You are learning so much, so fast and are too smart for your own good sometimes. You and Penny may just be the smartest ones in the house☺
And just what have you been up to lately?
- Q-tips - you love Q-tips. Mommy has to keep a close eye on you in the bathroom because you will open the drawer, pull out a Q-tip and head towards your ears. You have recently started liking to have your ears cleaned so mommy does it for you often.
- You've figured out how to open the shower and step in. You went missing one morning, mommy went searching and found you just standing in the shower looking around.
- You like to take mommy's pointer finger and point to things in books and ask "what's that?"
- You have started enjoying books finally. Some nights before bed, you will bring a book for me to read, hop down, get another, read it, hop down to get another and we do this until we've been through 7-8 books. Mommy loves holding you close while she reads too.
- You are so busy running around that you no longer like your booster seat. The high chair is long gone but now you want to sit in the adult chairs because you aren't belted in. Only thing is that you don't want to sit still so sometimes mommy has to force you into the booster seat just so you will eat.
- When mommy and daddy allows, you feed yourself. You do such a good job and now that the rug is up from under the table, you'll get more practice.
- You still do not like meat!
- Instead of throwing your cup when you are done, you sit it on the table or counter. You come back for it when you are ready for more.
- You have figured out that you can move the kitchen chairs all over the kitchen, climb up in them to get to things on the counters or to stand up there to see what mommy is doing.
- You like to hold hands with mommy while da-da says the blessing. When he's done, you smile and laugh.
- You are very interested in computers and technology. Pushing buttons on the computer keyboards, tv remotes, baby gates, and cable/DVD boxes is almost a hobby for you.
- When we ask "how old are you," you hold up two fingers. You aren't there quite yet but will be soon so you are practicing in advance.
- You also know your body parts. When asked, you will point to your hair, ears, eyes, nose, teeth, bellybutton and toes and will stretch on command too.
- You are still very ticklish and now like to tickle us.
- For a short bit, mommy had you saying "Go Tar" and then you suddenly stopped. Your vocabulary has grown so much that I don't have any idea about how many words you are saying. John Deere is still your favorite word.
- "Da-da" is his name exclusively while you call me "mom," "ma-ma" and "mom-mee."
- You are back to enjoying rocking with mommy and sometimes it takes place in the wee hours of the morning.
- You are also a tv watcher and can sit still for 30 minutes at a time. Unfortunately for mommy, your favorite shows are Yo Gabba Gabba and Lazytown. Those are mommy's least favorites but she lets you watch them anyway.
- You are trying to take your diaper off and maybe you are headed towards being ready for potty training. You pee-peed in the potty just a little bit for the first time yesterday (your 21st month birthday)! You still prefer peeing in the bathtub though. You definitely understand "potty" and will run to the bathroom to check it out when mommy mentions it.
- You love to brush your teeth but really you are only sucking the toothpaste. Sometimes mommy will sneak in a brush here and there.
- Speaking of teeth, you got your first tooth on Nov. 5, 2008 (the day you turned 9 months) and one year later, you have at least 12 teeth. It gets harder to count with each tooth.
- You spend a lot of time imitating us. You love imitating mommy by "cleaning" with the vacuum. Such a smart boy! You also like using hand sanitizer (shhh!) and rubbing your hands together like us, too!
- You are learning to help put your toys in the toybox. Who cares that you think it's a game and throw every item in there.
- You are a tactile child. You learn by doing and you show your emotions through actions. Always exploring!
- You have already figured out how to open the baby gates on the stairs. See, too smart for your own good! Three times you have opened the bottom gate and made it completely up the stairs before mommy could even get to you. Smart and quick as lightning.
- Between Q-tips, the shower, and imitating mommy's cleaning, I think you may have inherited her "clean" gene.
Andrew, you are loved so very much. We are thankful for every day we have with you. You bring so much joy (& chaos) to this house. Our lives will never be the same!


















