4 Months

Andi turned 4 months on Friday! She had her 4 month check up that day, weighed 15lbs and was 26in long. We are almost into our 6-9 month clothes, hard to believe. We made our first attempt at cereal tonight. I would call it a success. She "ate" about 5 or 6 spoonfuls then decided that was enough. Very proud of her! She is rolling over pretty good now, we realized we are going to have to get the carpet and stairs ready for her soon. Todd spent the weekend tearing apart the staircase. He has them enclosed, just need new carpet and trim. (I make the project sound so simple, he has been working really hard at it and there is a ways to go) But it will look great and be much safer for baby in the end. We did have spaces between each stair, the perfect width for a small little miss to jump through...don't think so.

Andi's Dedication

We've had a lot take place this last month, I try to catch everything on camera but can't upload much to our computer. So I can only show you what I get on my phone or my mom sends me. She learned to roll over, was dedicated on the 7th and rode her first horse on Saturday!!! :) I think it was much more exciting for mom then her. We went a total of about 100yds but she never fussed or squirmed a bit. Just sat there and rode along. I was a ball of emotions, very nervous but so very proud. She rode T.C. the old mare that taught me how to ride. I showed her when she was 19, she is now 30, it was a pretty special...watch out daddy :)

For Halloween we were a monkey...

Fell asleep with the remote...just like Daddy.

Video eating cereal for the first time. Sorry it is sideways

We look forward to the holidays with her, she is so much fun. We have been so blessed. She is so happy and easy going, unless she is hungry...:) We wish you all the best on Thanksgiving!

BUSTED

Andi is becoming known world wide for her crazy hair. It WILL NOT stay down no matter what I try. She discovered the chip bag the other day and was fascinated by it, then looked up as if to say uh oh. She got busted and with her hair she looks like a wild lady! Look out daddy!!!

3 Months

We have a morning baby!! Andi LOVES to talk (more like yell) and I think I finally figured out how to get a video from my phone to the computer. I've been trying for a while. So I hope this works. Little miss definetly takes after her daddy in the mornings. She is always awake with a smile, and most cheerful in the mornings. Nothing like her momma :).

Pictures

For Desiree :)
From our trip to the farmers market.




And I managed to capture a fairly decent smile today. Notice she has dimples...


(9 weeks old)

We had her 2 month appt today. She got great reviews! Weighed in at 11lbs 11oz. And we are making headway to our half marathon. It is Oct 10th, we managed 9.6 miles this morning. She did awesome! Luckily she LOVES being in the stroller. A half marathon is 13.2 miles so we still have some training to do, but I'm awful proud of how well she is doing. Also helps that I have an amazing running partner, love ya Sherri!!

2 Months

Our little girl is growing fast!! Andi will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. Hard to believe sometimes. She has changed so much already, it is so exciting to watch her grow. I think the older she gets the more fun she is. She has definetly mastered the art of smiling. She has a grin that could melt anyones heart, I tried to capture it in the photo but got the ending of it. She is starting to move A LOT and it is hard to take a picture of her that doesn't have some body part flying in it. I can tell that won't be improving any time soon. During her bath last week she almost spun a 180 degree turn, Todd and I were like What?! Since when do you do that!!

She weighs around 11 lbs right now (we know this because they put her on the vegetable scale at a farmers market on our way out to Colorado last weekend). She can focus on pretty much anything, is starting to make whatever face you make at her, and is discovering her hands. She knows they are there, and will put her arm up if she sees something like she is going to touch it, but doesn't yet realize she can. Just a few days ago she started taking interest in her toys on her carseat, it's amazing the difference a few days makes. She LOVES LOVES LOVES being talked too. She will have a conversation with anyone. Just sit in her bouncer or carseat and look at you and smile forever if you are talking to her. Tonight her and I sat on the back deck and played ball with the boys. She sat in her bouncer and I sat in my chair and we talked about all sorts of things ranging from Hemi eating weeds to the beautiful weather. It was a good night.

She hardly seems like the same girl she was 8 weeks ago. The older she gets the more I understand how precious and exciting it is to have a baby. Because they become something amazing, that is why. I never really saw it before she was just a baby, but she wasn't I just didn't understand it. She is a little person. A precious, amazing and wonderful little person.

Andi Lynn Young

Andi is here!!! Sorry it has taken me so long to get this updated. Things have been a little crazy in our house, as to be expected. I never dreamt it would be so hard just to sit down at the computer, but we are finally getting pretty settled in and getting everything figured out. Andi was born Monday July 19th. She was to be induced that day at 7:00am and it just so happened that my water broke at 5:00am. We went ahead and waited until our scheduled time to go in and they started us on the road to getting her here. She was born at 9:33pm and was a whopping 9lbs 9oz. We survived the hospital stay and left for home on Wednesday July 20th. Babyhood has been interesting, you think you know what to expect, but really, you don't have a clue. We've had our ups and downs, only a few sleepless nights, but this week has been a big turning point for all of us. Todd sold his house and FINISHED it yesterday (Thursday), that can easily be named as the burden of the century lifted off of his shoulders. I was able to start going for walks again. Andi and I walked a mile on Tuesday with the dogs, a mile yesterday and 2 miles today. It may sound weird but that was a big burden lifted for me. Never thought you could get such an adrenaline rush from a simple walk. But it showed signs of beginning our life for me. Andi is doing amazing. Truly absolutely amazing. She seems nothing like a newborn. She is so active and alert, I don't know how a baby should be acting at 3 weeks old, but she seems much older that 3 weeks. Todd jokes that since she was a week over due she was in the oven to long and came out over done. We have definetly began to figure each other out, she is a pretty cool little gal. She noticed the ceiling fan at the beginning of the week and looked at the TV on Tuesday. She's also beginning to notice her mobile. I can't wait for the day when she looks at us and smiles. She looks at us now, but just stares with this puzzled look on her face. It is super cute. I think everyday she gets cuter. I'm sure I'll think that forever. I don't feel like I am explaining her well enough, but I don't know how too. We love her to pieces and are very excited to have her here. Here are a few pictures we have. I'm trying to get better about taking more pictures.




