He is still very much into fire trucks and trains. I think he probably plays with them every single day!! He loves to pretend that the fire trucks are answering calls especially to save "cat in a tree." And when he plays in his kitchen, he likes to ask us "what you like to eat?" and will pretend to cook and prepare our requested meal. We usually ask for things like noodles, soup, fruit or vegetables.
We have been trying to play some more board games and Andrew so far likes memory, Hi HO Cherry O, Candyland, and Chutes and Ladders. And sadly, he wins lots more than he should without us even trying to lose on purpose!
Drew is very much into Fireman Sam and Chuggington. He has started watching Jake and the Neverland Pirates on the Disney Channel as well as watching Dinosaur Train on PBS again. He occassionally asks to go back to the movie theatre, which I would love to do, but haven't seen anything advertised that I feel a real need to take him too. But we are also introducing more full length movies to him on DVD, but watch in parts instead of the whole thing at one sitting. So far, he has watched Pinocchio and The Little Mermaid. He didn't like Ursula very much understandably so. He has watched a few episodes of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry and likes them so far.
Andrew really enjoys kicking around the soccer ball with Daddy at home, but his favorite outdoor activity by far right now is swimming. He might ask to go swimming every day. He has been making great strides on learning how to swim and has gotten so much better about putting his face in the water.
As of late, his artwork includes drawing people, trains along with lots of train cars, tracks, fire trucks, firefighters, hoses, ladders, signals, fish tanks, roller coasters, airplanes, boats, and whatever else he can think of.
He really enjoys going to League City to visit Ngoai and Papa and asks to spend the night quite a bit too, which means we just need to take advantage of letting him sleepover there more! Drew really enjoys our little routine of going to the neighborhood pool, eating dinner, and then playing a little soccer at night. Another little routine he likes at my parents' house is eating chocolate covered almonds and cashews before bedtime!
He does a decent job of going to bed at night, but is a master in the art of stalling even more now. He will ask for hugs, kisses, water, and lately, to finish his dinner. This kid will try anything to fight off sleeping!!
And speaking of eating, he has been really good about eating more fruit. He likes to now eat cherries and pull out the stems and seeds. I have to admit, I still am a little apprehensive when he eats them for fear he will choke on the seeds. Andrew is also really liking Clementine oranges and can eat like three or four of them in one sitting!! For breakfast, Andrew has been asking to eat Toaster Strudel with the frosting. And I don't know if this might be just a summer thing, but Drew has been wanting to cool off with popsicles more recently too.
Andrew's speech continues to improve and he is doing a pretty good job of trying to get those final consonant sounds. We still have to remind him, but sometimes, he does it naturally, which we are so thrilled with!! He is talking in more complex sentences and we love hearing him talk. he says things like "yes ma'am", "umm hmmm" for yes, "orite" for all right, and "o tay" for okay. He will also ask for things by saying "may I have {blank} please?" We get a lot of "will you play with me please?" too! One of my favorites was when he said something and threw in "we talk about it?" just like I will say to him so often. He also says "I love you more" which of course, melts my heart. The fighter will tell us quite often "I not tired" too. And lately, he will ask me "when Daddy come home?" And if I turn it around on him and ask him what time Daddy comes home, he will reply "5:30". He will also ask me "when it get dark?" and now can answer "8 o'clock".
And Andrew has had to do a bit of growing up lately...and sadly, not in the way we would want. It's been really hard on him with everything that happened with Matthew. Andrew had of course been more and more curious and more and more excited about his baby brother and would ask all the time "when he coming out?" And he was talking about things he wants to do with him when he does arrive like holding him and feeding him. One day, he even said he wanted to teach him how to play trains. So cute. He loved to kiss my belly and say "I love you" to the baby too. He was so excited about being a big brother and was ready for it.
When we first found out about the hydrops, we told him that something was wrong and we weren't sure what was going to happen, but the doctors were trying to help us as best they could. He has been so brave with the hospital stays and doctor visits and good with Ngoai and Nonna caring for him while we have been away. We told him that Matthew had a very bad boo boo on his heart and lungs and the doctors did everything they could, but his boo boos were really really bad. We told him that Matthew went up to Heaven to be with God and Jesus. And he will add in "and Co Bay too?" referring to my aunt who passed away earlier this year. But he has done amazingly well considering and hopefully, we can help him to understand our loss.
It's been a rough month for us all, but Andrew is still such a blessing in our lives. We love you so much, little man!
I don't have any pictures from today, but here are a few more from swimming down in League City.
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