Um.... Birthday blog?

Is it possible that I never blogged the child's 2nd birthday? Oh my gosh, this home improvement project is draining all my brain cells...

Pre-birthday excitement

Pre-birthday cinnamon roll

We had a tool theme for his birthday party. Or our life. I'm not sure.






Sugar cookies instead of cake.


Yummy ice cream...


Everyone who came to the party signed this super awesome book about tools. There are tools for all kinds of professions: carpenter, doctor, painter, watchmaker, all kinds. Josh and I added a knitter at the end. Andrew recognized more than half of the knitter's tools. Proud momma.



Andrew woke up from his nap on his birthday as beautiful as ever. Josh and I had just a few minutes alone with him before the party. They were sweet.








Big tool man

When we were done he even helped clean up. He thought the oversized tool cutouts were particularly cool.

It was a great day. I actually enjoyed going through those pictures two months later. I hope you did too.

P.S. house pictures coming tomorrow. It is looking really great!

Where did my baby go?

We had the last of our snow, and I think we may have seen the last of our baby. He seems like such a big boy these days.

Listen for the "one, six, go!" I promise, I am teaching him to count correctly, he just can't do it when he is excited. It is so cute. :)

Grandnana has been sick lately and Andrew has been very concerned.


He thought giving her a shot would be a good idea.


Andrew is a flower hunter these days. He loves daffodils and "cwocases" the best.

Learning hand motions with Gramma

Do you see what I mean? He seems so big!!
Sorry I have been slow on the blog lately. We have been a little busy at the house:
Someone else's little baby's handprint in the foundation, from 1941


Playpen and a caulk gun


Dinner on a paint can


Moving in in 3 weeks!!

Mr Blue Eyes

Ball with "Fofie"

New things

There were two things different about this snow: 1.) it was wetter. 2.) Daddy was not at work. These two thing meant that instead of exploring and marveling at the snow, Andrew was formulating a snowball attack strategy.

Andrew spotted the amaryllis that mom and dad have every winter at their house. The flower was just about to open, which was completely fascinating to him. Since that moment, he has become my budding botanist. We are reading books about flowers from the library. We watch time lapse movies of flowers blooming. We spot every flower in a 1 mile radius, real or silk, and decide if it is open or closed. We even planted some flowers of our own:

(Hint: in these videos, listen for the words "Flowers, open, close." They have sort of become his mantra)

Andrew is picking up all kinds if new skills lately. Like cutting:

And sweeping:

And even a first attempt at knitting. He has some yarn that he plays with sometimes while I am knitting, and the other day he informed me he needed "pens" so he could knit. I assumed he meant needles.









He fiddles for a little while like he's tossing a salad, then says "ta-da!" and tells me what he made. Usually it's a flower for Sa-sa's wedding. He pays such close attention to what I do.

P.S. Aunt Terri, I haven't forgotten about his birthday pictures. Currently my photographer is running a business, working full time, and flipping a house for me, so I am trying not to be too demanding while I wait for the pictures. :)

Bubbles!

Don't worry, birthday pictures to follow. :)