A little bit lumpy...

After Andrew learned to walk our lives were never the same. I know those of you who never knew Drewbie as a baby will think I'm exaggerating or flat out lying, but Andrew really was a very good-natured baby. We could take him anywhere and he'd be happy just to be there. No crying, no fussing, just smiling and looking around. Even when we stuffed him in a car and drove him 10 hours down to Mesa (Cubs Spring Training) it didn't phase him at all. In fact, he actually enjoyed it!

Baby Andrew rooting the Cubs on in Mesa

Ahhh, those were the good old days. But it seemed like overnight our mild-mannered, well-behaved baby had transformed into a maniacle toddler with one thing on his mind...destruction.

The last thing the poor photographer ever saw was the
pudgy baby feet coming at his head...

We quickly learned that nothing was put up too high or hidden well enough to protect it from Andrew and his new abilities. Our poor DVDs lived (and continue to live) in fear.

The Incredibles were no match for the destructive force of Andrew

Drewbie's destructive force was amplified by the fact that he was up and walking by the time he was 9 months old. It was during this chaotic time when we turned our heads heavenward in supplication. We fervently hoped that child #2 would be a lump, who would just sit there and not bother to run and jump like his older brother. Enter Grant....

This does not bode well...

We actually got, for better or worse, pretty much what we asked for. Grant is our cute little lump. (He made up for this by being very opinionated and stubborn) It isn't all bad though. He enjoys sitting and playing with objects much more than Andrew ever did. It's great to watch him spin a truck wheel or play with blocks, analyzing every little detail. Much to Mom and Dad's relief, both of them will now play in their room alone for extended periods of time (something Andrew only recently started doing, and still doesn't do for very long).

Grant has since learned to crawl. Staying true to the lump reputation, he started off doing the army commando crawl, as you've seen previously...

It took him awhile, but he eventually learned to crawl normally. This past month we found out that he also can stand if he wants to, but most of the time doesn't want to. Once he realizes he's standing he carefully drops back down and will crawl to what he's after.

But it was inevitable I suppose. Our little lump is no more. Grant took his first steps the other day.

I'm sure he and Andrew have been keeping each other up at night plotting new ways to cause mass distruction and histeria in the Nelsen home.Whatever ends up happening, I'm sure it's not going to be pretty...