Syracuse Zoo Again :)

This time we went with even more friends!

Mommy tried to get me to pose on the little elephant again. I liked it, but I wasn't going to smile like she wanted me to. I mean when is she going to learn that i'm NOT going to just do what she says all the time.

My friends aren't so defiant...they gave some nice smiles :)
Here's Nicholas.

And who mommy thinks might be Joanna, and she was TOTALLY wrong...this one is Samantha :) She still has lots of trouble telling them apart, especially in pictures! She remember's Cesca telling her that Thing 1 was born first, but she can't remember which one was born first...will have to wait to see if she got it right :)

So if that one isn't Joanna, then this one must be Joanna :)
Mommy will get it someday!

And ofcourse Ryan was there too!

Mommy tried one more time, she thought this is a cute picture to share :)

She caught me trying to check my friend's cup for snacks. She didn't have any :\

Look at the penguins! They were swimming everywhere ! It was so much fun!

This is the coolest cat ever :) It's a sand cat :) Looks a little like Nybbles.

Here are some even bigger cats...they looked a little hot.

This was my favorite exhibit of them all! The meerkats ran all over the place!
They were so much fun to watch!

Oh and then we caught an elephant show! Which was pretty cool.
AND I even got to pet an elephant!

Laundry

So this is pretty much why mommy can't ever seem to get laundry done.



She doesn't like it much when I try to help :) I don't know why.

Smash Cake Take Two

So since mommy had some more cake lying around she let me have another piece, or half a cake rather :)


And then we even let Nicholas into the whole bit since he kind of missed on his birthday :)



And man was it GOOD!


Nicolas loved it too!

Here I am waving to daddy who was across the room playing poker :)


See my frosting mask :)


And my new hair gel :)

Nicolas was a little cleaner than me, but he was totally loving it too!

After this we went and took a bath together... I mean how else were we going to get clean?

Mini Golf

Daddy wanted to take mommy to play at the new mini golf course, so we went on my birthday. It was pretty cool. I mean check out these balls :) They even float! And these clubs are the coolest thing ever to play with!

See me playing golf too!


This is a pavillion that overlooks the longest mini golf hole ever! It's REALLY long!


See they even have a sign about it!


It was a fun day, but it was HOT! I got a little tired of just sitting around towards the end. Mommy did let me play on some of the greens. I was a hazard for daddy and uncle tom a few times :) And my butt got all wet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

So a year ago today I popped into the world.

I've grown from being a mere 8ish pounds to now 20ish pounds.

I started out barely being able to hold my head up for seconds at a time, to crawling everywhere, climbing where I can and walking along as long as i'm holding something. I have taken a few steps, but I've stopped doing that for now.

I started a year ago only drinking mommy's milk or formula, and now just for dinner alone last night I had a meat stick, Italian pasta salad, and baked beans. I drink 2% milk, juice and water. I love really anything food although I wasn't to fond of ketchup when mommy offered a few weeks ago. The only thing I haven't been allowed to eat yet is peanut butter (the food not the bunny) and honey.


I came out not saying much, crying is all I really knew with maybe a few coos on occasion. Now I babble and cry daily. I like to wave and say something that is sort of in a round about way 'bye-bye". I know the words mamamam and dadadada, but i don't seem to get who's who yet. I know "that" cause i say it all the time while pointing. I understand when mommy says "Do you want a drink?" since I usually start whining ALOT more if I do! And I do know what "no" means but I choose to not remember quite often.

Daddy have graduated me from a being much like a potted plant. I almost drink entirely from just a sippy cup and have started even using a real cup. Pacifiers are only when I'm in my crib, but I'm learning even then i don't really NEED them.




I have a temper, I probably get that from mommy. But when I get mad...watch out. I slap, hit, pull glasses off, etc. But I mean if you just would listen to me it wouldn't be a problem!

When I first came home I slept at most 4 hours at a time (that was maybe once a day). Now I most of the time go to bed around 8-9pm and wake sometime after 7am. I rarely wake up now at night. I've learned to find the bottle of water in my crib when I get thirsty.



When I first born I had hair but it was just in a small tuft in the back of my head. I've grown a little more since then...and now mommy can even get it in pig tails :)

I needed to be held alot when I was first brought home. The world was BIG and scary, so I liked to cuddle. Now I like to roam free. But I have started giving hugs, especially when I'm tired. Like last night when my ear hurt me at 2 am mommy and I watched a Harry Potter movie for an hour while I just enjoyed the snuggling. (Yes I have my second ear infection just in time for my birthday :\ )




I have managed to grow at a nice steady rate. Just like when I was just turning 3 months and I had been in 3-6 month clothes for a month, I'm doing the same with 12 month things. Although they seem to be lasting a little longer. But I haven't had any crazy growth spurts that have caused me to skip a size. Mommy is hoping that in writing this it doesn't cause one since she just bought me a bunch of fall/winter things this week.





Life is pretty good, atleast that is what they tell me to say ;)

The Laugh N Learn Home :)

Check out what I got for my birthday! It's the Laugh N Learn Home!!! I love it! Thank you to everyone who gave me money for my birthday it helped buy it for me AND I also got the phone that goes with it! Oh AND mommy and daddy got me a Elmo Live! Man I'm spoiled :)


So I got it a day early...since mommy put it together last night, but I didn't mind :)

My 1st Birthday Party!

So while we were up visiting and going to weddings and such mommy thought it would be nice to celebrate my first birthday around all the family :) So daddy and her planned me one

See my cakes!

Here's my smash cake.


While people were coming in mommy had them sign my Birthday Bear.


Here's me all still clean hanging with my guests. Do you Peanutbutter?

Then here I am minutes after getting my hands on my cake :)


Here's daddy keeping a safe distance :)
And here you can see why...hehehe. I actually got MUCH worse but mommy doesn't currently have any pictures of that.


Here's me afterwards kind of cleaned up. My hair was still pretty sticky. Note to all the mommy's who have first birthday's coming..SOAP would be a good idea :) Not just a big box of wipes.

Mommy and ME! The hat on my head helps hide the sticky mess :) lol.


Yay for a great first birthday :) mommy and daddy would like to thank everyone that came! We'll work on getting Thank You cards out in the mail...just as soon as mommy has a minute to find the best picture 1 year of me to send with them!