Week 41 - Take Charge!

Week 41 - Take Charge!
(5/23/10 - 5/29/10)


This week was a week of big changes. Andrew really went from a helpless little baby this week to a "take charge of my own destiny" type of little boy. As everyone knows babies are notorious for being pretty helpless. They are born not being able to do really anything other than eat, sleep, and poop. Then they get a little older and it takes all of their energy just to lift their hand, and even more energy to actually get that hand to move, reach, and then grab what they want.

Andrew has successfully completed all of those tasks and then some. But this week he achieved one HUGE milestone that really separates him from the "babies". He can get himself into a sitting position all on his own. He has been rolling from front to back since about 5 1/2 months old, been sitting since around 6-6 1/2 months, and has been getting up on all fours for about a month. But he just figured out how to combine all of these items into allowing him to achieve a goal...SITTING!!!!

It is a HUGE milestone for me because now when he falls over or needs to sit and chew things or play he doesn't need me. This milestone allows him to be very independent. I am very proud of him for achieving this goal, I don't know when a baby is supposed to do this so I don't know if he is ahead or behind the curve but regardless I think he is ONE SMART COOKIE!!!

Check him out =

Week 40 - What's in a name?

Week 40 - What's in a name?
(5/16/10 - 5/22/10)


When Andrew was born I didn't have any nicknames preset for him. I figured we would let the names come as they may. Well, they didn't really come.....now we had nicknames for him but they tended to be the same names that we called Jacob. Poor Andrew was being given hand-me-down nicknames!!! How HORRIBLE!!

But as Andrew grew, his little idiosyncrasies started showing themselves and nicknames started coming out. Now I am a little embarrassed by some of the name because since he is a 26 pound, 31 inch long giant baby most of his nicknames revolve around that! But don't be fooled these nicknames are given out of pure love and joy for my little "Chunker Nutter!"

We have of course:
Chunker Nutter - Kinda like a nutter butter cookie but sweeter and more kissable!
Sweet potato - hand me down name, but still applies to Andrew! He is a sweetie!
Fuzzy - puhleez...just look at his hair!
Chunka-chunk - I know I feel bad, but he is just so squeezable! And thoughs THIGHS!!!
Tater nugget - Don't ask me, just came out one day!

Unfortunately that is all so far, most are hand-me-downs! My gosh I feel so bad I am going on a mission to get Andrew a new nickname!!!!! Any suggestions??

We spent this week "Almost" crawling again, twice he took two steps but the fell to his belly. He has also decided that he LOVES to stand up. He obviously can't stand holding on by himself yet but as long as you are helping him he would stand on your lap, at the coffee table, on the chair, etc.... as long as he is standing he is happy! Andrew also ate eggs this week, tried salmon, and will pretty much eat anything he can get his hands on. We have started trying to teach him to use a straw this week too since he doesn't drink out of a bottle (just chews it). I figure if I want any date nights I need some way to get him something to drink!!

Week 39 - How time flies!

Week 39 - How time flies!!
(5/9/10 - 5/15/10)


It took 38 weeks and 1 day to grow him, and now he has been out in the world for longer than that! Andrew is 9 months old....my how time flies! I can't believe my little guy is 9 months old!!!! He has continued to amaze me every day at how similar and how DIFFERENT he is from his brother.

This week he decided that he LOVES rice!! Yes, rice!!!! But the best part about this is how he eats it! (video below)

He has also decided that when you call him, or if a stranger or someone says "HI" to him he will look at them, smile a HUGE smile, and squint his eyes!! I haven't been able to catch it on the camera yet, but trust me when I do I will post it! Hilarious!

Andrew has been an absolute pleasure to have as a child, he is easy going, very loving, and just a big soft teddy bear!

One big thing he started to do this week is use his pointer finger. He isn't pointing yet, and still hasn't mastered the "pincer grasp" but has figured out how to close all fingers except his pointer finger. Paul and I have caught him staring at his finger numerous times, and he has been enjoying poking his finger into any hole he can find......thank god all the electrical outlets are still childproofed!!!!

We also visited my grandparents (Andrew's Great Grandparents) this week and they celebrated their 62nd anniversary!! I would say that is the biggest milestone EVER!!!

Week 38 -Here we go!!!!

Week 38 - Here we go!!!
(5/2/10 - 5/8/10)

Well last week I posted about what milestones that Andrew had achieved or almost achieved. He must have been listening to me, because the few that were still in the "almost" category he went gangbusters on and not only completed them but far surpassed them!

The main "milestone" that I was honestly a little worried about was babbling. At 8 1/2 months old there was no real babbling happening which concerned me. Well I am here to tell you that that little stinker decided to start babbling and babbling, and BABBLING!!! We now have baba, dada, mama, gaga, and goo! And he babbles ALL THE TIME!!!! I have always found it interesting that babies (and older children) will wait until their parents are being driven insane or in a state of panic before doing whatever it is that has caused this stress in their parents! But hey as long as we are moving forward with things, so be it!!

Andrew has also decided to start eating, but he still hates the typical pureed baby food from a jar and prefers "people food". He will eat toast, pancakes, salmon, rice cakes, teether biscuits, banana, and cheerios. He has those silly 5 teeth in the front of his mouth so as long as he can munch with those nothing is off limits. Harder meats like chicken are still awhile away, but as of right now I think he eats more variety than his brother....I think I might like a little sibling rivalry with this and maybe Jacob will start eating more!

Crawling is also EXTREMELY close at this point, just have one pesky leg getting in the way , and three times this week a bedtime of 13 hours of sleep was achieved! We also went to go visit Thomas the Tank Engine this week, Andrew could have cared less, but it will still go down as a nice "family vacation".