6 months

 Since I have totally failed at blogging since Andrew was born,  I thought I would not fret about the past. And start now here are My top ten Favorite things about Drew at age 6 months.

1. Andrew has amazing motor skills. The Dr. told us last week that he is at 9 month level. Its hard to keep up with him sometimes.

2. Andrew is Focused when there is a task at hand. He is very serious and "takes it all in" when there is something new to learn.

I love the little pursed lips he gets when he focuses!

3.He has great eye contact with others.  I have had strangers and friends tell me that my son is "staring them down" I tell them "I'm sorry he's just learning your face, he really is a happy kid!

4. His Blue blue eyes. Certainly not from mom or dad! I think he gets it from Grandma.

5. Drew is on buff Kid, He can do a sit up, and when it comes to being a "potato sack" over his dads shoulder, He would rather plank it.

6. He is a fast crawler, he sometimes gets so excited and trips over himself. He started crawling at just 4 1/2 months! Yikes for me :) but he is happiest when he has freedom to go where he wants!

7. He is very expressive with his eyebrows, while babbling nonsense. It cracks me up, he seems to thing I know what hes saying. . He gives me the look of "really mom?" And sometimes a flirty double lift its hilarious. 

8. He feels the need to pull himself up and stand on EVERYTHING, couches, stairs, wall, and yes he has even attempted the toilet. Oi I felt like a bad mom when I found him pulling that one. 

9. He is fearless, which can be problematic at times. He stands and forgets to hold on then attempts to turn and falls, he has already tried to go up the stairs, he tries to launch himself out of the crib.he does anything he can to avoid being cuddled- seriously it makes me sad has almost undone the buckle of his seat belt.

This is how rebels use the walker. 

I turn my head for two seconds and he has not just leaned on it he has climbed...

this is him escaping his bumbo

10. His SMILE!

We have been on some fun adventures this past month! We went to DC and to Monticello where Thomas Jefferson's home is. It was great fun.

DC was awesome. We parked at Subway near the Temple and road into downtown. It was way fun and less stressful to find parking. We ate at an African restaurant in china town. Josh couldn't of been happier. He kept saying "oh this is just how I remember it!" We went to the temple that night after our big busy day downtown. While josh took his turn in the temple, the sister missionaries were so sweet and set me up in a room with the Legacy movie, allowing Andrew to crawl around. 

Andrew really enjoyed the Metro DC. He was smiling and laughing and the people on the train were laughing too. 

Air And Space Museum 

the front of the Discovery space ship! Josh and I reminisced about seeing it fly over Utah  when we were in elementary school. 

playing on the national mall lawn

Tummy time with Dad

Monticello, was neat. We first stopped at Carter mountain and picked apples at the orchard. At the barn they had the most amazing apple slushies and apple cider doughnuts! After we went to Thomas Jefferson's Home. They didn't allow cameras so no pictures of that :( My fav part of the tour was how Jefferson was a very well rounded man. He tried a little of everything and was very organized. 

 

Andrew was very interested in the action of  picking the apple. 

Always so focused and serious when there is a task at hand. He get that from his Dad.