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  • Dinner picnic 

    Dinner picnic 

    In the living room…  Sometimes you just need to change it up. No complaints from the little guy.

  • Happy Easter! 

    Happy Easter! 

    I’ll use any excuse to dress this little ham up!  

        
        
        
       Egg hunt at church! 
        
     Time flies when you’re having fun. Easter 2015. A lot of changes in 12 months.  

  • Andrew & Miles: BFF’s for Life!

    Andrew & Miles: BFF’s for Life!

    We visited the Castellanos’ on Long Island and Andrew may have had the best day of his entire life. He was instantly enthralled by their boys, Jackson (6) and Miles (3). Andrew thought Miles was the funniest person on the planet and pretty much belly laughed the entire day. Here is a snap shot of them watching cartoons together. I wish I could have bottled up his happiness and saved it forever. [youtube]https://youtu.be/gjzQIW98nKc[/youtube]

  • Andrew, Live!

    A collection of videos over the last few months:

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  • Hodge Podge

    Hodge Podge

    Life has been quite busy the last few weeks with work, work travel and just the semi-chaotic state that is life of with a toddler creeping into the ‘terrible twos.’ We also received some unexpected visitors in February when my mom fell and broke her foot. She took a nasty tumble down some stairs that resulted in emergency surgery and a number of plates and screws to put her back together. I call it the ‘Home Depot’ treatment since there is so much hardware in there. Regardless, she’s been seeking refuge from her stair-filled home in LBI while she recovers. Andrew has been loving the extra attention from Grandma and Grandpa- especially when Grandma reads him countless (!) books over and over and over again. ‘Good Nighter Digger’ and ‘Good Night Tractor’ are his current favorites.

    Ok….well not all work trips are so terrible. Mommy escaped to a conference in Florida earlier this week and accidentally got lost by the pool. And somehow a margarita fell into my hand. It was the craziest thing!

     Reading and watching cartoons with grandma:  Messing/playing with grandpa’s computer:
     Tuckered out from all the playing and reading:  Just looking posh and on his way out for Indian food:

  • Little leprechauns 

    Little leprechauns 

       
        
        
     

  • Ready for summer!

    Ready for summer!

    This cool dude is ready for some summer sunshine!   

     

  • Florida/ A Visit to Grandmas!

    Florida/ A Visit to Grandmas!

    This past weekend Andy and I went to Naples, Florida for a weekend away with our friends Nathan and Andrea. We were having too much baby-free fun to take any pictures of the beach, tennis, good weather or great food. Oh well, but I suppose that’s the sign of a great weekend. Thanks to the Cenkos for hosting us and can’t wait to go back in October for the wedding!

    Meanwhile, Andrew spent the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa James in Maryland. By the looks of it he was smothered in love and attention- no surprise there. Here are a few pictures from their walks, trip to the mall and time together!

      
      

      

  • Picture Day 2016

    Picture Day 2016

    What a character. Screen Shot 2016-03-07 at 3.40.04 PM (2) Screen Shot 2016-03-07 at 3.40.52 PM (2)

  • 15 Months!

    15 Months!

    One of the best things I did in Andrew’s first year was a monthly post tracking all the new, silly or interesting things the little man was up to. In year two I’ve decided to share quarterly updates so we can always look back and remember those important- but all too fleeting- milestones.

    So here it is- 15 months (ish…I’m a little late!). Andrew is 33 3/4 inches tall, thus placing him above the 95% in height. Andy is so so proud. He weighs  23 lbs, 13 oz and in the 66% for weight and wears 18-24 mos size clothes. A healthy growing boy for sure! We are still BLESSED with a fantastic sleeper. Andrew is down to one afternoon nap a day (12-2 approximately). He also goes to bed between 7:15-8 pm and doesn’t wake until 6:30-7 am. No fussing, back rubbing or lullabies required. All he wants is his little elephant blanket and he’s good to go. Seriously, it’s AMAZING.

    Andrew is a walker and budding runner. He’s very sturdy on his feet and has figured out how to navigate the stairs; both directions. He still LOVES wheels and pushing things around the house. He has a mild obsessions with books and his ‘wee-mote’ control car. He almost always has a car or truck in his hand. He’s all boy- no question. Andrew has also developed a fondness for his monkey stuffed animal affectionally called ‘key.’ But the true love of his life (besides mommy) is the Roomba or ‘ba’ as he calls it. He will literally follow the Roomba around for hours if we let him. Each morning he runs into our room to play with it. But I can’t complain; clean floors and happy baby.

    He eats ‘adult’ food for all meals and some of his favorites are french toast, bananas applesauce, pizza, chicken nuggets, bread, yogurt, vanilla cookies, broccoli bites and spinach-kale juice (no judgement- he likes it and I’m going ride that wave as long as I can!). He’s not a fan of most fruit surprisingly.

    Andrew spends his days at the Palmer School in Bernardsville, NJ. He loves his teacher Miss Anna and his best buddies are Austin Hogan and JP (from school). He still enjoys walks with mommy (and Austin), going to the playground and exploring. He’s a curious little fellow with a serious playful streak. He loves to be tickled, play hide and seek and just be with others. His speech is coming along slowly and we’re hoping the warmer weather will mean an end to his almost constant ear infections. Fingers crossed!

    All told, we are some of the luckiest parents out there! It doesn’t get much better than this little man!