"O-o-o-oh, oh Lord my God, oh Lord my God
Baby sister baby sister
I won’t drop you for anything
I won’t drop you for anything
--What was that--
Oh, oh, oh
Baby si-i-i-ister, Baby si-i-i-ister
I won’t drop you for anything."
Hope you enjoy the video above--turn the sound way up to hear Andy's sweet lyrics. It aptly captures the love that he has for his new little sister Reagan, who is two months old at the time of this post.
And since you're here viewing our site for the first time in a long time, we'll catch you up on a few things. First of course, Reagan Sophia Minnich joined us on March 15 weighing in at 9 lbs 6 oz and one week early. And thank goodness for that! Another week and we might have had another 10 pounder...Liam is 20 months old now and is getting over the worst case of hand-foot-and-mouth disease our pediatrician has ever seen. It never seemed to slow him down but he looked like he took a roll in a field of poison ivy. He and Andy just moved into the same room together and are loving it. Liam doesn't have many words but of course those he has are pretty cute, like "BB" for his blanket, "Deedee" for Andy, "Up me" for "pick me up", "dawbie" for his doggie Virginia, "doo" for two, and my personal favorite "poop me!" for "I have a poopy diaper".
Four-year old Andy, as you can see in the video above, is a very loving big brother. He recently had a 'date' with his friend Zoe--he and their moms went together to the Kauffman Center to see Mr. Stinkyfeet. He and friend Eden will begin gymnastics together soon. And yet another little girl keeps climbing our backyard fence and asking for Andy. Signs of things to come?? Andy still loves helping Daddy with all projects, and loves climbing just about anything, including Reagan's crib (no, we didn't put him in there ourselves!)
“Andy:
"Liam, you get to go with me to Nana Faith's today! So you don't
have to do boring things with Mommy."”
“Two
new ones for the list of things I shouldn't have to say: 1) Don't drill your
baby sister's face; (2) Don't lick the baby's spit-up.”
“First
night of boys sharing a room and they're still talking to each other. All I
hear is Liam saying "Hi Deedee (Andy). Hi Deedee. Hi Deedee. DEEDEE!!"”
“In
my bed this morning: two adults, two boys, a baby, a dog, a toy full size chain
saw, and one or more cold viruses. Life is full and blessed.”
And
posted from a friend: “After a long talk about cow’s milk and people milk, Zoe
of course wanted to know where babies come from. I told her the 3 year old
version, "When two people love each other very much they get married and
God blesses them with babies." After a few seconds of thought she says
"I really love Andy and will have his babies"!”
“Within
5 minutes of Marshall leaving for work, I had baby poop on me, my bed, and two
of my kids. As soon as I got that cleaned up and the children bathed, the baby
spit up on me, her, and the bed. In all seriousness, I love my life.”
“After
watching his older cousin throw the javelin, Andy made himself a javelin out of
a wooden stake. Then he asks, "mommy why doesn't Zoe have a javelin?"
yeah, Kim, why doesn't Zoe have a javelin?”
“Andy
describing his lunch: we had egg sandwiches...on real bread because Passover is
over. But we can still celebrate Jesus.”
“I'm
not sure how to explain this except to say instead of giving the boys a bath
while the baby slept I ended up sitting on the hall floor feeding the baby
while a naked toddler cried and clung to my right arm and a naked four year old
tried to help on my left. Marshall was only gone 15 minutes. How does this
happen?”
“"Why
did nana say Jesus is bigger than us if he's the same size as these other guys
in the picture? Does God have a body? Why doesn't God have a body? Why does
Chapstick make our lips better?” I love the nighttime musings of a four year
old.”
“Andy
thought he overheard me telling Marshall I couldn't drink coffee anymore. His
concerned response: "Mommy, that's not good. You need coffee in the
mornings so your words make sense." Pretty astute observation.”
“"Daddy,
will you help me make my reciprocating saw this morning?" I feel like
maybe this doesn't happen at other houses.”
“Me:
"Andy, time for dinner."
Andy: "I'm not hungry mommy. I just flossed
my breath and I don't want to make it stinky."”
“My
four year old just used the word "accommodating".”
“I'm
going into the office again but I'm wearing shorts as my protest against
working on maternity leave.”
“Comment
I received this morning at Starbucks: "Your children have gorgeous eyes.
Do they get them from their father?" Let's rethink how we give compliments.”
“Today
someone asked a guy in our office how his secretary was doing with her new baby
(referring to me). Ironic since a senior partner at my old firm once vehemently
told me I should never be a secretary.”
