Many of you have noticed we sometimes call Andrew “Andy-man”.  It originally stemmed from his nickname at daycare from one of his teachers, Lindsey.  She was cool, and it stuck.  But thinking back on it, we had heard something similar before…at one of our fave online cartoons (and the idea behind the title of this site), HomestarRunner.   The Strongbad Email “For Kids” helps explain it.

In other news — Andrew is now done with bottles.  He’s loving the sippy cup.  And I’m missing the morning cozy time.  But enjoying the freedom that comes with plunking him in a high chair.  He also ate an entire tub of baby yogurt, and 1/3 of my cheddar broccoli soup today for lunch at TGIFriday’s.  He’s an eatin’ machine!!  But needs a couple more teeth so he can have things like my cheeseburger.

My son looks all trouble when he gets out of the bathtub.
You can spike his hair & he looks all rugged…

But underneath that tough facade, he’s really a Momma’s boy….

**Note that we have strategically placed lotion bottles and/or hands to keep our site at least PG, if not G rated for family viewing. 

This month was a big month for Andrew.

He’s now taking 8-10 steps on his own, is drinking well from a sippy, and has learned to climb stairs.  He knows “Ma”, “Ba”, “Da”, “Ga”, and is working on “Na”, and “EYE” or “I”….  we updated a September gallery in our photo gallery page…

Today we went apple picking.  It was chilly, but Andrew had a good time…

We held a wedding at our house over the weekend.  Some photos from that too…

So the title says it all.
We went camping Labor Day weekend, at Little River State Park. It was a lot of fun. We brought the playpen, and that worked out wonderfully. We took a nature hike, and saw some abandoned stone cellars, and some dead pine trees & apple orchards.  Andrew was NOT impressed with the scenery.  But did enjoy the backpack ride.

Andrew always has fun camping, especially in his animal camo footie pajamas.

Earlier this week, we took Andrew to the Champlain Valley Fair. He had a lot of fun in the petting zoo and seeing the gigantic Batman sandcastle.

Andrew had his checkup; he’s something like 31 inches long now. Weight hovers around 22 lbs. Drs are all excited; he’s in 75th ptile for height & weight, so he’s a healthy guy.  We added photos to the photo gallery, if you’re curious what he looked liked in July & August.
We’re taking a couple of weeks off, there’s a wedding at the house in a few weeks, and Momma has to go back to gardening.  See you in a bit.