Coming home from the hospital 7/20/10


Todd and Andi rocking at the hospital



Andi 2 weeks old



Andi 3 weeks old

40 Weeks

Well here we are! At 40 weeks and counting, miss Young is due tomorrow...we had a Dr.'s appt last Friday and there had been no change since the week before. So the wait continues. It was a discouraging day for me, being pregnant, especially at this stage in the game, is not high on my list of things I enjoy. I feel much like a sitting duck just waiting on her to decide to come to join us. The Dr tried to schedule to induce me later this week, however, the hospital is full and they can't fit me in until Monday the 19th. So if she has not come this week, we will be heading in. I wanted to thank everyone for all of the well wishes and thoughts of us over the past few weeks. Hopefully she will be here very soon and we will all get to meet her!!

37 Weeks

Sorry, no new pictures. I don't feel like taking one and downloading it etc. We are all doing good. On Monday (tomorrow) we will be at 37 weeks. That means 3 more weeks to go, with the possibility of an arrival at any time. I can hardly believe it, we have the bags packed just in case. Sometimes I am excited for the new chapter we are about to start, and other times I am sad because I now realize how special a marriage is in the beginning when it is just you and your significant other. I never even considered life any other way than just Todd and I, thats just the way it always has been. But we have been able to experience a whole other side of each other and become much stronger together as we work to the arrival of this baby. He is going to be an AMAZING daddy and I feel so incredibly blessed. It makes my heart warm just thinking about how lucky that little girl is going to be to have him. Between him and my dad she is going to be one cool chic! She is growing, growing!! For sure. She is a busy little gal, almost always moving. Although in the last few days she has started to slow down a bit. I think she is realizing there is simply nowhere to move to. Her bedroom is done!! A very, very exciting thing, it has been quite a task getting that thing finished. Our bedroom is also done, so everyone will have a place to sleep. We had an appointment last Thursday and everything looked good, we now go weekly until she is here, so we will go again on Thursday. We are excited to meet her, see what she looks like and to simply say Hello. Right now I still can't imagine our life with a little baby, next week, however, if she were to come I am positive I will be saying I can't imagine my life without her. It is funny how things change. Life is good right now, I don't know that it has ever been better. I'm excited to see what happens in our next chapter, I know it is going to be good. :)

30 weeks

Todd and I at our friends' wedding. He was an usher and I a bridesmaid, good time was had by all!! :)

28 weeks

Hello again! It has been a while! We are at 28 weeks and counting! Have 11 weeks to go! Everyone is doing good. Baby is growing and is incredibly active, definetly a mover. Not a whole lot is new since the last update. We are still working on the house, and have been very busy with work. Todd is flying through the house they are on, I can't believe how fast it is going up! I close on a house in May and hopefully will have another one soon. We have a busy few months coming up, spring and summer always seem to get that way. Plus we are trying to get a lot done before she gets here.

Here is an updated picture on the house, they are siding it right now and the masons just finished the stone work. Its looking good!

Update

An update on what we have been up too...

I am currently at 22 weeks, getting bigger by the day. The picture was taken at 20 weeks, by my awesome photographer who thinks it is cool to sit on the floor and take it at an upward angle only to increase my size...I cropped the best I could. We found out it is a little girl, and she is due July 13th. We're trying to prepare ourselves as much as we can, although most of it is mental :) Todd is remodeling the house before she gets here, he's finished the master bathroom and halfway done with our bedroom. Next will be the kitchen, all of the trim, bathrooms, flooring and of course the nursery.

I'm still doing real estate and a few other odd jobs in between, Todd has started on the new house they are building. The one that was hit by the tornado. They have finished up with the bankers house. He was excited to move on. They've built this one, about 50 times as fast as the last two, so the finish date should be sometime around June. We hope to have it sold either before it is finished or soon after.

This is the home they just finished...

This is the one they are just starting on. It has a full basement under it, and yes it will have windows.

Other than that everyone is doing good. I can feel the baby moving ALOT, Todd hasn't been able to feel anything yet. I'm sure it will happen soon. The dogs are good, if they only knew their world was about to come crashing down. Poor guys. The whole family is one a diet (they each have to lose 10 lbs) so they are already bummed about that. Until next time, take care!!

The beginning

Hi everyone!
I've never been much for blogging, as I've never really understood it or looked at them. However, today I was looking at pictures of my cousin Katie's son on Facebook. I noticed there she had a link to a blog to follow their family. So I clicked on it being the nosey person I am :) and to my suprise I found an adorable page telling others about what they have been up to with their little boy. I thought it was pretty neat. And with Todd and I expecting, and living away from all of our family and friends, I thought it would be a good way to update everyone on the baby. Make me feel more in touch with everyone too :). No gaurantees how often it will be updated until she gets here, but I will do my best.