Andrews Family

It’s that time of year again and Olivia is getting her walking shoes ready for her third annual fund-raising endeavor! She’s going to participate as a walker (and this year her goal is to actually walk the whole thing!) while Molly tags along in the stroller for the Texas Alliance for Life “Walk for Life” on June 7th at the Quarries in Austin. To [...]

And now for the eldest Andrews daughter - two-year-old Olivia is quite the entertaining gal lately. Her vocabulary has grown immensely, as well as her memory and imagination. She entertains me all day long with “conversation” and stories. Frequently, she recalls our trip to Sea World with cousins Elizabeth & David (where she fell down and “hit the mouth,” after [...]

The long weekend visit of Pope Benedict the XVI has come to a close as he left last night for Rome. I have only been able to watch a few of my recordings so far, but I look forward to catching up and gaining more of the Holy Father’s wisdom in the days and weeks ahead. In [...]

Our new Holy Father arrived in Washington D.C. this afternoon and I have set our DVR to record all of his public appearances. I look forward to “watching him, listening to him, praying for him, and celebrating with great joy the fact that our shepherd is so near.” Here are plans one family has for celebrating his visit. I [...]

Ms. Molly Josephine is really growing up lately. She’s 7 1/2 months old and a happy little cherub. She loves Red and is fascinated by her big sister. In Molly’s world, there is nothing more entertaining than watching Livy play with Red (unless it is Daddy playing with Livy & Red). She has an infectious giggle that makes her whole face [...]

Can it really be April already? I’d swear we just got back from our Christmas trip to NE. I’ve struggled with fatigue, illness and a few challenges with the girls in the last few months and simply put - life here in our little house has been all-consuming. January provided exhaustion from our 2-week trip home, on top of pretty bad [...]

When we tell people that we have some big news, it usually only takes one guess for them to figure it out. So we thought we’d be a little sneaky and drop a hint on our blog before we came out with our latest news. We alluded to something being “Out of the Ordinary after [...]

After 12 days of Christmas in Nebraska, we are back home in Austin. The girls enjoyed being spoiled rotten by their grandparents, aunts & uncles and I have begun the detox with regard to caffeine, sugar, & TV (that goes for all of us), let alone the constant holding & entertaining the girls enjoyed! We [...]

We had the girls’ well-checks last week and both girls are doing great. Molly is healthy as a little horse - she’s 25 inches “tall” (75th percentile) and 15.5 lbs. (90th percentile). Dr. Guerrero looked up Olivia’s stats at her 4 mo. check up and she was the same height as Molly, but a whole pound [...]

When Danielle Bean’s daughter Gabrielle turned two, she wrote this tribute. It seemed to fit us pretty well, too!
“Being two means experimenting with bananas, toilet bowls, and your father’s wallet sometimes all at the same time.
Being two means falling down flat on your face but then getting back up again about 327 times a [...]