Andrew's Account

ROBOT

"E.T. Phone Home...."

I've Got Two Kinds of Potty in my Potty Parts....

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YAY FOR BRIBERY!!!

Pictahs

Bad milk...

South Boston St. Patty's Day Parade

Cesar and Andrew with a Storm Trooper

Scotland Easter Egg Hunt

With the first daffodil of the season

Andrewisms

cesard, becky = cesar and becky (he will call us by our first names every once in awhile)
siddy = silly
goudas = caricaturas = cartoons
cerreerree = cereal
apple side = Applebee's
oh my goss = oh my gosh
yog = yogurt
no sanks = no thanks
thank un = thank you
scunse me = excuse me
monkee cheese = macaroni and cheese
lala = grandma derby
backaw = grandpa derby
ham = sam
jamon = ham
fo fo fo = wow wow wubbzy
all aboid = all aboard
que? = que? (but really funny when coming out of an almost 3 year old; he sounds like a 70 year old deaf man when he says this).
white house = for Mr. Whitehouse (everytime we pass his garage he says, "white house fix cars" and then when we pass the ashford dairy bar he says "ice cream cone" and then when we pass the church he says "asher"--he thinks his favorite friend lives at the church because that is the only time we see him).
shhh quiet in a stage whisper
happy boirthday to you
kit kat boots = any cat, not just ours
when he walks in the door he always says, "boooots, home!" and he will say bye to boots when we leave
everytime the phone rings, he thinks it is lala
whenever you ask him who is coming over the next day, he will whisper, "tina".
if something is broken or not working, he will ALWAYS say, "lala fix it", even though lala is all the way in China!
he loves spongebob and says it by name
eats ketchup and mustard with only his finger (would eat bowlfulls of it if allowed)
if he thinks you are sad (or tired) he will say, (mama happy?)

26 Month Update

Says 2-word combinations, "No, dada", "No, mama", "Mama go", "Dada go", "Ashaw nigh night"
LOVES! Asher from Nursery! Will talk about him all the time and can't wait until Sunday comes to see him. Interestingly though, when they are together, they are usually fighting over toys...
Says "Amon" for jamon, "amey" for amen, "fwy" for fly
Will sing "The Star Song", "The Wheels on the Bus", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Skeeters and Mahoman", "The Clean Up Song". He does not sing in-tune, but tries hard and with our song at night will sing "sweep" and "fwy" and the "ooooohs".
He threw his first temper tantrum last night. Has a really hard time getting prepared for bed (ie cleaning up toys, brushing teeth, getting pajamas on), but as soon as everything is finished, he settles down enough to pray, read from the Book of Mormon and then rock and sing with me.
He is still sleeping from 8 pm to 8 am the next morning and will take a 2 hour nap around noon.
Loves Toddler Time at the Mansfield Library.
LOVES to play with his Dad.
Loves to pretend fix anything with his tools--his car, my feet...
Still will not tell us when he goes poop.
When he burps, he will put his hand over his mouth and giggle.
He will imitate the sounds of an ambulance, police car and firetruck. When he sees one of these types of vehicles, be it picture, puzzle or real life, he will start saying "We oooh we oooh wee ooh"...
LOVES PARMESAN CHEESE
Loves apples
Will ask for parmesan cheese and apples many times over the course of a day
Loves the "Max and Ruby" cartoon on Noggin
Still loves Curious George
Is still very ticklish...has just started to ask to be tickled or kissed when he points to an area on his body, he wants you to either kiss or tickle him
Loves to bake with his Mama and will still taste-test everything
Loves to play outside and is sad when he has to come back inside
Will pretend talk on any phone...he has a cell phone where he will talk and the following dialogue will happen: "Oh! (babble), (giggle), Nooooo, (babble)" Will then whisper babble to whoever is standing next to him and hand them the phone or he will just say "Buh bye" if nobody is around to pass the phone off to.
Has met with his speech therapist twice so far, will see if things start improving.
Last weekend went off with Brother van den Berg without a moments hesitation. They went and saw the the horses, the pigs, the chickens and the garden. Brother van den Berg tried to feed him a raspberry, but he just sucked on it and then spit it out. They later went on a tractor ride! He loved it! It was the first time he had gone off with a stranger while we were still around.
We've started flossing his teeth with flossers; it is still in the works in how productive this is. He will floss my teeth while I try to floss his. It is truly a sight to behold!
His teeth brushing is going better--he won't bite down on the toothbrush anymore so at least we can get his back teeth brushed.
Still will not say his name, but whenever we say his name, he will point to himself, so he at least recognizes that he is Andrew.
Is very aware of everything. When Cesar and I are talking and something is said in reference to him, he will try to re-enact what we are talking about or will pick up on the words we are saying, especially if chocolate is mentioned.
When he is asked if he wants to do something, like get an ice cream, he will respond with a very loud and enthusiastic, "UH HUH!"
When he sees something or somebody do something wrong or get into an accident, he will say "Oh no".

Picture Update

Sitting with his cookie temple

Closeup of cookie temple

This is how he sleeps

His faux hawk

On his way to church

Quickie Update

Sleeps in toddler bed
Gave up his babas so that other babies could enjoy them (he helped pack them in a box and then we put them in the mailbox for the mailman to bring them to the needy babies)
Will lick your face if you ask him for a puppy dog kiss
Is picking up a couple of new words a week. Yesterday he started asking for a "bite" of our food.
Says "mine"
Is in size 2T pants and 3T shirts and size 7 shoe
Has excema? on his knees and thighs, will be seeing a dermatologist in Augsut for a diagnosis
Still loves chocolate. He will eat Cocoa Crispies mixed with a healthy cereal if we tell him he can eat chocolate for breakfast. That is usually the first word out of his mouth in the morning....Goggit?
Is obsessed with cars. In the car, he will say "cao" everytime a car passes us.
Loves to bake with Mama on Sundays. He cracks the egg in one hand and I have to fish out the egg shells.
Will take a taste of EVERYTHING when my back is turned. Tasted the raw egg yesterday from the brownies we were making.
Loves to sing in the nursery and will do all the hand motions and words to "The Wheels on the Bus" and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
On Saturday, Sister Sparks looked at Andrew and said, "He looks just like Matt". I have always thought this, especially when he was younger, but I guess it is still true!

Lots 'o Pictures

Swimming in the pool Grandma Derby bought at BJ's

Eating birthday cake

The two bears Sarah got him for his birthday (he sleeps with those two bears along with his regular bears every night!)

Pondering birthday cake

Notice the dipped finger into the frosting (he does that with everything...he always needs "a little taste". In fact, he had to have "a little taste" of the raw eggs we put into the bowl to make brownies yesterday!)

A "BIG" taste!

"Following" the map at Bakerwoods

Loving blowing the bubbles

Bakerwoods

Chasing the ducks at Bakerwoods

Opening presents at the family birthday party

We had to dismantle Andrew's crib because of a recall on this particular model (the slats have a tendency to break, which had never happened to us before, but decided this was as good a time as any to get Andrew a toddler bed...) Andrew looking at all of his bite marks on the edge of his crib

Playing with his toy cars

He calls them "caos"--he still can't prounce his rolled R's

Playing with the pots in the kitchen

Andrew's new toddler bed

His babies taking a nap

Close-up of bite marks

Bite marks again

Opening up presents on his actual birthday

Blowing out candles on the nasty spice cake birthday cake

Posing with his babies

Pretending to sleep

Andrew will now bring toys/books to the table and sit in the chair while we are cooking or cleaning in the kitchen. He will sit there for a long time doing his own thing.