We had a great Christmas vacation in Memphis, and Andrew had a fabulous time not only getting spolied with presents, but also playing with his cousins, who he's only met briefly one time before.
Seeing Andrew interact with his cousins brought tears to our eyes. With Andrew's autism diagnosis, interaction with other kids has always been very reserved, or nonexistent. With Ellie and Will, it was like he had two best friends. In fact, the first day they got out of the car, Andrew ran to the driveway and yelled "Hi, Ellie!!" while waving to her (we had only practiced names one time two days prior). It was adorable. Any time they were together, Andrew was always around one of them playing, and even taking turns. It was amazing to watch.
Anyway...on to the pictures...
Playing letters with Jaja.
Playing letters with Jaja.
Three generations working on a puzzle together. Andrew loves puzzles.
Opening some presents.
Dancing with Jaja.
Opening his present from Ellie and Will. Andrew absolutely adores this car track toy.
Playing games with Ellie.
Jumping on the cousins' new trampoline.
Playing piano at the Gober Christmas Eve party.
Hanging around with the cousins at Christmas dinner.
Playing cars with Will.
Helping Ellie groom her horse.
Just being cute.
Apparently, this is how you eat whipped cream off a piece of pie.
Saying goodnight at the end of Christmas Dinner night.
Andrew got to make his first Gingerbread house the week before Christmas. The house was already made from a kit, but Andrew dictated where we wanted the "glue" so that he could put candies on.
He absolutely loved doing it, but surprisingly never ate any of the candy, and you'll laugh when you see what he did with any icing that got on his fingers.
Yep...when Andrew got icing on his finger, he never ate it. He fed it to Sam or Emily. This kid is adorable.
