I thought he'd try to climb back up in that chair, still don't know how he did it the first time, but instead he plays some legos.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
First Birthday Day
Here's the video of the cake he got at home on his birthday. I baked him an eggless chocolate cake with banana glaze. Not sure if he liked it but he did actually eat some.
The pics of his party are up on the album (finally!) and we have a video of that day to post here as well. Someday... ;)
The pics of his party are up on the album (finally!) and we have a video of that day to post here as well. Someday... ;)
A Ride and an Uh-oh
Camera ran out of batteries or this would have been a longer one. But it should give you a giggle.
You're gonna love this one, turn up your speakers!
You're gonna love this one, turn up your speakers!
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
So Much to Tell!
I know it has been a long time since I have written a blog. Hope the videos have kept you entertained! But we're getting to a point where Andrew is doing so many new things that I cannot possibly catch them all with the camera so I have to write them out! It has also been hard to type a blog entry until recently when Andy fixed a program issue on my computer. It is so awesome to be married to such a brilliant computer genius btw! ;)
To begin, Andrew is almost one year old. I cannot believe it is here already. He has changed so much over the last year, I try daily to hold on to the memories of each change.
Most recently he is working on being verbal. He's always been quite the chatter box as you know but he is now saying a very distinct word, Uh Oh! He doesn't always know when it is appropriate and will just say it but he also says it when he or I or Andy drops something or he will say it right before he throws something, which is super cute. I'm trying to work on Hi with him now too. The funny thing is once he picks up a new sound or word he leaves the others behind it seems. He said Mama first but hasn't said it since he started saying Dada. With Dada came all kinds of variations including Dad – du and Dad Dad. All of which meant Daddy but soon came to mean most anything. Now with Uh oh I haven't heard Dada in a few days and Uh oh is taking on many meanings as well. It is fascinating watching him work these things out!
As good of a walker as he is, he still falls a lot. His poor little shins have bruises and his knees are scraped from the outside. Not badly, no scabs just little boy bumps I guess. It used to upset me a bit but now I think it is cute that he is becoming such a little kid!
Still such a baby too though! He still stands and looks like a baby body. It will be fun to watch his body change over the next year. It will turn from baby body into kid body! His arched back will decrease, his bowlegs will straighten, he will thin out in his arms and legs, and his proportions will even out. And then I will have some serious baby fever! We do want another one pretty soon but not while Andrew is still such a baby.
Andrew loves 'tools!' I don't mean like hammers and screwdrivers (though I'm sure he'd love them if we gave him some!) but he likes to have a stick like object in his hand at all times. And he can carry two at once and often does, just yesterday he started with three too. A favorite of his is a plastic spoon but he also likes his plastic rake and shovels or straws. I hadn't thought of them as tools until we recently went to a dinner given by the local Order of the Eastern Star group for our local high school's homecoming, and as Andrew wandered around the room with his two spoons I told a few old ladies how he likes to carry spoons like that. One said of course he does, he has his tools! I thought that was so cute and such a perfect way to describe what he is doing! He even tests new things with his tools. He pokes at stuff, like other toys, the ground, the cats, things outside.
Speaking of outside, we have to take him out every day! He loves it! He will bring me my sandals to let me know he wants to go. He likes to explore. I have to carry around a trash bag with us because our neighbors are not as respectful of our environment as we are and Andrew likes to pick up every piece of trash he finds. If I forget a trash bag it is so hard to keep him away from stuff.
He is also very into his books right now. I don't let him have all of them because he still eats them and tears pagers so the nicer ones are kept up and brought down only for mommy to read to him. But he will sit and read his books on his own a lot too. He reads too! He babbles through the pages and will point at them. I like to point at pictures on the page for him when I read to him so I am sure he is mimicking this. When I tell him in the evening, let's go read some books, he gets excited! He loves to turn the pages for me. I have to be very careful with the library books, he has already torn a couple. But we still go to the library once a week or every other week to play and look for new books. They also have a local story time we will attend if we are free on Wednesdays.
Andrew is very much in a mimicking stage. He will take a plastic cup over to our water jug and hold it up when he is thirsty. He has seen us do this! I would love to get him to sit on his potty chair when we go to the bathroom but he is more interested in looking at it and pulling it apart than sitting on it.
One of my absolute favorite things he just started about 3 days ago is copying us talking on the phone. He will hold a phone (or remote control) to the side of his head, more behind his ear than actually to it, and say “ah” like he is trying to talk. He walks around like this any time he sees us on the phone and just goes “ah ah ah” the whole time. We stopped at the new Circuit City in Denton last Friday just to hang and check it out and the cell phone booth people were so nice. They gave him a dummy phone. It flips and has buttons he can push but no real parts but it looks exactly like the model they have. He is having a good time playing with it! Though the gentleman warned us he wouldn't like it for long once he realizes there's no noise coming out of it like ours! Lol
Andrew also shakes his remotes at the TV. I am so scared he's going to throw one one of these days. He does like to throw things. But so far he hasn't. I think he knows we point the remotes and push buttons to change channels and such but hasn't quite gotten it down. He does know how to turn the TV off and on by pushing the actual button on the TV.
