Dearest Andrew,
Okay, another month went by so fast, I can’t even believe
it! Here we are in the middle of
October, in the middle of fall, with Halloween just around the corner. I am amazed we are here already. Time with you just flies by, mainly because
we are having so much fun! When I was
thinking what to title this monthly update, one thing kept coming to my mind,
independent. You are truly starting to
become an independent little boy. You
are eating by yourself 100% now of the time now (true Mommy feeds you every now
and then when we are in a hurry, but that is only because you are a sloooow
eater. Hehe). You have started to help take off your clothes, and if you know
how to do something, chances are you will want to do it by yourself. One thing you say a lot right now is, “Andrew
do it.” I love watching all you can do by yourself now. It’s amazing to see you grow and learn new
things.
So, what else have you been up to? Well, as always, here is a list of some of the things you have been up
to. No way could we get them all on
here! :)
- You came up to me the other day and showed me a block that
has a picture, letter, or number on all sides.
This particular block had a picture of a snail on it. Not only did you tell me what everything else
was on the block, but you told me there was a snail too. How in the world do you know what a snail is? Hehe.
I still think you can secretly read. :)
- Grandma got you a motorized train (you have some at Mimi’s
too) and you love to watch that thing go around and around the track. You run around following the train laughing
your head off. So. Cute.
- You stole my pumpkin bagel and ate it. :)
- We took you to Toys R Us and let you pick out some things
for Christmas. We took you to the Thomas
section and let you pick out some more motorized trains. You were able to name
a great deal of the trains including Diesel 10.
What? See…I think you CAN
secretly read. :)
- **CUTENESS ALERT! CUTENESS ALERT!** We have started praying
differently at bedtime. I will say
something and then you will repeat what I say.
Instead of Mommy or Daddy saying the prayer for you, you now repeat
whatever we say. I will say, “Dear Lord”
and you will say, “Dear Word” because you say your L’s as W’s right now. Oh. My. Goodness. SO sweet!
You are just repeating what I am saying¸ but it is SO sweet to hear you
praying for your family and friends, thanking God for what you have, and
telling Jesus you love Him. I haven’t
got it on film, but I will try to do it.
Part of me doesn’t want to, but part of me wants to so I can have it
forever!
- You got to go to a local pizza place full of games with Mimi
and Pop (for a party for the families at Pop’s work) and Mommy and Daddy came a
bit later. You ate pizza and cookies and
drank root beer. Then you got to play
games. Can someone say Andrew heaven? We even took turns taking pictures in the
photo booth. Mimi and Pop took great
photos with you, but when it was our turn with you…not so much. :) However,
they are HILARIOUS and I wouldn’t trade them for anything. They captured our family quite well. :) After
that you went to a party for Olivia and Isaiah and had even more fun! It was quite a day for sure!
- Daddy came home from work one day and you and I were sitting
watching a cartoon. Daddy asked if you
wanted to go to the park (one of your favorite places) and you got so
excited! You said, “Come on Mama, let’s
go to the park! Turn that off!” I turned it off and you said, “Good job
Mama! Let’s go!” Hahaha!
- We started (kind of) having you eat what we are eating and
not cooking you something different when you refuse. You are SUCH a picky eater and we are trying
to get you to eat new things. When you
see something new (or something you haven’t had in a while) you refuse to even
try a bite. It is frustrating for sure,
but I guess that is part of you trying to show your independence. We are slowly (and I do mean slowly) getting
you to try new things. I say it works
about 15% of the time, hehe. We make
sure there are other things you like so you don’t go to bed hungry. This is a work in progress and I will have to
report back later. :) However, you still
manage to be the world’s best kid. Go
figure. :)
- We took you to the doctor to get what I thought was going to
be your flu shot. They ended up giving
you the Flumist (yay, no shot!) and you did really well with that. When we were leaving I let you pick your
sticker and you picked a Thomas sticker of course. You asked me who was on the sticker and I
said I would have to look it up once we got seated in the car. You said, “It’s Charlie Mama.” I said, “We’ll see after I look it up.” Sure enough, it was Charlie! Once again, how did you know that??? :) One more reason I am convinced you can secretly
read! Hehe! Mama doesn’t even know who Charlie is!
