Oh the Times of Pattycake

Andrew and I had many routines we did together. We snuggled (my personal favorite activity), we giggled together (another top activity), we gave loves, sang together (okay that was just me singing) and played little games.

One of my favorite games was playing patty-cake. Now, I know there is the traditional patty-cake where you hold their hands and clap them together and sing the patty-cake song. We did that and Andrew would giggle his little head off with that infant giggle that only babies have. So cute. So heartwarming. But I took patty-cake to a new level with Andrew.

You see, after doing the usual form of pattycake, I would start to roll his arms around in a circle, out and in, up and down and every which way as he grinned all big. I'd sing silly songs and make silly sound effects and all kinds of things. And pretty soon we'd both be giggling our heads off together.

Of course, I would always end with kissing his hands and forehead and telling him how much I loved him and how cute and adorable he was. He would just glow. Even now I have a huge grin on my face and am chuckling as I remember how silly we were as we played this game together. It was great fun and just plain a good time.

(Below is a picture of my hand holding Andrew's just before he was taken off of life support.)