Andrew's Favorite Chicken
*Cut boneless/skinless chicken breasts into 1 1/2 inch cubes
*Marinate in a few tablespoons of prepared horseradish while cooking side dishes.
*Cook chicken cubes over medium high heat, being sure to not crowd the pan and allow them to sit undisturbed until they get a nice crust on one side. Then flip & continue cooking another 1-2 minutes.
*When chicken is almost done (about 2-3 minutes left), squirt with store-bought barbecue sauce. Add Worchestershire sauce, ketchup, steak sauce, and anything else you have in the fridge that seems like it would be good mixed into a bbq sauce. The original sauce makes up 1/2 to 2/3 of the total volume of sauce on the chicken.
*Mix sauces in with chicken pieces and finish cooking about 2 minutes.
For toddlers, cut into small bite-sized pieces and serve with a little extra barbecue sauce or ketchup for dipping. Andrew asks for leftovers all week :)
I served this with (sweet!) mashed potatoes... boiled 3 regular potatoes and 1 large sweet potato and mashed as usual. They turned out a very pleasant light orange color and James even ate them happily!
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Andrew is growing up...
*He plays independently at the park most of the time now. He swung on the "big swing" for the first time today - I was touching his back the entire time, but he held on to the chains tightly without having to be told. And he liked it way better than the baby seat swings :)
*He told me while we were at the park that he was hungry and wanted to say bye bye to the park and go home to eat lunch.
*He then asked to say bye bye and thank you to Paula.
*He told me while we were in the car what he wanted to eat for lunch.
*He
asked me what you were eating for lunch and confirmed that Daddy had his
big water jug with him at work after driving the yellow car.
*When we got home he reminded me that his little green car was in the trunk of the silver car.
*During lunch he successfully alternated eating pita chips, turkey, and vegetables mixed with apple sauce.
*About
2/3 thru lunch he specifically asked me to change his diaper (this is the first time of him communicating this without me asking). When I
asked whether he wanted it to
be changed now or after lunch he said "now please." He waited
patiently while I took care of the poopy diaper and then came back and
quietly finished his lunch.
*He quietly stood on the couch and watched the squirrels playing on the porch (so he wouldn't scare them away).
*He
is now in bed happily holding his Apple Car Book and lying on his car
pillow, having snuggled with me (no complaining when I didn't sit in the
chair as he asked) for a few minutes and even laid down easily after
watching the trash truck go by (I sang one verse of Amazing Grace after
it left... not very long to refocus on nap time!) He only asked for
milk once and it was in justification for wanting to sit in the chair.
No complaining when I didn't respond to his request and just kept
walking around his room singing quietly.
It's so exciting to see him grow up!
Although after typing this I'm having 'flashforward' visions of dropping him off at college and him getting married...
Monday, February 27, 2012
Addendum
So I wrote this the day after the last post but didn't get it uploaded. Since then Andrew has added another one or two words daily... list is too long to include!
Well I knew I’d forgotten a few words that Andrew has been
saying… here are the ones he casually used this morning that I missed on the
earlier list, lol
yi-yah (lion)
rah (roar)
yahya (jacket)
shuh (shirt)
patz (pants)
soh/shoh
(sock)
shu/sho (shoe)
ha (hat)
dis (this, while pointing)
cohloh (color –
referring to crayons usually)
pleh (play/get down from high chair)
wah (wall)
foh (phone, although when it rings he announces that it’s “Tahddy!!!” lol)
phoo
(food)
yah (ice)
He ate fish sticks for the first time last night and loved
them! He especially enjoyed dipping them
in cocktail sauce :P YAY I have
another protein he’ll eat ;) AND he ate
an entire container of baby food squash at dinner last night AND at lunch
today! This sounds a lot less exciting
when I type it than how it felt when he actually ate them. Hmm.
How did James and I birth a picky eater?!?
He also loves water.
Bath time is a super fun activity, as is watching it rain out the
window, walking to another window to see the rain on the other side of the
house, drinking water (with ice like Daddy!) out of his new car cup,
identifying water in the sink, toilet, washing machine, or on TV or in
pictures. Yay water.
This morning he sat contently on his bean bag (thanks, Uncle
George and Aunt Jen!) and watched ½ of a Baby Einstein video while I got up in
the attic. We’re definitely not letting
him watch tv on a regular basis, but we also don’t want to make it such a
special thing that he obsesses over it.
He’s seen two videos so far – the first is an introduction to the
instruments in an orchestra (of course!) which is good but doesn’t hold his
attention too long (which is also good – I like that he goes to play after
about 7 or 8 minutes and ignores it).
