Many of you know we both went to school and majored in engineering.  As part of the curricula, we purchased very expensive handbooks to assist us in remembering dimensionless numbers, and coefficients, and equations that could be relevant to our profession.  We store these in our den.

Andrew has been finding them.  Specifically is taking an interest in Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook.  While I enjoyed it as a reference, it’s not light reading (either in weight or in style).

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Andrew is getting really good at crawling.
I do NOT suggest this as a before-bedtime routine, but it is pretty funny to watch.

BTW — he did this for about 10 minutes before bed today.  Just chasing around the little roll-a-round ball.  Good times.

We went camping again this weekend.  Very short, but very fun.  The campground was nice, but nothing spectacular enough to merit a photo.

Since we posted last, Andrew is just cruising right on into adulthood.
He now weighs 22 lbs, and is in 9-12mo clothes.  He is about 1/2 as tall as his Mom, so probably around 30″.

Andrew’s palate has now increased to include cheerios, pancakes, graham crackers, and other carbs.  Watermelon, blueberries, and other soft fruits.  Peas & corn are normal staples too — and as he eats more finger food, he is disliking puree more & more.  He knows the word “book”, and tries to sign “all done”. We think he knows “mamamama”, and likes to jabber away while he’s playing.

His physical development is really impressive.  He has learned how to crawl, and stand up on things.  There is now a magnetic current in our house attracting babies to dangerous things.   And my son has a super-power of destruction.  His favorite “game” is to topple things over, knock them down, and basically leave a path of toppled blocks, uprooted link-a-doos, and overturned baby cars in his wake.  He also likes to push full laundry hampers around the house, eat grass clippings & dirt,  & splash in the water & gnaw the beaks off rubber duckies.

Below is a photo of the shock & awe that occurs daily here.  Note that 30 seconds after this photo was taken, that car was upside down & Buster was on the couch praying Andrew would forget he was trapped in “baby jail” with him…

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In following our trend, we’ll probably post again mid-August, after our next camping trip.  Then again, we might surprise you…never know these days when we’ll have time to do a decent blog update.