Tuesday, July 31, 2007
More Walking!
He had been doing it for a long time before we got out the camera and he was getting tired of it by this time. But he still does a super job of walking. By now he is almost walking more than crawling. He still holds on a lot and loves to hold someone's finger while he just walks around the apartment. He lets go of things now and takes a few steps before getting down to crawl. He is making it completely across the room at times without getting down at all!
He finally got that 6th tooth through and today is already acting like his old self again. He was so sad and in pain big time for the last few days and slightly for the last few weeks. Last night he slept for 13 hours, pobrecito must have needed it big time!
He love love loves playing outside! He walks around in the grass without holding on sometimes even and picks up everything he finds. Then he examines it and throw it and picks it up again! He even takes a while before he tries to eat it and not everything goes into the mouth!
Well he is on me right now so it is hard to type!
He finally got that 6th tooth through and today is already acting like his old self again. He was so sad and in pain big time for the last few days and slightly for the last few weeks. Last night he slept for 13 hours, pobrecito must have needed it big time!
He love love loves playing outside! He walks around in the grass without holding on sometimes even and picks up everything he finds. Then he examines it and throw it and picks it up again! He even takes a while before he tries to eat it and not everything goes into the mouth!
Well he is on me right now so it is hard to type!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
So Close
Andrew is so close to walking it will be any day and he will just take off before our very eyes! I am working on another video we got of him doing it today. It won't be in this post though. It does seem like by the time we get the camera after a walking practice session he is just so over it.
He just popped his 5th tooth recently and is working on the sixth which is about to break through any second it seems.
But today he was taking steps without coaching, from furniture to other furniture and before getting down to crawl. With our coaching and leading, he would take several good steps before either sitting or lunging into us. Tomorrow he will be even better! Any day now I tell ya any day now. Damn, now he'll have to wear shoes when we go out! ;) We're going shopping for some tomorrow.
I can't upload videos right now because Google isn't accepting any this second. I am sure it just temporary and I'll try again soon. I have 3 to show! In the meantime, new pics are up in the online album!
He just popped his 5th tooth recently and is working on the sixth which is about to break through any second it seems.
But today he was taking steps without coaching, from furniture to other furniture and before getting down to crawl. With our coaching and leading, he would take several good steps before either sitting or lunging into us. Tomorrow he will be even better! Any day now I tell ya any day now. Damn, now he'll have to wear shoes when we go out! ;) We're going shopping for some tomorrow.
I can't upload videos right now because Google isn't accepting any this second. I am sure it just temporary and I'll try again soon. I have 3 to show! In the meantime, new pics are up in the online album!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
You Won't Believe These!
Here our smarty pants has figured out how to put his little blocks into a different container! Does this mean right around the corner he'll start putting his toys away? ;) This is just the other night and only his second night doing it. The first night he did it with his wooden blocks. He started by handing them to me and I'd just hold my hand out with one in it and he wanted to put more. So I got out the other basket! Didn't take him long to figure out something new to do!
It's funny how exciting it is to see a new little person do these things!
So what's next, you say?
...
THIS!!
It's funny how exciting it is to see a new little person do these things!
So what's next, you say?
...
THIS!!
Andrew and his Mesh Feeder
His teeth must not have been bothering him much this day. Usually when his teeth hurt he'll gnaw at the frozen fruit inside. This day and only this day he uses it like a Popsicle!
Thursday, July 05, 2007
9 Month Old Baby!
Wow here we are. 9 months in. What an adventure already!
I cannot upload more videos for a bit because we are having issues with our shared folder between our computers. But I will try to get on Andy’s to get some since we have so many right now! But he is on there most of the time so we’ll have to see. ;)
OK, big news. 2 days ago Andrew took his first steps! They were from Andy to me and back again and throughout the day. Then yesterday he did about 1 more over at our friend Bob’s house. He was way too busy at Bob’s to focus on walking!
It is shaky and difficult for him still but he gets it and I am hoping he will soon see how much more efficient of a method of self movement this whole walking thing is! We will continue to work with him daily. As of right now, I am counting first steps as the day before his 9 month birthday!
He has his 9 month check up tomorrow. I have no idea what this one will be like so I have a bit of anxiety. There will be no shots so that is a great relief but they will do a blood test and I am hoping it won’t be like they did when he was days old and had to have bilirubin checks. That was so heartbreaking and now that he’s older it would be harder to get him to hold still for them to drain his little heel and I know I’d have to hold him and I hate to think that he’d associate me with that. I hope they just prick his little finger! They will check iron and lead.
