Monday, September 08, 2008

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".

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Picture Update


Sitting with his cookie temple

Closeup of cookie temple

This is how he sleeps

His faux hawk


On his way to church


Monday, July 21, 2008

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
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.
Giving his baby a ride.
Opening up a present from Grandma.
The nastiness of the spic e cake! BLECK!
4th of July sparkler fun!


This looks really dangerous, but he never burned himself--it looks like he is touching the fire!

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Favorite Things

One of my most favorite things that Andrew does is when I ask him for a kiss while he is drinking his baba of milk. He will ponder the question, then pull out his baba and pucker up.

I give him a kiss on very cold, milky lips.

It is good to be loved more than a baba!

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

23 Month Update

Well, Andrew is full of vim and vinegar--like any almost 2 year old is :)

  • He says egg, light, fish, iso (oso), go (car), I? (for every letter and number he sees), wawa (agua), gracias, ya (stop), goggit (chocolate), jo jo (choo choo), bye bye, do (he says this every time he says bye. I don't know who/what do is), hi, cheese, baba, baby (for any child--they could be a newborn up to 6 years old), nigh night, do (george, Curious George)
  • He likes to be the ring leader at Nursery. He will start to scream or nod his head and the other kids will copy him
  • He does a really good job at picking up his toys at night
  • He went to the dentist last week and had a great check-up (a little traumatizing, but he got over it)
  • He will still fold his arms for prayer
  • Every time I ask him who should say the prayer, he says "Dada", even when dada is not there
  • He LOVES playing outside!
  • He is a great helper at the grocery store. He will put things on the belt and then when you get home he will help you put the groceries away.
  • He will play with his bead toy and pretend it is a train and say "jo jo"
  • He still likes Curious George, but gets bored if they keep showing the same episode over and over again
  • He likes to play cars with his dad and will make sound effects
  • He still will not tell us when he has gone poop
  • He loves to play with his magnets--moving them from the fridge to the dishwasher to the recycling cans
  • He LOVES chocolate!!!
  • He loves to ride in the car carts at the supermarket
  • He is still drinking 3 bottles of milk during the day and then 4 ounces of water when he takes a nap or at night
  • He still loves his babies (his 2 bears)
  • He will still give all the sounds to a cat, dog, snake, duck, frog, cow, lion, bear
  • He will laugh out loud to things he sees on the television, even when he is by himself watching TV (much like his father does)
  • Calls outside "sno"
  • He is pretty good at Church and has started whispering when you whisper to him
  • He likes nursery, but not when other kids sit on my lap--he gets very jealous

Brownie Making






Wednesday, May 07, 2008

FOTOS!

Before Nursery....

After Nursery....
A very big door
Cheesy
Favorite Things
Itchy Nose
Easter
Easter
Easter
Easter
Ashford Easter Egg Hunt (finding an egg)
Waiting for it to start
Waiting...
Running for the eggs
""Goggit?"
Goggit!
Really good goggit
Delicious goggit
Andrew's picnic set-up
Putting the egg in the bag
At Kid City
The Matt Derby Cousins
The Herb Derby Cousins
The Herb Derby Cousins