The second is one I picked up for $1 at the most recent baby sale and
it’s baby’s first places (around down, at home, at the park, etc.) and it has
both an adult woman and two children demonstrating the sign language words for
each place/thing. He LOVES it. Especially the puppets’ play – totally cracks
up J It’s so sweet to watch and I’m learning the
signs, too!
And with that cuteness, we’re off to visit our sweet friends
who are moving to Connecticut :(
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
How long has it been...
Oh sweet Andrew, it's been too long since I've journaled about all the wonderful and crazy things you're doing. The little voice in the back of my head tells me that your future brothers and sisters (whenever God sends them) will have even less photo and written documentation of their growing up years, but for now I have relatively little excuse :)
You finally started walking! We're not sure of how old you were, to be honest. Because, you see, I was all proud to tell your Bible study leader that you learned to walk during the week that we were out sick and her response was "Um, what do you mean?" You had been walking at BSF for a MONTH (at least) before you started walking (without hanging on to anything) anywhere else. In fact, it was only on Wednesdays - not even on Tuesdays when we go for my leaders' meeting! Not at home, at church, friends' houses... nowhere else! You crazy kid - you were holding out on us! Anyway, now you're starting to pick up speed and almost never crawl anywhere. You're getting really good at catching your balance and squatting to pick something up off the floor. And you LOVE walking down the hallway to find Daddy or me or to go sit in your room to wait for us to change your diaper :) We're starting to lose things as you carry and deposit them in new locations...
You love anything that moves. Cars are the big obsession and trash trucks are the current favorite in that genre, although seeing the planes fly over our house is a delight as well. You thought you had died and gone to Heaven when we happened to catch the trash men coming around our corner when we took the can to the street last week. The trash men were so friendly - the driver waved to you and the man on the back was so polite and waved and showed you how the truck smashes the trash as he drove away from our house. You said "Tash Tuck" about a million times the rest of that day! I found a little toy trash truck for you at a church baby sale last weekend and it's been going everywhere with you since then :) The dump truck I also got is on stand by for any friend who comes to play so you can be sure to have the trash truck, lol.
You have learned how to give kisses. They're open mouth and mostly teeth but you firmly plant them on my cheek! Actually, you usually just offer your cheek to me for me to kiss you , but occasionally I get one of yours!
Mrs. Paula gave you "Hop On Pop" last week and you've been walking around saying "Pop!" It's super cute! I've been trying to get you to say "Poppy" but so far it hasn't worked. Tonight Daddy read you the book while you sat on his chest - I thought it was clever that you were "on 'Pop'" while reading "Hop On Pop." Haha! You two are such a sweet part of my life!
You can point to all of your grandparents and Great Aunt Cathi in your photo book when I name them.
You are enjoying learning how to use a fork and spoon. I try to let you practice on days we don't have anywhere to go in the morning... usually this activity ends in bath time :) (At least spoon practice - fork you're pretty good with) However you're still pretty picky with what you'll eat. Yesterday we had hot dogs for the first time since you've been born and when I introduced them to you your first response was "vufh vufh!" Hmm... not really dogs, kid. You liked it as a medium for ketchup :) Otherwise I can always count on you eating a full cup of yogurt, fruit (especially grapes or berries), cereal (Kix are the current favorite - little balls!), beans (from taco soup are the best), cheddar cheese, strawberry-banana granola bars, and crackers. We've just learned that you are very compliant with eating vegetables if we alternate bites with yogurt. (Daddy triumphs on that discovery!)
By far your favorite food is crackers. So much so that I have to make you wait for Daddy to get home to have more most days. They're a great tool to keep you awake in the car when we're running late for your nap time, though! I just bought you some new 'big boy' sippy cups (the lid is hard plastic instead of a soft nipple-like plastic) with Lightening McQueen on them - you are SO EXCITED that they have a car on them and will even drink cow's milk from them! This is an exciting new development in the drinking-milk-other-than-breastmilk department :)
You love hats. And anything you can put on your head as a hat. Including food bowls. We're trying to train you out of that one :) It sure is cute, though, when you pick up a book and put it on your head and say "Haah!"
You've developed a new facial expression. When you don't like what I'm doing (usually closing the baby gate) you try to make an upset face and fuss but it just looks and sounds funny. I wish I could get it on video... You also do a modified version of this minus the fussing when I come pick you up from Bible study. It's as though you want to show something on your face and you're not quite sure what to do at this point.
I keep forgetting to write down words you say and you keep adding new ones. Here's my best effort to catalog the current vocab list:
Mama
Tahddy
bah (ball, bath, granola bar)
bah bah (Bible, butterfly, baby)
car (applied to any vehicle as well as your pillow with cars on the pillowcase)
fhava (water)
flaohva (flower)
nana ("no no" and banana)
pahboo (balloon)
pboo (spoon)
cahgah (cracker)
chzzz (cheese)
tash tuck (trash truck - usually you only say 'trash')
pah or pahp (pop)
frah (frog)
wahgah (wagon - only said this a few times)
You're also getting really good at doing animal sounds. Daddy sings the Rooster Song at bedtime most nights and you love to contribute the animals' voice :)
dog: vuhf
cat: aaahhhh! (voice inflection here is key!)
cow: boo
sheep: baah
donkey: hah haaa
bunny: (crinkle nose)
Daddy is your new favorite person - you talk about him all day long and LOVE it when he comes home to see you! We have the following conversation pretty much verbatim about 10 times per day:
"Mama, Mama!"
"Yes, Andrew."
"Tahddy?"
"Daddy is at work."
"Car."
"Yes, Daddy drove the yellow car to work. Now he's inside teaching math."
"Car."
"Yes, he'll drive the car to come back home for dinner."
"Tahddy." (with a BIG smile)
"I love Daddy, too! I like it when he comes home :)"
You understand so much of what is going on around you and what we say it's really remarkable. You obey instructions very well and respond well when we have to redirect or reprimand your disobedience. You love playing with your cars, riding your rocking horse, reading books, driving the Little People cart with the donkey, doing puzzles (especially the simple shape one and the one with vehicle noises that Grandma gave you for Christmas), rocking in your rocking chair (and you're doing SO well with sitting correctly!), looking at photos of Mama and Daddy, going for walks in your stroller, chasing balls, and reading the Bible. You do really well tidying up your toys as long as one of us is helping you, and if we tell you to go somewhere you're great at going there (high chair for food, couch to read a book, bedroom for a diaper/to look out the windows, etc). You also really enjoy trying to find me and Daddy when we go to the bathroom, lol, and finding Daddy's shoes and identifying them as his. And his water cups. And anything else you can identify as Daddy's :)
When you hear the garage door open your whole face lights up, your eyes sparkle, and you almost shout "Tahddy!!!!"
Sometimes when Daddy comes home he lets you sit on his lap in the yellow car. You talk about this for the rest of the day and usually the whole next day :) When we drove you around the block you talked about it for a week.
Your favorite books are the Jesus Storybook Bible (we're learning to turn pages gently so no more of them rip), Baa Baa Black Sheep, I Am A Bunny, Where Is Baby's Birthday Cake, Hop On Pop, Goodnight Moon, Richard Scarry's Cars from A to Z, and of course your Big Truck Book (particularly the pages with the backhoe and the trash trucks on them)
Last night you accidentally called Grandma. You managed to unlock the keypad on my phone and pressed her speed dial number. We left her a message and she saved it on her phone so she can listen to it whenever she wants since she can hear you in the background of me explaining that you called her :)
We did a special craft for Valentine's Day. I can't write about it right now, though, because the recipients haven't received them yet (they're in the mail) and I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Speaking of mail ... you love seeing the mail truck and mail man, too :) Today we got to talk to him and look inside his truck while he found our mail for us. We have a very nice mail man!
I love you, my sweet, favorite first son! What a delight you are to watch learn new things and explore. We are so thankful that God gave you to us!
You finally started walking! We're not sure of how old you were, to be honest. Because, you see, I was all proud to tell your Bible study leader that you learned to walk during the week that we were out sick and her response was "Um, what do you mean?" You had been walking at BSF for a MONTH (at least) before you started walking (without hanging on to anything) anywhere else. In fact, it was only on Wednesdays - not even on Tuesdays when we go for my leaders' meeting! Not at home, at church, friends' houses... nowhere else! You crazy kid - you were holding out on us! Anyway, now you're starting to pick up speed and almost never crawl anywhere. You're getting really good at catching your balance and squatting to pick something up off the floor. And you LOVE walking down the hallway to find Daddy or me or to go sit in your room to wait for us to change your diaper :) We're starting to lose things as you carry and deposit them in new locations...
