Andrew's Account

PICTURES!

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:19:00 +0000

Here are a lot of pictures of the past couple of weeks. The Big E, Salem, MA and Halloween.

Enjoy!

Andrew giving out candy at the ward trunk-or-treat.

Waiting for trunk-r-treaters.

"Dr. Ortinez"

Andrew got glasses a few weeks ago. He has a slight astigmatism and needs to wear them when watching TV and reading. He's been doing really well in keeping them on.

On the tour bus in Salem.

Sitting between our successful jack-o-lanterns.

Bear needed a turn too

Going potty and looking at his magazine

Andrew's first roller coaster ride at the Big E. He loved the rides and wanted to go on the "big kid" rides even though he was too small.

On the ferris wheel at the Big E

He refused to sit in the front with that little girl, so he opted for the back seat with Bear sitting beside him.

The Big E has state houses for the New England states. This is Connecticut's state house--who knew we were famous for Legos?

We are also famous for a dinosaur park.

A live pony ride at the Big E. Next to this, there was an elephant and camel you could ride, but we were a little too scared to try those!

Dad and Andrew

Andrewisms II

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:33:00 +0000

seereeereeree = cereal
"bye Bootsie Bootsie" = whenever we leave the house
Idunno = I don't know
He really, really wants it to be Christmas and asks every morning if it is snowing (since I told him it would be Christmas-time when it snowed...hopefully we will have a late first snowfall this year)
We had to celebrate his birthday on Cesar's birthday because he insisted that it was his birthday also
The two things he wants: a dog and a baby
He really likes to snuggle and will ask to snuggle with me when he is tired
Loves "foovies" (movies)
Really likes "Cinderella" especially the parts where the mice are singing and the fairy godmother comes to help Cinderella
Likes to say "Follow me!"
Always remembers his bears are hungry when it is dinnertime and they sit on the floor next to his chair. Sometimes he will feed them with his pretend food.

Andrew's Faux Hawk aka Tribute to Sanjaya

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:31:00 +0000

So, I decided to give Andrew a new haircut....Voila--the tribute to Sanjaya Malakar while he was on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here". I will include a picture of Sanjaya so that you can compare.

Miscellaneous Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:47:00 +0000

The train table Cesar made.

The Essex Steam Train

On the train being silly

Playing in the sandbox that Cesar made.

Pulling the pinata strings with Benny

Getting the spoils of the pinata

Opening presents

Birthday cheese

ROBOT

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:03:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:57:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:28:00 +0000

THIS

YAY FOR BRIBERY!!!

Pictahs

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:33:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:09:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:45:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:48:00 +0000

Sitting with his cookie temple

Closeup of cookie temple

This is how he sleeps

His faux hawk

On his way to church

Quickie Update

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:08:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000

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!

Favorite Things

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:06:00 +0000

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!

23 Month Update

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:28:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:26:00 +0000

FOTOS!

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:19:00 +0000

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

Trying to fit into little spaces....

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:50:00 +0000

18 Month Update

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:07:00 +0000

Says many words and will repeat words when asked to.

mira, oso, trash, cheese, otros, gracias, dada, mama, ouch, yuck, door

Will give you five when asked.
Will hug and kiss you (usually) when asked.
Will say "Hi" to everyone who passes him.
Will wave bye-bye and hello.
Dances to music that he likes.

Spins and wiggles his shoulders--he is constantly making up new dance moves

When he sees something he's not supposed to do/touch he will say, "No, no, no, no, no".
Is still obsessed with all doors.
Took baby Jesus out of the manger scene as soon as we set it up.
Will now keep his arms folded for most of a prayer.
Will turn off the TV periodically during the day and fold his arms and wait for me to say a prayer (there are some days I say 6 or 7 prayers).
Really likes Tom & Jerry cartoons--will laugh out loud when Tom gets hit by Jerry.
Will not sleep without his bear.
Is still drinking his milk in a bottle and taking a bottle of water when he sleeps.
Is sleeping pretty well, but sometimes has a hard time settling down.
Really likes to play with his Legos and his Little People farm.
Likes to eat freeze dried strawberries, cut up apples without skin, mac & cheese, spaghetti, little pizzas, tilapia, tuna fish, all bread, any sweets. Doesn't really like the texture of meat nor vegetables.
LOVES to wash his hands. He will rub his hands together when he wants to wash them.
Will put his hands up in the air when something is finished/empty. Will do this when he is done eating.
Will growl when he sees a bear.
Will bark when he sees a dog.
LOVES Christmas lights and trees. Will say, "Mira", when he sees them or any animal.
Was very gentle with the Christmas tree ornaments. Would just sit and look at them and every so often touch them very softly.
He's having a little bit of a hard time sitting still for 20 minutes for reading time, but hopefully will get better in the future.
Loves to help me put lotion on my legs.
When I say, "Let's go change your diaper", Andrew will walk to his bedroom door and wait for me to open the door.

CHRISTMAS!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:20:00 +0000

Before opening presents.

Andrew and I waiting to open presents!

Andrew, after the Santa spoils.

Andrew looking at what Santa gave him.

Our stockings and tree.

Temple Square Lights

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:08:00 +0000

This year we went up to Salt Lake to look at the lights since it will be the last time for 3 years before we go back to see them. Andrew was absolutely in love with all of the lights. He especially loved the round Tabernacle with doors every 10 feet!

Random Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:03:00 +0000

Thanksgiving Eve

Eating an Oreo cookie

Pretending to put powder on his feet just like Daddy.

Santa Picture

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:59:00 +0000

Here is Andrew with Santa--we went to RC Willey and got our free hot dogs and soda and then our free picture with Santa!

Andrew Dancing

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:04:00 +0000

Here is Andrew showing off some off some of his dance moves. He has others and we will try to catch them on film in the future. Otherwise, enjoy!

Happy Halloween 2

noreply@blogger.com (Apple) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:11:00 +0000

Walking in the mall (he HAD to have his bear!)

Walking in the mall

The family

Carving the pumpkin

Playing in the pumpkin guts

Walking in the mall