Say what?

What do you mean Christmas is over?!

Spit-tacular!

This is what Dad and I do most nights after he tries to feed me that gruel he calls cereal.  Some babies start saying "mamma" "dada dada" or even "babababa" but my new word is 'ptthhhhh'! Watch out everyone, I may spit on you this coming week!

Another milestone

Mom and Dad have been waiting for me to do this! Scroll down and watch my video!

Eatin' dinnah!

Dad insists that I eat this stuff, what do you think? Do you think I can get anymore on my face…..I mean….in my mouth? Some days I like it, most days, especially tonight I prefer not to eat it.

Christmas is almost here!

I'm SO excited.  Mom and dad keep talking about Christmas!  We are singing fun songs about Santa, winter wonderlands, jingle bells, I love em'.  When Nana, Grampa and Uncle Matt came to visit, we bought a tree.  It is tiny, but now it is decorated with lights and ornaments!  It is beautiful, and a great place to nap next to.

This weekend, we went to meet Santa Clause!    He is really tall and lives right behind my house in a log cabin, go figure!  My friends were there too (Eric and Emma were born in July like me).  Santa was really nice. .He told me he would get me an X-Box, but mom said "no way, maybe never!"  We got lots of snow that day too, so I wore my new green elf suit.  

The beard is REAL!

My friend Eric

Me, Emma and Eric

The snow came!

Uh….wow, not too shabby, Dad said we got about 6 inches of fluff today. I guess he calls it fluff, do to how much fun it is to play in?

 Mom and Dad took me out to play in this fantastic white stuff! You know you can eat it too? Mommy put me in Grandpa's sleigh, Dad pulled me down to the mail box, it was a little cold, but it felt good to get outside.

 Dad has had the wood stove roaring since Friday afternoon. After we came inside, I got a little sleepy,due to all that play! It may look like I am awake, but I sometimes sleep with my eyes half open.

Waiting for the snow!

Mom and Dad say its going to snow? What's this snow stuff? You mean when it rains…..it turns to snow? Is that why my face looks like this? Its awful cold outside, our thermometer said negative 10 degrees on Friday! Brrrr! All bundled up, just WAITING for the white stuff!

5 months (and 1 week!)

Dad took this photo of me on December 7th, my 5 month mark! I was so giggly, it was hard for the camera to keep me in focus! Do you see my two teeth? They are almost the same size, the right one came  in a month later than the left tooth and they are the same height by now, WoW! I am about 18 pounds and growing fast fast FAST! I am warming up to Dads porridge he insists I eat nightly. It must be doing something for me, with the weight I put on.

Wait….WAIT!!!

Guess what? Something came up today! Oh yah…..see me sitting up all by myself? I just learned that today too! Wait….there's more…..

YES! After 3 weeks of drooling, crying, out of control screaming, but no fever my second tooth has arrived! Below Dad got a great photo of it, I don't look very happy, mostly because the flash was bothering my eyes. Sometimes Dad or Mom uses the flash on their cameras and it makes me fussy. If anyone out there reads this, maybe they can remember if they want to take photos of me, PLEASE turn off your flash! It hurts my eyes……thanks!

Happy belated Thanksgiving!

Wow, my first real holiday! I got to meet all of Dad's extended family in Glens Falls NY! Grandma got us a room where we stayed right next to where great grandpa lives!

The next day dad got the big bird, I think they call it turkey, in the oven, we then went over and met Great grandpa and Great grandma

My uncle Shane was there too! I haven't met him yet, you know? He looks JUST like my Dad!?! He flew all the way from Portland Oregon just to visit all of us for the day!

We spent most of the day visiting with aunts and uncles, we watched some football, ate a LARGE amount of food, and took many naps in between. At some point, someone took a picture of all of us! I think we are missing Mommy……

Oh wait! I do remember having fun with Uncle Marty. He was really cool! He played this game called "BEEP!" I laughed and laughed and laughed! 

