really hard to stay on a good eating regiment - you know, eat healthy and not eat the sweets, but my body is craving it!! Is there anything I can eat to substitite wanting chocolate??? Any tips would be most greatly appreciated! Thanks

Having a Little Fun

Because we have been so busy with the house, it is rare that Jon actually gets to see Andrew and spend time playing with him, but when he does he sure has a lot of fun! Jon loves to play with Andrew, and Andrew LOVES his daddy! When he see's Jon walk through the door he gets the biggest smile on his face, it is soo sweet. I love it when they get to play together! This is what Jon did last time they "played" together.

Jon used a marker and drew facial hair all over Andrew's face...he thought it was hilarious!!!

Seriously....who can resist this face!!!!

Trying on Daddy's Sunglasses!

A Tough Little Man

Yesterday I had an extremely frightening experience, (while at my parents house). The day started out great! I watched conference, bragged to my brother that I haven't been getting sick with this baby at all, and just had a very laid back fun day...and then as soon as the boys left for Priesthood session (4pm), I started feeling really sick! :( I think I cursed myself. I ended up with a severe migraine and started throwing up. While all this was happening and I rested on the couch, my sweet sister (in-law) watched Andrew for me. The problem was my parents have a long flight of stairs and Andrew LOVES the stairs, this posed a problem, because they didn't have a gate set up yet, so we just pushed the foot rest in front of them, which has been holding up..until yesterday. Andrew finally realized he could squeeze through on one side, however we had been watching him and telling him not to go through there, and Sarah had been getting him for me everytime he tried. Then the boys came home from Priesthood (I at this point was beyond sick and only wanted to go home) and Jon came over to comfort me and see how I was feeling. I was giving him a hug when the next thing I hear is "ANDREW FELL DOWN THE STAIRS!!!!!" I cannot express a mothers and fathers panic when you hear words like that. I ran to the top of the stairs and Jon rushed all the way down to our sweet son who had fallen to the bottom. I was crying and shaking at the top of the stairs as I grasped what had just happened. For those who have never been to my parents house it is close to a 10' decline down, around 16 steps. Needless to say it was a long ways for a little boy to go tumbling down. Thankfully, this story has a happy ending, as I stared down at my son in complete panic, all I see is a little boy, turning himself around, and getting ready to climb back up the stairs to the top, not crying but totally fine (I think he was a bit confused as to how come he was already at the bottom).

Andrew is a tough little man, and even after falling down so many stairs, he managed to walk away with only a fingernail size bruise on his lower back. I am truly grateful he is perfectly fine, and back to his trouble-making self! As a side note, my parents have a gate and had it up today when we returned to conference. We are so thankful it wasn't worse. We are definitely counting our blessings this evening! What can we say though...we have one tough little man!!!!

P.S. The picture is a joke, Andrew is completely fine!

Secret's Out!!!

I want to be the one to set the record straight and let people know that for those of you who have heard rumors...they are TRUE, Jon and I are happy to announce that we are expecting baby #2!!!!!! We are extremely excited and can't wait to bring another child into our family and home!

Progress....

It has been a long process and I'm pleased to announce we are making progress! Because of the stressful situation it has been we have definitely kept it quiet, but we are making good forward tracks and so I'm pleased to announce that we are building our very first home! We will be purchasing Jon's parents old property (also where he grew up) which is just shy of 4 acres, and absolutely beautiful! Our home will be 2 stories, 1200sq per floor, and I am sooo excited for some more room. We have severly outgrown our apartment and I can't wait for our home to be finished...a place to truly call home! I am sooo proud of my husband and the hard work he puts in, he will be building our home himself, with the help of family and friends! I am grateful to have a husband who works so hard, and knows what he's doing and how to get it done!

To explain some of the pictures: It was a tricky process, but we are building our home where an office used to be located. We are completely tearing down the office (and only leaving a bathroom), and rebuilding our home on that slab, plus another 6' off the front and 14' off the side. The pictures show the office (or what used to be the office), and you can kind of see the slab we added. I hope you Enjoy!!!

Andrew was GREAT! He sat in the back of my dads truck for a while and just watched.

The front of what used to be the office

The side of the old office

About to tear the roof off! Jon's dad drove the back hoe onto the foundation and lifted and tore it right off!

The roof is off, now time to clean up - we are making good progress, but still have lots to do!

Fun Andrew Videos

Below are a couple random videos we have taken of Andrew.

This is the face Andrew makes when he wants our Food...we see this face multiple times a day! :-)

Andrew learned how to pull our dresser drawers in and out, unfortunately this video isn't the best, he was pulling it in and out really fast and making lots of funny noises, but that video is on my cell phone and I haven't been able to get it off yet, so this one will have to do.

Andrew loves playing! He has also learned how to do the "indian chant" and also he loves giving H-Fives!!!
No, No, No!!! This video is the absolute best, gives a little taste into what I deal with all day long!!! He is adorable and does the NO to me all the time! I can't help but laugh because of how cute he is when he does it (big smile on his face). He learns and picks up on things Jon and I do all the time, we love him, and enjoy watching him grow!

Daily Adventures

Sorry it has been such a long time since my last post. My excuse is that I have a daily routine with Andrew, and there is rarely anything super exciting that goes on in which I feel merits posting about. However, I figured I would give a little Andrew update and explain his daily adventures. As far as Andrew himself goes, he is getting WAY too big, too fast! He weighs about 24lbs and is 31" tall. Needless to say, he can reach over all our nightstands, dresser, vanity, kitchen table, and anything else around that height. He has learned how to open cupboard doors, and absolutely loves throwing our blender out onto the floor (I'm sure one of these days he will break it). He also thoroughly enjoys the bathroom, his favorite thing to do is unroll all of our toilet paper, which is a joy to try and roll back up. He also loves the refrigerator, if you open it, he makes a b-line towards you to try and get into it. He has a fond admiration for the garage....WE DON'T Leave the door open!!! I made that accident once, and caught him just as he was falling off the ledge into the garage...nothing seems to stop this boy. He is always falling and smacking his head on everything. He now has a cute little scar on the bottom of his chin, (he had a fight with our tv stand, and he lost). He also has a nasty scrape on his finger from smashing his hand inbetween the glass doors on our tv stand (he decided to pull his smashed finger out taking the flesh with it, before I could grab him and open the door). Andrew eats anything he can get his grubby little fingers on, which usually is grown-up food. He has 4 teeth now, 2 front bottom ones, and 2 top side teeth. He talks a lot more now, usually I can hear him say mommy when he really wants something, or is hurt. He is almost always happy and smiling, and he is just an all-around great little boy! I think that is it for him and his adventures as of lately, below are just some fun random pictures of him and the mischief he gets into, so enjoy!

That's right, Andrew is eating a pig in a blanket....ie a hot dog wrapped in a roll. He loved it! (Don't worry Grandma L, we didn't really let him eat it like this, we cut it up and only gave him a few pieces)!

One of the many funny faces I get during the day

This CUTE outfit is from his Aunt Janell & Uncle Jason, we LOVE it!!! He's our little animal!

Trying to get into his high chair--he's always climbing in and out of this thing. Usually he stands inside of it until him and the chair fall over..

This is Andrew's passport picture, we couldn't have asked for a better one, he looks like such a stud! This picture is definately one of our Favorites and the duplicate will be going into his scrapbook!