More pictures of Andy cruising!

Good times and bad

Andy needed his soother and rocking twice again last night. I hate how he is now dependant on us rocking him back to sleep at night. Every since he got used to pulling himself to a standing position at night it is harder and harder (if not impossible) for me to just lie him back down. He just screams if I do that so then I have to pick him up and rock him.

Andy was happy in his highchair for 30-45 minutes eating Cherrios this afternoon while I cleaned the kitchen and made diner. It is the first time in a loooooooong time that he has been content, and restrained, for that long. It was nice. It felt normal! ☺

Andy is crawling up stairs! Agh!

Andy crawled up the stairs today – all by himself!!!!! Aggghhhhhhhh! First he went up the 4 stairs from the playroom to the kitchen, and then he went up 7 of the stairs to upstairs! And he didn’t fall backwards, or even almost fall or anything. He was so quick too! Oh my word! He did one stair about a week ago, but Gabe picked him up right away. This time I just sat behind him and held my hands out just in case, but I let him climb the steps.

New foods!

New food: applesauce with apricots. Andy like it. He likes fruit more than veggies now. It was always the other way around. He doesn’t like peas anymore, and he doesn’t care for the meals with chicken or beef in them. He still loves corn, green beans, sweet potatoes, and turkey. But now he really likes applesauce, pears (not by themselves though), raspberries, blueberries, pineapple, and apricots as well!

Andy and Matthew - best friends and wagon buddies!

Still not sleeping through the night on a regular basis

Andy slept through the night! He has needed a soother and rocking once a night for the last few nights. Once isn’t bad, but I would sure like him to start sleeping through all the time now! Please?! ☺

Sheesh!

OK, Andy is already better at cruising. He can now walk around by holding onto furniture, and he can go from one piece of furniture to another as long as they are close enough together. Sheesh! He is going to be walking on his own so soon! And he is only 8 months old!

My baby is getting bigger!

I heard Andy coughing at 6:30 and then it got eerily silent, so I quietly opened his door, but he saw me. I went back to bed, but he was calling out for over 5 minutes, so I went back in to get him. I opened the door and found Andy standing up in his crib and shouting. It was as if to say “Hey! I’m awake! Come get me Mama!” He is so cute!

And man Andy wants to walk! He can pull himself up on anything – furniture or people (that happened in the last week or so), and now he does it ALL the time. And he tries to go from one object to another. That and the fact that he can walk good while holding your fingers (I mean REALLY good), makes us think that he’ll really be walking pretty soon.

Another photo shoot!

He may not sit still for me for very long, but Andy is always happy to pose for me for a little while!

22lbs already!

Gabe took Owen to Church this morning, and I stayed home with Andy. We had a really fun time playing. He is such a chub-chub these days! I want to weigh him again. I think he gained 2 pounds in the last week!

Owen woke Andy up this morning by going into his room, throwing all Andy’s stuffed animals into the crib with him and then yelling “Don’t you have a lot of animals in your bed, Andy?” and laughing and playing. Gabe and I were in bed sighing at it all. Owen did the same thing yesterday, but Andy had been crying and yelling for a little while. So when Owen went in, Andy was happy, and Gabe and I lied in bed and just listened to them play and laugh. But today, Owen went in without Andy even being awake. It’s a sweet though, but we might have been able to get a bit more sleep out of him. Oh well.

I weighed Andy – he is 22.2lbs with clothes on! He gained so much in the last few days!

Mmmmmmmm... pineapple!

Andy did have a new first today – pineapple pieces. He’s had pineapple in a fruit cereal before, but today I gave him small chunks to eat and he loved it! He didn’t have much, but he did down the small amount I gave him. He wants to eat our food, but I tried to give him 8-month old fruits and veggies, but the pieces are too big and they make him gag.

Andy's 8 month picture with the bear!

So far, so good...

Andy did good last night. He got up once and I fed him. Unfortunately, it was a long process, so I was up for an hour, but Andy was only up the once, so that was good. And he was really sleepy again all day today – lots of little naps, and he wasn’t awake for longer than 90 at all today. No fever, and no adverse reaction to the shots so far.

Well it looks like Andy is reacting just fine to the immunization shots. He is so happy today! And he has a huge appetite! He wasn’t really eating well for the last few days, and he has been pretty cranky (we thought he might be teething and he is fighting a cold), but so far we haven’t had to give him too much Tylenol or anything today.

Andy had only 1 dose of Tylenol today, and no other drugs.

Round 2 of immunization shots...

Andy got his 2nd set of immunization shots today. He did much better than last time. We were forced to wait 2 hours from the time we got there until the time we left after the shots, and Andy was hungry and very tired, so he did really well in spite of all that.

The nurses name was Mary this time, and there was a nurse-in-training as well. Andy cried hard after his shots and in between them as well, but he calmed down quickly afterwards, drank a whole bottle, and fell asleep in the car on the way home. And he has been happy and very sleep all day. A nice change after what happened last time!

We got the full shot, including the pertussis, so we will be watching Andy carefully to make sure he doesn’t have a bad reaction like he did last time.

While at the Health Clinic, I weighed and measured Andy. He is 21lbs, and 27.75” long.

OK, so maybe he is reacting a bit. He had a good 30-minute scream-fest this evening, but then I gave him Camilia, and he had a good nap after that.

Yummmmmm!

Andy's favorite foods right now are sweet potatoes with turkey, creamed corn, and green beans. He isn't a big fruit fan.

Selling all Andy's too-small clothes...

If anyone is interested, I am selling all the boys too-small clothes, That is everything from NB - 12 months (5lbs - 20lbs).

I have pictures of it all, and a lot are on my blog,and it is all on Craig's List too. And I can email them to you if you are interested. I have HUNDREDS of items, and I am selling it all for very cheap - no more kids for us!

:)

Happy Valentines Day!

... from Owen and Andy!

Going for a walk...

 Andy, Owen, Grandma, and I all went for a walk along the river this afternoon. The weather was just too nice to stay indoors all day. Andy went in the double stroller today for the first time (not in the car seat, I mean). He didn't care for the back seat, but he really liked the front (he had a better view),  and even fell asleep by the end of our hour-long walk.

We saw a donkey, an eagle, fishermen, lots of people and babies, and lots and lots and lots of puppies!

My gorgeous little man!

Andy is almost 7 months old. He is getting so big! He weighs over 19.5 lbs, babbles, eats like crazy, is almost crawling (he can only go backwards), and is wearing size 9-12 month sized clothes. He is such a happy baby now! Yay!

Andy is 6 months old now...

Andy was 6 months old at Christmastime. He can now sit up on his on, roll over both ways, and is so very close to crawling! He is eating sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, apples, bananas, oat, rice, and barley cereals. 

He is wearing size 9-12 month clothes, a size 4 shoe, and a size 3 diaper. 

He's babbling and blowing raspberries all the time, is sleeping through the night most nights, and is a pretty happy baby when he isn't teething (he has one and a second will be through any day now). 

He's turning into a really great kid!