A couple of weeks ago, Grandma Mertes came by to drop some stuff off and cut the boy’s (Aaron and Andrew) hair. AJ’s hair was getting long over the ears and long on top. So Grandma trimmed him up and he looks such like a little boy.
Putting the cape on and seeing what Grandma was doing.
He didn’t really like getting his hair cut.
A cute little boy.
I am starting to get more and more behind on blogging. Andrew turned 10 months of Father’s day. I can’t believe in 2 months we will be celebrating his first birthday!
He is walking with assistance everywhere! We have a push walker and he gets all around the house with that. We have been working on child proofing the house. We have a shelf/table in the corner of the dining room for all our board and card games. We knew AJ would find that and have lots of fun, so we put all the games in the hall closet and turned it to a play area. We bought baskets to organize all the cars and balls and little toys and it is the perfect height for him to stand there and play. And all the toys stay in a general location for now. He has figured out how to open drawers and cupboards, turn knobs and push buttons. He can get from a sitting to crawling position. He can get up on all fours and scoot backwards but not forwards. So I am guessing it will happen any day. He constantly sleeps on his stomach. I am just happy he is not opposed to his stomach anymore. He still has 2 little teeth on the bottom but is teething like crazy, so I am expecting more soon. He still hasn't mastered “mama” yet. He loves saying dad and babbles using dad several times. I tease Aaron that Andrew is telling all his secrets. And not post would be complete without pictures to “ooh and ahh” over:
We went to the park and had lunch one day. AJ decided he could get out part of his own lunch and get it ready himself.
He also thinks he is old enough to mow the lawn like dad.
He and dad build forts to sleep and play in while mom is at work.
I think he likes his new play corner.
His Stats:
Ht: 29 inches
Wt: 20 lbs 9 ozs
Head Circ: 47.5 cm
We have been having fun playing outside, going to story time at the library and playing with friends. I love the summer time with the warm weather and playing outside. We ventured on our bikes last week and rode from our house to Sunnyside park to play and back up the hill to our house. Aaron and I have set a goal to ride our bikes 3-4 times a week this summer and go camping more. I can’t wait to take Andrew on these adventures!
My neighbor has cilantro growing like a weed in her garden and she brought us some. Well me being the mexican food fan that I am, we go through the bag of cilantro in a week. I called her today to see if I could come get some more and she gave me a planter box full of cilantro plants. I have a very brown thumb and kill any plant I am given and try to take care of. (It really should be a super power. I wonder if I could be a plant killing super hero? Probably not.)
When I got home from mutual tonight, Andrew and I planted them.
Andrew had a good time playing in the potting soil, with the shovel and the watering can. I had to stop him a few times from picking the leaves off the plants.
Note: Andrew is usually fully dressed, but Aaron changed his diaper and didn't put his shorts back on and he wanted to go outside with me.
