A message from beyond?

Okay, so this totally spooked me! Last night, Mike called me to say he had to drive to another store to pick up some stock. After talking to him, I put Andrew in the tub, and he was playing for a little while, when all of a sudden he stands up, looks over my head, points, and says "dada". At this very same time, I got a chill up my spine that I couldn't shake. Andrew kept looking in this same spot, pointing at dada. Right before he did this, a very bad storm started blowing through. So, I got Andrew out of the tub & called Mike to make sure he was okay. Thankfully he was! Tonight's bath had nothing out of the ordinary!

Happy feet & bedtime!

Andrew is growing up so fast, and it never escapes amazing me at just how much he can learn and how fast. He holds an object up to me and watches me say it (like Ball) and he concentrates so hard to try to say it! Everything still comes out Da! but I'm pleased to say Ma! is working it's way into the mix! I think Andrew has figured out where his feet are! Lately, since he's had a terrible bout of eczema we have been giving him an oatmeal bath at night. The oatmeal bath makes the water look dirty to the point that you can't see anything underwater. When he's sitting there, I will ask him where his feet are, and he will start kicking his legs so his feet come out of the water! Then he just laughs like he is so proud of himself! He will do the same thing in his carseat, but nowhere else!

Andrew's bedtime is 8:00. Lately, as if on cue, at 8:00, he will stand up, grab his blankie and walk to his room to go to bed! He has done it 3 nights in a row! He gets to his crib, and then turns around and puts his arms up for me to lift him into bed. This is nothing we have taught him, he has just started doing it on his own!

Andrew Dancing

I know this video is a little dark & I couldn't get him to look at the camera, but let's face it, the cute part is how he shakes his little booty!!

Pictures

So I know I haven't posted any pictures in a while, so here are some recent ones!

My sweet Andrew!!

Riding his horse!

Liam & Andrew playing in the sand & water table!

Taking a bath after playing!

Oh my!

Has it really been that long since I've posted? I guess so! We've been so incredibly busy with Mike's birthday party, I didn't even notice the time! We had a wonderful day on Saturday with family and friends. The picnic down by the Fox ended up being beautiful weather - It was very hot, but the breeze from the river & lots of shade made it manageable! Then, the bar crawl ended up being 1 stop! We had so many people turn out to join us at the bar, we decided to stay put so everyone could stay together. It was so much fun to see everyone & Mike had a blast! Of course, I forgot to get out my camera (go figure! I take pics of everything!!), so I'll have to call in some favors to get some pictures from other people!

Mike has been working extra hard lately - he's helping get a new store open where he will be the head assistant manager. They've been working 60+ hours per week. It'll be good when this is done and we go back to our normal schedules!

We have Elburn Days coming up this weekend & Andrew gets to drive a tractor!! It's his 2nd Elburn days, but seeing as though he was only 11 weeks last year for the event, I'll say this will be the first one he'll enjoy!

Mike and I have our plane tickets to go to Denver at the end of September to see Katie, Jesse, Siven & Addie! We are so very excited!