Thursday, January 31, 2008

Our Boy

I thought I'd post a few pictures and tell you what Andrew has been up to lately. He's 16 1/2 months and acting more and more like a little boy. Now... he's definitley still my baby, but it's amazing to see how quickly he's learning and growing.

One of Andrew's newest accomplishments is learning to climb. He started this a couple of weeks ago. This skill is lots of fun for Andrew, but now quite so much fun for me, as I never know what he will try to climb next - and as you can imagine, this makes me very nervous! I heard a noise in the kitchen a couple of days ago and looked in to find what you see in the picture above. Andrew had pushed his chair to the cabinet, climbed onto it, and was pushing the button to open the microwave door. The noise I heard was him repeatedly opening the door, then closing it, opening and closing... I guess he knew how to do it from watching Wilson and me. He was pretty proud of himself for this! And aside from being scared to think of what he could have gotten into, I was thinking about what a smart boy he is.


Andrew loves his chair that Ganny and Papaw gave him for Christmas! It is so cute how he knows it's "his chair" and we love seeing him sit in it while he eats his snack or while he watches "Baby Praise."

Another picture of Andrew climbing...He has no trouble climbing into the rocking chair in the new room that we are working on for him. The nursery is going to stay the same for the new baby, and Andrew is moving into a semi- big boy room. I say "semi" because we've decided to keep him in a crib for now rather than try the transition to the toddler bed. I don't think Andrew is quite ready for that change just yet - and I'm not either! But his new room will definitely have more of a little boy look that he can stay in for several years... red furniture, primary colors, cars and trucks... It's coming along well and I'll post some pictures of it soon.


Another of Andrew's new skills this month - eating with a spoon! He's really very good at it, too. He loves applesauce, yogurt, pudding, and oatmeal; and he loves feeding himself with his spoon!

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Andrew's First Snow

Andrew loved his first snow! We awoke Saturday morning to a beautiful sight - snow falling!! We watched thru the window as we ate b'fast and then layered up in our warm clothes to enjoy it for awhile. We wanted Andrew to experience what a little snow was like and he loved every minute of it. After tromping around in the backyard, sliding in the snow, putting hands in the snow (thus, needing to change mittens), chasing the ball around, and a very short wagon ride, we finally convinced Andrew to come in so we could warm our noses! It was a great time. But like most Mississippi snows, it was gone by mid-morning. We were glad we had our few minutes of fun while it lasted.






Saturday, January 19, 2008

The many faces of Andrew...

Andrew, now 16 months, is tons of fun... learning new things daily! He's really begun imitating sounds and making new words - juice, Laura (he doesn't know he's saying my name!), Daisy, dog, all gone...there are several others. His favorite word for the past couple of weeks has been "uh-oh".

Wilson and Andrew play a fun game of making faces at each other. Andrew imitates the face that Wilson makes, and I must say he does a pretty good job of it!

This morning they had a good time with this funny faces game and we took a few pictures...




Friday, January 11, 2008

Equinox for sale.


We are selling our Chevrolet Equinox. It is a 2006. Only has 23,500 miles. If you know of anyone interested please let us know. It is a great car - we are the only owners. We had to get a bigger ride to prepare for baby #2.


Car has: Air Conditioning, ABS Brakes, Power Steering, Gray Cloth Seats, Air Bag(s), AM/FM CD System, Power Windows, Power Locks, Power Mirrors, Cruise Control, Rear Defroster, Rear Wiper, Roof Rack.


Email us for more questions: wilsonashirley@gmail.com