Happy Second Birthday little guy! I can hardly believe its been two whole years already. Andy is about to enjoy a homemade cupcake here from the ridiculously easy recipe I found in Baking Illustrated. The cupcake came out a little crumbly, but very tasty. The homemade chocolate frosting was the best part: semi-sweet chocolate chips and heavy cream. I think I had the proportions a little wrong, because it did not whip up the way it was supposed to. Still tasted awesome though.

“You dig my shades?”

Yesterday morning it was cold and rainy. Then out of the blue (so to speak) the sun came out and it warmed up to about 78 degrees outside. I found these pink flowers on a bush right out side our kitchen windows. Right next to a tree that had leaves on it!

Andy’s go to word these days is “apple”. It’s the word he uses whenever he’s not sure what the word is, but knows that he should say something. This leads to frequent conversations like this at our dining room table:

“Who am I?” I say, pointing to myself.

“DADA!”

“Who is that?” I say, pointing to Laura.

“MAMA!”

And who are you? I ask, tapping Andy on the chest.

“…dada?” Andy asks very quietly, clearly unsure that this is who he is.

“No, I’m Dada, who are you?” I ask, again tapping Andy on the chest.

“…apple?”