Two weeks of fun continued

Okay, so next we went to Johnny Rockets. They have burgers and fries and other foods I haven't really tried yet (but I did have some bun -- I love bread)
Dad and I tried on the official Johnny Rockets hat. I think we might get summer jobs here together. The waiters dance to cool songs while you eat and they get to wear paper hats. Who looks better in this hat?

Oh, speaking of Dad, he put up these mega cool shelves in my room. Now some of my stuffed animals have a home that's not a wooden box on the floor. I have some to play with now and then when I am bored, some of these guys can come down to play. Anyone notice all my frog friends? And Hi to Mrs. Craig, Mom's friend at work. See I still love my wood puzzle!

And continuing with the cheesy segues, Grandma and Grandpa's friends Bill and Jean stopped by my house today! Bill and Jean used to live here when they were first married. And you know what else? Bill and Jean are the grandparents of my friend Keegan who lives in Texas! Hi Keegan! Hi Farrell! Hi Angus! Keegan -- Bill and Jean tell me you don't stop running! I can't wait till I am a little more steady on my feet...we'll have to race!

Okay, bye for now. I really must sleep. It's another busy week ahead!

Two weeks of fun!

Hey everyone! Mom has been hogging the computer so I haven't had a chance to connect with my fan base...but Mom said I could stay up late and share the latest.

So last weekend I decided napping was for sissies. I got up at 6 a.m. and wouldn't go down for an p, no matter how much I was rubbing my eyes. Well lunch time came and Mom decided I should have some yummy roasted beets. And three bites in, I rethought that napping is for sissies comment. I rubbed the beets out of my mouth, all over my face and promptly fell asleep. Mom cleaned me up and put me infor a nap, but when I woke up, I needed a big old bath to get the rest of the beets out of my nose. yummy!

Happy Hour Fun

Mom's friend Mike at school got a new, much better, job so on Friday, she took me with her to the Glen Cove Golf Club to say goodbye. Bye Mike. We'll miss you!
Here I am enjoying a non-alcoholic O'douls with Nina. The cold bottle felt really really good on my achy teeth. Those top two guys are coming in right now and boy oh boy do they itch!
Bye for now... I am going to go play in my NEW bathroom that Grandpa built for me. He's so cool!

Playdate with the Arthurs

Last Thursday Mom and I went to see her friend Christine and all the boys. Scott and Christine are mom and dad to Jack, Nicholas and Daniel. Jack and I played a lot which was so cool because he is a big boy! Jack can run, and talk and tell stories. He even goes to school. I was fascinated by EVERYTHING he did. Jack let me play race cars with him and he showed me his own special couch.

But, as much fun as it is playing with a grown-up kid, in the end, I was glad that Nick and Dan let me go in their jumparoo. What a neat-o thing for us little ones! Jump away!!!!

That's a spicy meatball!

Hey there!
I am getting really good at feeding myself. Last week, Miss Ann, my friend who lives upstairs, made meatballs. Mom was enjoying them so much, that I just HAD to taste. Mmmm Mmmmm. Delish! Miss Ann is a really good cook. She makes Mom and Dad dinner a lot. Mr. Bob, Miss Ann's hubby, makes killer BLTs. Mom said I will really enjoy them (if she lets me have any...she's a BLT piggy!)

My new outfit from Aunt Helen

is quite stylin'. It even has a jacket that matches the pants!

One of my new tricks is sliding the door open and escaping my room. Mom is not quite sure what to do about this new skill.



All of these toys, but still, opening that door is waaaaaayyyy too fun!

I'm hungry like the trout

While in Lake Placid, I accompanied Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa to "the Hungry Trout" for dinner. While they dined on delicious food, I napped...and then ate some cheerios and ground turkey veggie babyfood.

The Hungry Trout had all sorts of Adirondack stuff ont he walls, like this lovely deer head. Isn't it interesting?

Lovely Lake Placid

Ooooh! Check it out. This is much more snow than the "storm" on Dad's brithday. I am a snowman. or snowbaby, as the case may be. Lake Placid was, well, placid. It snowed, but not so much that you had to stay inside.

That's Grandma, reading me a book.

That's outside again. I can't wait to sit in this adirondack chair in the summer!

Christmas is fun Part III

On Christmas Day, Mom and Dad hosted their first holiday. They made ham and spaetzle and creamed spinach and Dad made yummy soup that Mom can't spell. Granny made delicious dessert and Auntie Dana made a salad and Grandma made fruit salad (which was quite yummy and sweet....especially papaya!)