One last parting shot. Dad forgot to take this special bib for me at Thanksgiving, so when we came home from NY, he put it on, mommy held me for the pose. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Feeling under the weather

On Tuesday, school called Dad to have him come pick me up early…..yep……pink eye AND a respiratory cold. Not very nice. Mom and Dad swapped taking care of me the rest of the week. We all went to the doctors three separate times. The doctor gave mommy medicine for my eyes, that's not very nice to have either. I haven't been feeling very good. I lost my voice on Friday, so even crying makes me sound even worse than I actually feel. Today (sunday) I am feeling better, I want to go to school on Monday, I want to feel better, but right now all I can do is sleep…..

new toy

Mommy opened up an early present for me this week. She calls it the activity chair, I kind of like it, I'm still not sure about all the things to stick in my mouth. The cool thing is, that I can turn myself and there is a new toy every time! Dad likes to put me in it when he is cleaning or making dinner. Mom likes to put me in it when I am tired of being on my back. Either way, I think I can get used to this contraption!

What?!

Dad told me today that mommy is going to back to work full time? Awe…man! I guess the honeymoon is over, full time day care here I come! Good thing Mom and Dad gave me a preview last week. I have a very nice teacher that takes care of me. Dad still needs to get a photo of the school.

my new hat!

Hi! Just wanted to say hello! Mom bought me a new hat! I like it a lot! Lots of fun going on tonight, playing with Mom and dad. More to share later…...

first day of school!

Yes, a day late……

Mom and Dad woke me up this morning extra early so we all could go to my new school! I was supposed to start last week, but the new building was not complete. Below is my outfit for the day, don't I look cute?

It was very VERY cold out this morning, Mommy put my new hat on, I seemed to like it a lot!

I will fill you more in as the days go. Maybe Dad can get some photos of the new school and my teacher! 

4 Months(and 3 days old)

Wow, how time flies!!  I am already 4 months old, and growing growing growing.  Mom put me on a scale the other day and I weighed 17 pounds 2 ounces!  As you know from my last posts, I am popping teeth, sitting in a highchair, eating some cereal, and getting ready for some snowy winter sports.  Life…is…good.

Snow!?!

Good morning!

I woke Dad and Mom up early this morning so we can go see the snow! I kept seeing little white things come out of the sky this week and last week, but today it was ALL over the house, lawn, and even the cars in the driveway!

Solid foods?

Hmm……Dad seems to think I am ready for solid foods? He stuck me in this new toy, Mom calls it a high chair, don't I look cute?

Dad gave me some rice cereal, I'm not sure about the taste, can you tell by my reaction?

I got some of it down, Mom had to give me some water to get it down my throat, Dad says we will try again later this week. I say, maybe later next month!

Guess what!?

HELLO?!?!

I am almost four months old, Friday is the big day, but guess what came today?

Happy Halloween!

Wow! Who would have thought that if I were to dress up in a kitty outfit I would receive candy from strangers! Mom and dad wanted to take me out for trick or treats but it was raining very hard halloween night. Instead Dad, Mom, and I carved pumpkins inside.

dad showed me how the jack o lanterns light up!

Can you guess what Mommy is? 

Trip to the pool!

Mom took me to the pool today!  I have a special outfit AND a special diaper to play in the water.  Auntie Sarah came with us too, she is a great swimmer and knows a lot about baby swim lessons.  The water was wicked warm, and not too deep.  Even though I was making some serious faces, Mom and Sarah kept saying "wow, she is so relaxed, she seems to love it!"  Yeah, they were right...it was awesome.  One drawback was that I couldn't drink the water like I do in the bath.  I didn't even get too cold, and I can not wait to go there again!!

(check out the finger)

(hilarious)

I even got my ears wet!

Its bright out here!

     Mom wanted to go out for  a walk, Dad said it was quite bright outside, Mom reminded herself that Aunt Heidi gave me a pair of sunglasses that fit my little head! What do you think? Some fashion statement huh? I liked them, made everything look pink inside my eye balls. 

Leaves?

     When I came into this world, as far as I could see was leaves, green, dark green, light green, and all in between. Now you are telling me that they turn color and fall off their limbs? What gives? Maybe that explains the loss of hair on my head.

      Mom and Dad took me down to the waterfront to see the foliage near Burlington, we walked the bike path, and sure enough, I got a little hungry. After my lunch (or early supper) Mom had me play in the pile of leaves we found on the ground! By the way? They don't taste very good. Seems like I want to put EVERYTHING in my mouth, Dad thinks I am teething, Mom thinks Dad is crazy, we'll just have to wait and see! 

Fun Feet!

So, the other morning I was hanging with mom and I found some super fun toys...right at the bottom of my LEGS!  I haven't put them in my mouth yet, but I do love watching them wiggle.  Mom and dad say that I will be able to walk on them soon, but in the meantime, I will just let mom walk me around in my comfy stroller on these beautiful fall days!