I usually post photos and videos, but haven´t been doing much writing on here. So today instead of photos, I will write about Andrew, and so you can get an idea of what he is like. Well my parents probably know about all of this, because I tell them on the phone and in emails.
Andrew is probably most known for his smiles. He loves to smile. He smiles at us, smiles at Elianas family, smiles to people on the street, and in the buses. And when he smiles at people, they smile back. It only takes him a second to make someone smile. Some people call him ¨Randall¨, because when my Dad was here, he was very friendly to everyone and smiled a lot, and people remember that.
Really is incredible how fast Andrew is growing. He is doing some crawling now. He also has 2 teeth on the bottom. He used to chew on his hand all the time, but once his teeth started coming in, he would chew on his hand, and then cry, because it hurt. So he has pretty much stopped that, and instead likes to chew on other people. He will grab my hand, and try to get it in his mouth. Sometimes I will let him chew on my hand, but usually it doesn´t last long, because it really does hurt. The other day I was carrying him, and he saw an opportunity, and bit my arm, and I was quick to get it out of his mouth. It felt like 2 little needles went into my arm.
Andrew has quite a few toys, and even the new train that is on the last post, but it doesn´t take him long to lose interest in a new toy. For example, tonight he had all his toys to play with, all bright colors, and different shapes, and some made music and lit up, but instead he saw that I was laying there writing in my note book, and he was so excited, and crawled over as fast as he could so he could play with my notebook. I told Eliana... ¨he will get tired of it in a moment¨. But I waited, and he just wanted to play and play with it. The only thing that would take his attention away from my notebook was Elianas handheld mirror that he likes, but usually can´t play with. And so I went back to writing in my notebook, and put a pillow in front of me so he would not see what I was doing. But before long, Andrew was staring at me, and letting out some yells and I think he was probably saying ¨Daddy, what ya got there?¨ And soon he was headed my way to see what I was hiding on the other side of the pillow. I guess what Andrew likes the most is what we don´t usually want him playing with. He really likes to take my hat off my head, and even has a special noise he makes when he is doing it. He screams, but a different scream.
Andrew is very loved by Elianas family. I guess you could say he just lights up the room, and lights up peoples hearts. Everyone knows we are soon going to the United States, and it will be very hard for Elianas family to say goodbye to Eliana, Andrew, and I. But at the same time I know they are happy for us, and also happy for my family, because they can finally meet Eliana and Andrew. I think is is amazing how God is preparing everything, and I am glad that everything is going according to God´s time. In God´s time, everything is special, and God makes everything fit together perfectly like a completed puzzle.
If I had only one wish for Andrew, it would be that he could know how much God loves him, and that Andrew could be full of God´s love, and it would overflow to others. I can´t think of anything more important than that.
Well that was going to be the end of the post, but I will tell you another story. You know how a dog guards his bone and will growl when someone gets near it? Well that reminded me of Andrew the other day. Andrew has some shoes, and he likes to chew on the shoe strings. Well when we are getting him ready to leave the house, we will get those shoes out, and he will see them, and want to play with them. But once he has one in his hand, you sure don´t want to take it away from him. I learned that lesson, because I took the shoes from him to put them on his feet, and he cried, and I think in his mind he was thinking that he had just been robbed. Even giving the shoes back to him would not calm him down. He was just upset. Eliana is smarter than me, and she will get some of his other shoes, and give them to him, and so she can get those shoes to put on his feet. But anyways, I believe it was the next day, he was playing with his shoes again, and I was nearby, and he was like a dog guarding his bone, and when I sat next to him, he was letting out some yells, because he thought I might take his shoe from him. But I calmed his fears by getting the matching shoe, and giving it to him, so he had both shoes.
Well one more thing Andrew likes is pretty much any type of peek-a-boo. He will lay on the bed, and I will get down on the floor, and crawl around the sides of the bed, and pop my head up, and he will laugh. But I can´t get low enough, so he can see where I crawl, and whenever I pop up, he is usually already looking my direction.
I believe if it wasn´t for Andrew having such a good mother, he would be a very different baby. Andrew is certainly a very blessed baby because he has a wonderful mother, and Eliana is not just a good mother, but also a wonderful wife to me.