He is such a quick learner right now. I try to work with him every day on little things around. Mostly we just play and let him play and explore. I trust he will learn what he needs to as he goes. Everyday is such a joy with him. He is so happy even though I think he is pushing his one year molars right now and a little extra cuddly, I don't mind. I like it really! Normally he is so independent that it is nice to get some extra hugs!
We are truly blessed to have him in our lives. We learn from him as he does from us. We are taking this parenting gig just one day at a time and following his cues and loving every second of it!!
To begin, Andrew is almost one year old. I cannot believe it is here already. He has changed so much over the last year, I try daily to hold on to the memories of each change.
Most recently he is working on being verbal. He's always been quite the chatter box as you know but he is now saying a very distinct word, Uh Oh! He doesn't always know when it is appropriate and will just say it but he also says it when he or I or Andy drops something or he will say it right before he throws something, which is super cute. I'm trying to work on Hi with him now too. The funny thing is once he picks up a new sound or word he leaves the others behind it seems. He said Mama first but hasn't said it since he started saying Dada. With Dada came all kinds of variations including Dad – du and Dad Dad. All of which meant Daddy but soon came to mean most anything. Now with Uh oh I haven't heard Dada in a few days and Uh oh is taking on many meanings as well. It is fascinating watching him work these things out!
As good of a walker as he is, he still falls a lot. His poor little shins have bruises and his knees are scraped from the outside. Not badly, no scabs just little boy bumps I guess. It used to upset me a bit but now I think it is cute that he is becoming such a little kid!
Still such a baby too though! He still stands and looks like a baby body. It will be fun to watch his body change over the next year. It will turn from baby body into kid body! His arched back will decrease, his bowlegs will straighten, he will thin out in his arms and legs, and his proportions will even out. And then I will have some serious baby fever! We do want another one pretty soon but not while Andrew is still such a baby.
Andrew loves 'tools!' I don't mean like hammers and screwdrivers (though I'm sure he'd love them if we gave him some!) but he likes to have a stick like object in his hand at all times. And he can carry two at once and often does, just yesterday he started with three too. A favorite of his is a plastic spoon but he also likes his plastic rake and shovels or straws. I hadn't thought of them as tools until we recently went to a dinner given by the local Order of the Eastern Star group for our local high school's homecoming, and as Andrew wandered around the room with his two spoons I told a few old ladies how he likes to carry spoons like that. One said of course he does, he has his tools! I thought that was so cute and such a perfect way to describe what he is doing! He even tests new things with his tools. He pokes at stuff, like other toys, the ground, the cats, things outside.
Speaking of outside, we have to take him out every day! He loves it! He will bring me my sandals to let me know he wants to go. He likes to explore. I have to carry around a trash bag with us because our neighbors are not as respectful of our environment as we are and Andrew likes to pick up every piece of trash he finds. If I forget a trash bag it is so hard to keep him away from stuff.
He is also very into his books right now. I don't let him have all of them because he still eats them and tears pagers so the nicer ones are kept up and brought down only for mommy to read to him. But he will sit and read his books on his own a lot too. He reads too! He babbles through the pages and will point at them. I like to point at pictures on the page for him when I read to him so I am sure he is mimicking this. When I tell him in the evening, let's go read some books, he gets excited! He loves to turn the pages for me. I have to be very careful with the library books, he has already torn a couple. But we still go to the library once a week or every other week to play and look for new books. They also have a local story time we will attend if we are free on Wednesdays.
Andrew is very much in a mimicking stage. He will take a plastic cup over to our water jug and hold it up when he is thirsty. He has seen us do this! I would love to get him to sit on his potty chair when we go to the bathroom but he is more interested in looking at it and pulling it apart than sitting on it.
One of my absolute favorite things he just started about 3 days ago is copying us talking on the phone. He will hold a phone (or remote control) to the side of his head, more behind his ear than actually to it, and say “ah” like he is trying to talk. He walks around like this any time he sees us on the phone and just goes “ah ah ah” the whole time. We stopped at the new Circuit City in Denton last Friday just to hang and check it out and the cell phone booth people were so nice. They gave him a dummy phone. It flips and has buttons he can push but no real parts but it looks exactly like the model they have. He is having a good time playing with it! Though the gentleman warned us he wouldn't like it for long once he realizes there's no noise coming out of it like ours! Lol
Andrew also shakes his remotes at the TV. I am so scared he's going to throw one one of these days. He does like to throw things. But so far he hasn't. I think he knows we point the remotes and push buttons to change channels and such but hasn't quite gotten it down. He does know how to turn the TV off and on by pushing the actual button on the TV.
