Look who's TWO-Choo Choo!

The year of the train.

Andy's cutest little thing that he does these days is pause mid anything (play time, meal time, bath time, etc.) gasp, cup his ear with his hand and exclaim, "WISTEN!  YOU HEAR DAT?!?"  And then I realize that our local train must be making a pass through town blowing his whistle.  It gets Andy every time-which is about three times every day.  This little tank loves his trains, and so, this second year of his life will be known as, the year of the train.  He even got a new Thomas tooth brush in attempts to make teeth brushing more fun, ding ding ding!  We picked a winner!  He's a teeth brushing fool now :).  Fire trucks make a close second in his book, we do lots of drives by the fire station here.

We did a mini celebration on his birthday with a yummy chocolate banana crepe breakfast and a trip to McDonald's for lunch (don't judge, the indoor play facility won because it was freezing outside).  He knew it was his special day, singing "Happy Birthday" to himself over his strawberry ice cream sunday.  Then we did a big train cake for him on Ailee's blessing day when all the family was in town.

Things that make Andy great:

Andy is a dandy two year old.  He towers over all his playmates at 38 lbs and has quite the vocabulary on him.  Most of his answers to my questions these days are, "Thomas!"  But the kid knows lots of primary songs and sings them with all his might, his ABCs, Counts to 13, and identifies lots of letters by their name.  He's always on the go when he's not sleeping.

He's trying to figure out his little sister and absolutely doesn't like it when she cries.  I've got to come running if she starts crying to intercept a flying train or a knuckle to her noggin.  When she's peaceful, though, he's such a lover and gives her sweet kisses.  We love our Andy, he's quite the guy!