news about Warren

It looks like Warren will be leaving Kuwait this week and head over to Iraq. I got an email update from the company stating that the 1st Sgt is already there and already getting things ready for the soldiers. He mentioned that it's a little bit cooler at the FOB and that they will live in tents for a while until they can get a building built. Warren will have access to the internet and will have regular phone use. The soldiers are supposed to be at FOB Warhorse by the end of the week.

I have an address for him, so if anyone would like to have it please email me at gypsysorchid@gmail.com

Warren says that the PX (their store) there is small and so he'd appreciate anything anyone can send. He's mostly looking for snacks, lemon juice (the concentrate), powdered gatorade/powerade in individual packets, beef jerk and stuff like that. He'd also love to get letters from anyone, but emails are just as good. His email address is cat6tech@yahoo.com

Family visit

My aunt Catherine & cousin Stephanie came to visit us Friday.

Here's my cousin Stephanie with her cousin Nathan


On Saturday, we went to the Valero lodge and enjoyed a crawfish boil




And here's Catherine having fun with Nathan

We had a great time with Catherine & Stephanie. Saturday was spent at the lodge, Sunday was spent shopping around town and celebrating Stephanie's birthday. On Monday, we spent the day at the outlets in San Marcos and then on Tuesday (Stephanie's actual birthday) we spent time at the Alamo and hanging out at the Riverwalk.

just a couple more

This hat was too cute to pass up.


I think this is one of my favorites of me and the little man

Ren Faire!

This past weekend we headed up to Atlanta. We visited with Trish, Thelma, Bud & Vicki. It was a lot of fun. We got in on Friday afternoon and got to relax and just enjoy everyone's company. We had a wonderful spaghetti dinner and then Trish and I went off to go to shopping at Trader Joe's and we stopped in at a metaphysical store, too.

Saturday morning, we headed to the Georgia Renaissance Festival. We got there before it opened so we got to give Nathan his bottle and hang out a bit before. Once Nathan finished eating, we got to enjoy the festival. Here are some pictures.

Here's Trish hanging out with Nathan during the Jousting tournament.



This pirate and his buddies accosted Trish, Warren and Nathan. He noticed that Nathan was sucking his thumb and informed him that there was plenty of food at the faire and there was no need to eat his fingers. Finally, when Nathan didn't stop sucking his thumb, the pirates renamed him "Four Fingered Nate"



Because of Nathan's new pirate name, we decided to get him this little hat.


Here are father and son with a (rather tall) Knight


Sunday, we had breakfast and hung out for a while before joining Bud, Vicki & Alix at the Olive Garden for a late lunch. We got to talk and enjoy their company. It was a long weekend but it was so much fun.

play time

Since we got home, we've been playing more with Nathan's toys. Now that he's reaching for things and holds his head up a little bit better, the toys are so much more fun.

Here's Nathan on his Rainforest bouncy seat, he plays on it all the time, if he hits the little toys hanging down, the blue light turns on and music plays.


We just got this jumper. It hangs in the doorway and will probably work better when Nathan's legs are a bit stronger.


Today, I bought Nathan this swing. I thought spending some time outside would be fun and this gives us a great reason to hang out in the yard. It was beautiful out this evening so we took advantage.

Easter Sunday

We spent Easter Sunday at the Urbans. We had a great time playing games, doing an egg hunt and eating the wonderful food. Everyone got to meet Nathan. We took a lot of pictures and here a few of them.

4 Generations of Andrews men

with cousins Andrew & Brad

with aunt Carolyn

Playing with the Easter Ducky

Auntie Diane gave Nathan a stuffed duck for Easter. Nathan just loves playing with it and I caught some play time on video.