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!