In true Fleenor Form, we stamped and iced around 200 sugar cookies today. Last year the only way Andrew got to participate in this most delightful tradition was by enduring the sugar coma I always experience after snacking and icing all day. This year he was in on all the action.
First punch.
Wow...
This year all our cookies have little finger-sized holes in the middle where he helped Aunt Emily get the cookie out of the cutter. Makes them even sweeter.
Of course, what he really wanted to do was wield the big rolling pin.
Went to the doc today, and Andrew definitely has a virus, which I figured. His ears and throat look great, which is what I was mostly worried about. I'm still glad we went because when I took off his clothes for them to weigh him he was covered in a rash all over his torso. Apparently this is a sign that his fever broke, which seems to be true since it's 7:00 and we are fever free! Woohoo! He is still SUPER tired (he took 3 naps today AND went to bed 30 minutes early) but it looks like we are on the upswing. :) Thanks for the concern.
Since no post would be complete without pictures, here are some assorted ones from the last few weeks:
Pretending to play MarioKart. Notice Leela, only a foot away. She gets more attached to Andrew every day.
All time favorite toy. It shoots balls out of the tube and then they slide back in. It's magical.
"How'd you get way up there?" One of Andrew's many treks up the stairs at Grandma and Grandpa's.
We go to the Christmas tree farm in Clyde with Scott and Lisa every year to get our Christmas tree. This year we took Quinton, Emily's boyfriend. The Fleenors are really fun to tree hunt with for 2 reasons: 1.) because of their giant house, we get to pick out a GIANT tree. 2.) they insist on looking at every tree on the mountain. Here are some pictures from the day.
On the way. So excited!
Is our tree over here?
Or over here?
Pretty!
Here it is! It's perfect!
It was a great day. :)
This weekend we went to the Bartholomew Christmas Party, which was really great. It is so good to visit with everyone. Andrew had his first Christmas present experience. As you might expect, it was more about the paper than the present. I think he got a book, but it doesn't show up in the video. :)
For those concerned Great-Aunts and Aunts out there (Kathy, Jen, Terri, Lisa, Sara, Robin, etc), an update on Andrew's fever: He has been running a fever between 4pm-12am every night since Friday night. He doesn't really have any other symptoms besides general grouchiness/weepiness. I called the doctor Monday morning and they said it sounds like a virus, but to bring him in if it persists. Since it's still 100 degrees tonight, we are going to the doctor in the morning. Before you get too concerned, take a look at what he has been doing over the last few days. :)
Of course in between learning to write Mommy love notes and roll balls, he looks like this:
