52 card pick-up

Andy loves playing with his cards.  His great-grandma, "Mum," gave them to him for his birthday.  He loves going through the names and colors and he loves putting them all over the house.  The latest game is dumping them in our "bucket" in the living room, climbing in the bucket and dumping them on the floor - over and over.  It keeps him busy for awhile, so it works for me : )  While Andy was busy with his game Katie was enjoying some tummy time.  Note the scullet is in full force!

good neighbors

We are super lucky to have good neighbors (well, mostly good neighbors).  Our neighbors across the street are great and we enjoyed a fun dinner with them on Monday.  Elyssa made the BEST panna cotta and was so sweet to make Andy a special jello treat (I destroyed it attempting to put it on his tray).  He was having fun trying to spell his name - but the letters came out differently every time - "look!  ACNL!"  When is he suppose to know his letters?  Thanks for a fun dinner Elyssa and Justin!

opscul man

Last week we heard the popsicle man in the neighborhood.  Actually, I didn't hear him because who expects to have the popsicle man the last day of September?!?  Kyle heard him and got really excited.  He ran around the block with Andy and caught him.  Andy saw that the popsicle man had his favorite - ice cream, and since it was the last "run" of a the season, we got a great deal with buy two and get the third free (note sarcasm).  Ever since our encounter with the popsicle man, Andy has been calling all treats "opscul man".  He thought the ice cream itself was the popsicle man.  Silly guy.  Now he calls all treats opscul man - and even calls the freezer opscul man.  You can see below that he enjoyed his opscul man : )

Yep, that's Henry in the background waiting to grab any morsel that drops to the ground

fat jeans

Yes, you read that right, fat jeans.  Hooray for fat jeans.  I know the trend right now is skinny jeans, but I am thrilled for fat jeans.  You know the jeans that you put on and they just feel cozy - the ones that you put on at the beginning of the fall when you had a little too much fun over the summer?  Well, after a year of wearing maternity clothes, I finally fit into my fat jeans.  It is the best feeling to wear clothes that aren't labeled "maternity" - especially after you've had the baby : )

Happy Day Ty!

Andy's buddy, Tyler Rose, turned one yesterday.  We went to a birthday party/housewarming/husky party on Saturday to celebrate Ty's big birthday.  All day on Saturday, Andy was exclaiming - "Happy Day Ty" because he can't quite say "birthday."  He also was pretty excited that we were going to be watching football and kept saying, "GO HUSKIES."  The Roses new home is beautiful and a perfect spot to watch the game.  We decided to take the adorable cupcakes home as we know how Andy gets with cupcakes.  Andy definitely enjoyed his cupcake - and Kyle enjoyed changing his purple poops on Sunday : )

Great for finger painting too

boobie

In a previous post - I mentioned a summary of my life these days is the following three things:  coffee, wine, and my breast pump (btw, still holds true).  Well, last week, when Andy walked into our bedroom, he pointed at my pump and said, "boobie."  He then proceeded to make the pump noise, "meh, meh, meh, meh."  I started cracking up - seriously?  This morning, he saw both of the pump pieces sitting on the kitchen counter and he exclaimed - "two boobies!" and then continued to make the pump noise, "meh, meh, meh, meh."  Well, he may be confused what a "boobie" is, and he may be damaged for life, but he confirmed that he is one observant little dude.

Sports

Andy has developed a recent strong interest in sports.  He especially likes to point them out on TV and when he sees equipment related to a certain sport. This past weekend, we were watching golf on TV.  Andy was copying the commentator (and his daddy) and was yelling at the TV.  When someone was teeing off or putting, he yelled "IN THE HOLE".  When putting and the golfer missed, he yelled "BUMMER!"  And when the ball went in the hold, he yelled "NICE SHOT!"  This happened ON EVERY SHOT.  It was pretty funny to watch.  He also loves to watch football, soccer, baseball, and tennis.  It's pretty much anything that has a ball because he loves balls.  He's not too coordinated himself yet with the hand-eye action, but he loves to try : )   We went to the Husky/Syracuse home game a couple of weeks ago and Andy (and Katie) lasted the whole game.  Andy kept pointing out things during the game (mostly airplanes and flags), but toward the end he was taking off his hat during kick-offs and cheering with the rest of the stadium "GO - HUSKIES".  We had a blast and are excited to see this part of Andy's personality come out.

Airplane

Andy's favorite things (besides making choo choos) are airplanes.  He points them out wherever we are, in mid-conversation, in the car, on a walk - and then waits for us to acknowledge that he saw one.  When he hears one but can't see it - he exclaims "airplane!" and then he says "I can't" and searches and searches for it.  If he eventually sees it he says "found it!" and gets a big grin on his face.  This is a multiple time-every day experience.   I guess it's one way to discover we have a flight route above Queen Anne! 

Hearing the airplane

Looking for it

I FOUND IT!

Satisfied with his find

Oh - I hear another one...

Hmmm - looking for it

"I can't" and obviously sad/frustrated about it!

Bath Time

Katie loves bath time.  I love bath time with Katie.  It partly is because I love to see her smiles and hear her squeal with excitement as she splashes in the water.  It's also partly because I am a detail person...and there is some delight that I have in cleaning between Katie's rolls of skin and knowing they are clear of whatever gathers there (I know, I'm weird).  This bath time, Kyle did the work and I documented.  There's something about seeing a little girl with her daddy and the way she looks up at him and the way he adores her.  It makes my heart smile. 

This first one makes me laugh because the background pretty much sums up my life these days:  wine, Starbucks and a pump bottle : )

Looking at Daddy

Hi mom

Heart smiling : )

Choo choo

These days Andy likes to line everything up in a "choo choo".  His food, his cars, his animals...and he adds the sound effect as well.  We were hanging out yesterday morning and I had to capture Andy with his four current favorite toys that he likes to make into a train.  He must have lined these up in every room in the house yesterday.

Contemplating his next move

This is SO much fun momma!

Katie hiding behind the yellow bus

from front to back:  lellow car, red car, "ornge" boat and lellow busssss