Happy Birthday Grandma!

Andrew has been working on his walking skills and is gaining more confidence wobbling around. He loves playing with his blocks and all his different toys that light up and make noise. His new trick is to give me a kiss on the cheek when I say, "kiss". We went out to see Dave's family this past weekend to celebrate his mom's birthday.I love my Grandma!

What a good looking family! Andrew was a little shy around Uncle Ryan.

I always swore would never take a picture of my kids with food on their faces because I thought it was so gross, but somehow its really cute when it happens to Andrew!

Andrew can feed himself his bottle...another ten minutes of free time for mama!

Andrew loves playing the "drums" I create for him. Anyone wanna start a band?

Andrew talking to the kitty through the window.Andrew offering kitty a scrap of paper to play with.

10 Months old!

Andrew loves playing on the porch in the fresh air.

Andrew cruising at the playground.

Eating Cheerios.

Yummy!

Andrew and Kitty

Andrew loves the kitties and they tolerate him pretty well. Just wait until he starts walking, though! He gets so excited to see them and often lets out a yell of joy which kind of freaks the cats out. Today he watched Macy playing with toys in the basement and he thought it was so funny. His first word is "kitty" which you can hear him say in the video--it sounds like "kee". I'm working on getting him to say mama next.

Andrew is crawling! He prefers to get around by walking holding onto mom or dad's hands since that's fastest but we are trying to encourage him to crawl his way over and we've been helping him to practice his walking skills as well. He does four or five wobbly steps between mom and dad and has done a few steps between pieces of furniture on his own.

Andrew loves studying the grass. What a cute little botanist.

Someone better catch me!

Peek a boo!

Andrew's First Steps!

Andrew decided he wasn't satisfied with just scooting on his butt and recently has been taking a few steps on his own. Check him out as he takes a few of his first steps!

Andrew scooting

Andrew is not really into crawling but has managed to develop a little scoot of his own with gentle coaxing from mom and dad. He doesn't scoot a lot in the video but you can see his method and he is now pretty good at getting around the kitchen this way. It is a little harder to do on the carpet but he can scoot a little there, too.

9 months old!

Andrew has been growing and changing so much lately! He is really getting to be so big we can't believe it. He loves to walk around holding onto to mom or dad's hands and definitely has his own mind about what he wants to do when. His naps have finally started getting longer! Andrew has always loved our cats and now whenever he sees one he says, "kee!". We are pretty sure that this is a shortened version of kitty. He had his nine month checkup today and is very healthy. He is 19 1/2 pounds and 29 inches. Andrew has been showing more interest in solids and likes feeding himself little pieces of bread, cheese, fruits and veggies.

Andrew and Daddy playing together in the kitchen.Andrew loves opening and closing drawers and cupboards.Andrew loves looking at books. His favorite is F is for Farm. Sometimes when I am reading him another book he pushes it aside and reaches for F is for Farm. I guess there's just something about it!Some star puff action.