I love presents!

We decided to let Andrew open a couple of presents early so that he could enjoy them all and not be overwhelmed. So here's a couple of pictures of him playing. As you can see he got a new kitchen. Thanks grammy and grandpa! And one of his favorite features of the kitchen is the blue cordless telephone. He wanders all over the house, jabbering on the phone and laughing at his own jokes. I don't know where he learned that?!

Grammy and Grandpa - Happy Thanksgiving

Grammy and Grandpa came to visit for the week of Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, when they arrived, Andrew had the stomach flu and then Keith got it. I was very glad to have help caring for the sickies! We didn't get to have the Thanksgiving we had planned, but we did get to spend a lot of quality time together since Andrew and Keith were too sick to leave the house. And Andrew learned to say Gampa and he started to say Mama, finally, but only when he feels like it.

First Black Eye

Andrew got his first black eye. He was running as usual and tripped and fell into the entertainment center. And then he barely cried.
The bruise lasted for about 2 weeks and we had to deal with people constantly asking what happened. And as you can see, it didn't affect his mood - here he's having his usual after-dinner laughing fit.

Happy Halloween!

So, I'm a little late in posting these pictures... Andrew was sick much of November and now it's December and I'm trying to catch up. Andrew was an elephant for about 5 minutes on Halloween. He wasn't very happy about the whole thing. And it was too cold to take him out and about.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday and Andrew loved it! He was sick all week with a little flu bug and so we didn't go anywhere, and we certainly didn't go outside because it was very cold. So cold that we got our first snow. We weren't ready for it and thankfully it has all melted. So, we were all very happy to be blessed with another beautiful fall day and a large open space where Andrew could run wild. You'll notice that in most pictures he has something in both hands. That's his mean parents' way of tricking him to keep his hat on. :)

A beautiful fall day!

Last weekend we went to Turtle River State Park to enjoy some of the beautiful fall weather. We tried to take some cute pictures of Andrew with the changing leaves as a background, but he wasn't interested in looking at the camera. He thought the dandelions and the playground was a much better choice.

climbing is fun for some

Andrew has discovered he can climb. God help us! It started with him climbing on top of his Lego table, which is under the kitchen counter as you can see in the picture. So we're sure the next step is running around the kitchen counters. Guess we need to move the Lego table! And last night he finally figured out how to get up on the couch, which does not make Oliver happy! The windowsill was the one safe place he could go to escape Andrew. Oh well, those days are over.