Anyone looking for a healthy, rambunctious, destructive, almost-toddler? We're looking to sell, cheap. :) Somehow, as Andrew gets closer to actually walking, his destructive capacities increase exponentially. (It probably has something to do with learning he can climb over and around obstacles). This means that in the last couple of days I've felt more like clean-up crew in the aftermath of a hurricane than a mother. It's pretty exhausting! Below, we offer two recent examples of Andrew's capacities for mayhem. We thought about calling him "Destroyo," but that name's already been taken.



Yes, he's actually sitting in the cupboard.


Here, Andrew managed to clear fully a third of our DVD shelves before we corralled him. He also managed to slide off his precarious perch mid-operation because he was standing on so many DVDs, landing, rather startled and upset, at the foot of his highchair. With true infant resiliency, he was back at his task within seconds.