Mom and Dad were running around a bit, so we didn't take too many pictures, but there was lots of gift opening! Here's an assortment (of me of course!)

Christmas is Fun Part II

On Christmas day I woke up late (ha ha hahahahhahahahahhhaaaaaa) and Santa had been to my house. I didn't leave him Milk and cookies the night before but he left me presents anyway. Here's some of my loot:



a new toy box (you can see it in the background whereI am playing with the puzzle)

an alphabet spinny ball thing

a football and some other balls (and the Foot Book by Dr. Seuss)

and a ride on car toy!

Mom's friend from work, Mrs. Craig, gave me a wooden puzzle that has entertained me for hours. I really like opening the windows to see what's underneath. Thanks Mrs. Craig! Mrs. Mierlak gave me a baseball game where I use a bat to smash the ball around. I love the bat. I smash all sorts of stuff with it and sometimes I even eat the bat! Mom and Dad have been calling me Bam Bam. Who's that?

Mom and Dad got a present too...Me! (and an elliptical trainer so they can get in shape to chase me around when I start running, I mean walking)

Christmas is fun!

So here's what I think of Christmas...it is SOOOOOO COOOOOL! Santa brought me all sorts of goodies and so did my grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles. I got my first taste of Chritmas on Mom's last day of school. When she came to get me and Grandma and Grnadpa's Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bill were there. They brought me bouncing Tigger and Aunt Nannie dressed me up in lights. Check me out!

On Christmas Eve we first went to Nonno and Grandma Nancy's house. I lounged on the couch for awhile (when i wasn't being hugged and kissed) and then we took a big family photo. Daddy's cousins Johnny and Michael were there. He hasn't had a play date with them in a long time!

Later on we went to Grandma and Grandpa for dinner, but I think Mom left the camera in the car. I slept after watching the grownups eat pot roast (but I did have some homemade apple sauce...thanks Grandma!)

Santaland

Mom and Dad took me to Macy's where Miracle on 34th Street happened. I got to meet santa! He was all furry with a white beard. I didn't really know what to do. I wanted to tell Santa about all the cool stuff I wanted but then I got shy.

More Christmas pictures are coming, but we're in Lake Placid and the connectin is WAAAAYYYY slow.

So they won't stop

chasing me with the camera and I have taken to wearing hats as disguises. Here I am hiding in my Washingtonians hat (that's not the real name...it's the Nationals, silly!)
And I tried to pretend I was Mickey Mouse...
but somehow, they always know it's me. Next I am going to Brookville to ask J.Lo if I can borrow her big sunglasses.

the paparazzi is chasing me!

Hey there. Mom has been chasing me with the camera all week to try to get a picture for the Christmas/New Year's card and I am SICK of it! No more pictures please!

Oh, on my 9-month birthday, December 8, I had my 9-month well visit. Here's the stats:

I am 23 lbs., 12 oz. That's 90th percentile
I am 31 and 1/4 inches long...that's off the charts -- the nurse actually measured me twice because she thought she did it wrong, but I am just an overachiever folks.
and my noggin is 75th percentile.

The doc said to start finger goods and Dad was so excited to make me a scrambled egg. Well it tasted good when other people fed it to me, but I don't really get this putting stuff in my mouth and letting go of it yet. I liked Cheerios too, if someone fed them to me!

I did have some fun playing with the cat the other night. Mom built me this little baby jail so i could sit there while she was making the bed (if you leave me alone, I will find the most dangerous thing to do, promise!). Well, Gruner really liked it in there. See I am on the outside looking in. It's much better in the free world.

I tried to play patty-cake with Gruner. Then she tried to bite me, so Mom ended our playdate. Oh well, maybe one day Gruner will let me pull her hair like Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Amber's cat Hibou does.

xmas attempts

Hi! So Mom really wanted a nice picture of me in my Christmas getup for a card...but I wasn't too into it. Mom put me in this nice green sweater with a snowball train on it that Grandma gave her when I ws born. Well, she had the thought that I would sit still long enough to take a nice picture. HA!!!!!! HA HA!!!!!!!! Instead I squirmed and crawled away or would sit and not look at the camera. Oh, except for when I was playing with a plastic bag. Then I would sit, but mom said she doesn't want to look like some crazy lady that lets her baby play with plastic bags.
So then she thought the next day she would try to get an almost naked picute of me for a new year's card...well, that didn't really work either, but there is a nice picture of my 3 teeth! Maybe I'll sit nicely tomorrow...or not.