Andrew's Awesome Pet Show has its own page now

Andy was watching iCarly on Nickelodeon tonight and asked me if I could make him a website at "andrewsawesomepetshow.com". Well, buying a web domain is a little expensive so I went for the next closest thing... check out his new page at andrewsawesomepetshow.blogspot.com

I've only posted past episodes, but he wants to tape a new one tomorrow so I'm sure we'll get it posted by the end of the week :)
~Nicole

Happy Birthday Hunter!

Where does the time go? Our little guy turned two years old this week!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUNTER!

For his birthday we ditched the old baby-safari garbs and redecorated Hunter's room in a new "big boy" sports theme. He absolutely LOVES it. His favorite part of the whole thing is the string of Christmas lights that we hung up on his "big boy bed" that have light covers on them in the shapes of baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls and footballs. I also replaced his safari mobile with footballs and basketballs... which he loves to point at and giggle while they as swirl over his head.

As with every birthday, he chose our dinner (pizza - anyone surprised?) and then absolutely died when I showed him his baseball birthday cake. Andrew had to help him blow out the candle since he wasn't really sure what to do with it. But he was sure what to do with the cake once it made it onto his plate. For his birthday I made him a special scrapbook (which you can see here) and he calls it his "baby book", so cute!

wish upon a star

Andrew and I raced the sun as it was setting last night. We were driving home from swimming lessons and he wanted to make it home by the time the first star came out so he could make a wish.

"Mom," he said. "I want to make a special wish."

"Oh?" I asked him. "What are you going to wish for?"

He paused for a second.

"Will it come true if I tell you?" he asked.

"It might not, but you can tell me if you want." I told him.

"Well, I'll tell you, but you can't tell Dad," he said. "I'm going to wish to be a superhero. I want to be Superman."

This wish isn't unusual for Andrew. He's wanted to be Superman for as long as I can remember. You can see in this old picture of him dressed up for Halloween as Superman at age 3.

So he told me all the things that he wants to do when he's Superman. He's going to save the world. Make sure all the kids have food to eat and that their parents aren't "too mean" to them. Then he asked, "Can I set a time limit on my wish? Because I don't think I could be Superman for too long. I'd get tired."

Oh, the innocence. Just when you think the weight on your shoulders is getting too much to carry, they come around with something so intuitive and heart-warming you just melt.

Hunter's Playlist

Hunter managed to get his hands (and ears) on my iPod today. It's amazing how much toddlers are like sponges. He knew exactly what to do with it. He put the ear buds in his ears, hit the "center" button and started rocking out on the table at the park (dancing on table tops already? I better watch this one closely). Anyway, I got to thinking that maybe Daughtry wasn't the best choice of songs for him to be listening to. So if Hunter had to choose his playlist, what would it be?

I bet it would look something like this:

1. Dora the Explorer's "Backpack Song"
2. The ABC Song (he can only sing up to D)
3. Rock-a-bye baby
4. Hey Now You're A Rockstar (it's on his kid guitar)
5. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
6. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
7. Pat-a-cake
8. The Backyardigan's Theme Song
9. Blue's Clues' Mail Song
10. Happy Birthday Song