You love anything that moves. Cars are the big obsession and trash trucks are the current favorite in that genre, although seeing the planes fly over our house is a delight as well. You thought you had died and gone to Heaven when we happened to catch the trash men coming around our corner when we took the can to the street last week. The trash men were so friendly - the driver waved to you and the man on the back was so polite and waved and showed you how the truck smashes the trash as he drove away from our house. You said "Tash Tuck" about a million times the rest of that day! I found a little toy trash truck for you at a church baby sale last weekend and it's been going everywhere with you since then :) The dump truck I also got is on stand by for any friend who comes to play so you can be sure to have the trash truck, lol.
You have learned how to give kisses. They're open mouth and mostly teeth but you firmly plant them on my cheek! Actually, you usually just offer your cheek to me for me to kiss you , but occasionally I get one of yours!
Mrs. Paula gave you "Hop On Pop" last week and you've been walking around saying "Pop!" It's super cute! I've been trying to get you to say "Poppy" but so far it hasn't worked. Tonight Daddy read you the book while you sat on his chest - I thought it was clever that you were "on 'Pop'" while reading "Hop On Pop." Haha! You two are such a sweet part of my life!
You can point to all of your grandparents and Great Aunt Cathi in your photo book when I name them.
You are enjoying learning how to use a fork and spoon. I try to let you practice on days we don't have anywhere to go in the morning... usually this activity ends in bath time :) (At least spoon practice - fork you're pretty good with) However you're still pretty picky with what you'll eat. Yesterday we had hot dogs for the first time since you've been born and when I introduced them to you your first response was "vufh vufh!" Hmm... not really dogs, kid. You liked it as a medium for ketchup :) Otherwise I can always count on you eating a full cup of yogurt, fruit (especially grapes or berries), cereal (Kix are the current favorite - little balls!), beans (from taco soup are the best), cheddar cheese, strawberry-banana granola bars, and crackers. We've just learned that you are very compliant with eating vegetables if we alternate bites with yogurt. (Daddy triumphs on that discovery!)
By far your favorite food is crackers. So much so that I have to make you wait for Daddy to get home to have more most days. They're a great tool to keep you awake in the car when we're running late for your nap time, though! I just bought you some new 'big boy' sippy cups (the lid is hard plastic instead of a soft nipple-like plastic) with Lightening McQueen on them - you are SO EXCITED that they have a car on them and will even drink cow's milk from them! This is an exciting new development in the drinking-milk-other-than-breastmilk department :)
You love hats. And anything you can put on your head as a hat. Including food bowls. We're trying to train you out of that one :) It sure is cute, though, when you pick up a book and put it on your head and say "Haah!"
You've developed a new facial expression. When you don't like what I'm doing (usually closing the baby gate) you try to make an upset face and fuss but it just looks and sounds funny. I wish I could get it on video... You also do a modified version of this minus the fussing when I come pick you up from Bible study. It's as though you want to show something on your face and you're not quite sure what to do at this point.
I keep forgetting to write down words you say and you keep adding new ones. Here's my best effort to catalog the current vocab list:
Mama
Tahddy
bah (ball, bath, granola bar)
bah bah (Bible, butterfly, baby)
car (applied to any vehicle as well as your pillow with cars on the pillowcase)
fhava (water)
flaohva (flower)
nana ("no no" and banana)
pahboo (balloon)
pboo (spoon)
cahgah (cracker)
chzzz (cheese)
tash tuck (trash truck - usually you only say 'trash')
pah or pahp (pop)
frah (frog)
wahgah (wagon - only said this a few times)
You're also getting really good at doing animal sounds. Daddy sings the Rooster Song at bedtime most nights and you love to contribute the animals' voice :)
dog: vuhf
cat: aaahhhh! (voice inflection here is key!)
cow: boo
sheep: baah
donkey: hah haaa
bunny: (crinkle nose)
Daddy is your new favorite person - you talk about him all day long and LOVE it when he comes home to see you! We have the following conversation pretty much verbatim about 10 times per day:
"Mama, Mama!"
"Yes, Andrew."
"Tahddy?"
"Daddy is at work."
"Car."
"Yes, Daddy drove the yellow car to work. Now he's inside teaching math."
"Car."
"Yes, he'll drive the car to come back home for dinner."
