Andre's First Christmas was BY FAR the best he'd remembered. Family, Fun and laughter...mistletoe and hohoho...and presents for handsome babies...but lets not forget the real reason we celebrate Christmas...

The Birth of SANTA!!

"What?"

just kidding Andre!

"Whew!"

No really- its the birth of Andre's new cousin Reese Marin Looper! Sweet tiny 5 lb. 7 oz. baby Reese was born December 19th. Quite the munchkin compared to Andre! Mommy poses with Uncle Bryant and the new babies...All their parents want for Christmas is a Silent Night...

Here is Romeo enjoying his one and only Christmas gift this year. Don't feel sorry for him! Can't you see why we don't give him "gifts"? If we had put coal in his stocking he would have eaten that too!!

Christmas is all about Christmas morning and opening presents of course. Here is Andre "Daddy's little Present" just wishing he would put him down so he can tear into all the gifts Santa brought him.

And tear he did! The wrapping paper made such a melodious sound in his ear. "This is not what I asked for", Andre thought to himself.

Later that night he burned off some fruit cake in his jumperoo. This has been a great Christmas. I only wish Canaan had been here so I could kiss her under the mistletoe. Isn't that what Christmas is all about??

Andre took a moment to look at picture of he and Canaan. He didn't want to forget what she looked like while she was out of town for Christmas.

Mom obviously thought that Christmas was about an obnoxious amount of picture taking. This Christmas had to be adequately documented since it was Andre's First Christmas and all.

WARNING: the following picture is rated

PG-6 months (some material may not be suited for infants under 6 months)

Whoa. Now there's a reason to be

Merry this Christmas! (a little trivia-they say "Happy" Christmas in England because "Merry" means drunk. Mom had a little too much egg nog whan she took this picture)

So after Andre did his rendidtion of Rudolph the red-and-slightly-scratched-nosed-reindeer, mommy ensured him that she wouldn't take anymore pictures this year!

But wait!

Doesn't anybody know the true meaning of Christmas??!?

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this
Thanksgiving....so lets start by thanking the Lord-Baby-Jesus that Georgia Tech beat Georgia after many long years of disappointment. Obviously they were waiting for their newest fan to cheer them on to victory!









Here is Andre relishing in the final score: 45;42 GT




I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech and a helluvanengineer! :)






Another wonderful thing to be thankful for is FOOD! Andre started solid foods this month & what was the first thing he ate??? Broccoli of course! Andre LOVES BROCCOLI, which validates the paternity testing that Keenan is his father. He's not a fan of carrots proving moreover that Bonnie is indeed his mother. & he's not crazy about apples which is quite frankly unexplainable.




The most obvious reason to be thankful this holiday season is family. We had a blast at GiGi's house.



From left to right (Auntie Amy, Mommy, Daddy, Andre, GiGi, Poppy & Karen)






GiGi is Andre's Great-Grandmother on his Mommy's Daddy's side. She weighs only a few pounds more than Andre-requiring her to sit down to hold him! I think next year she will sit in his lap for the picture!









I like to call this picture Choo-Choo with Cha-Cha.


After another wonderful Thanksgiving with Mimi, Auntie Cha-Cha had a movie-nite sleepover for the girls...






Daddy came to pick Andre up so Mommy could have her first night away (and first silent night).



Auntie Amy, Mommy, Mimi, Auntie Cha-Cha and Ray-Ray had a great time in their matching pajamas watching movies and playing "catch phrase"





After the Looclarkihnerman Thanksgiving it was time for the Clark Thanksgiving. Andre is especially thankful for his cousin Colton Gould who is just 3 months older than he is but has a full head of hair! They are going to be best buds!

The Clark Thanksgiving was at Aunt Kami's & Uncle Mark's house. Cousin Kennedy held Andre while Makenzie explained that broccoli really doesn't taste good.

Crazy!

Andre's Cousin Kade is by far the coolest cousin, as is evident by his avoidance of eye contact. When you're cool- you just don't even have to look at the camera. Obviously Andre has a lot to learn!

Andre is most thankful that he has a few weeks to get used to the idea of life-sized snowmen singing Christmas carols because that is just freaky.

Happy Thanksgiving!! see you on Christmas!