Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Let's get down to the Nitty-Gritty...Who is this Andrew?

Andrew is a ray of sunshine in our lives. He makes us laugh all the time. Andrew is always happy and the 3-year-old things he says are so funny! Yesterday, we were driving in the car and I asked him if the baby was asleep. He answered matter-of factly, "He is just (s)taring at me because I'm so awesome." Andrew doesn't pronounce his "s" in consonant clusters, so snow is "no", store is "tore" and stupid is "toopid". I hope this never changes. It cracks me up to hear him say such grown-up things and have it still sound like a little guy. Something really cute he says to his dad is, "Dad, us buddies!" He just melts our hearts.
Andrew loves his Raar. They have been best buddies since Andrew was a few weeks old. We have taken Raar to Hawaii, Georgia, California and everywhere else Andrew has gone. I have had to return to stores, friends' houses, church, etc. and organize search parties when we have forgotten this little stinky lion. We bought a lion that looks exactly like him for a back-up, but Andrew will not be fooled by immitations. He calls this guy "(S)cratchy Raar" because he likes scratch the tail with his thumbnail as he falls asleep and he calls the other one "Softy" because his tail is still fluffy.
You may not know that Andrew has a secret identity. He is also (S)pider-man. I can't believe those jammies are still holding together after all the wear and tear they have been through. Andrew loves to shoot webs and fight badguys. He has a crazy imagination and always is on some adventure or another. He loves playing with his brothers, cousins and friends, and everyone always likes to be with him because he is so happy. I hope he never changes.

3 comments:

Jana said...

I'm close to tears right now, this post is so sweet.

wende said...

andrew is the happiest little guy i know, and i'm totally with you that the things he says are so dang funny! my favorite was last year, "no smiling...no smiling!" i will never forget that.

Lindsey said...

I think this post is missing something. Remember the picture of Andrew sleeping on the kitchen floor under the bar stools? We have it saved on our computer. He is SO FUNNY.