Polka dots...

Yesterday Bailey noticed the vast number of moles I have on my shoulder...he pointed and said "Mommy! Look at all these polka dots on here!" and then promptly stuck his finger in his mouth and while scrubbing my shoulder said "Don't worry, Mommy, I clean them off for you." Thanks, Buddy.

Time, where did you go?

Okay, first of all, a public apology to all of my friends that I've given a hard time to about waiting months between blogs (except you, Melanie because you go YEARS between blogs)...it's been two months since my last blog (that sounded a little A.A.ish but you get the picture).

Today, I took Bailey to the doctor for his three year checkup. First thing...3 YEARS?! How did THAT happen? Secondly, when we were waiting (which is what you do at the doctor's office), Bailey said to me "I'm being a very good monkey, huh Mommy?" Patience isn't exactly his middle name (wonder where he gets that?) but he was doing pretty darn good. When the lady finally came to get us (only to have us wait in the small exam room for another hour without the distraction of a fish tank or other kids), he said to her "No pokes today, okay Lady?" He wanted to get that clear right at the very beginning. I promised him he wouldn't get any shots but Mommy's word only goes so far.

He was weighed (27 lbs) and measured (35 inches) and ended up in the 3rd percentile for his weight (meaning out of 100 three-year-olds, 97 would be bigger than him) and he's in the 10th percentile for his height. In the words of his pediatrican "well, he's on the chart, he's just barely holding on to the very bottom of it." There are no concerns about his development, "he's an overachiever" (he gets that from me). :)

Our boys are growing up and getting cuter every day...Christmas is going to be a blast this year...we can't wait!

My name's Bailey Edward...

Everywhere we go, Bailey introduces himself to people. "Hi! My name's Bailey Edward!" Or when I come home from work, he runs to the door and says "Hi Mommy! It's Bailey Edward!" (and he'll also points out Lewis Patrick). Yesterday we went to Costco and when we were checking out, he said to the checker outer guy "My name's Bailey Edward!" and the guy says "I'm Peter." As we were leaving, Peter says "Bye, Bailey!" and Bailey says "Bye, Peterbilt!" Apparently his redneck roots run deep. :)

Old "U.S." Navy?

I went shopping at Old Navy the other day and bought some clothes for the family. Mark, Grandma and I got some new t-shirts, Bailey got some new socks and shirts and Lewis got some new socks. I probably bought a totally of twenty items. Now let me get to the point of this: not one thing I bought was made in the USA. Our clothes were made in the following countries: Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, India, Korea, China, Honduras, Guatemala, and Japan. What?

Thanks Dora!

Bailey is officially hooked on "Dora the Explorer"...LOVES that show. Here's a video I captured last night of him calling a dolphin from our living room. You can see the Sandy and Columbia Rivers from our house and thanks to Dora, he thinks dolphins live in every body of water. Watch until the end when he asks me to take his picture for the photo contest. Yes, a photo contest. Where does he come up with this stuff?

Happy Monday

Mommy: Bailey, come give me a kiss...I have to go to work now.

Bailey (almost 3) holds my face gently in his hands: You a stinky worm.

Mommy: ...

Summer update

Well, we went on the annual Andres family campout a couple weeks back...for the first time in 14 years, we got rained out! MAJOR bummer. I know all my faithful readers were anxiously awaiting whatever redneck stories might have transpired but sadly there really wasn't time for any good fodder. My sister-in-law took a great picture of Bailey learning out to pee in the woods...that's always a classic. Here are just a few recent pictures of the boys for your viewing pleasure!