Blessings of being a Mom

I have not been very good at taking my camera lately, sorry, no new pictures. It has been a very hectic week. By the time we got home last night I already had a sore throat, headache and a stiff neck. Today I woke up and still didn't feel well, but it was too nice of a day to stay in. So after doing a little visiting, and taking a long nap Andy and I caught some rays of sun on the playground. He is becoming a little soccer player and kicks the ball very well. Andy is very social and loves other kids and adults. After a while I took him up stairs for dinner. We finished watching a movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Andy loves this movie, I think it is because of the music. During the movie he cuddled up with me and I loved every moment. Playing I laid my head on his legs expecting to be pushed away but instead he gently played with my hair and ear, when I sat up he pulled me back down. What a sweet boy I have!

A "Sick" Day with Dad

We are finishing week 6 of Patrick's surgery rotation at Beth Isreal. It has been a long 6 weeks yet luckily it also goes by fast. We only have one more week and maybe a day of Patrick living in Manhattan, then he will move home to study and take his surgery shelf (exam). Andy and I both really miss Patrick. Last week we saw Patrick at the church on Wednesday, but Patrick was there for an activity with the Young men in our church and I was there for a Relief Society activity, so we didn't get to spend much time together. When Andy saw Patrick he went right too him and held on tight when Pat picked him up. I had to pry him off of Pat so Pat could go with the young men. Andy had tears and everything and he rarely tears up. After Pat was done he came to spend a little time with Andy. When we dropped Pat at the subway station Andy cried again as he waved goodbye and watched his dad cross the street in front of us. His reaction made me tear up too. He really does love his dad. Patrick worked all weekend so we didn't see him again until Sunday after church. Monday(3/8) Patrick did us a huge favor and declared it a "sick" day from his classes. We enjoyed a beautiful day at the zoo.

Thanks Patrick we needed a "sick" day with you!

Some Random Pictures

2/28/10
Andrew likes playing video games with Patrick. Here he was getting sleeping but you can see he is gripping that game controller. He even has a special place he likes to put the controller when he is done.

3/01 Andrew enjoys every bite of his sweets...

But he is always willing to share his loot.

3/2 On Tuesdays our friend Donna comes over to play. Here is Donna reading a Clifford book to Andy, Kelsey, Baby Jakie and Sierra (who is hiding behind baby Jakie). Andy Loves having his friends over to play.

If all the Snow Flakes were Hersey Bars and Cup Cakes

We had a pretty good snow storm hit us last Friday (02/26). We stayed in our Pajamas a little longer then usual. Andy continues to like hats, although for the past few months he rarely wore a hat instead he would say "at" while tapping his head then bring the hat for me or Patrick to wear, usually me. He would make me switch hats according to his desire and heaven forbid that I take the hat off. I was getting my share of hat wearing. Luckily he is getting back into wearing hats again, at least now we share the hat wearing.

He can see through the safari hat so he often wears it over his face.

Recently his new trick has been to practice his balancing act. He stands on his rocking giraffe, holding the handles, then he lets go of the handles and slowly tries to stand straight up. When he rocks to much he drops his hands right back down to the handles. I am amazed at how close he gets to standing straight up and how slowly he moves to keep his balance.

This was the sight from our window.

We finally got so tired of being indoors we bundled up and went for a walk. It really wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. Andy really enjoyed being out doors, even if he didn't care to be placed in the snow.

The snow was deep, especially when you are Andy's size.

Yummy, snow!

He kept trying to catch the snow on his tongue. I tried to teach him: "If all the snowflakes were Hersey bars and cup cakes oh what a snow it would be I'd stand outside with my mounth open wide going ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah."

He liked the part were we stick out our tongues and say ah, ah...

Back inside warm and cozy rocking out to the music on his Caterpillar that he got from Grammie and Grandpa Scarborough.

It turned out to be a Good snow day!