What makes Andrew, Andrew

It's impossible for me to completely capture Andrew's personality in a blog post, but there are so many things that he does that make me smile, laugh, cringe, sigh, etc., etc. and he's changing every day, that I thought I would try and capture some of it here so I can look back one day and remember.
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If I ask him if he wants something or wants to do something and he doesn't want it...he responds, "No, I not" very matter-of-factly.

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Timeouts have become a fun game. For Andrew, not me.

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Doesn't like to be messy. If food, paint, etc. gets on his fingers, he politely says "towel, please." He will hold out his hand and ask for a towel until I get it.

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When his bowl of yogurt gets down to where the sides of the bowl need to be scraped, he will ask for help. As soon as I take the spoon, his mouth flies open (wide open) until the spoon enters his mouth.

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Opens and closes doors over and over again and says, "Hewoa!" and "Bye! Day! 'kay?" (as in Bye! Have a good day! Okay?")

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He says "Yo baby, Yo baby" for some strange reason.

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When the dryer buzzes, he shouts..."Dryer!"

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Loves trains even though he doesn't have any. Hoo-hoo train changed to Choo-choo train in the matter of seconds. I was actually sad when I heard Andrew correct himself.

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Loves the movie March of the Penguins. It's a documentary.

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His favorite toy (other than cars) is the ball popper. (Oh, the ball popper...I've never seen a kid so obsessed with a toy.) "Poppa? Poppa?"
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He hates blankets being put on him at night. I have to sneak in and put a couple on him before I go to bed. Sometimes if Andrew stirs and wakes up enough to know what's going on he'll scowl at me and say, No! I have to let him be, but if I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the restroom and think about it, I'll sneak in his room and try again. I'm usually successful.

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He often says your welcome in place of thank you.

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If he gets frustrated about not getting his way Andrew either whines, cries or puts his fingers in his mouth and spits.

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Hates water being poured over his head.

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Refuses to sit down in the bathtub.

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Knows all of his letters by sight.

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Can sometimes count to 12, but in stages. Like 1-5 and then 8-12. Anything above 12 is

"ah-teen, ah-teen..."

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If he does something he's proud of, he shouts, "I did it!!"

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Takes a basket of cars to bed with him. I always take it out of his bed when I do my last check on him. In the morning (pretty much every morning) when he's talking in his bed after waking up, I hear him saying, "Uh-oh! Cars. Fall!"

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His word for basket is backets.
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One of his favorite shows, Super Why, used to be called "Why Why". Now, it's "Suter Why."
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Me: What does a duck say, Andrew?
Andrew: Cack! Cack! Cack!
Me: What does a pig say?
Andrew: O-oink, O-oink
Me: What does a frog say?
Andrew: Riddit, riddit...riddit, riddit
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When I drop Andrew off for preschool, he walks away with his teacher and looks back at me, waves, and says "Bye, Mommy!"
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Occasionally calls me Mom. Mom...mom....mom. He'll do this until I respond. He sounds so old when he calls me Mom.
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If food or something else falls onto the ground, he'll say "Uh-oh mess!" He sometimes drops or spills something on purpose just to say that.
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If Andrew wants to watch tv he says, TD mote (TV remote).
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Doesn't always know the difference between off and on.
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When he isn't calling me Mommy, Mom or Loren Daddy, he calls us Sweetie.
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Andrew says good-night to the baby at night by lifting up my shirt and poking my belly, and he says, "poke" while he pokes my belly.
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I try to teach Andrew to blow his nose when it's running by holding a kleenex up to his nose. I tell him to blow. Instead of blowing his nose, he says, "blow...blow."
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His favorite song is If Your Happy & You Know it Clap Your Hands.

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There's so much that makes Andrew, Andrew. This was a little glimpse into this 2-year old's world. He's a happy, smart, loving little boy who can get frustrated and frustrates me sometimes, but I wouldn't trade him for anything!


(I'm publishing this post knowing that I'm probably leaving something out. I may add to it in the next couple of days. Like I said, It's a glimpse.)