Dearest Andrew,
Well, I told you this one will be shorter due to me not
keeping track for a couple of weeks, but I imagine I will still have plenty to say. You and I
have sure had fun this summer and you have been such a JOY to Mommy! I am getting ready to take your little pool
down and put away your swimsuit until next summer (although I know you will
need a new swimsuit next year) and it makes me a little sad. Summer
is just about over, but we are cramming in all the fun we can into the last few
days. Like I said, I had the best summer
EVER with my little man, but I am SO looking forward to fall. We are going to have a blast! :) So, here is what you have been up to the past
few weeks. Here we go:
- We took a trip to the aquarium with Chrissy and Olivia and
you had SO much fun! This was your first
time to go since you were much younger and I am sure you did not remember the previous visit. Even if you did, you spent a majority of your time there in your stroller, but this time you got to walk through the entire
thing. You loved petting the little
creatures they have out to touch, and you even tried to take a starfish home
with you. Hehe. You had fun chasing after Chrissy and even
asked her where Isaiah was. :)
- Mommy got you your entire fall (and hopefully winter) wardrobe and had SO MUCH FUN doing it! I
love shopping for you. Seriously. Nothing gives me greater joy as far as
shopping goes. I was thrilled because I
was able to buy you pretty much everything I wanted due to the fabulous sale
Carter’s was having. You are going to be
one styling little guy!
- We drove down to OKC and met GiGi and Papa for Papa’s
birthday. You made him a drawing and
Mommy put it on a sign I made and he LOVED it!
We had lunch and went to the outlet mall where they bought you two pair
of Converse. Wait, didn't we come to
give them gifts? Hehe, they love you so much and we were thankful
for the shoes. You look so cute in them!
:) **EMBARRASSING ALERT** When we got home, you went behind the big
chair in the living room and crouched down.
Daddy asked you what you were doing and you said, “Eating boogers.” Oh. My. Goodness.
After Mommy got done being grossed out, I couldn't help but laugh. I guess it’s something all kids do, but we
are trying our best to get you to not do that.
Hehe.
- You LOVE to sing at
bedtime now! We sing our songs that we
always sing and Mommy made up motions to them and you do them along with
me. It is so cute! And, now you sing your own songs!!!! Oh my goodness, you did it again! You went and topped yourself by doing
something new that is the CUTEST thing!
You mainly sing about your trucks.
I do have it on film, but it goes something like this, “My truuucks. (gibberish) My trucks (gibberish) they
faaaaall down…” etc. Then when you get
done, Mommy and Daddy clap and cheer and you bow (yes, you BOW, I have no idea
where that came from, hehe) and say, “Thank you, thank you!” Hahaha, I LOVE it! You sometimes sing about trains, Mommy, and
Daddy, but it’s usually trucks.
Therefore we call it “The Truck Song”. :)
- I showed you some pictures and video of Marcus and you got
so excited! You kept saying, “Marcus!
Marcus!” You love your cousin and he
loves you. I am thankful he is in your
life and I know you two will be buddies growing up. :)
- You had some Froot Loops at church the other night and kept
insisting Amy and Keith eat a few. Being
the good aunt and uncle they are, they ate some. After church was over Amy looked down at you
and noticed your hands were all wet and asked what it was. I realized you had been licking the Froot
Loops out of your hand and then offering some to them. Hahaha!
They had been eating your offering of Froot Loops from a spit covered
hand. :)
We couldn't help but laugh!
- We FINALLY got you on video singing “Jesus Loves Me” and “You
Are My Sunshine” by yourself. It was SO
precious! I will cherish that video
until the day I die! :)
- You got to spend a couple of days with Sky when she was
staying with Mimi and you two had a blast playing together. She loves to hug you and you are not too sure
what you think of that. It’s so cute and
she is such a sweetie! You also got to
go swimming a couple of times and you had your first shower. Mimi put you both in the shower to rinse you
off and you thought it was a great time.
I was afraid you wouldn't like it, but you did. When I told you it was time to leave, you
said “Nope” and kept playing. You did
not want to leave. :)
- You made finger-painting’s for all of your grandparents for
Grandparent’s Day and gave them all a card.
You sure love your grandparents and are blessed to have three sets that
spoil you and love you to pieces. I am
so thankful that you will get to know and grow up with some of the best people
this world has ever seen!
- Mimi got THE video to end all videos. She found out about a video called “All About
Trains” that you are obsessed with! It
is the hokiest thing ever, but you think it’s awesome! On the days you visit Mimi, this is a typical
conversation we have when you come home:
Mommy: Andrew, what do you want to watch?
Andrew: All About Trains.
Mommy: Andrew, Mama doesn't have All About Trains, it's at
Mimi's house. Do you want to watch
something else?
Andrew: All About Trains.
Mommy: Well Andrew, I don't have that, how about Thomas the
Train?
Andrew: All About Trains.
Mommy: What about Mickey Mouse Clubhouse?
Andrew: All About Trains.
Mommy: (trying not to sound frustrated) Andrew, Mommy
doesn't have All About Trains. How about
BHCurious George.
Andrew: (laughing) All About Trains.
- We took you to the library and let you pick out some books
on your own. You just randomly chose
some, but you still had fun. I love the
library…almost as much as I like shopping for you. :)
- Mimi took you to see a real train and you thought it was so
awesome!
- You have started asking Mommy to kiss EVERYTHING! You will barely bump your finger and ask me
to kiss it. Anytime you barely bump,
scrape, run into something (etc.), you ask me to kiss whatever “hurts”. It is so precious! I have kissed just about every part of your
body. The other day you asked me to
kiss your “chip”. It was so cute, but I
had no idea what you were saying. I
asked you to point to where your chip was and you pointed to your side. So I kissed it and you went on your merry
way. I wrote about it on Facebook and
was still somewhat confused about what your chip actually was. Sis. Kathy pointed out that you probably
meant your hip. Duh! :) The only things you have asked me to kiss so
far that I have said no to is your bottom (that just cracks me up!) and your
tongue. You have come up to me two or
three times and said, “Mama, kiss my tongue” and then stick it out! Uh, no thanks! :) Hahahaha!
It’s so funny and adorable.
- I was getting you dressed the other day and told you we may
need to go to the doctor because you seem to have problems with allergies. You said, “Go to doctor, get shot.” I said, “Yeah, probably, but it will be fast.” I knew you would be having your flu shot soon
(which you ended up getting the flu mist instead). You then said, “Sticker on my shirt.” You sure are a smart boy! I am surprised you remember that, because you
got your first sticker after your last shot which was three months ago.
Okay, well that is all for the past month of the life of
Andrew. That was still a lot, hehe. Imagine if I would have actually kept track
for the entire month! :) You just do SO
much! I love that about you. And I love YOU…so very, very much!