He is such a quick learner right now. I try to work with him every day on little things around. Mostly we just play and let him play and explore. I trust he will learn what he needs to as he goes. Everyday is such a joy with him. He is so happy even though I think he is pushing his one year molars right now and a little extra cuddly, I don't mind. I like it really! Normally he is so independent that it is nice to get some extra hugs!
We are truly blessed to have him in our lives. We learn from him as he does from us. We are taking this parenting gig just one day at a time and following his cues and loving every second of it!!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Just for fun
This is an instructional video we made for metacafe.
But I thought I'd show you because Andrew is so cute in the beginning of it!
But I thought I'd show you because Andrew is so cute in the beginning of it!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
In the Baby Pool
This was from a little over a week ago at Andy's cousin Lori's house.
Today Andrew is 11 months old. I cannot believe it. Time has gone by so quickly. Our tiny baby is growing up so fast!
Today Andrew is 11 months old. I cannot believe it. Time has gone by so quickly. Our tiny baby is growing up so fast!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Playing and Drama Queening
He is so cute playing by himself in his bedroom. Such a big boy!
And boy when he gets tired and/or hungry everything is a big ordeal!
And boy when he gets tired and/or hungry everything is a big ordeal!
Friday, August 17, 2007
10 Month Old Videos
Not videos from ten months ago! lol Andrew since he's turned 10 months old! These are the newest ones I have so far. There are more on the camera to get off though!
Playing outside.
Watching TV and walking around.
This is a long one of him on his 10 month birthday day just walking around and crawling too.
Playing outside.
Watching TV and walking around.
This is a long one of him on his 10 month birthday day just walking around and crawling too.
More Videos
Kind of old too. From July. I have so many new ones but I don't want to post them until I am all caught up! Ack. I have too much to do! I must be working on about a billion projects right now. lol
Here he is last month just chatting a bit and playing around with a box.
Here he is last month getting Raven on the futon. Raven deals pretty well.
His newest favorite thing to do is "read' his books. he sits by the shelf pulls them out one at a time and flips through the pages. I think he likes turning the pages right now more than looking at pictures but I am working on getting him to notice the pictures too.
We saw the doc this week and his iron levels are getting better but she isn't completely satisfied with where it is at so we are continuing the supplement. He is so good about taking it he opens his mouth for it now!
Did I mention he loves to eat? That child spends about a third of his day in a high chair or hooked on mom's boob I swear! Takes a lot of energy to walk I guess! :D
Here he is last month just chatting a bit and playing around with a box.
Here he is last month getting Raven on the futon. Raven deals pretty well.
His newest favorite thing to do is "read' his books. he sits by the shelf pulls them out one at a time and flips through the pages. I think he likes turning the pages right now more than looking at pictures but I am working on getting him to notice the pictures too.
We saw the doc this week and his iron levels are getting better but she isn't completely satisfied with where it is at so we are continuing the supplement. He is so good about taking it he opens his mouth for it now!
Did I mention he loves to eat? That child spends about a third of his day in a high chair or hooked on mom's boob I swear! Takes a lot of energy to walk I guess! :D
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
10 Months Old
Well our big boy is 10 months old now. And walking! He walks more than crawls at home now but is still crawling when he is in a big hurry! :D It's gosh darned cute let me tell you!
These videos are a few weeks old. But I wanted to get them up and shared before it was too too late. The first one is just him digging in the diaper bag. If I leave it open he goes through it. He loves to pull things out of boxes, bags, baskets, whatever! It's fun!
Sorry it is so dark.
This one is him playing in the kitchen cabinets. He is allowed in all but one of them and he like everything else, just empties them! lol He had been playing the pots like drums but stopped as soon as I started filming as usual. I also wish I could catch more of his new noises on video! He is getting the sweetest sounding voice!
I have started the new album for his 11th month and changed the names of all the others to reflect his age and not the month. I think it will be less confusing for us all. lol
These videos are a few weeks old. But I wanted to get them up and shared before it was too too late. The first one is just him digging in the diaper bag. If I leave it open he goes through it. He loves to pull things out of boxes, bags, baskets, whatever! It's fun!
Sorry it is so dark.
This one is him playing in the kitchen cabinets. He is allowed in all but one of them and he like everything else, just empties them! lol He had been playing the pots like drums but stopped as soon as I started filming as usual. I also wish I could catch more of his new noises on video! He is getting the sweetest sounding voice!
I have started the new album for his 11th month and changed the names of all the others to reflect his age and not the month. I think it will be less confusing for us all. lol
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Just Playin Around - long videos
Playing with shoes and walking around.
Walking with Daddy's hand, still his favorite way to walk though he walks more on his own each day!
Walking with Daddy's hand, still his favorite way to walk though he walks more on his own each day!
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!
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