Week 44 & 45 - WOW! 10 Months down!

Week 44 & 45 - WOW! 10 Months down!
(6/13/10 - 6/26/10)

First let me say that I am the proud mommy to a 10 month old! WOW I can't believe that he is 10 months old already....and yes I HAVE started planning his first birthday party!!!!! Although unfortunately or fortunately he will be having a "together" party with his brother. Andrew's Aunt Jackie and I had birthdays 3 years and 8 days apart so we pretty much ALWAYS had our parties together and it looks like Andrew will too! Hopefully they won't mind too much! :)

I am also planning Andrews 1st birthday pictures and am currently looking at "my first birthday" tshirts to have him wear! I think I have narrowed it down to these two:

I am leaning towards the one on the top because Jacob will have a matching one and they already have matching brown shorts...but then again the one on the bottom is brighter and more "happy"....hhhmmmmmmm

In terms of milestones these past two weeks we have leveled out for now. No words yet, but babbling is in full force we have dadada, bababababa, mamamama, etc.... and pointing is starting to happen more often. He points a lot at things, but will only point on demand when asked "where's the light?" or "Where's the fan". Andrew is perfectly content to sit on the floor and play by himself and search through his toy basket and explore. Soooo different from his brother!! I guess one new thing that is starting to happen with Andrew is stranger anxiety...he doesn't always cry and will still let a stranger pick him up but it now only last a second or two before he is looking for me or starts reaching or crying. At least I know he loves his Mama! :)

We have 4th of July coming up soon and I can't wait to see how he does with fireworks, I am assuming it will be HORRIBLE!!!

Week 43 - MR. NEW THING EVERY DAY!

Week 43 - MR. NEW THING EVERY DAY!
(6/6/10 - 6/12/10)


Well Andrew finally has a new nickname, and that nickname is "MR. NEW THING EVERY DAY" because honestly he is reaching milestones and doing something new almost every day. Heck in the past three weeks he learned how to get himself into a sitting position, learned to crawl and then I forgot to blog about how he learned how to drink out of a straw cup a 2-3 weeks ago, and now he is doing so many other things.

He is still not pointing at objects, but will look at something if you ask him "where is it?", and he will now share with you which is SUPER cute! You can ask him to see something and he will hand it to you, now sometimes he won't actually let go of the object but he will continue to hand it to you over and over again for a few minutes and he seems so proud of himself when you say "Thank you!".

Once this week he waved bye-bye at his grandparents, but it isn't consistent yet so even though I am 99% sure he did it on purpose we only have two or three instances of this so far so I am hesitant to put it down in the baby book. I am also hesitant because it is a "whole arm convulsion" (hehehehehehehehe) and not a bend at the elbow wave......but hey I will put this in the same category as pointing and have it be "in progress".

Head shaking "no" is in full force and he will shake his head NO at you if you tell him no, and will even shake his head NO if he hears the word while we are out and about. Another new trick he loves is when I pat his lips with my hand he makes a noise so he sounds like an indian (sorry don't know a PC way to describe it!).

So overall this post has been nothing but a "bragging" post, but hey every parent needs one like this every now and then, and Andrew has definitely given me a lot of cute things to brag about!

GOOD JOB ANDREW!!!!

Week 42 - I can get it!

Week 42 - I can get it!!
(5/30/10 - 6/5/10)


Well between last week and this week I don't know how to keep up with my little guy! He decided to EXPLODE with new milestones! My gosh the next thing I know he will be cruising the furniture, talking, walking, and going to college!!! YIKES!!!!

Andrew learned how to crawl this week and I guess he didn't really learn because honestly he has been up on all fours rocking for about 1 1/2 months, and he took about 1-2 steps crawling off and on for the past 2-3 weeks but just never took the plunge and really started crawling. I knew he was strong enough but his "need" wasn't strong enough yet and THAT is the best motivator of all for my little guy!

So what was the motivation?? Well last night he decided that he wanted a water gun of Jacob's that was put down a few feet away from him while we were outside enjoying the nice warm evening on the deck. I saw him look at it, and then of course there was the rocking on all fours, and 2 steps then sit back down routine that he has perfected the past few weeks.....but then I saw the wheels in his head turning and he got back up for round two. However, this time it didn't stop at 2 steps, 2 led to 3 then 4 until finally after his 5th step he reached his goal of the water gun!

We of course were all excited, but no more crawling happened last night. I woke up this morning determined to catch him in the act but again nothing much until he decided that he wanted something. He wanted Jacob's McDonalds Shrek toy.....and this is what happened:



All I have to say is "Jacob buddy, you know I love you, but you are in for one wild ride with your brother....you better learn to share!!!"