Andrew Scott Catalano

Born November 8, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Dedicated to the Lord April 19, 2009 at 10:00 am by Pastor Cliff Reynolds.

Andrew had an awesome dedication. Dave performed a beautiful song flawlessly, as we all expected, Pastor Cliff said a very sweet prayer and we were honored to have Grandma, Nana, Pappy, Auntie Linn, Cousin Wesleigh, Aunt Joanna, Uncle Jim, Aunt Jamie, Uncle Bryan and Cousin Cody all come to his special service.

Pictures are soon to follow, but Andrew isn't quite giving Mama enough time to do that right now.

Oh the woes of being a little

Poor Andrew has to rely on his Mama to update his blog... and his Mama has to rely on her laptop. Unfortunately Mama's laptop has to work and, right now, her laptop is not functioning properly thus the lull in lots of Andrew cuteness.

Much more shortly forthcoming as soon as Daddy breaks out the tools :-)

Andrew laughing

Since Andrew and his Mama have finally recovered from their colds (that Daddy so generously shared with us!) we decided to share a video for our first post in a very long time! Andrew has a great laugh, but tends to stop all signs of joy when the video camera comes out. This time, Mama decided to tickle some laughs out of him to share with everyone. Enjoy the cuteness!

Even monkeys deserve to be cuddled

Since Grandma nicknamed Andrew "monkey" while still in utero, he has quite the stuffed monkey collection! And now that he's getting a little bigger, he has taken a bit of interest in them, especially his Ty Beany Baby monkey. Of course we had to take pictures to prove the lovin'

Andrew's First Valentine's Day

At Andrew's Grandma's church they had a 50's themed Valentine's party complete with a movie, root beer floats and sundaes. And a costume contest for the best 50's themed costume. Yes, Andrew participated.

Of course, he won. :-)

It's all because of me!

You can thank Ben Roethislisberger for being a fantastic quarterback. You can thank Santonio Holmes for catching a game changing pass. You can thank James Harrison for making an awesome interception. You can thank Mike Tomlin for being the best coach in the NFL.

But we all know who was really responsible for the Super Bowl win.

Andrew. In all his Steeler glory, cheering them on all the way!

A year ago...

I meant to post this on January 26, but between Andrew being sick and my computer being defiant, I never got to around to doing so.

January 26, 2009 was a very emotional anniversary for me. It marked one year since the beginning of my last menstrual period. It marked the beginning of the cycle I finally became pregnant and stayed pregnant on. However, I didn't know it at the time and seeing another cycle come devastated me. I should have been almost in my second trimester with the child I lost. I was heartbroken that yet another cycle passed without a positive test. It was cycle #17 since we began trying to conceive.

January 28, 2008 was the day I called my OB and asked him if we could restart the infertility testing we began on the October cycle I became pregnant on, and subsequently lost. I clearly remember him telling me that since I became pregnant, further tests wouldn't tell us too much since we knew I could get pregnant. Instead he gave me a prescription for Clomid that he wanted to test for a cycle to see how it made me ovulate.

And now, a year after entering yet another cycle with SUCH despair, I have my precious little boy sitting beside me chattering away and grinning like crazy.

What a difference a year makes.