- Still has only 4 teeth on top and 2 on bottom. He's going to have some strong teeth when he finally gets them!
- Is finally sleeping reasonable amounts of time. For the most part he's very easy to put down for a nap or bedtime (and has even fallen asleep in his high chair before) and he'll generally stay asleep as long as he's supposed to (2 hours at nap time and 11 hours at night). He's even starting to wake up some talking rather than screaming!
- Currently is taking antibiotics for a sinus infection-- he's had this cough/ runny nose for weeks! He's still sleeping well, thankfully, and acting mostly normal, just a little whinier. This is really the first time he's ever been truly sick!
- Is still obsessed with the vacuum and brooms. He will literally cry if I get them out and don't let him play before I put them away. He would probably be perfectly happy if he got a vacuum and a step stool for Christmas.
- He loves music and dancing. He loves to hammer things or hit things. He is really getting into driving little cars around on the floor. He will sometimes play with his sisters dolls, but usually it is just to beat them against the furniture. He loves pushing buttons or making things do stuff. He also loves to chase Leah around the house. He's getting very fast at his walking!
- Doesn't really say a lot of new words, but will mimic many things he hears. Lately he will "sing" Happy Birthday right along with his sister when she sings-- sounds just like it! He also pointed at the baby Jesus in a nativity scene and said "Jesus!" We were amazed! (Of course he also said the donkey was a "doggie", but that's really the only animal he knows right now.) Basically I can say, "Andrew, say.... [whatever]" and he will repeat something that sounds like it!
- He's really going through a separation anxiety/ "Mommy Only" phase right now, but it's not so bad. I've found if I want to leave him in the nursery it's best if someone else takes him from me and takes him in there-- as if he's leaving me, not the other way around. When Brett & I are both home, he always wants me. (Except when we were at my parents' house and he only wanted Grandma or Grandpa!) However, Brett is much better at getting him to sit still than I am. When he sits with me, he generally wants to squirm his way down.
- He is finally starting to get interested in books. He will bring me a book, then turn himself around to plop down on to my lap. He might not sit and hear the whole book (except at bedtime, he will listen to a whole one) but he will get up and go get a different one. He especially loves to look at books with pictures of his family.
- He can be sweet and cuddly at times and he loves to give out kisses, but most of the time he is all rough and tumble, full of energy and on-the-go. He has no fear and loves to do things that might get him into trouble. Yet at the end of the day, he still wants me to rock him to sleep.
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