And he's off!

Walking, that is : ) Andy is officially walking (more than his typical 3 - 4 steps). He is very unsure on his feet, but he is walking across the room now. Kyle and I were both sitting on the basement floor - just watching Andy. He got a look on his face - and let go of the couch and just walked across the room to me. A fun milestone, although I have been warned that I am going to have my hands even more full now. It will be fun to see him explore this new mode of transportation.

Andy - 15 Months

Andy is 15 months now - such a fun age. He is absorbing so much, it's fun to watch. We can tell our "mellow" guy has a little mischievous side to him now. He wants to climb anything, open anything, bite anything (especially Henry), and has his own language. Speaking of Henry - Andy and Henry are buddies. Henry puts up with a LOT from Andy. Andy's favorite thing right now is to drive head first into Henry...then he'll grab an ear, some hair, his nose and just poke and grab away. Henry has been a patient dog - not exactly what we expected, but very cute to watch them interact. Andy is our little thumper. He thumps his head to help himself fall asleep and when he wants something (food, to get out of his high-chair, when he's bored). He still LOVES his bottle - a habit we are trying to break. He now points to the area we store his bottles and says "ba ba" pretty clearly. He also has lots of other "words" in his vocabulary - some of which we can't quite figure out : ) He says "ga" for dog, dada, mama, up, hi, baba, gu for "go", and still loves making monkey sounds. He'll mimic a lot of things - like animal sounds, but they aren't part of his every day vocabulary. Our favorite mimic is when he says "gu suskes" - aka Go Huskies! Andy still would rather play with his food than eat it (or throws it at Henry), although he eats pretty much anything. He's currently standing on his own and taking about 3 steps on his own, but prefers crawling as his mode of transportation. He loves to clap and yell, yay! He waves bye bye and gives high-fives. He also loves to point at everything and give kisses. I can't believe he is 15 months old and love our little guy. Each day brings something new - which is so fun to watch.

Typical morning these days...get up around 9AM and spend some time crawling around.

Uh-Oh (another favorite phrase these days) - can't go past the many gates around the house.

Playing with his toys - he especially likes trucks, cars, anything he can move along the floor or on his head. Climbing and banging on things - loves to make noise! This is Andy say "up" and climbing on my legs - come on mom, stop taking pictures of me! Ready to eat! Lower lip starting to come out... Okay - ENOUGH! Much better! I am ready to start the day now : )

Halloween 2009

So - Halloween finally arrived! We started off the afternoon by walking Queen Anne Ave with Ka and Bapa. It was similar to the Magnolia Village - but fun to be in our own neighborhood. There were so many creative costumes! After walking Queen Anne, we went over the the Lentz house with the cousins and had a yummy dinner and lots of candy : )

Bapa and silly monkey

Bapa and Ka

All the cousins minus Dino Miller. We had Dorothy holding the monkey, Spiderman, T-Rex, Nick the Lion, and Girly Dino Masin.

The Lentz Crew

Our lil Monkey

And - the best costumes of the night - the Pope and his Pregnant Nun

Halloween in Magnolia and Ballard

Like I mentioned, we definitely made the best of Halloween this year. We attend the Magnolia Village trick-or-treat on Friday. It was fun to see our friends from the co-op and to check out all of the costumes. After walking the streets of Magnolia - we visited Grandpa and Grandma in Ballard. We had one happy monkey and some happy grandparents!

Back into the costume...again

Excited to walk around Magnolia

Trick-or-Treat Grandpa and Grandma!