I also hope he is fine with those 2 things. I do not take iron supplements and every time I have been checked I have been way over the minimum so I hope he is getting enough from me. I haven’t been too focused on giving him iron rich foods but I will if they say his is low or anything.
I am excited to see how much he has grown. It has slowed a lot but like Pappy said last weekend, he feels like a hunk of lead! He is tall and solid!
Things are so great around here though. I do feel like the time slips away so much more quickly than ever before in my life! We are always on the go it seems. Even the days that we say, OK, we are staying here and not doing anything, we end up doing something!
Andrew is still a great sleeper and nurser. And he is about to get 4 new teeth I think. It is hard to tell for sure now that he has some in there!
He eats everything and anything he finds on the floor. Cat food and hair mostly!
He also eats about any food we put in front of him! His newest dinner is brown rice with peas and roasted red bell peppers and green onions. All homemade of course and he self feeds that. But this morning I tiny diced up some nectarine for him and he couldn’t pick it up because it was too slimy so he let me feed it to him because he wanted to eat it! He was so cute getting frustrated trying to pick the slippery things up too, he would try and try and then bang on the tray! I cut up the rest of the fruit into pieces for his mesh feeder and put them in the freezer. It is like a little popsicle for him to chew when his teeth are bothering him. But he does eat a lot of food now. Still nurses a lot thankfully, but he loves to eat! He eats avocado as I am sure you have seen and has tried blueberries and cherries. Peas are his present favorite of course especially the dried ones his Grandma got him! I’ve also given him tiny bits of raisin and I want to get him some prunes. I don’t think we have a much of a picky eater on our hands but he could change when he hits his toddlerhood.
His Grandmother had his portrait done at Sears and he did really well considering he was sleepy by the time it was done. They are quite cute and she ordered a lot for us to share. She is so sweet to do that. We all can’t wait to see how they turn out on paper. They were cute on the monitor! It is so cool how they do it now. When I was a kid we had to look at the pictures after they developed then pick some to order then wait for those to be done too! Now they just pop them on the screen and sell them to you and all you have to wait for is the final prints!
I would like to remind everyone that any of the pictures on the online album are available in any size also if there are any you’d like just let me know which ones and what size.
Hopefully I will be able to get some more videos up soon!
I cannot upload more videos for a bit because we are having issues with our shared folder between our computers. But I will try to get on Andy’s to get some since we have so many right now! But he is on there most of the time so we’ll have to see. ;)
OK, big news. 2 days ago Andrew took his first steps! They were from Andy to me and back again and throughout the day. Then yesterday he did about 1 more over at our friend Bob’s house. He was way too busy at Bob’s to focus on walking!
It is shaky and difficult for him still but he gets it and I am hoping he will soon see how much more efficient of a method of self movement this whole walking thing is! We will continue to work with him daily. As of right now, I am counting first steps as the day before his 9 month birthday!
He has his 9 month check up tomorrow. I have no idea what this one will be like so I have a bit of anxiety. There will be no shots so that is a great relief but they will do a blood test and I am hoping it won’t be like they did when he was days old and had to have bilirubin checks. That was so heartbreaking and now that he’s older it would be harder to get him to hold still for them to drain his little heel and I know I’d have to hold him and I hate to think that he’d associate me with that. I hope they just prick his little finger! They will check iron and lead.
I also hope he is fine with those 2 things. I do not take iron supplements and every time I have been checked I have been way over the minimum so I hope he is getting enough from me. I haven’t been too focused on giving him iron rich foods but I will if they say his is low or anything.
I am excited to see how much he has grown. It has slowed a lot but like Pappy said last weekend, he feels like a hunk of lead! He is tall and solid!
Things are so great around here though. I do feel like the time slips away so much more quickly than ever before in my life! We are always on the go it seems. Even the days that we say, OK, we are staying here and not doing anything, we end up doing something!
Andrew is still a great sleeper and nurser. And he is about to get 4 new teeth I think. It is hard to tell for sure now that he has some in there!
He eats everything and anything he finds on the floor. Cat food and hair mostly!
He also eats about any food we put in front of him! His newest dinner is brown rice with peas and roasted red bell peppers and green onions. All homemade of course and he self feeds that. But this morning I tiny diced up some nectarine for him and he couldn’t pick it up because it was too slimy so he let me feed it to him because he wanted to eat it! He was so cute getting frustrated trying to pick the slippery things up too, he would try and try and then bang on the tray! I cut up the rest of the fruit into pieces for his mesh feeder and put them in the freezer. It is like a little popsicle for him to chew when his teeth are bothering him. But he does eat a lot of food now. Still nurses a lot thankfully, but he loves to eat! He eats avocado as I am sure you have seen and has tried blueberries and cherries. Peas are his present favorite of course especially the dried ones his Grandma got him! I’ve also given him tiny bits of raisin and I want to get him some prunes. I don’t think we have a much of a picky eater on our hands but he could change when he hits his toddlerhood.
