Shawn, at Andrew's age

Paternity confirmed.

The many faces of Andrew

Pics courtesy of Racheli, taken at playschool. Even as a baby Andrew had all sorts of great expressions. Still does!

A Little Jig

A Little Tune

woa woa woa your boat (not sure about you, but i had to turn my volume all the way up to hear this.)

Thanks, Nana!

Here's Andrew modeling his new bathrobe that was handmade by Nana.

Long Car Ride

Andrew was a champ on the 12 hr car ride to and from Ohio. He napped, ate, sang, played and used the ipad. Not a single unpleasant moment! Seriously. Awesome.

Curl Humor

Today at the co-op someone said to me "Your kid has great hair, he's a little Art Garfunkel!"

Mr. Snuggles

Andrew is such a cuddler. When he's not playing with trains, he's inviting me over for hugs or snuggles. Top pic is Andrew and I spooning on the couch, watching a movie. Bottom is an impromptu armpit nap.

Holiday Lounging

We spent 2.5 weeks with Shawn's parents in Ohio. Andrew enjoyed himself as usual:  played with lots of toys saved from Shawn's childhood, ran around their 18 acre farm, opened gifts. We didn't take many photos this year (Pop Pop has a bunch on his camera I need to get a hold of) but these two pretty much sum up Andrew's days: art projects (pipe cleaner glasses) and snuggled under a blanket, watching a Thomas movie.

More Trains!

This kid LOVES his trains. I think this is his fourth set - his first Chuggingtons. We've taken a few of the Chugger books out of the library as well. Thanks for the great Hanukkah gift, Great Grandparents Sandy and Sol! Tomorrow I'm taking him over to the local kids science museum where they are having a train expo, he'll be so excited about the surprise visit.

The Dentist

Who knew visiting the dentist could be so much fun? Its worth noting that he did not get a cleaning, but was merely watching Shawn and I get ours cleaned. Then the tech, who adores Andrew - he's been invited to our appointments since he was an infant - let him play around with the equipment, much to his delight.

Then and Now

9 months (top)

 3 years (bottom)

As they say, household items are just as fun as store bought toys.

Zzzzzz

Someone didn't make it through the movie.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Jaclyn!

1/3 of the Gordon Sibling Tribe is a year older today! Happy 32nd to Aunt Jaclyn.

Dylan

 

Dylan and Andrew live a few hours away from each other, so only get together a few times a year.  Our most recent visit was mid December at a kids indoor playplace halfway between our homes. His mom, Amy, is a good friend of mine so its such a treat to have some time in person to chat. Below is a photo of our first meetup in June 2010. Its worth noting that both Moms have caught up on their sleep since then - I forget how run down I felt that first year until I see an old picture of me. Yikes!

Hanukkah

Wow, I'm way behind on blog posting. Sorry about that hiatus, it just wasn't convenient to upload photos from Ohio. We had a great few weeks - I'll post pictures of our holiday fun soon.

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So back to life....

Before we left for Ohio, we were invited to a Hanukkah party at my friend's house. Andrew helped light the menorah and make the latkes. He loved watching the dreidel spin and opening gifts. These friends who invited us are new to Troy (and RPI) from Israel and we really like them, and their 9 month son Eitan. Hopefully you'll see more of them on the blog in 2013...and hopefully they are reading this :)