The preceding picture is of Sunday's paper. Study it closely as I tell you this story. The newspaper has been stored to the side of the couch all week. Each day Andrew finds this section and brings it to me and says ball. Now, as you can see, there is not a single ball on this page. Either we are doing something clearly wrong in raising Andrew or he is a huge Jazz fan. I hope it is the later.
Treasure? Just kidding. Dave is loves garage sales. So this Saturday morning we went to breakfast (that is one of the deals, we go to sales if Dave takes me out to breakfast) and then hit up the garage sales taking place on our street. Here are some of our purchases...
Dave actually bought this recliner last week for $10. He purchased it to put in the loft. If you have been to my house you may think, is there really room for a recliner in the loft? Yes, there is. It blocks the direct path from the two other bedrooms to the extra bathroom but since we only use that bathroom to bath Andrew it isn't a big deal. I love how it has created a second living space in our house. At least three nights a week we are upstairs watching Braves games on the computer anyways so it is nice to have a place to sit.
The basketball hoop was purchased for $.50. (Thankyou Lacey's cousins/aunt and uncle). Andrew is in heaven. We just used double sided tape and put it up in our "second living space" a.k.a. the loft. Now he will just come up to me and say mall (in Andrew that means ball) and I know he wants to go upstairs and shoot some hoops.
This last item was given to us from the same people that the basketball hoop was purchased from. It is a remote control snake. Andrew hasn't figured out how to push the buttons very well yet but lets just say Dad loves it, espescially because it kind of freaks Andrew out.
Stay tuned for more exciting garage sale purchases as I am sure there are more to come because the summer has just began.
Sorry it has been so long since I blogged. I had one of those weeks that I didn't feel anything much happpened. Andrew finally cut his last molar. Thank goodness. His front four top and bottom teeth came in when he was about 8 months and I thought to myself, this teething thing isn't that bad. Then came the molars! Fevers, runny noses and the worst no more sleeping through the night. Thursday night was the worst, he started waking up at 2:30, waking up every half hour until 5 am and then decided he was up for the day. I could not get him to go down for his first nap until 9:15 am. Lets just say it was a long day. Thank goodness for Dave's willingness to get up with Andrew in the night!
On Saturday night we babysat my sister Mandy's kids overnight. She has two girls 5 and 3 and they were great. Everyone slept through the night which made it even better.
Okay, now to just some random thoughts. As mother's day comes up all I can think about is how I would not be a good mom without my wonderful husband. He is the best dad. I love how Andrew and him get along so well. They totally have the same personality. For example, I was sitting at the computer yesterday when Dave came up behind me pretended to eat my back, just like he would to a little kid. Andrew thought that was the greatest thing he had ever seen and just loves to sneak up behind me now. It just cracks me up how well they get along. Posted above are some of my favorite picks of them together! I have so many of just the two of them that I already have to scrapbook pages dedicated to just pics of father and son.
So last Saturday Dave decided to visit some local garage sales. He came back to tell me that he purchased a small chair for Andrew. The man said he could take it for $1 or $2. Dave paid him $2, thinking to himself that it was a pretty nice chair. The man then preceded to say, "That is a great deal for a princess chair." Dave was a little bit confused but then realized that the chair that he purchased was not tan and white like he thought, but PINK and white. Simple mistake for a color blind man. So this is what we started with...
I then took on the challenge of recovering it. This is my first attempt at a slip cover and I have to say I am very, very proud of myself. I could not of done it without Dave though. I have decided that I am not good enough at math to sew, that is why I have Dave. He measured everything and calculated it all out so that I could cut each piece and only use 3 yards of fabric.
Now Andrew has a perfectly non-pink baseball chair!
Here are some more pictures of the much enjoyed ball pit. Aren't we the best parents ever!
So I absolutly love this age/stage that Andrew is in. He still takes two naps and he can entertain himself. What else could I ask for?
He has started some new obsessions lately. The first is that when ever we are upstairs doing something, he likes to go off and be by himself, in our linen closet. There is a bucket of different lotions in there that he likes to pull out and play with. Usually he just stands in there, with the door closed because it doesn't stay open on its own. The other day I went in to check on him and this is what I found. He is sitting on the toilet paper. I guess he decided it was more comfortable!
The other thing Andrew has been obsessed with lately is balls. He has always loved to play with balls but that is all he wants to play with lately, espescially basketballs. I am sure we can blame the Jazz for that. Let me give you some insight on the obsession...going to run errands, we must take the full sized basketball, no way we could leave that at home...Sunday's Big 5 ad has a basketball in it, he has to carry the ad around all day and every two minutes or so show either Dave or me the picture...he sees a basketball hoop on the side of the road at someone's house, freaking out crying, screaming. It is pretty crazy. Well, we went to Ross this weekend to buy a shoe basket and we perused the toys and this is what we found...
Yes that is a ball pit and I don't think you can tell but it has baskets at each end...this boy is in heaven. Lets just say that hours have already been spent in the ball pit and we have only owned it for a day and a half.
