March 27, 2013 (13 months)

It is hard to believe my baby boy is now a toddler! He is getting really good at walking and is getting in to everything!

When asked, “Where is Andrew’s belly?” Andrew will get a huge grin on his face and lift his shirt to show off his big belly. When asked, “Where is Andrew’s nose?” he will get a huge grin on his face and lift his shirt to show off his big belly. We’re working on it.

Andrew knows how to push doors shut. He thinks it’s really cool until he realizes that he doesn’t know how to open it again and his excitement quickly fades.

Andrew has 7 teeth currently, 4 on top and 3 on bottom.

Andrew thinks it is fun to chase the cats and pull their tails. The cats must be really desperate for attention because they put up with it when they could easily jump out of his reach.

We took Andrew to Olbrich Gardens, he really liked huge leaves and pretty flowers.

 

Standing on the couch and looking outside is easily one of Andrew’s favorite past times. It is especially fun because we still have plastic on the windows for the winter.

Andrew knows lots of words, he can say mama, dada, ba (ball), all done, baby, and of course no, me, and mine. He also says something that sounds a lot like “money” all the time.

Andrew likes to talk on his toy phone. He prefers to talk on our real phones.

Andrew will usually give you something if you ask for it, but he expects you to give it right back to him.

Andrew loves to be naked! He can be in the crabbiest mood ever and if you strip him down his attitude instantly changes and he starts giggling and running around the house happy as can be.

 

Andrew loves watching me vacuum, he gets really excited when he sees me get it out and smiles and giggles the whole time.

We try to take Andrew to the library every weekend. His favorite part is the fish tank, he gets really excited watching the fish swim around. He is still working on his library manners (i.e. keeping his voice down  J ).

Andrew loves his tooth brush. He doesn’t love brushing his teeth, mind you, but chewing on it and carrying it around the house is always a good time.

Andrew hates bath time, he refuses to sit in the tub and spends the entire time trying to climb out.

Andrew has his daddy’s appetite! We haven’t found anything he won’t eat. Even if you can tell he doesn’t like something, he will still eat it. It is hard to even pick out his favorites because he eats everything with just about the same gusto. If I had to pick, I would say pancakes and bananas are at the top of his list.

Welcome to Andrew's Blog!

 

Welcome to Andrew’s blog! This is something I wanted to start sooner but somehow time got away from me and now Andrew is already over a year old! Funny how that happens, isn’t it? Well, better late than never!

Here are a few memories from Andrew’s first year:

Andrew decided to surprise us and come a month before his due date! We were hanging out at home and I was just standing up to take my dinner plate to the sink when suddenly my water broke-just like in the movies! I of course was freaking out; Kyle on the other hand was completely calm. I’m yelling that we need to hurry and get to the hospital and he is feeding the cats telling me we have plenty of time. Luckily we had packed our hospital bag the night before. I ended up delivering via c-section because the little munchkin was turned sideways. At 5lbs, 9oz, and 21 inches, he was a tall, skinny little guy.

 

When Andrew was just a couple months old he developed a diaper rash that turned into raw sore spots that lasted for about 8 weeks. In our desperation to heal it we turned to spray bottles instead of wipes, using a blow dryer to make sure his butt got nice and dry, and having as much “naked butt time” as possible which consisted of him laying on a blanket peeing and pooping everywhere. We were so relieved when we found Triple Paste and it cleared up within a week.

We had record warm temperatures that March so we were lucky and got to go on lots of walks during my maternity leave. Andrew pretty much always fell asleep.

Andrew’s favorite place to sleep was on his daddy’s chest. I don’t think we put him down for a nap during his entire first month.

 

Andrew thought that coughing was hysterical.

Andrew constantly kicked his feet off each other as if he was trying to get a fire started, we couldn’t let him go barefoot because his toenails would cut the opposing foot.

After sending Andrew to daycare for about 4 months I decided so quit my job and start my own in home daycare. This has been the best decision I have ever made, I am loving watching him grow and Andrew loves having his friends come over and play

Andrew was a little monster for Halloween. We went to Halloween at the zoo and got to see all the animals. His favorite part was dancing to the music. Unfortunately we didn't get any trick or treaters until Andrew was already in bed.

 

We celebrated Andrew’s first birthday with a The Very Hungry Caterpillar themed party at home with our family and friends. Andrew had lots of fun playing with all his friends and cousins!