Halloween

Andrew had quite a busy Halloween week.  He started at a party for Emily's Moms' Group, spent a day at the Aquarium's Halloween party, and spent Halloween night with his friends in Senoia.  Andrew was a very convincing Kermit the frog!

A visit from the Grandparents!

In a matter of 48 hours in the last week of October, Andrew got a visit by two sets of grandparents.  It was a very good visit, and Andrew got all sorts of love!

Grandma!

Grandaddy Bill!

Grandaddy and Jaja

Very studious.

Six Month Appointment

Andrew had his six month appointment the other day.  He is doing very well and the doctor says he is hitting everything he needs to hit involving hands, sitting, etc.  He also got a few more shots, which made him cry for only about five seconds.  He takes these things a little better than Sam did when he was a kid.

Andrew is now 22lbs 13 oz,  and 27 3/4 inches tall.  That's a gain of almost 14 lbs. and 6 inches since he was born!  His head size is also off the charts.

I'm Watching You!

We have a camera on Andrew's crib so that we can keep an eye on him.  It gives a little more info than just a noise monitor.  Sam set it up to record a time-lapse movie every night while Andrew is in the crib.  It started just to see how Andrew was moving around in his crib, because we'd find him totally turned around each morning. Then, it just became something funny to watch.

The camera has a ring of infrared LEDs on it, so that it can see in the dark room.  Apparently, Andrew now sees those LEDs and he has become mesmerized by them.  Many mornings, he's found looking right into the camera.  And with the time lapse movies recording,  there have been quite a few images captured of him doing that.

Most of these images were taken on different days, but a few are from the same day.  Some of the faces he makes are pretty hilarious.  I kind of want to caption them.

Some more from October

Andrew continues to do new things, and who are we to keep those to ourselves?

One thing Andrew wanted to do was bulk up a little bit, and get rid of that baby fat.  So he turned to water aerobics, which he does with mommy.  OK, OK...the class is really for Emily, but it's a mom and baby water aerobics class, so Andrew becomes her partner.  He still loves being in the water.

Andrew trying out a rocking chair.
Yes, we were right next to him!

Andrew sitting on his own and watching Baby Einstein.
He sat like this for a while.  He seems to love Baby Einstein.

And now, for further proof of his Baby Einstein love, I present this video.  Shortly after the photo above was taken, Andrew was still sitting there, intently watching Baby Einstein.  Suddenly, he burst out laughing, and continued to do so through a whole scene.  He didn't laugh any more after that, so I thought I was a fluke.  Just to test, I rewound it and played it again. He busted out laughing again at the same spot.  So I did it a third time, and recorded it that time!  Below is Andrew's reaction to that particular scene.

Andrew wanted to tell Grandaddy Bill Happy Birthday!  We emailed one photo to him, but thought some of the "outtakes" were funny.

Pumpkin Time

We went to a pumpkin patch down in Newnan, Georgia, today with some friends and their twins.  We took Andrew on a hayride, and strolled a little bit around the farm.

Warning...the following photos may just kill you with cuteness!  As you can see, the helmet gives all of his smiles a little evil grin.