July is our BUSY month!

This July is so incredibly busy!  The weeks aren't too bad, but instead it's the weekends! I feel like I've barely updated on here except for short blurbs, but because I'm sick and home from work today this will let me catch up!

Here is a recap of our July weekends:

July 2/3/4: Moving Weekend and 4th of July (we still don't have everything unpacked and haven't even touched our small storage shed or the garage at the old house)

July 9/10: Amanda's Bachelorette Weekend in Indy (Bobby got Natalie all weekend, which he said wasn't hard, just time-consuming. He realized he wasn't able to accomplish all he wanted to with her feeding schedule)

July 16/17: Alexis' 4th Birthday Party and Brodzinski Family Reunion...both in South Bend (Bobby possibly attending Matt's Bachelor Party in Cincinatti)

July 22/23/24: Amanda and Matt's Wedding Festivities! Friday is pedicure/massage/rehearsal day. Saturday is the wedding/reception. Sunday is gift opening day.

July 29/30/31: Home for Mom's Graduation from the LPN program.

Hopefully we will be able to unpack and set up the house like we want to sometime soon!

Updates on Natalie:

She has become quite the talker (see videos)!

She loves to stick her whole fist in her mouth (still).

She loves to suck her thumb (at times).

She loves to play with her feet.

She loves to laugh (see videos).

She loves her Daddy!

Daddy being silly and playing in a box

She does not love carrots (at least not yet, this was day one of introducing veggies).

We'll see if she likes carrots during this week of trying (it's was Daddy's choice of carrots, his other options were squash or sweet potato)

She does not stay put, just rolls everywhere!

She needs bumpers in her crib since she tends to like to move everywhere but where you put her, and always ends up in one of the corners with no head room and her little arm hanging out of the crib.

For the past 2 nights, she has woken up at 2 or 3am (like she does quite often now), but on Monday she did this and when I went to warm up a bottle, she acted like she was just going to fall back asleep, so I didn't give her the bottle and she slept the rest of the night (12 hours!) So, she did this again last night and I just let her fall back asleep on her own and she again slept through the night for 12 hours!  Hopefully this will break her of the habit of waking up at that time every day!

Recently I have started to give her half formula and half breast milk to try and ease her into formula, plus try to keep my supply to last as long as possible, but I think my pumping days are about over!  No longer do my boobs feel like they are going to explode, so I think it's my body's natural way of being done! I wanted to last until 6 months, but since she is going to be 5 months on Sunday, I think that will be our ending point.  I'm so thankful for the pump, otherwise she would have been on formula much sooner than this!

Oh yeah...and she loves to drool!

Amanda's Bachelorette Party!

This weekend, I headed to Indy for Amanda's Bachelorette Party while Bobby stayed in Terre Haute with Natalie.

I had a great weekend, as did all the girls that went out for Amanda's party I believe. We started off meeting up at Hotel Indigo where we were going to stay for the night. It was a really neat hotel. Very artsy, which was my goal since the main theme of her party was on the artsy side of things!

Hotel Dog

The group minus 1

After meeting up at the hotel, we headed downtown to go to the Propylaeum, which is a house that was built in 1890. Occasions Divine was the company that held the Wine, Art, and Food event we attended which was located in the old stable/carriage house. We toured the old home, then headed to the carriage house to start our event.

What Amanda wants to wear on her first night as a married woman...haha!

details of the staircase

ceiling details

One of many chandeliers

The carriage house

The Propylaeum

We all had a great time at dinner and dabbling in some water color. Even though most of us said we weren't artists, I think everyone's picture turned out great. It's amazing how different each person's artwork turns out to be when you have the same instructor and same example to look at! It was a lot of fun!

Before

During

After

Mom's

Amanda's

Megan's

Cassie's

Mine

Melissa's

Rebekah's

Afterwards, we headed to Broad Ripple for some club fun. I have to say, I definitely feel much older being in this scene once again!  I am definitely not a "clubby" person anymore!  However, I think we all had a great time, even if there were some interesting people out and about. When we arrived to Landsharks, the bouncer made us walk around the rope to stand in line (where there was no one waiting) and let some other girls in before us, which made Amanda a little mad. However, when we got in (seconds after those other girls) Amanda and I didn't have to pay cover since she was the bride-to-be and I was the matron of honor. (My mom wanted to go back to the guy and ask for her money back since she was the mother-of-the-bride...haha). Then, we were walked back to this VIP section where we got free champagne (not planned at all). We spent the rest of the night dancing away on the dancefloor.

This was not our transportation, but they wanted a picture next to the limo...haha

VIP area at Landsharks

The Broad Ripple group

I was so glad Amanda had a great time, as did everyone else!

Congratulations, Amanda! Can't wait for the wedding in 2 weeks! Time is flying...

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We've Moved!

Our New Address:

2025 S Cottrell Lane

Terre Haute, IN 47802

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July from the Andreae's!

Natalie did very well with the fireworks, in fact, she slept through half of them. After Daddy kind of woke her up, she just gazed into the sky and seemed mesmerized by the colorful lights. No crying whatsoever. We did cover her ears though from the super loud BOOMS.  This weekend definitely wasn't relaxing, but it ended with a good night.