Home again, Home again!!

Well, we made it back from a week in North Dakota. Travis and I both grew up there, and our families still live there. Only my parents have gotten to meet Andrew, so it was great way for everyone to see him. We left last Thursday, stayed in Grand Forks with Travis' brother and family, and continued the rest of the way on Friday. Grand Forks is about halfway and makes for a great stopping point. Most of our family live in the same town so it makes for a busy week, but so easy to see everyone. My brother and his family came on Friday from Bismarck to spend the weekend. We had Andrew's dedication at my home church on Sunday. We have done the same with the other boys since it would be so difficulty for everyone to come here for the ceremony. Andrew was a busy guy. He met everyone from grandma's and grandpa's to great grandma's and great-grandpa's...aunts and uncles, great aunts and great uncles, even great-great aunts and great-great uncles...cousins, friends.... The boys had a great time visiting everyone and playing with their cousins. However, the week couldn't be without some excitement. Henry had trouble with allergies and had an asthma attack. At my mom and dad's, he and Charles were napping and I had gone to put Andrew down for his nap. Henry started coughing and then vomited all over his blankets, the bedspread, and carpet. God Bless grandma's and aunts. By the time I got there, my mom had cleaned up the mess on the carpet and my sister had helped him get his clothes off. We thought we left his church clothes in Rochester. He almost had to go to church in shorts and a t-shirt...for the dedication ceremony. Thank goodness Travis found the clothes on the ground by the van. Andrew eating an apple...okay, he's not really eating it. He doesn't have any teeth. But he did enjoy gnawing on it.
Henry and my nephew, Lane, riding horse. This was taken at 10 am Sunday morning. Church was at 11 am. Yikes!!!
This is Andrew and my grampa. Andrew was named after his dad.
Andrew and Charles opening up a present. You can see that Andrew is doing pretty well sitting. He can make it for a little while, but if he gets excited...watch out!!

The boys did everything. They rode horse, tractors, bobcats, 4-wheelers.. all with help. They fed bottle calves, played in giant sand piles, walked on a train track, and Henry helped my dad and brother fix the fence for the cows.

Our trip home was as eventful as the time spent with family. We left Grand Forks this morning at 7:30 am. We made it about 30 miles and Charles vomited....3 times. I tried to clean up the first one while driving.. we stopped at a rest area after the 2nd...and at a little gas station after the 3rd. We only had a carry on bag in the van since we had packed the big suitcase in a little trailer so we could bring home a table and chairs. After the 3rd episode, I had to carry him into the gas station wearing only pants. He had no other clothes so we had to put him back in his pajamas wearing Henry's dirty socks. Oh my. Where was my mom? It took us 2 hours to go about 70 miles. We did make it home with no other problems. But, the van will be taken to get the carpet shampooed tomorrow.

Andrew practiced spitting the whole way home. He's very good at it now.

The boys, and us, were very glad to get home. I took Andrew up to his room and he just looked around, and then he got this huge smile and started kicking his legs and waving his arms and trying to spin around to see everything. He was glad to be home.