"Tahddy." (with a BIG smile)
"I love Daddy, too! I like it when he comes home :)"
You understand so much of what is going on around you and what we say it's really remarkable. You obey instructions very well and respond well when we have to redirect or reprimand your disobedience. You love playing with your cars, riding your rocking horse, reading books, driving the Little People cart with the donkey, doing puzzles (especially the simple shape one and the one with vehicle noises that Grandma gave you for Christmas), rocking in your rocking chair (and you're doing SO well with sitting correctly!), looking at photos of Mama and Daddy, going for walks in your stroller, chasing balls, and reading the Bible. You do really well tidying up your toys as long as one of us is helping you, and if we tell you to go somewhere you're great at going there (high chair for food, couch to read a book, bedroom for a diaper/to look out the windows, etc). You also really enjoy trying to find me and Daddy when we go to the bathroom, lol, and finding Daddy's shoes and identifying them as his. And his water cups. And anything else you can identify as Daddy's :)
When you hear the garage door open your whole face lights up, your eyes sparkle, and you almost shout "Tahddy!!!!"
Sometimes when Daddy comes home he lets you sit on his lap in the yellow car. You talk about this for the rest of the day and usually the whole next day :) When we drove you around the block you talked about it for a week.
Your favorite books are the Jesus Storybook Bible (we're learning to turn pages gently so no more of them rip), Baa Baa Black Sheep, I Am A Bunny, Where Is Baby's Birthday Cake, Hop On Pop, Goodnight Moon, Richard Scarry's Cars from A to Z, and of course your Big Truck Book (particularly the pages with the backhoe and the trash trucks on them)
Last night you accidentally called Grandma. You managed to unlock the keypad on my phone and pressed her speed dial number. We left her a message and she saved it on her phone so she can listen to it whenever she wants since she can hear you in the background of me explaining that you called her :)
We did a special craft for Valentine's Day. I can't write about it right now, though, because the recipients haven't received them yet (they're in the mail) and I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Speaking of mail ... you love seeing the mail truck and mail man, too :) Today we got to talk to him and look inside his truck while he found our mail for us. We have a very nice mail man!
I love you, my sweet, favorite first son! What a delight you are to watch learn new things and explore. We are so thankful that God gave you to us!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Andrew Update
Quick photo update... talking & other topics coming soon :)
He discovered he can play peek-a-boo with the bag on his head. It was adorable.
Opening and closing the baby gate is a favorite activity.
A couple of days ago he really wanted to wear his hat while he was eating breakfast, lol.
I babysat Marlie and Reed earlier this week. First time with 3 kids under 3. It was fun! And short, thankfully ;)
He's now fully walking :)
Loves closing doors. In this photo he's moving my flip flop out of the way. It was a great exercise in problem solving :)
Walking...
Walking...
Walking...
Pause to eat a cookie :)
This is a little bag that my friend Laura gave me (filled with goodies) for being in her wedding a few years ago (hi Laura!). It's the perfect size for Andrew to carry around with his cars in it :)
This is Andrew standing up from having crawled a few feet. He's standing up without holding on to anything... the newest development in the walking adventure :)
Loves closing doors. In this photo he's moving my flip flop out of the way. It was a great exercise in problem solving :)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
1 Year Old!
My sweet baby,
I love you so much! You are such a sweet little boy now - not really a baby but not quite a toddler. Your smile lights up a room and your eyes twinkle when you laugh. You still like playing with balls but your new favorite toys are definitely cars! And seeing cars parked around our neighborhood and in parking lots just makes your day. You tend to identify the red ones as "TAR!" with the most enthusiasm but the yellow ones (like Daddy's) merit big smiles, arm waves, and excited dancing :)
You certainly like eating table food and even tolerate a few vegetables when I sneak them in with your applesauce (although anything green has been thrown up... yellow and oranges are much more successful!) Goldfish, animal crackers, and grapes are your all time favorites and breakfast wouldn't be complete without your yogurt and cheerios! (Bananas are an acceptable addition now and then, too). You flat out refuse to drink cow's milk but are enjoying the almond milk I bought for you this week :) Hopefully you'll get comfortable enough with it that it can be a substitute for my milk every now and then... but I still love the time you spend nursing with me!
You have discovered a love of books and reading :) It is so precious to watch you take board books out of your book basket and turn the pages. Sometimes you identify cars, butterflies, and your favorite characters. You were a little confused why the bear's name is Pooh since that's what's in your diaper... but you seem to have accepted it and just enjoy the books regardless of the weird names :) Your favorite books right now are lift the flap books and the Nicholas the Bunny book (you love pointing out the different things on the pages - flowers, butterflies, frogs, strawberries, leaves, etc.) and laugh when I blow air on your head when we read the page about Nicholas blowing the dandilion seeds into the air :)
Daddy taught you a new game - pulling your socks off by the toes. You think it is positively hilarious so I'm trying not to be annoyed by all the stretched out socks....
