"Almost 2"

It’s time for another update because Andrew is 20 months as of December 10. Yikes…I’m starting to tell people he’s “almost 2” and that is just not right! We even packed away a lot of “baby” stuff and it made me very sad. That reminds me…I better book the photographer now for the 2-year photos since I never really did 18 months officially.

BUT, Christmas is going to be awesome this year with Andrew understanding so much more. His newest thing now though is to say “No” to whatever question you ask him. Do you want a cookie? No. Do you like playing with Daddy? No. Where is Minne? No. Aunt Beth heard it on the phone and she declared it adorable. Well, it is for a while :-) Do you want to take a nap? No! And that one gets a “real” NO complete with headshaking, etc. If he really means no, he does more of an “Uh, uh!”

We’ve been busy Christmas shopping, decorating (as much as we can with “almost 2-yr-old” hands grabbing at everything!) and hanging out together enjoying “normal” life now that Jeff is back to work. He’s liking it so far and of course we like that paycheck back. I’m still plugging along part time and loving/hating every minute of it! ;-) It might be time for the pros and cons list soon…

Big milestones for Andrew this month were his second haircut and a second visit to Santa. He did a LITTLE better at the haircut, but he still had to sit on my lap. He just doesn’t want those ticklish clippers near his head! Last year Santa was scary, but this year he didn’t care—it was the waiting in line that he would have no part of. We had to abort the line at San Tan mall since he started a tantrum and then this past weekend we went to Superstition Springs Mall to try again. I got smart and bribed him with a sucker that lasted JUST long enough so he had tootsie pop slobber on his chin for the photo! Santa told me he wanted a laptop and a cell phone!

Andrew is also trying to "sing" lately...this video is a rough singing--he does better! hahahaha...