Climbing and Balloons

This past week, Andrew has been a very hungry boy. He loves and eats pretty much anything we eat. He even tried some whole milk for the first time. He would take sips of it...and then spit it out! But at least he keeps trying to drink it!

Our friend Tammy was nice enough to bring Andrew a football balloon on Superbowl Sunday. Well Andrew wanted NOTHING to do with the balloons. He would back away from them if he was near or crawl as far away as he could. Well over the last 2 weeks he has changed his opinion. The football is partially deflated but he brings it with him around the house. As you can see, he figured out how to take it upstairs.

Mommy and Daddy got him a monkey balloon for Valentine's and he has loved banging it on himself and what ever is around him.

We have begun climbing anything we can find including boxes.

Something else new this week is Andrew has discovered his tongue. He sticks it out and makes funny faces. It is very amusing since he really has no idea what he is doing. He also found a fake rose and loves playing with it. He will give it to Mommy and Daddy, and then take it back. I keep telling Lee he is practicing for the Bachelor.

Andrew loves bath time! He plays in the water and loves to stand up (not the safest place for that)! Even when he gets his face wet, he does not mind. Hopefully that will keep up for the pool this summer! He likes to knock all of the bottles in or just hold onto the drain while he plays with his toys.

In other news, Lee and Tera got our new TV hung over the fireplace, it is like a new family room!! Oh, and I finally got a picture of Andrew playing peek a boo with the strainer...

The First Month

Mommy has been a slacker and has not uploaded the recent pictures yet. I will update again soon! This week we have been looking for gates to keep someone off the steps. Hopefully we will have some by his birthday!

Mommy has been busy planning for Andrew's 1st birthday. We are celebrating on the 28th this year since it is a Saturday. We are doing a small family celebration, meaning Tera's family is coming to town for the weekend and Lee's will come over.

Here are my favorite pics of Andrew from his first month! He loved falling asleep in your arms and taking a nap that way. He slept well!

Sleeping with Daddy

Napping with Gigi - notice where his arm is, he put it there himself!

He loved to be propped up.

So peaceful

Steeler Week Celebration

Recently Andrew has been laughing, a lot. It is the best sound in the world. Sometimes he is laughing to himself, other times we are making him laugh. He seems to be the giddiest at night. He loves to climb the steps and laugh as he does it.





He also loves helping in the kitchen. He has certain drawers and cabinets that he is allowed to play in (not that that stops him from getting into the others! He found a plastic fork one evening and here is how he carried it around.



He also will carry a pack of Juicy Fruit this way. Looks like a little cigar.

Tonight he had a new trick. He loves to stand by the dishwasher when it is open and touch things. Well, while mommy was putting things away, Andrew decided to take a closer look...



Also, notice the plastic containers that are scattered on the floor....



He also found a funnel so I let him play with it. He was putting it over his face to play peek a boo and then put it on his lap. I was not quick enough to get a good picture of the latter. He was doing the same with a strainer, he would put it on his head and laugh.



I would say that his shirt is becoming more accurate! (BTW - he did match at one point today and when I changed his pants they fell off when he crawled, so I just grabbed a pair that were downstairs.)



This weekend Andrew got a ride from Daddy and loved being up high, though he liked to peek down to see what Mommy was doing. He has to know what is going on around him!



They did get dressed separately, just ended up looking alike!



Last but not least, we were all excited to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. Andrew was so excited that he stood on his own for a few seconds before he realized, maybe he will walk before a year? We were ready to cheer on the Steelers. Daddy and Andrew even dressed alike in their Big Ben Jerseys. Who know they could get Rothlisberger on an infant jersey?



After almost having heart attacks, we were very excited when Pittsburgh won!!