Andrew's Adventures

Three things are currently important to Andrew and not much else: TV, Standing, and Sitting Up

He doesn't really have any desire to do the rolling over from his back to front thing unless he is placed facing away from the TV on his back... he will then roll onto his side and crane his neck to see whatever is on (usually ESPN). He is also pretty content with watching the television upside down and skipping the rolling onto his side part. Other than that, no toy, mirror, or anything else is motivating enough to get the kid to attempt to roll. (This makes me very happy and I hope it continues :) No rolling from back to front means less movement= less work for me!)

We make exceptions to our no TV policy for few things... one of them is Yankees vs Red Sox baseball. Here are father and son watching the game together over the weekend. Notice that Andrew didn't have to watch this upside-down from his playmat on the floor. He still hasn't made up his mind yet about who to cheer for.


Andrew also had some fun playdates this week. On Tuesday we started our day at Cuesta Park w/ a former student, her mom Rachel, and her little brother. Andrew liked sliding down the slide with Rachel and swinging on the swings with me, but his favorite thing to do was stand up on the play structure like one of the big kids. Anytime I tried to sit him down, put him back in his stroller, etc. he protested. It was pretty funny.



Later in the afternoon we headed up to a park in Pleasant Hill (East Bay) to visit my cousin Jenny and her daughter Kate. Andrew mostly just watched Kate play and wanted to stand up some more.

This was Andrew's facial expression right as he started to have a meltdown.
Fortunately Kate wasn't phased by it.

Hanging out with Jenny

I loved this picture- Kate zoning out and Andrew looking like he's asking her "What should we do now?" Couldn't get any pics with them both looking at the camera or smiling... so we'll have to keep trying next time :)


Our adventures together continue to get more interesting as Andrew's personality develops and he starts actually having an opinion. Currently he loves to silently and not so silently protest about doing certain things... sitting in his carseat, lying down, sitting in his swing, sitting in his rocker, etc. He wants to be sitting up by himself and he wants to be standing, so I spend a good portion of the day helping him with these things. Today he actually sat all by himself for a few seconds (long enough for me to snap these pictures). Notice that my foot didn't have to sneak in and hold him up. A few seconds after I took the pictures, he started to lean sideways and slowly move towards the floor. He wanted to keep practicing though. Sitting by himself is a skill that I am excited about (I could care less if he crawls, scoots, or does any of that sort of movement anytime soon :))... unfortunately there are several more things he needs to be able to do before this will be consistent. Little successes are so fun though!