Some Pictures

We had to get new batteries for our camera, so it's been a while since I posted about stuff ...

So, here are some new pictures of Andrew.

Andrew is getting into EVERYTHING. And he's not even mobile left. He loves to get into his "toybox" - aka the laundry basket and pick out toys and dump them on the floor. He also goes for any piece of paper he can find to rip it up. And he seems to have a special affinity for electrical cords.

We had a nice Thanksgiving. We went to my (Amanda's) advisors house. There was lots of people and good food. Andrew fell asleep during the dinner. Afterwards, everyone was jamming - singing, playing on the guitar, vibraphone, piano. Katsu gave a try on the drums and sounded really good - and he's never played them before. Definately interesting to see a different side of my advisor.

The day after Thanksgiving, we hit all the sales. Ever since Katsu learned about Black Friday, he has loved the idea, so it's the one day, I really let him shop, shop, shop till he drops. We went to 10 different stores!!!

Then, on Saturday, we cooked our own turkey. Katsu got a huge 19 pounder because he loves turkey and especially turkey leftovers (Which we will have FOREVER). We did the whole dinner - mashed potatoes, yams, gravy, cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing. So, Andrew already had his first two thanksgiving dinners - although he didn't really eat anything.

We put up all our decorations on Wednesday because Katsu had a really bad day at work. And it was really fun and cheered us all up. We love Christmas.

6 Month Visit

Andrew had his 6 month checkup yesterday. He is only 90% now (20 lbs 5 oz) for weight and still 85% for height. His head circumference has gone down, but probably because of the helmet, I would guess. The doctor proclaimed the reason(s) he is not sleeping - his helmet looks like it is bothering him (um, yes), he has fluid in his ear, and he is teething. What a great combination!!! The poor kid got his shots even with his cold. Poor kid. And then he had a relatively high fever of 102.6 last night and was very hot and had a hard time sleeping. So, hopefully, he gets better soon! Sick babies are so sad looking.

A video of sweet potato

6 months

Andrew turned six months old yesterday. This has been a bit of a hard month because of having the helmet. The first two weeks were like having a newborn with him waking up every hour or two. It got better ... but this week is worse with him up 3-4 times a night again. IN the beginning, he also always swatted at his helmet, so much so that he got a blister on his finger, poor kid. He also figured out how to wriggle out of it at night, but he hasn't done that since the first week. Although today I caught him trying to lift the thing off (and he almost accomplished it!), the sneaky thing.

Other than sleep and helmet, it was a good month. Andrew is fabulous at sitting up which is SOOO nice. He sits and plays most of the day. Refuses to do tummy time now and just rolls over immediately, but oh, well. It has made it much easier for us so we don't have to carry the heavy boy all the time. He loves playing with blocks, cups.

He has become really aware and has a really big personality. If he wants to play with a toy, he stares at it and then you and then the toy until you take him over there. He also is very talkative and makes these little high pitched "Hi!" and "Hey" sounds all the time. He also started giving us kisses on our cheeks, which I thought was really cute since we didn't teach it to him at all.

One other bad / good note - our babysitter quit which has made things a bit more difficult but was probably better since he cried the whole time he was there. We tried another friend to see if it was the babysitter or Andrew - it was definitely Andrew. He cried at her house the whole time. Even after I comforted him, as soon as he saw her he would burst into tears. He is somewhat better if he is at our house. He definitely has preferences for people, even strangers. Some he goes straight into conversation with and others he just eyes skeptically.

We are starting to give him solids a bit for the next week, but not much interest, so we'll have to keep going on it.

We're having fun, even though its been a really hard month. Happy 6 months baby!

Newer Videos

Techno baby!

Old Videos

Some old videos, because grandparents live on this sorta thing

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