Happy Birthday Andrew

 It's amazing to me that this little guy....

 ....has turned into this big boy!  Andrew turned TWO a few weeks ago.  His birthday was on the 25th of October.  We loved celebrating him, in all his craziness.  It's hard to really capture Andrew's personality in words.  Once you meet this little dude, your heart just melts for him.  Saying that he is a crazy two year old is the understatement of the century.  There is no one quite like him. 

 A few things you may or may not know about my Andrew....

When you tell Andrew he is going to time out, he replies in his angry voice by saying, "DO NOT SAY THAT TO MEEEE!!!".
Andrew doesn't walk anywhere, he jumps.
Andrew is often referred to as Dream Boy or Anj.
He knows the whole alphabet and all of the sounds for each letter.
He can count to twenty.  (1-10 is great...then it goes 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20).
He has memorized tons of primary songs and sings them proudly every day.
He also knows some of his Articles of Faith.
Andrew is quite the comedian.  He will definitely keep you laughing!
He is still obsessed with balloons of fire, (hot air balloons).
When Andrew is in trouble, he always says, "Mommy, I love youuuuu!"  He really tries to suck up.
Anna is his hero.  
He is a great big brother to Daniel.  He is actually quite gentle with him.
He gives the BEST hugs you can imagine.  It's great for us, not so great for Daniel.  He just squeezes so hard!
He is the happiest little guy you'll ever meet.  
His prayers are the cutest thing you've ever heard.  Seriously.  I'll post a video soon. 

Basically, he is the best little guy you can imagine, even though the terrible twos are in full force.  We love him to pieces!

Here are some pics from his actual birthday.  This picture below really captures Andrew's personality.  He's always trying to make things more thrilling.

 One of his favorite questions, "Do you think that's funny?"

He kept telling us that he was three.  I think he thought he was because Anna tells us every five minutes how old she is.  At least he got the fingers right. 

Daniel was just too tired to enjoy any of the fun. 

We were super blessed to get some old toys from someone in our ward.  So, we saved them and gave them to Andrew for his birthday.  We didn't end up spending any money on his gifts this year.  Talk about a blessing.  Being poor is hard.  Having generous people in our lives really helps and makes us feel super blessed. 

Check out that car!  So cute.  I had one just like this when I was a kid.  Anna and Andrew are getting tons of use out of it.  It's their new favorite toy. 

And here is the cutest little rocking horse you've ever seen.  We were going to save these big toys for Christmas but there's no way we could take these with us when we drive to GA.  It worked out perfectly for his birthday!

Tradition!

Here's my dinosaur cake.  This is about as professional as it gets around here.  Having a two week old baby on Andrew's birthday made it a little challenging.  So, anything that I accomplished that day, felt like a big deal. 

This is Andrew playing outside on his big day.  He's just so cute!

This is our neighbor, Julianne.  Isn't she darling?  You can't beat that smile. 

They're buds, most of the time.

Love this picture.

Singing him Happy Birthday.  He LOVED the attention.

"Who wants cake?"

That's some good cake.  Mmm!

This was the extent of my decorations.  It wasn't much but Andrew loved it. 

At the end of the day, we all were feeling super grateful to have such a great little boy in our lives.  He really brings so much to our family.  Happy Birthday Andrew!