Catching Up! Favorite Photo Fridays #27-31!

Yikes! I have gotten so very far behind on here! I won't get into all my excuses as to why, ;) but instead of trying to catch up on each weekly post, I thought I'd just throw it all together in a smorgasbord of photos to capture all we've been up to over the past month! So here goes...

Our sweet angel! Could he look any more innocent and precious?? Don't mind all the screaming and antics that most likely happened earlier that day... This makes up for every bit of it! :) Some of my colleagues joined Andy, John and I for the annual Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes 5k on Sept 17th.
After the Diabetes Walk... John says, "I walked for Gramma!"
What a silly guy!
Our happy boy!
Hahaha, this was hysterical! After Mass on Sunday, we have a tradition of going out to eat with our friends, the Johnsons. John was all tuckered out and actually fell asleep DURING lunch! Poor boy! This had to have been so uncomfortable, but he was out!
Cracking himself up in the backseat... :) John is such a fun-loving kiddo!
We celebrated both Andy's and my birthday this month (as well as several of our extended family members'). John got to help Dada blow out his candles!
Another great sleeping photo... this one just makes me smile!
John has had several more bumps and bruises now that he is so active -- running and climbing on everything! He got tangled up in a blanket by the couch and crashed into the coffee table right before this picture -- poor boy! It was a hard hit, and he had a little shiner to prove it! :(
Haha, LOVE his expression in this one! While Mama and Dada were getting ready for work one morning, John was hanging out in Dada's closet with his beloved blanket. I thought it was funny how he snuck back between the shirts, but my favorite thing about this photo is his sweet, funny little face!
So we've tried not to let John play with our cell phones too much, but he gets a big kick out of that Tom Cat/Talking Tom app... he just kept giggling and giggling at it! (and check out what's left of his bruised eye)
Mr. Blue Eyes!
John sure enjoyed this meal -- the photo doesn't do it justice, but he went straight to the bath after this one! There's definitely peanut butter and apple sauce in his hair!What a BIG boy!
HOT DOG! While unpacking our fall decor, I found Wayne-Dog's Halloween costume from last year! So of course he had to try it on. :)
A few weeks ago we put out our "Fall Extravaganza" on the front porch... now all it needs is pumpkins!
Happy Fall Y'all!
Sorry this is such a long post! I'll try to do a better job keeping up... I do still need to post pictures from the 9/11 Memorial, but my next post will probably be of sonogram pictures -- we're having our 22 week sonogram tomorrow, where we should be able to confirm if John is going to have a baby brother or sister!

We've also really enjoyed having family and friends visit recently... I'll make those posts soon as well! Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #26

Wow! It's been 26 weeks since I started Favorite Photo Friday -- can't believe it's already been half a year! This Friday John is fighting a fever (and has been for a few days), so he's a little under the weather... :( Nonetheless, we've still got a few happy photos to share from this week! Even when he feels sick, our sweet boy is still a happy guy! Oh, what a blessing he is!!

Hiding out with his toys:
A naked rugger?!? (Rugby player, for those who don't know) :)
Our fever-stricken-but-you'd-never-know-it-except-that-his-head-is-on-fire boy:
And about an hour later, it caught up to him... pooooor boy!
Y'all have a good and safe weekend. We pray for the victims of 9/11 and their families a decade later, and hope each of you take time for remembrance this anniversary weekend. Also, prayers and thank yous go out to all of our Armed Forces for serving this great country and keeping us safe! God bless y'all!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #25

Red Raider Football, here we come! :) This Friday, Pinkie (Andy's mom) came into town to visit and for Grant Asmussen's (our newest nephew) Baptism. Mark, Laura, Kolbe, Rudy, and Grant are (obviously) also in town! So after enjoying a great dinner down by campus at Spanky's (and of course, an order of their famous fried cheese!), we headed over to see the ol' Will Rogers and Soap Suds statue all decked out in red crepe paper (a Game Day tradition)!

John got to do some "flying" with Dada and Pinkie -- he loved it!
Cousins! We tried to get the 3 "big boys" together for a photo op...
...but John was too interested in running around!
These guys, on the other hand, got the hang of it! Kolbe and Reagan are ol' pros at the "Two Brothers!" photos:
John, meet Will Rogers. Will Rogers, meet John. (Though he does look a little creepy all wrapped up)
Wa-hoo!
Tomorrow we're going to brave taking John to the Tech vs. Texas State football game! It won't be his first Tech game, but it'll be his first now that he can run around... so things might get a little interesting for Mama and Dada! Luckily, we'll also have Pinkie for reinforcements, and we were very fortunate to snag some great seats from some dear and generous friends. Looking forward to it!!

