It's only been 2 weeks?

Two weeks since Andrew's birthday party (and my last blog post). Wow, he has been doing a lot! He is trying to eat with a spoon (and getting better at it), building things (see his castle?), climbing... I guess he figured he should start learning new things fast if he was going to be hanging out with more big kids at daycare! He started a new daycare on Friday. He went a half day and spent half the day with Mommy at work. He had to be the center of attention at work of course... one of my coworkers took a couple of pictures so I'll post them when she sends them to me! He did pretty well at daycare I think... he is in a home daycare and is almost the youngest one there (a 6 month old is starting Monday too). So we'll see how it goes! Oh, and he is getting better at walking too -- I've noticed over the past week or so he opts to walk instead of crawl more often and he is walking a little longer too. He gets excited and tries to run though! :) Here are a few pics!

Say cheese!

Andrew has learned to say cheese for the camera... and later in the day (after this video was taken), he pointed to my camera and said CHEESE! :)

Even MORE birthday!!!

Just some birthday party pics from today! :) (Thanks to Kim & John for taking a lot of the pictures during present opening!) We had a few people over for chili and birthday celebrations and, of course, cake! Thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate! We are pretty sure Andrew is going to be wondering where the cake and presents are next week after Christmas and so many birthday celebrations... :)

Too cute video!

Not Andrew related but SOOO cute! Andrew really likes it too!

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All about Andrew at one year old...

Just some stats and fun facts!

Height: 30.5"
Weight: 20 lb, 13 oz.
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite 2-year-old: Brennan
Favorite 3-year-old: Rachel
Things I definitely can say: hi, bye, momma, daddy, there! or There he is!, no-no, mmmmm, ni-ni (night-night)
Things Mommy thinks she has heard me say or that I've said a few times: kitty, cat, Gran-Gran, good (as in "It's good...), I love you!
Favorite kind of music: Jazz always gets me moving!
Favorite kind of cake: Chocolate!
Favorite animal sound: Quack, quack! :)
Favorite kitty: Oliver-kitty because I can love on him (but I love to chase Abby and Bailey too!)
Favorite movie: The Lion King
Favorite foods: green peas, apples, bananas, sweet potatoes, carrots, chocolate cake... :)
Some things I have learned to do recently: take steps, push myelf on a push toy, climb, quack, give hugs and kisses, play the xylophone, drink from a straw
My New Year's Resolutions: catch Abby or Bailey, climb the stairs before Mommy catches me, explore the entire house...

I am such an easy-going baby... um, big boy! I love people and I love to flirt with and socialize with everyone I see (even that little boy in the mirror)! I like to travel and see new people. I like to explore too but I have to have mommy or daddy close by to check in with (Mommy says this is a good sign!). I am so proud of myself when I learn something new! I think being one is going to be SO much fun!

Happy Birthday Andrew!!!

I can't believe it is Andrew's first birthday! He seems so grown up! Chad & I both spent all day thinking of last year at this time. We had a good day. We took Andrew out to Cracker Barrel for lunch where he proceeded to flirt with and make friends with half of the restaurant. He was SO good even though we had to wait for a while. The waitress brought him his first kiddie cup and he figured out how to drink from a straw! (we've been working on that for a while... it's not really something you can teach!). Then he got to try chocolate milk for the first time and he thought that was super yummy. We went to Target to shop a little bit and then home and did birthday. We had bought a mini cake last night on the way back home and he had some of that for his birthday cake and he opened presents from Mommy & Daddy. He wanted to share his birthday cake with Mommy & Daddy and he is great at opening presents now (and already impatient on waiting for them to be assembled!) :) We took lots of pictures and videos of course. You can see pictures here (for some reason Photobucket posts them in reverse order!) and videos below. Thanks to everyone who has joined us in loving Andrew over his first year!