Summer Days

Happy Spring!!!!

I'm not a very good blogger. I don't like to sit still anymore. I've got too much stuff to do and see and climb too. Maybe I'll get a little better now that spring is here, but I don't think so. It finally got warm outside. That means I can go outside bunches now. I love playing outside. We go outside at Ashley's house and me and Lily run all over the yard. Ashley has cars for us to drive too. I'm best at going backwards. When mommy gets me from Ashley's I try to run away from her if we're outside. I don't like sitting in my car seat anymore. But mommy is mean and tells me I haf to. She says it's the law - but I don't think I like the law.

When we get home mommy lets me play outside more. So then she's not mean. Me and Pip run all over. I like to go to the fence and talk to Gunner too. I wish he could come play with me and Pip, but mommy says no way jose. I like to play with my dumptruck and the balls outside too. I don't like swinging anymore. I don't want to wear seatbelts 'cuz then I can't get down when I'm done. Sometimes after dinner daddy and mommy and Pip and me goes for a walk. Well they walk and I get to drive my tricycle. I'm trying to figure out the pedals. I think once I get those figured out I can go really fast all by myself.

I still only have four teefers. But mommy says maybe another one is coming soon, cuz she says I'm a crankenstein and I keep chewing on stuff. We'll see.

Big Boy

Oh my goodness I've got a bunches of stuff to tell you guys about. The bestest thing is I had a birfday though. I'm one years old. That means I'm a big boy I think. My mommy and daddy had a big birthday party for me. All my grandmas and my grandpa came and my friends too. Grammy made me a yummy cake that looked like a monkey cause she says I am a little monkey. I think that's cause I like to climb. I got a bunch of presents too. I got lots of cars and trucks those are my favoritest things right now - especially the ones that play music. I even got two duckies, but not really. My friends Josh and Heather sent them to some kids that live far away so they can raise them and have their eggs. I think that's pretty neat. Both of my cousins were there and that was lots of fun even though they're both girls. Cousin Mary and her mommy and daddy had to drive a long time to come to my party so that was really neat.

Another great big thing that happened is Christmas. We had a tree in our house and I liked to pull the pretties off it. I got presents for that too. I think I like December a lot. I also showed my mommy and daddy I can walk now. I'm fast too - I think I' m faster than Superman even - whoever that is. I can even get away from mommy and daddy cause I'm so fast. Sometimes Pip tells on me though when I'm finding something to esplore then I get in trouble. I don't like when Pip does that but he's still my buddy. Plus in December me and mommy and daddy and Pip all rode in the car for a long time and went to Grandma and Grandpa in Michigan's house. I got to see all my aunts and uncles before Christmas and we stayed in a hotel with a pool inside our room.

Today was the bestest day though. Today mommy came and got me early at Lily's house. Then when daddy got home mommy put me in bunches of clothes which I do not like so much. She put red things on my hands too - she said they were mittens but I showed her cause I can pull them off with my teefers. Then when I had my new boots on from grammy we went outside and there was lots of white stuff. It was really soft and I sat down in it. I couldn't walk in it very good though because my boots are too big and mommy had too many clothes on me. We got to play in the white stuff for a little bit. I liked that a bunch. But mommy and daddy made me mad because they said I had to go in cause I kept taking my mittens off so I could touch the stuff. It was cold!!!!! Mommy says maybe we can play in it tomorrow too if I leave my mittens on. I might for a little bit so I can go outside again. I miss playing outside now.

Well that's all that's been happening for me. Love you all.

Wowzer!

Me playing in the leaves

Hey! There's a light in my pumpkin!

