Jez the Superdog

Here is Jez showing off the 3 toys she had in her mouth the other night. Her record is 5 toys (I have that pic hanging in our closet). Whenever she can't get your attention, she will pick up as many toys as she can and come into the room. It always works! 

This week Andrew has been having quite a bit of fun with the Play Doh and write board markers I bought him. The markers are a bit messy, though. 

Over the weekend, he went on a play date at  Emily's parents' house. Emily's niece was there, as well as Tammy's kids. Emily's mom bought Andrew a cute little cell phone that helps me get him in and out of the car. :) 

Lily and Andrew

He also had his last music class last week, and he will be starting a "soccer" class for kids 18 months to 3 years this week. I bought him some new shoes at Kohl's with my 30% off coupon. :) 

They aren't as cool as my shoes, but hopefully he will wear them....

Anytime he wants to go outside, he brings me my shoes or wears them. 

On Sunday, we finally picked up the play house that Tammy found at a garage sale last month. Only $20! Tammy was kind enough to keep it at her house for the past month. It is a hit!! He has been playing in it every chance he gets.

Today Andrew received the sweetest package from his Great Grandma Kay! It was a Mickey book (his favorite!). 

At first, all he wanted to do is squeeze the packing peanuts into tiny crumbles. 

My favorite part was the card! I have a bag where I keep all of the cards he has received since he was born, so this one is definitely going in there. 

Love it!

Time Outdoors...even when it's 100 degrees.

There is nothing that Andrew likes more than playing outside! Even though it has been ridiculously hot the last few weeks, we still find time to go out every afternoon or evening.

He has been watching me water some new plants I put in about a month ago, so he decided to help out one afternoon. It's amazing how much he observes. Watering like a true champ!

 On Saturday evening, Mike had a guys night out in Madison, so I invited my friends and their kids over for a wild bash from 4 to 6:30. :) Before they came over, Andrew was having a blast with his new bubble maker.

 

Andrew did not want a group shot as usual. We literally paid Kaden and Peyton to sit there (25 cents each). 

 

The next day, he was really into the box that holds his toys. It was a good 15 to 20 minutes of fun.

Goofball!

Music class was a little bit of a bust this week, as he didn't want to go in for some reason the first half of class. Every time we walked in, he would start screaming and run for the door. So we didn't disrupt the class, we spent half of it looking in through the window. I then figured out if I gave him a pacifier, he would go in without screaming.

We had a really stressful day at work yesterday, as they went through mass layoffs again. This time it ended up being 300 people, but I survived another round. I think it's safe to say we are all sitting a little uneasy. Hopefully this is it for a while!

Dancing Duo

I was finally able to get these videos off of my phone, as I have been having some issues with my phone this week. This is quite the duo!

4th of July

This 4th of July was a hot one! I took off the whole week, and Andrew and I didn't get to do much of anything, since it was over 100 degrees the whole week. We did exciting things like Target at 8 in the morning before it got too hot. Here he is in one of the big carts they have at Target, because I couldn't get him in a regular cart. I never thought this would be me...

They were restocking the shelves that day, so we had to back out of every aisle, and I was banging him into all sorts of things. 


The day before the 4th, we met my dad and aunt and uncle for lunch. Where did we go? That's right. Andrew's favorite place. Noodles and Company.

He also spent some time chasing the dog around the house with his cart.

The morning of the 4th was off to a really bad start. Andrew was running through the kitchen, and he fell and chipped his tooth. Blood was oozing from his mouth into my hand and his tooth was on his lip.  It was pretty scary. We called Mike's mom, and she called one of the dentists she works for. While the dentist was out, his wife was nice enough to let us come over, and she took a look at his mouth. She thought the tooth would need to be filed down at some point, but she didn't think that there was any damage to the gums. The dentist ended up calling later and said we should wait to do anything, because he would need to go under if we did anything now. We have been keeping an eye on it, but I think we are in the clear. We are just happy that he is okay, and we can worry about the tooth later. We survived his first real injury. I'm sure there's more to come. :) 


That afternoon, we went over to Mike's parents' house, and we had a great time watching Andrew throw the snappers that I bought him. 

Here is a video of him throwing a snapper...

Maybe if I could learn to open my eyes, this would be a good one.

Getting some water after hanging out in the 100 degree heat. He has been doing such a good job with a real cup!

On Thursday, we headed over to my friend Andrea's house, so he could have a play date with her two kids. Bella and Andrew were dancing and having a great time. Bella gave him lots of kisses and even did a slow dance with him.

He and Kennedy had dinner together while laughing at each other from across the table. After dinner, he played a little music for the group.

  
Bella was nice enough to bring him his water in case he got thirsty while playing. 

On Sunday, he went to Kennedy's first birthday party at the park. It just so happened that Andrew (me) was the lucky one that pulled the candy out of the pinata. 

While everybody went for the candy, Andrew went for the strings that pulled the candy out. He doesn't know what he is missing out on yet!