His Grandmother had his portrait done at Sears and he did really well considering he was sleepy by the time it was done. They are quite cute and she ordered a lot for us to share. She is so sweet to do that. We all can’t wait to see how they turn out on paper. They were cute on the monitor! It is so cool how they do it now. When I was a kid we had to look at the pictures after they developed then pick some to order then wait for those to be done too! Now they just pop them on the screen and sell them to you and all you have to wait for is the final prints!
I would like to remind everyone that any of the pictures on the online album are available in any size also if there are any you’d like just let me know which ones and what size.
Hopefully I will be able to get some more videos up soon!
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Walking
Well, almost. But I tell ya, it won't be long now!
Trying to get him to show off rarely works
Here are a couple of videos from Father's Day. He started walking with the truck the day before so he is still really new at it here
This is my birthday morning again. You can tell he's getting better since it is over a week later.
Now he walks with darn near anything he can push! I am telling you, it won't be long. Then I really won't have time for these updates because I'll be chasing a running baby!!
Trying to get him to show off rarely works
Here are a couple of videos from Father's Day. He started walking with the truck the day before so he is still really new at it here
This is my birthday morning again. You can tell he's getting better since it is over a week later.
Now he walks with darn near anything he can push! I am telling you, it won't be long. Then I really won't have time for these updates because I'll be chasing a running baby!!
June 25th 2007
This is the morning of my birthday, I am not telling what age! ;) Andrew is just playing with his toys. Every morning I sit and watch him revisit all his favorites while I drink my coffee or water and get woken up enough to fix us some breakfast. It is one of my favorite times of the day!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Andrew's Second Console!
It's really Daddy's but Daddy is very much looking forward to the days when he gets beat by Andrew on this gaming system! We got it for almost free and it was a fun long adventure to do it. Here is Andrew helping Daddy open it up!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Andrew and Raven
I took this during the weekend that GrandpaLee was here. And it was supposed to be of Andrew standing up hardly holding on at all but as usual he plopped down right when the camera went on! But I got some cute footage of him playing with Raven anyway. Enjoy!
Sunday, June 17, 2007
First Time Swimming!
We took Andrew to our friend's apartment pool where she manages a week ago. It was his first time in a big pool and it was perfect! Our friend, Tammy, had her family over too so there were other kids to watch play. The weather was great, not steady sun beating down, some overcast and warm. The pool itself was so warm it was like a bath! Tammy said she'd been getting complaints about how warm it was from residents. Whatever! We loved it! And as you'll see Andrew did too!
At first he was unsure about what was going on, but once he got it, he GOT it! He would splash and splash and splash! We couldn't quite get him going on kicks just yet but it was all so overwhelming. We took him to the pool at our complex two days later and he loved that too! We'd love to take him every day but once it rains we have to wait for it to be cleaned again and the rain lately seems never ending... :(
Part 1
Part 2
At first he was unsure about what was going on, but once he got it, he GOT it! He would splash and splash and splash! We couldn't quite get him going on kicks just yet but it was all so overwhelming. We took him to the pool at our complex two days later and he loved that too! We'd love to take him every day but once it rains we have to wait for it to be cleaned again and the rain lately seems never ending... :(
Part 1
Part 2
Friday, June 15, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Chatty Chatty Andrew
We have ourselves quite the little talker!! We still don’t know what he’s saying but he loves babbling. He will play and cruise around the living room just babbling along.
His first babbles, much to my joy, were ma ma ma ma. He did it mostly when upset and it sounded like he was calling for his Mommy. It worked, my heart would melt and he would always get picked up and cuddled or mommy milks or whatever he needs.
He still does it when he needs me. But now he has added a ba ba ba sound to his repertoire. He can even mix it up and do some ba ma ba and ma ba mas.
We talk back to him and repeat these noises as well as asking him what he is saying and trying to make words out of his mumbles. Sometimes it really sounds like he is saying something!
Yesterday a cat woke him from a nap before he was ready and he was cranky and whining and fussing and babbling no matter what. He wanted Mommy then he wanted Daddy. He wanted up then he wanted down. At one point he was babbling and whine-crying and Daddy says, “what’s the matter Andrew?” And we swear he babble-whined back, “I don’t know.”