WRECK 'EM TECH!
-Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #24

Ahhhh... what a sight!

That's right -- football season is upon us, once again!! While Red Raider football doesn't start for another week, high school football started up tonight with a bang! There's nothing like a fall evening in West Texas at a local football stadium -- with cotton fields in the background, to boot!
It was John's first high school football game, and a fun one for sure! After a great dinner at a local burger joint (Blue Sky's), we headed to a great game -- Frenship Tigers vs. Coronado Mustangs (Frenship is our brother-in-law's alma mater, and my boss's son and a few old patients play for Coronado). Frenship did end up kicking butt, 41-7, though it was only 10-7 at the half.
John did great! And he even posed for a few blurry iphone photos! One with Dada...
...a funny one in Dada's hat...
...and one with Mama!
John was pretty well-behaved, and he seemed to enjoy the spectacle and all the noise. Every time the crowd errupted in applause, John stopped whatever he was doing to join in the clapping! We tried to get it on video, but I still haven't figured out how to successfully upload a video on here. Anyways, we had a great night as a family!

Here's our little trooper passed out on the drive home. What a night!

Y'all have a great weekend! Hope you enjoy the start of football season wherever you are!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #23

John has been quite the helper this week! Here's one of John helping Dada fold towels:
And helping Mama empty the dishwasher!
Of course I laughed and took pictures -- not a good way to teach your kid to NOT do something... ha! We'll have to work on that... Well hope y'all have a great weekend! Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #22

Well sadly I even uploaded these photos before we left town so I could write the post on Friday while in San Antonio... but I still have not figured out how to write a blog post from my iPhone. Sooooo, here's my overdue post from Friday 8/12!

This week, John and Andy (along with John's "Uncle Dang"/Andy's brother, Dave), drove down to The Woodlands to spend a few days with Pinkie and Pa and the Asmussen Family (Andy's sister Laura and her family of 5). They had so much fun -- playing at the local splash pad, climbing on the mall playground and riding on the carousel (thank goodness for AC!), and just hanging out with cousins! Here's a photo that Andy's texted me of Rudy, John and Kolbe (I was back in Lubbock at work through Wednesday):
And one with the newest Asmussen baby -- Grant!
Haha, good work getting all those boys together for a photo op! Man, I wish we lived closer for these boys to spend more time together!

On Thursday, I flew down to Austin to meet Andy, Dave and John. They picked me up and we headed on to San Antonio for the wedding of our friends Colin and Anna Carsrud. We had a great time with all the wedding festivities and spent plenty of time on the Riverwalk!
I'll try to make another post about that trip alone later this week... In the meantime y'all take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshots #20 & #21

Well shoot! I missed last week and then fell asleep on the couch last night instead of finishing my post! Haha, I think this first trimester tiredness is a little worse the second go-round for me! It's really quite pitiful! :) Anyways, let me catch up on a few photos...

Snapshot #20: I somehow failed to take any photos of Andy studying for or celebrating after finishing his Bar Exam! So instead, here's a picture of the card that John made for Dada to wish him luck on his big test!
We are so proud of him!!! And although he won't get the results until Nov 4th, we're very confident in him and are sure he passed.

These other photos just crack me up -- John's new favorite thing to do is to find Wayne-Dog and sit down next to him. Generally he'll squeeze into a small space or sit directly on Wayne, and if there's plenty of space, then he'll find a way to lean on Wayne. Let's just say that John is definitely MY kiddo! ;)


Snapshot #21: When our friends Ben and Erin came over recently, we got out John's old bouncy seat for their son Jacob. Well since then, John has decided it's his 2nd favorite place to sit (after next-to-Wayne-Dog, of course!)!
His other favorite past-time is playing in the backyard. He loves to chase Wayne-Dog...
...and play ball! He's got a pretty good arm! :)
My favorite past-time is tickle-mania with John! He doesn't like it one bit -- what do you think?


Hope y'all have a great weekend! Take care and God bless!!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog