Monday, December 22, 2008

Merry Christmas

Here are some pictures we took for our Christmas Card this year. Jeff gets the boys laughing so hard. Every time I look at these pictures it makes me smile.


I love the look on Zander's face in this last one. He wasn't too into taking pictures. This is one of the last ones we took.


I decided to post my Christmas letter this year because more people see my blog than I send cards out to. Hope you enjoy!

Merry Christmas 2008
This has been an exciting year for the Andrew Family. The biggest news of the year is the birth of our 3rd son, Zander Eli Andrew, born on October 20th. Zander is a mellow little guy who is gooing and smiling all the time. He is such a joy to have in our family.

Zane (2) makes us laugh all the time. He definitely has his own unique personality. He says the funniest things and loves to yell everything he has to say. He doesn’t do it in anger he just likes to yell. He will even yell, “I love you” to mommy. He loves music and dancing to music. He loves singing at church and will sing his ABC’s and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star any time you ask, and even when you don’t.

Zackery (3) is turning into one great big brother. He is very protective of his little brothers and is often sharing with Zane. He is now officially potty trained. Halleluiah! Tiffany did not like having 3 in diapers for that few weeks. He has been going pee pee on the potty for 6 months now and this last month and a half he finally conquered #2. Woo Who! He is also a lot more helpful. He can dress himself and likes to make his own breakfast (even though he should still have some help on that one).

Tiffany is getting used to having 3. Some days it seems like total chaos and nothing gets done around the house but she is acclimating quite well. She enjoys scrap booking, embroidering, taking naps and reading when she gets a chance. She spends a lot of time updating our family blog.

Jeff has started his Masters degree in Business Administration through Ashford University located in Iowa. He is still working at UCSD Hospital in the Admissions Department. At church he teaches the Sunbeams (3-4 year old children) with Tiffany.

As a family we have enjoyed countless visits to the beach, meeting up with two of Jeff’s brothers in L.A. to play and traveling to Arizona to visit Tiffany’s sister. Tiffany was thrilled to get her van this year (05’ Toyota Sienna), which made these trips a lot more comfortable.

We are looking forward to all we have planned for next year, starting with most of Jeff’s family coming out next month for Zander’s Blessing. It should be an eventful one we won’t forget!

We send our love to you and hope that you will have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Love,
Jeff, Tiffany, Zackery, Zane and Zander

2 comments:

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Merry Christmas to you guys as well! By the way, Jon wants to know what you bribed Jeff with so that he would wear matching sweaters with the boys. I can get away matching Jacob and Ethan, but not Jon also. Zander is growing so fast! Enjoy those quiet moments! They will get away from you! Take Care!

Michele, Bree, Mikey, and Joey Andrew

I love the Christmas letter and pictures. I just wanted to say my favorite picture was the last one where Zander has something to say in sign language. Hee Hee. Too funny!