By now, you might have heard our news… baby #2 is on the way. We are very excited! We aren’t sure that Andrew gets the concept, but he does make the sign for baby when we talk about it. We don’t know whether or not we are going to find out the gender of this one. We didn’t find out with Andrew, and it was great to hear “It’s a boy” when he arrived. We have a few more weeks to decide. I have been feeling really well and will be starting the 2nd trimester next week.
We had a very nice Thanksgiving. We hosted the Lindsay side this year. It was the first big test for our remodeled kitchen. What a difference. Everyone stayed overnight through the weekend, so it was really fun. Cousin Isaac woke up nice and early on Friday morning. So Grandma went to do some early morning Black Friday shopping since she was up. We all got some shopping in throughout the day and got some good deals.
It sounds like a broken record, but Andrew’s language development is growing and growing. He will now count things up to about four. He will usually count things that are the same. For instance, he will see a dog on his shirt and a toy dog and will count 1 – 2. He is definitely recognizing things that are the same. He has a little set of vehicles of different colors and he will sort them by boats, cars, fire trucks, airplanes and school buses. He also likes to point out things that are the mom’s or dad’s or his. He saw a barrette on the bathroom counter top and knew that it was mom’s for her hair.
We read a lot of books. The newest favorite book is “If You Take Mouse to the Movies…” It came with a toy mouse, too and he likes to hold him when we read the book. There’s a part were the mouse sings Christmas songs and Andrew always sings his own song when we get to that page. I can’t make out any of the words, but it’s pretty much the same tune every time. Other than books, Andy likes to use markers, pens, and crayons to draw pictures. He will really like it if I give him an old toy catalog or magazine that he can scribble in. So far, he is pretty good at keeping his drawings on the paper (and occasionally his fingers and clothes, but no major disasters on the furniture or walls.) His favorite activity at home is shooting hoops. He loves to dribble the ball and then shoot baskets. He likes us to higher the rim. Dunking is just way too easy. I think he gets his shooting technique from the NDSU basketball players. He likes to go to the games. Is anyone really surprised? I think he would go everyday. He loves to wear his NDSU clothes, too. He knows that yellow and green are for the Bison. He is getting braver around Thundar, the mascot, too. He always likes Thundar from far away, and will wave at him when he gets closer, but he’s never wanted to give him high five until the last game he finally did. He loves the pep band, too -- always dancing to their music.
Andrew and Mom took a trip to Great Grandma Lillian’s house to make some lefse. She is a master lefse maker. She was giving us her tips today. I helped a bit with the flipping of the lefse, but didn’t take a turn at rolling it out – Andrew was keeping me busy some of the time. We brought home some of pieces that didn’t make Great Grandma’s cut for Christmas. Yum!