You love your Daddy! When you hear the garage door open you start laughing and looking at the door waiting for him to come inside :) You love taking books to him for him to read to you. Daddy is really good about having you walk places with him - he lets you use his fingers to hold on to or gets your blue hippo to push. He also taught you to bounce the red ball while he holds you - you throw it down and he catches it when it bounces back up :) It makes my heart just melt when I hear you two playing together - laughing, singing, and talking!
Aunt Misty took some more photos of you! Here are my favorites :)
I love you, sweet boy!
I love you so much! You are such a sweet little boy now - not really a baby but not quite a toddler. Your smile lights up a room and your eyes twinkle when you laugh. You still like playing with balls but your new favorite toys are definitely cars! And seeing cars parked around our neighborhood and in parking lots just makes your day. You tend to identify the red ones as "TAR!" with the most enthusiasm but the yellow ones (like Daddy's) merit big smiles, arm waves, and excited dancing :)
You certainly like eating table food and even tolerate a few vegetables when I sneak them in with your applesauce (although anything green has been thrown up... yellow and oranges are much more successful!) Goldfish, animal crackers, and grapes are your all time favorites and breakfast wouldn't be complete without your yogurt and cheerios! (Bananas are an acceptable addition now and then, too). You flat out refuse to drink cow's milk but are enjoying the almond milk I bought for you this week :) Hopefully you'll get comfortable enough with it that it can be a substitute for my milk every now and then... but I still love the time you spend nursing with me!
You have discovered a love of books and reading :) It is so precious to watch you take board books out of your book basket and turn the pages. Sometimes you identify cars, butterflies, and your favorite characters. You were a little confused why the bear's name is Pooh since that's what's in your diaper... but you seem to have accepted it and just enjoy the books regardless of the weird names :) Your favorite books right now are lift the flap books and the Nicholas the Bunny book (you love pointing out the different things on the pages - flowers, butterflies, frogs, strawberries, leaves, etc.) and laugh when I blow air on your head when we read the page about Nicholas blowing the dandilion seeds into the air :)
Daddy taught you a new game - pulling your socks off by the toes. You think it is positively hilarious so I'm trying not to be annoyed by all the stretched out socks....
You love your Daddy! When you hear the garage door open you start laughing and looking at the door waiting for him to come inside :) You love taking books to him for him to read to you. Daddy is really good about having you walk places with him - he lets you use his fingers to hold on to or gets your blue hippo to push. He also taught you to bounce the red ball while he holds you - you throw it down and he catches it when it bounces back up :) It makes my heart just melt when I hear you two playing together - laughing, singing, and talking!
Aunt Misty took some more photos of you! Here are my favorites :)
You LOVE looking out your window and have learned to be patient while I open the blinds for you :)
And I still love your sweet cloth diapers!
Aunt Misty brought her wagon and you loved riding in it!
You love waving!
This one is destined for a frame :)
Whoa! Bark feels cool!
Look! It's DADDY coming through the door!
We went to a pumpkin patch... you liked playing peek-a-boo between the fence posts :)
I love this one!
You were so frustrated that the chickens kept running away from us :)
You loved watching the cow - he was your favorite!
I love you, sweet boy!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Birthday Week in Photos: Part 3
Titus and Andrew did really well playing together! They played with the music table...
Jenn and I took the boys on a walk around the local park (after swinging on the swings).
Uncle George was on 'baby duty' while Aunt Jenn and I packed the car to drive downtown...
... to the Children's Museum! Here are the boys playing dress-up and fixing a bike at the bike shop! We thought of you, Poppy!
In the News Room they have cameras, teleprompters, and video monitors! Andrew and I did the weather report (about the severe weather in eastern Texas... apparently a storm of orange goo is on it's way...)
Then it was up to the Tots Room to play with lots of fun, developmentally-appropriate toys :) (It took about 45 min for the grown ups to make the way up there since we kept getting distracted by other awesome stuff!)
We had cousin bath time, too! The boys had a great time splashing and playing!
Uncle George helped (ok, who am I kidding? he did it - I was the helper) install the new baby gate between the living room and kitchen. Neither baby was excited to see it when they got up the next morning.
Friday we went swimming at a friend's community pool.
Sunday evening I cut Andrew's hair. I'm not sure how I like it. Actually, I really like it... I just miss the wispy baby hair, too! But I'm SO GLAD the crazy long part over his ears is trimmed... it was starting to drive me nuts :-p
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