Me and daddy with Uncle Bobby and Autumn
Pumpkin Guts are fun to play with

Me before we went downtown to trick or treat

Holy cow! I haven't told you guys anything in a long time. I've been really busy and so has mommy. But we'll try to catch you up now. Plus I've got some new pictures. The most exciting thing here has been something called Halloween. A few days before mommy and daddy put paper down on the floor, took my clothes off, and let me play with slimey pumpkin guts. Let me tell you what - that was some fun stuff. I loved shaking them and watching them fly all over the kitchen. But they didn't taste too good. Then Mommy made me wear a funny costume - she said it was a giraffe, but I thought it was like jammys with a hat. We went to a place where there were a bunch of older people. Mommy said it was a nursing home. Cousin Autumn went too. We were doing trick or treating and all those older people kept telling me how cute I was. They put candy in my pumpkin bag too - but mommy says I can't have it yet. On Friday night a bunch of kids came to our house - some of them were kind of scary. I helped mommy and daddy pass candy out to them. Then on Saturday mommy and daddy dressed me up in a funny hat and robe and we went for a walk. We went downtown and I got more candy - plus I got to see a firetruck and where Aunt Angie works. Then we took cookies out to my friend Heather's house. She comes and watches me sometimes so mommy and daddy can go out. Then we went to Applebees and all the waitresses thought I was a cute ogre - but daddy said I wasn't an ogre I was a Yoda. (I don't know what that is either but I like smiling at all the people cause they were smiling at me.)

This weekend wasn't such a good weekend. Daddy had to work and mommy didn't feel too good. Then on Saturday night I didn't feel too good either. My tummy hurt and I threw up in my bed. It was SCARY. But mommy and daddy cleaned me up and I got to sleep downstairs in the pack and play cage. Mommy slept on the couch. I felt bunches better after I threw up. I wanted to play a whole bunch - so mommy let me stay up for longer then normal. I was happy everybody felt better today. We went to church today and daddy took me up to the front by the music. I really liked dancing to the music while daddy held me. Then later I got to go for a ride in my wagon. I like riding in my wagon too.

Well that's all thats been going on here. Mommy says she'll try to update again next weekend. She says Grammy and Aunt Beth in Mississippi like to see pictures. I think Uncle Ryan does too. Good Night!

Pumpkins!

Me and Daddy on the hay wagon Looking for the perfect pumpkin

Me and Mommy

Talking to the goats

Me and Daddy at the resteraunt

We had a big day today. First we rode in the car and went to a funny place to eat with all kinds of cars. The waitress was really nice to me. But mommy wouldn't let her give me ice cream yet. It's okay though because I got to have my yogurt treats and I really like those. Then we drove in the car a little more and we were at a farm! There were all kinds of pumpkins. I got to see my friends the goats again too. These were different goats though - not my zoo buddies. But they really like me too. There were turkeys there too. I can gobble like a turkey now so I got to talk to them a little bit. Then I got to pet a donkey too. After we finished talking to the animals - we went and looked at the pumpkins. I picked out a whole bunch, but mommy and daddy said I could only have one. They took a whole bunch of pictures of me though. I smiled a lot, but then I got bored. We went for a ride in a hay wagon too. That was fun, but daddy wouldn't let me down in the hay! They said I move too fast and might fall out.... whatever.

When we got home I was tired so I took a nap. Then when I woke up I crawled upstairs to get Larry. Only mommy grabbed me on the fifth step and made me come down. I like to climb and I'm pretty fast. I think it scares mommy though. She's kind of a scaredy cat. After that daddy put up the gate and now I can't get on the stairs anymore. Party poopers!

Picutres and an update for Uncle Ryan

Autumn's Birthday

In a new outfit from Aunt Brenda

Swimming class

My new chompers

Me and mommy playing

Two days ago I turned 9 months old. I think that means I'm a big boy. Mommy doesn't think so though. She doesn't like when I try to climb on stuff. I like to try to climb the stairs, and I can get out of the tubby all by myself now too. Mommy doesn't like that either. I think she's a scaredy cat. I'm not scared of anything though.

