PICTuRES

Standing up on his own.
He likes putting things into this little door; like his whole leg.
"Look what I did!"
The ever flattering behind the shoulder shot.
Close-up
Trying to look happy, close-up

With Grandpa in the MTC
Easter. Looking trepidatious
Easter
Wrestling with Dad's Easter Panda
"Dad likes to put me in small places"
Standing up on my own for the first time
""Yummy"
Underneath his Jumperoo
Dad thought it would be funny to put me in my too small bear suit and take pictures of me with another bear fighting for a fish
Fighting for the fish
"Pass me the remote..."
Getting all caught up in his baby gym

BRAVO!

Yesterday, as I was changing Andrew's diaper, he clapped his hands and said, "Bravo"!

9 Month Checkup

Andrew is 22 lbs 13 oz and 30.1 inches long. He's in 12-18 month old clothes. He's healthy and loves to eat. We will be feeding him 2 meals instead of just one and start trying to get him to drink from a cup. He just loves his bottle (just like his mama).

He is rolling around and does an army crawl. He will grunt when he wants something. He says "mama", "papa", "nene" (baby in Spanish). He is constantly screeching or blowing raspberries or babbling. He loves all black cords and we have to put them up when he is around. He is intrigued by the laptop and wants to hold it when we pull it out.

He loves his cereal mixed with juice and all vegetables and fruits. It's actually taken awhile for him to embrace fruits. He just really liked vegetables for the first month or so of eating solids. He loves vanilla custard (actually I LOVE vanilla custard!)

He wakes up smiling and will usually go down around 6:30 pm without too much fuss. Lately he has been waking up at 11:00 pm and again around 3 or 4 am. We are hoping it's just teething and he will start sleeping through the night or waking up just once. He actually slept through the night lastnight, but I didn't, I of course thought he was dead and checked him at 4 am. He was sleeping soundly with his bumb in the the air

His favorite thing is just being on the floor with his toys and rolling all over the house to explore new nicks and crannies. He is intrigued by the curtain that covers the stairs--he always rolls there atleast once a day.

Giggling, Swimming and Crawling Videos

Photo Post

St. Paddy's Day in SLC
St. Paddy's Day in SLC
Showing how tall he is.

Eating a cookie.
In The Venetian
With Grampa and Grandma

Applauding

Andrew has learned how to applaud. When he hears applause on TV, he claps his hands and say "YAY". When I get him out of bed he applauds. When I change his diaper, he applauds. Sometimes he will applaud his toys when they do something extra special. Like help him reach things he normally wouldn't be able to get.

He loves to give others' accolades. It's very nice, when your not having such a great day and just a little thing like changing his diaper warrants applause. He's great!

Andrew's Funny Face

I just had to share this video of Andrew with you guys. He makes this face that looks like an old man sucking his teeth and the sound with it is hysterical. He does the face 3 times in the video. You also get a special treat of his possessed voice in the video. You also get to see his cute teeth.

Enjoy!

Picture Post!

Andrew looking at the coupons Grandma sent me.
Andrew "devouring" Simon Cowell's book.
Close-up

Showing how Andrew got the coupons in the first place.
Not happy having his picture taken.
Thinking he is all that while looking at coupons.

Taking a bath
Looking cool with his new hair-do.

Having found Daddy's pajamas while he was at work.
"Oh, I miss my Daddy soooo much!"

Pajamas.
Mom trying to get a picture of Andrew's teeth.
Relaxing while playing.

Playing.

Sleeping

Andrew sleeps with his bumb in the air.

Little Bear

This is Andrew in his bear snow suit. He would wear this when it was very cold. This is the last time he's wearing it because he is too big for it now!

Shaman

Shaman Andrew is ready to cure all of your ailments...just don't make him angry!

Philosophy of Andrew

The other day I was talking with Andrew, and he decided to share with me his philosophy on life. I recorded it, so here it is for everyone else to enjoy! (At the very end he does finally say, "Boo").

Packing Tape

Cesar was putting the Christmas decorations away and was using packing tape to seal the boxes. Every single time Cesar pulled the packing tape, Andrew would start hysterically laughing. This lasted about an hour, but here is a little taste of Andrew's special sense of humor!

The Problem Was...

Andrew cut his first tooth yesterday! It is very sharp. We think that is the reason he regressed to an hour and a half of crying it out on Sunday night. Because last night it only took him a half hour before he fell asleep.

He will also say "Boo", when you say boo to him. It is very funny!

In the morning...

This morning, Andrew was sleeping by himself in our bed and I went back into our room to get a pair of socks. I look over at Andrew and he is wide awake, holding the alarm clock above his head, seemingly looking at the time in order to see if he should be awake at 8:05 am this morning or if he should sleep a little longer. It was very funny.

Miscellaneous Videos

How quickly laughter turns to anger.

Turning over at 1.5 months old.

In the hospital.

Maria's wedding.

Miscellaneous Pictures

Sleeping.
The boys sleeping.

Buddies forever.
Cute hands.

Playing with Grandma.
Taking up the whole bed.

Watching TV (when he's not supposed to!)

"Stop taking pictures, I'm trying to read!"
"I'm relaxing here..."

Trying to stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve (it's only 7:00 pm).
"This is a great book!"

Playing soldier with daddy.
Looking like a scared soldier.
Reading with mama.