Of course he isn’t really speaking and we know that, but he is baby talking up a storm and it is so adorable. Even when he’s upset we can’t help but laugh at the sounds he is making!
And I guess it isn’t fair to say he isn’t speaking because he IS speaking, just not in our language yet.
GrandpaLee, my father, came for a visit from California last weekend and wore us out! ;) It was a ton of fun. He got to see and hold his first grandchild and play with him and show him the guitar. Andy and I would be thrilled if Andrew picks up guitar playing. Any instrument really, music is so great for kids.
Their initial meeting was a little shaky. GrandpaLee was fresh off the plane and Andrew was worn out from waiting and hungry too. He is still a little unsure of new people too.
But he napped and ate on the ride home and when we got here he was good to go until 11 or so the first night and was completely comfortable with Lee by the time we all went to bed.
Here are the pictures, just click on it to take you there:
I have a few videos to upload from it too.
We also went to a friends’ on Sunday after taking GrandpaLee to the airport and got to take Andrew for his first dip in a pool. Pics and vids of that to come soon as well.
We’re going back out today too and will get even more pics and vids!! He loves it!
His first babbles, much to my joy, were ma ma ma ma. He did it mostly when upset and it sounded like he was calling for his Mommy. It worked, my heart would melt and he would always get picked up and cuddled or mommy milks or whatever he needs.
He still does it when he needs me. But now he has added a ba ba ba sound to his repertoire. He can even mix it up and do some ba ma ba and ma ba mas.
We talk back to him and repeat these noises as well as asking him what he is saying and trying to make words out of his mumbles. Sometimes it really sounds like he is saying something!
Yesterday a cat woke him from a nap before he was ready and he was cranky and whining and fussing and babbling no matter what. He wanted Mommy then he wanted Daddy. He wanted up then he wanted down. At one point he was babbling and whine-crying and Daddy says, “what’s the matter Andrew?” And we swear he babble-whined back, “I don’t know.”
Of course he isn’t really speaking and we know that, but he is baby talking up a storm and it is so adorable. Even when he’s upset we can’t help but laugh at the sounds he is making!
And I guess it isn’t fair to say he isn’t speaking because he IS speaking, just not in our language yet.
GrandpaLee, my father, came for a visit from California last weekend and wore us out! ;) It was a ton of fun. He got to see and hold his first grandchild and play with him and show him the guitar. Andy and I would be thrilled if Andrew picks up guitar playing. Any instrument really, music is so great for kids.
Their initial meeting was a little shaky. GrandpaLee was fresh off the plane and Andrew was worn out from waiting and hungry too. He is still a little unsure of new people too.
But he napped and ate on the ride home and when we got here he was good to go until 11 or so the first night and was completely comfortable with Lee by the time we all went to bed.
Here are the pictures, just click on it to take you there:
I have a few videos to upload from it too.
We also went to a friends’ on Sunday after taking GrandpaLee to the airport and got to take Andrew for his first dip in a pool. Pics and vids of that to come soon as well.
We’re going back out today too and will get even more pics and vids!! He loves it!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Older Vid of Andrew
Not too old I guess but a coupe of weeks ago I tried to get him to say Mama on cam. He didn't really do it but I think you can kind of hear it if you use your imagination! But he has been saying it. First word!! Even if he doesn't know it means me, we do! ;)
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Zoo Trip
Andrew's first trip to the zoo was a great success! he loves animals and likes to try and touch them and laughs at them even if they aren't nice to him so I was hoping he'd really get into seeing some exotic ones. Though he is only 8 months old, birthday on the day we took the trip June 4th, he still saw most of the animals and was very interested in watching them. The ones that hid or didn't move much of course he missed but we'll catch those next year. We went to the zoo in Gainesville which is only $5 per person and free for babies so at that price and as close as it is we may go back again this summer to feed the giraffes which happens earlier than the time we arrived.
Grandmother, Meema and Grandma (that's Andy's mom and aunt and my mom) all joined us. We met up at our home around 1030 and headed out together. Gainesville is a pretty short car ride from our place.
As soon as we got there I was of course famished as always and insisted we needed to have lunch before I could even THINK about walking around even a small zoo! I had made a few salads and Grandmother brought sandwich fixins so we had a great spread. Couldn't fill up too much since I was slinging the baby though! But I believe we all ate to our hearts' content with some flies and mosquitoes as our guests. Not too many bites I don't think, not me at least, they don't bite me!
After lunch we headed in to the zoo. It is very cute. Small, kind of a perfect size really for us. We could really take our time and see everything. I wore Andrew in the sling and it was pretty hot so I was glad for every break we took, especially the ones in the shade! There was a nice breeze thankfully. I couldn't imagine being there on a hot afternoon in August.