Friday my grammy came to see me. We had a really fun weekend. We went to my favoritest place for breakfast . I like to go there because the waitresses are all my friends. My favoritest one was working too - she likes to carry me around and I get to help her pass out food and count out moneys. She's one of my girlfriends. Then we went to the park, but we didn't swing or play. Instead mommy pushed me around in my stroller and we looked at a bunch of stuff. I had to cry a bunch though at first. My tenny shoes hurt my toes and I didn't want to wear them. When I cried a bunch my mommy took them off. Crying works! While I was riding in my stroller I got a new aminal. I think it's a giraffe, but it's not drooly like the one at the zoo that ate my leaf. I got a funny hat too. It has a tail and the doggies wanted to smell it and play with it. Mommy had to put it away. Saturday night we rode in the car for a long time and then I got to sit with Josh and Heather and saw a bunch of my friends from church. But we weren't at church. Then Sunday we didn't go to church. We went to Autumn's house. She got to open up stuff and play with new toys and she got to eat something brown and gooey. She really liked that stuff but mommy said I couldn't have it till I turned one. I think that's a long time away. Autumn let me play with her new toys for a little while. Sometimes girls are okay.

I had a really fun week this week. On Wednesday I got to go to school with mommy for a little while. She came and got me early and then I went to her classroom with her. None of the big kids were there though. She said it was conferences - and I had to be a good boy while she talked to the kids mommies and daddies. I guess I was pretty good. I got to go to Mrs. P's room and she hugged and kissed me a bunch. I think she likes me. I got to see Mr. K too. He's funny. Daddy came and got me after a little while, but mommy had to stay a bunch longer. I was pretty tired when she got home. Daddy and I were taking a little nap in his chair.

On Thursday something else happened. I didn't go to Ashley's house like I always do. Instead I went to Cheri and Mike's house. Man it was fun there. They have two doggies in the house and big one and a little one. I really liked the big kids taking care of me.... especially Lexi. I got to see cows while I was there and I got to go for a ride on a lawnmower. Daddy says mommy is mean cause we don't have a lawn mower to ride on. He has to push his.

It's been a long time

Wow! I haven't written anything in a really long time. I've been pretty busy. I'll try to tell you all about everything I've been up to - at least the big things!

I have to teefers now! They're both on the bottom. Mommy really wants to take a picture - but there my teefers and I don't want to show anyone. I like to bite my hand now and sometimes I like to try to bite mommy's nose!

I can walk now.... well okay not all by myself - but if I have something to push I can go pretty fast. We went to mommy's friend Debbi's house on Friday a couple weeks ago and I pushed a chair all over her kitchen. I was trying to catch her dog Shelby - but Shelby didn't want me to catch her. I also pushed the train Mary got for her birthday. I pushed it all over grandma's yard - until Mary wanted to ride on it. Now I have a hippo to push at my house. I like to push it from the living room to the den, but it makes me MAD when I can't go any farther. Then I have to sit down on the floor and scream - screaming makes mommy and daddy come turn it for me.

I'm super fast now. I can crawl so fast I can catch Larry. I also like to crawl for the back door as soon as anybody opens it. Sometimes I make it out to the deck before the catch me. Someday I'm going to make it to the grass. Just wait and see.

Last Monday I started swimming class. I think I like that class. Mommy and me get in the big blue water with a bunch of other babies. Then we get to move all around the water. I rode on something called a noodle like it was a horsey. Then I got to chase duckies. I love to catch duckies. It made me SUPER mad when the teacher put the duckies away. I wish they could come to my house. There were bunches of duckies. I would like to put them all in my bath tub. Oh yeah! I know how to get out of the bathtub now all by myself. You just have to stand up and push with your feet and stretch your arms and lean your head over the side and you can just slide out over the edge. It's super easy if you're a slippery monkey like me.

Last night me and mommy and daddy watched tv outside on a great big screen! That was pretty cool. There were bunches of other people and cars there too. Then I had a bobble and fell asleep. When I woke up I was still in the car but mommy was getting ready to take me out. I think I like watching tv outside.

Today was a big day too. Today we went to a picnic for daddy's work and I had to see a whole bunches of people. Then mommy let me eat some of her applesauce and macaroni. (I like my macaroni better - you don't have to chew it!) She let me try some of her snow cone too. I like the ice on my gummies. Maybe I'm getting more teef. Then tonight my friend Heather came over to my house and played with me while mommy and daddy went somewhere. I like playing with Heather.