- Mimi took you, Zane, Sky, Aunt Renee and me to see Thomas at
a railway museum in another town. What a
fabulous day! There was so much fun
stuff to do and we got to actually ride on Thomas. You even got to meet and get a picture with
Sir Topham Hatt! That will always be
such a great memory for Mommy and I hope somehow you will remember it too. :)
- When we came home from Thomas you took a nap and woke up
acting like you didn’t feel good and you were hot to the touch. Sure enough you had a fever. Daddy and I prayed for you and when you woke
up the next morning, your fever was gone and you were acting fine. It never came back. God touched you! What a truly wonderful God we serve!!!
- We got to go to Zane’s house for his 4th birthday. We saw Zane, Sky, Aunt Renee, Uncle Stephen,
Mimi, Pop, Gi Gi, Papa, Great-Grandma, and we even met some of Zane and Sky’s
other family. It was so much fun and you
had a blast playing with all of the other kids.
You even got to sit with them at the children’s table while we ate. You didn’t eat anything during dinner (you
never do when we are somewhere else and there is a lot going on), but you still
seemed to enjoy sitting with all of the other kids. Such a big kid thing to do!
- You pretended to be a puppy for the first time (your first
time pretending to be anything) and it was so adorable. You crawled around the house barking and
panting. So funny! It was great to see you using your
imagination like that! :) You haven’t done it again, but I am sure you
will in the future.
- I *think* you have ridden on a carousel before with Mimi,
but you never have with us. When we were
at the mall the other night we walked by the carousel and decided to give it a
try. You loved every minute of getting
to ride on a horse.
- You love to crawl up in my lap and watch video clips on
YouTube of toy reviews (as long as they pertain to Trains), videos of other
people’s train sets, or videos of trains just driving by (yes, people actually
film and put on YouTube videos of trains just driving). You are fascinated with trains! I certainly don’t mind though because that means
cuddle time with Andrew…my favorite. :)
- There is a short little cartoon called “Mickey's Mousekersize”
where Mickey asks you to get up and follow along with him and do what he
does. You usually just watch it and don’t
get up, but you finally got up and followed along. You were jumping up and down along with Mickey,
Goofy, and Donald and having the best time.
You followed the directions so well!
- We took Lightening McQueen outside to drive around on the
sidewalks. Let’s just say this…you are
NOT a good driver. Hehe. I’ll leave it at that. :) Well, I will say this…you were in the stuck in
the grass about 95% of the time. :)
- We taught you how to say, “I love you” in ASL and you have finally
got the hang of it and you do it all the time now. It touches my heart to see you say “I love
you” that way. One night on your way to
bed you hit your hand on something and said, “Ow, I hurt my I love you!” Hahaha! :)
- We ended this month by going on a mini vacation to Dallas
and stopping in to see Gi Gi and Papa on the way for a few days. It was a wonderful trip! You played and played with Gi Gi and
Papa! Gi Gi took us to a farm/pumpkin
patch that had all kinds of things to do, including feeding animals. I can’t even begin to tell you how much fun
you had! At one point while we were
there, Gi Gi left the room and you couldn’t find her. You came up to me all despondent and said, “Mama,
I lost Gi Gi!” Hahaha! We found her and you were very relieved! We then spent the next couple of days in
Dallas where we went to the Fort Worth Zoo, shopping, eating pizza (several
times, lol) and we even got to ride a train. You even showed me how super smart
you are by pointing to the letters that were on a floor mat at the IZOD store
and said, “I-Z-O-D!” :) It wasn’t a
fancy vacation by any means, but it was one of the best because we had you with
us and because we got to spend time with family. :)
As usual, this was much longer than I intended. It would probably make more sense to blog
about these things as they happen, but Mommy isn’t that organized! I am trying to get more organized, but like
you learning to eat new thing, it is a sloooow process! Hahaha! :)
I love you bug and can’t wait to see what adventures this next month
brings us!