We saw every animal there even if they were hiding from us! Andrew saw most of them. He didn't get his morning nap that day but was very alert and excited anyway. He didn't do much because he was tired but he was so interested in watching! It was adorable.
After the zoo, Grandma and us got some second lunch and came back to our place to hang. Andrew slept on the way home some so he was good to go when we got there for another couple of hours which was nice.
He ate his first peas that day too! Grandma brought some dried peas with no sugar or salt and he loved them! He's also enjoying apples and apricots in small amounts. Mostly he just likes mommy milk!
Andy was quite the photographer at the zoo. Here are all the videos plus a link to the new photo album I started for family trips.
Caterpillar
Feeding the Goats
I am actually trying to hold his arm so I can pull it away if the goat gets rambunctious, not pushing him towards it as it may appear. Andrew loves animals and just wanted to pet the goat, but I was afraid he'd grab a handful of it like he does with our cats! He didn't, he was very well behaved!
Kangaroos with Giraffes
Giraffes
One is eating the fence. The other comes out to join him.
Little Monkeys
Zebras - short clip of the zebras and some birds
Capybara - this guy is kinda cute. Looks like an ugly pig. He's the largest rodent on the planet!
My favorite by far. Put on your speakers! This little guy seemed to have lost his buddies and was hollering for them!
And be sure to check out the photo album! This is the first pic in the group,
We had a great time! Our next trip will hopefully be to the waterpark in Denton. I've been longing to walk Andrew around the lazy river! First I think we need to take him to our pool here at the complex to get him used tot he water and see if he has any reactions. Plus daddy needs to get some sun so we don't have a repeat of last year's sunburn! Now if only they'll get it cleaned after all this rain....
Grandmother, Meema and Grandma (that's Andy's mom and aunt and my mom) all joined us. We met up at our home around 1030 and headed out together. Gainesville is a pretty short car ride from our place.
As soon as we got there I was of course famished as always and insisted we needed to have lunch before I could even THINK about walking around even a small zoo! I had made a few salads and Grandmother brought sandwich fixins so we had a great spread. Couldn't fill up too much since I was slinging the baby though! But I believe we all ate to our hearts' content with some flies and mosquitoes as our guests. Not too many bites I don't think, not me at least, they don't bite me!
After lunch we headed in to the zoo. It is very cute. Small, kind of a perfect size really for us. We could really take our time and see everything. I wore Andrew in the sling and it was pretty hot so I was glad for every break we took, especially the ones in the shade! There was a nice breeze thankfully. I couldn't imagine being there on a hot afternoon in August.
We saw every animal there even if they were hiding from us! Andrew saw most of them. He didn't get his morning nap that day but was very alert and excited anyway. He didn't do much because he was tired but he was so interested in watching! It was adorable.
After the zoo, Grandma and us got some second lunch and came back to our place to hang. Andrew slept on the way home some so he was good to go when we got there for another couple of hours which was nice.
He ate his first peas that day too! Grandma brought some dried peas with no sugar or salt and he loved them! He's also enjoying apples and apricots in small amounts. Mostly he just likes mommy milk!
Andy was quite the photographer at the zoo. Here are all the videos plus a link to the new photo album I started for family trips.
Caterpillar
Feeding the Goats
I am actually trying to hold his arm so I can pull it away if the goat gets rambunctious, not pushing him towards it as it may appear. Andrew loves animals and just wanted to pet the goat, but I was afraid he'd grab a handful of it like he does with our cats! He didn't, he was very well behaved!
Kangaroos with Giraffes
Giraffes
One is eating the fence. The other comes out to join him.
Little Monkeys
Zebras - short clip of the zebras and some birds
Capybara - this guy is kinda cute. Looks like an ugly pig. He's the largest rodent on the planet!
My favorite by far. Put on your speakers! This little guy seemed to have lost his buddies and was hollering for them!
And be sure to check out the photo album! This is the first pic in the group,
We had a great time! Our next trip will hopefully be to the waterpark in Denton. I've been longing to walk Andrew around the lazy river! First I think we need to take him to our pool here at the complex to get him used tot he water and see if he has any reactions. Plus daddy needs to get some sun so we don't have a repeat of last year's sunburn! Now if only they'll get it cleaned after all this rain....
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Climb up Mommy
I'm really trying got get him to make a sound here he's been doing. It's like a raspberry you blow with your tongue but he does it inside his mouth. Of course he didn't do it but it's too cute how he climbs up my lap. he does this all the time!
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