10 months with the bear

6 teeth!

Andy’s 6^th tooth came in! Finally! Tonight was a rough one for him, the poor little guy!

"Mama"

He says “Mama”! Yay! And he knows it is me! Woo hoo!!!!!!!

my water baby!

Andy LOVES water! He loves the bath, he loves washing his hands, he loves to go swimming, and now I can say that he loves to play in a big bowl of water at Grandma's house!

It started with Owen playing with his boats in the water, and then turned into a bath/pool party with Andy eventually dumping bowl after bowl after bowl of water onto the deck. They both had such a great time, and I got some awesome pictures!

Ok Mom, no more pictures!

Andy and I went for a walk down at the river today (under the Agassiz bridge and it was a lovely day, but enough was enough after a while, and Andy wanted to go home. 

Andy's new teeth!

Andy has top teeth, but you can never see them unless you do 'squishy face'. So here you can see his top 2 teeth, and the 2 beside them that will (hopefully) come through very soon!

Day at the river

bath time!

Our library visit

Yesterday we all went to the library to see the ducks and get a few new books. 

5 teeth!

I saw another tooth today – Andy now has 5! It is the one next to the top two on his left (right side if you are looking at him).

I gave Andy a full cheese string to munch on this morning. He loved it! He really likes being in control of what he eats, and he eats little more than finger foods these days. He didn’t come close to choking, and when he had bitten off too much, he simply spit it out. Way to go Andy – I am SO proud of you! He was pretty proud of himself too! ☺

popsicles

Owen shared his popsicle with Andy tonight and he LOVED it! He would make awful faces but then always want more!

9 month photo with the bear

Isn't he so frickin' cute?!?!??!!!

My beautiful boy

Tooth #3!

Andy has a third tooth! We only saw it today. But it looks like it has been there for a few days already. And he is a drool monster today, so cranky, and has a major runny, nose, so maybe the other top tooth is coming through. The one he has already is the top left (from his point of view, top right if you are looking at him).

8.5 month update... kinda...

We all went to the Jordan’s house last night and Andy did great. He ate well, had fun chasing a remote control car around, went to sleep in the play pen well, and even transferred to the car and then to bed well when we went home. And then he slept until 5:30, ha d a bottle, went back to bed, and slept until 8am.

And now Andy’s schedule has changed once again! He is usually up at 7:30, goes for a nap at 10 and then again at 2pm, and usually one more around 6, with bedtime at 8:30 or 9pm. But I want to try and take out the 6pm nap and get him just to go to bed at 7pm. We’ll see how that goes over tonight.

But he is eating great – 3 bottles a day – first thing in the morning, after his afternoon nap, and right before bed. And he eats nice big meals (2-2.5 jars of food) at breakfast lunch and dinner with snacks throughout the day (toast, cheerio’s, yogurt, Mum Mum’s, etc.). And he loves to eat – he mow’s down his food!

And he is such a happy baby these days too. It has been wonderful to have such a happy boy lately, I hope this lasts a while.

Muscle man!

At Moms house today Andy pulled himself up on the dining room table – he did like chin up, where he was holding onto the table and lifted his feet right off the floor, and pulled his face up to the level of the table. Man is he strong!

New foods and new schedule - good, good, and more good!

Andy had a lot of new foods today – plain yogurt (he makes awful faces but always wants more), toast (with and without butter – he ate almost a whole piece twice today!), and veggie Mum Mum’s (the new foods in them are spinach and pumpkin).

Andy has had a good schedule for the last few days – I hope it lasts! What he has been doing is waking up at 7:30, having a bottle and then breakfast, then napping at 9:20-9:30 until 11 or so, having lunch, napping again at 1pm, having another bottle at 3, having a snack, and then dinner, either having a short nap before or after dinner, and then going to bed around 8:30. It’s a good schedule – I like it!

Speedy little boy!

Andy is soooooooooo quick with his crawling and cruising! He can pull himself up on anything (and I mean anything), and he can get across the room and up the 4 stairs from the play room to the kitchen in about 3 seconds. I have to watch him all the time – every second!

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! ☺