Andie Rae

What can I say about my sweet Andie Rae? I love having this kid around. She loves to be held, which, I must admit, gets old at times, but mostly I love it. She is a snuggler. She's only one, yet she knows how to get what she wants. She's not as smiley as Kate was. It takes a lot more to get this kid to smile, but when she does it's genuine.

Andie is a pretty mellow baby. She only took a pacifier as an infant. She never really liked them, however Kate did, so we just got rid of them (see earlier post, "Kate...Devil or Angel?"). She's never really needed them. She's just an all around good baby.

Case in point. Last week, I was getting ready one morning, and the girls were playing in my room. I was to the point of putting on minimal amounts of makeup, and I realized I wasn't hearing Andie's usual baby talk. I asked Kate where Andie was, and she didn't know. I told Kate to go find Andie and tell me what she was doing. Kate returned a few minutes later, and replied, "She's asleep on the floor." Andie must have decided she was tired, and decided to take matters into her own hands. Literally. Andie can't fall asleep without her favorite blankie. She had gone into her room, reached through the slats of her crib and found her blankie. When I found her she was curled up on the floor sleeping soundly, snuggling with said blankie. What a good kid!

She rarely fusses. Which is nice for me. She puts up with Kate trying to be the mommy (Kate tries to pick her up and carry her around the house). She is happiest when playing alone. My mom and dad have been staying at my house, and my dad's favorite thing to do with Andie is to let Andie play in Kate's room (where all the toys are) without Kate. She just plays. It's pretty cute. Kate's not there to say, "NO, Andie, that's MY toy!" Andie is such a good baby.

Andie is getting to the age where she's trying to talk. It's so fun. She'll jabber and look up at me with a look on her face that says, "Don't you understand what I just said?!?" I love this age.

Andie is just a good kid. I love having her around, and snuggling with her. She's so much fun. It's having a baby this good that makes me think, maybe I can do this again sometime in the distant future. Right now I feel like my hands are full, and I'm not ready to have another. But if the next installment is anything like Andie, maybe I'm more ready than I think!