Welcome to Double Digits, sweet boy!
This past month has been a whirlwind of activity. Your Dad & I had a chat one day during your nap discussing ways we could slow down more in order to savor the little time we have with just our family of three. You bring many people joy and we LOVE to share you with others but there is something special about the times it's just the three of us. We pray that you will grow up and savor the quiet moments with your parents as much as we do.
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| Sadie & Andrew before their first 5K race |
This month you have been quite the social butterfly or as your cousin Elijah insits we call you, "Social Lion." (Elijah it seems, is very protective of any nickname of yours that doesn't sound manly.) You love to be around people and enjoy the time you get to hang with your friends and family. When your Dad & I were anticipating your arrival, we prayed that you would be blessed to have many cousins close in age to grow up around. We have both been blessed to have cousins who were not only family members but some of our closest friends. God has richly blessed you in the cousin department, Andrew. In fact, the same year you were born you have had five cousins born into the family! Oh how I pray you know them & love them!
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This month you have thrown us a few curve balls in the napping department. Most days you will take two long naps in the morning & afternoon. This has been a huge blessing to me and allowed me to get lots of work done while you sleep. But then you throw a curve ball & absolutely refuse any sort of nap. Some days you are perfectly content to hang in your bed until nap time is over but a few times I have been afraid you were going to break the windows with the high pitched screams. These are the days I take you out to run errands and the car never fails in getting you to sleep.
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You have a few new tricks this month and no, you are still not crawling. Although today you got very close to taking off but chickened out. Did Cousin Zachary crawling all over last night inspire you to get going too? We shall see.
Your latest tricks include:
-waving hello & goodbye
-saying "Bye-bye" to Daddy as he heads to work
-dancing, dancing and more dancing (will upload an episode to Andrew TV soon)
-you spin, scoot backward and glide but no forward crawl :)
- if asked, "What does Andrew say?" You will answer, "Hi!!!" (stay tuned to Andrew TV this week)
-you know the difference between yes & no.
-you will say "Ba-Ba" when hungry and say "Nigh-Night" when ready to go to bed. If we ask you if you want either of these you will answer yes or no, depending on what you want.
We think you are brilliant and adore every moment we get with you! Thank you for enriching our lives and bringing so much joy to each new day (even on the days you scream at loud decibels)
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| Cousin's Andrew & Livy hanging out at the pool one afternoon. (Born one month apart) |
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| Andrew & Zachary =Best Friends for Life (born 10 days apart) |
This month you have thrown us a few curve balls in the napping department. Most days you will take two long naps in the morning & afternoon. This has been a huge blessing to me and allowed me to get lots of work done while you sleep. But then you throw a curve ball & absolutely refuse any sort of nap. Some days you are perfectly content to hang in your bed until nap time is over but a few times I have been afraid you were going to break the windows with the high pitched screams. These are the days I take you out to run errands and the car never fails in getting you to sleep.
You have a few new tricks this month and no, you are still not crawling. Although today you got very close to taking off but chickened out. Did Cousin Zachary crawling all over last night inspire you to get going too? We shall see.
Your latest tricks include:
-waving hello & goodbye
-saying "Bye-bye" to Daddy as he heads to work
-dancing, dancing and more dancing (will upload an episode to Andrew TV soon)
-you spin, scoot backward and glide but no forward crawl :)
- if asked, "What does Andrew say?" You will answer, "Hi!!!" (stay tuned to Andrew TV this week)
-you know the difference between yes & no.
-you will say "Ba-Ba" when hungry and say "Nigh-Night" when ready to go to bed. If we ask you if you want either of these you will answer yes or no, depending on what you want.
We think you are brilliant and adore every moment we get with you! Thank you for enriching our lives and bringing so much joy to each new day (even on the days you scream at loud decibels)
