Andrew has been talking more and more and his vocabulary continues to expand. He constantly keeps us laughing with some of the things that come out of his mouth. For instance, one morning, we were about to turn on the TV and usually, he asks for a cartoon. But I guess Daddy has been watching a lot of financial shows because our financier in the making states as a matter of factly, "I watch the market!?". Our attorney in the making is trying out his negotiating skills as well. When I offer something, he will try to counteroffer like "one more minute?" and proceed to tell me "that's fair" or ask "How about that?" Drew has also thrown out "Let's talk about it." This kid cracks me up!
Andrew says "okayyy", but it comes out more like "otayyy". He likes to answer questions with "mmm hmm", but we are reiterating "yes, please" and "no, thank you". He is doing great in terms of asking for things politely. Sometimes on his own, he will ask "may I.....please?" whether it be asking to have something or do something.
He's also my little watchman telling me "Watch for cars in the road. Don't crash into cars!" as well as "Mom, wear your seat belt!" He does call me "Mom" pretty much all the time now. Which might be an improvement of his calling his father by "James...Daddy!"
Drew's sentences are getting longer and more complex. He loves to tell us things in a series especially in regards to what we should do, what he wants to do, where we should go, or what we should eat. And he will also interject with "maybe" this or that.
His favorite question to ask us is probably still "Why?" but "You play with me?" is quickly catching up!
Lately, his favorite things to play is LEGOs. He loves building the things from the instructions, but he's been spending more time doing free form building usually building cars, trains, fire trucks, airplanes, and boats.
Andrew has been watching more and more Fireman Sam especially on youtube of my phone. He also knows how to work my phone to play a train game and Angry Birds. His favorite stories to read are from the Disney Collection. We will pick out one to read before bedtime and he is agreeable to getting only one story since they are longer than most of the books we read him.
He has enjoyed watching some more feature length films with his favorites are probably Peter Pan and The Jungle Book and loves the songs Following the Leader and Bare Necessities. Oh, and he loves the Katy Perry song Last Friday Night and sings along when she sings the letters T.G.I.F.
Some of his favorite things to do include going to McDonald's...sad, I know. He still loves going to the pool and is making great strides on swimming. Andrew still loves going down to my parents' house and asks all the time to spend the night there. He even asks for Ngoai and Papa to babysit him!! Heck yeah! He also asks to go back to Austin, Las Vegas, and Mickey's house, which is what he calls Disneyland.
My sweet boy isn't too keen on my going back to work, but is understanding it more and more. He knows that if I am working from home that I can't play with him and he has to wait until after I am done with my work.
Andrew is getting better about dressing himself. He loves to tell us what we have taught him "tag in the back!"
He's been okay going down for night night. He still sleeps on the floor, but every now and then will sleep on his bed. Maybe one reason he is sleeping on the floor is because there is not enough room in his bed with all the stuffed animals, blankets, and pillows that he insists on sleeping with. The fighter still tries to stall by yelling out "I love you" to us or coming out and saying that "I want to hug you" or "I want to kiss you". Additionally, he puts on more of a fight about napping asking to take a "short nap". But he ends up sleeping a good while anyways.
In terms of potty training, he has had more accidents lately. He will tell us that the pee came out too fast and he couldn't make it to the toilet. But he is doing better and we have tried to encourage him by allowing him to earn TV time by staying dry and being good when going to bed.
AJ is still eating about the same things. But his favorites right now are definitely "asian noodles" as he calls them. He loves the one from the Japanese eatery in Baybrook mall, but will eat them just about anywhere. He still enjoys his Italian noodles of course too! He is also big into these fruit jellies from the Asian market. It's funny seeing him suck it out of the little container they come in. For breakfast, he likes to request pancakes and waffles and always asks to put chocolate chips in them. And another favorite thing about Ngoai's and Papa's house is that they give him chocolate covered almonds and sometimes, right before bedtime. Talk about spoiling their grandson!
Our little guy has continued to be such a trooper after losing of his little brother. He still asks about him and will tell us "I miss Matthew" sometimes out of the blue. He nearly always asks to pray for Matthew after we say the "Our Father" at bedtime. And his favorite stuffed animal to sleep with is Matty Bear.
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