No more baby

Who is this big boy!?

Enough is Enough!

click picture below for snow pictures.... another 12 inches at least when we woke up this morning

Rocking Horse

Andrew's Baba got him a great new rocking horse for Christmas.  Today was the first time he used it all by himself.  The video is a little dark.. you don't always have time to adjust video settings with Andrew, he moves from one activity to another very quickly.  He was having a great time but for some reason he can only ride the horse while it is making noise which is does when you press its ears.  He figured out how to do it but hasn't quite mastered it yet.
 

Playing in the snow

Today was the first day that Andrew was able to go outside and play in the snow.  He tested out his new sled and hung out in the yard with his buddy Max.  Andrew had a great time and was smiling and laughing the entire time... except apparently when I was snapping pictures.

Puppy Love

People ask me all the time how Max likes Andrew.  It's a reasonable question. Max has never been much of a fan of kids and has spent more than a few days hiding under our guest room bed when we had friends, especially if small children were in attendance.  On one such occasion a very observant little girl asked me if Max lived under the bed.  Not quite... only when he hears little feet coming through the front door.

This has never been the case with Andrew.  Since Andrew arrived Max has been fascinated by him.  He is never too far away and now that Andrew is running around the house he seeks Max out for puppy hugs and Max takes it like a champ :-)

I had recently pulled a few of these 'puppy love' pictures together and thought I would share.  Some of these are repeats and not always the most flattering pictures of Andrew (or Max for that matter) but as anyone that has tried to photograph children and pets (or multiple children, see New years eve photos) its pretty much impossible to get all subjects facing in the right direction!

You had to learn very quickly how to hold Andrew AND Max.

Very suspicious at the begining

We have come a long way in learning the difference between "Max toys" and "Andrew toys" but some sharing still occurs

This a just a great Max face.. for NO ONE else would he let you put a party hat on his head :-)

 

15 Months Old

This kid LOVES his dog

Those would be 'babys first mini-quiche" crumbs all over his face :-)

Yup.. can find Winnie the Pooh no matter where he is hiding.

50 degrees out and 2 feet of snow on the ground.  Crazy!