My busy weekend!

This weekend I had my birthday party. It was a lot of fun because I got to eat more cake!

My bug cakes. My cousin Ate Jaden helped Mommy decorate them.

"Happy birthday to me....."

Mommy & Daddy watching me eat cake.
I love cake.

The aftermath.

Then on Sunday we watched the Redskins game and carved our Halloween pumpkin.

Go Redskins!

This is what I looked like during the game last year.

Pumpkin time!

What's in there?

Ewwwww......

The finished product!

I'm very close to walking by myself but until then I like having something to push.

Thanks for looking!!

Happy Birthday!!!

I'm a big girl now - a whole year old. Daddy took the day off work and we went w/ Mommy to Cox Farms. Then Grandma, Tito Cy, Tita Fe, and Ate Jaden came over for dinner. Today I:

Rode down a sled


Looked at cows
Went on a hayride
Pet goats. I really, really liked the goats.
Climbed on hay. This I did not like.

Ate cake. Lots and lots of cake.



Opened presents.
Played w/ my alligator.
And tried on my Halloween costume.

It was a wonderful day!

40 weeks and 4 days...

is how old I am today. It's also how long my mommy was pregnant for. I have officially been living on the outside longer than the inside. A few recent pics -

Reading is FUN-da-mental!

Oooh....lens cap

Lens cap.....yummy

Daddy getting ready to throw me over the edge at Great Falls Park

Car rides make me sleepy

Checking email with Mommy's friend Duane

And the Oscar goes to.....

SIERRA!

Happy 9 months and 2 days!

Mommy & Daddy tried to get me to sit still for my monthly shot but I had other ideas.



I turned 9 months old on Monday. I celebrated by waking up 2 hours earlier than usual. This is what I was doing at 7am:



I like to talk a lot these days. Mostly I say, "Babababa" like in the video but I've also said, "kuh kah" (kitty kat) and "mom" and "mama". Other things I like to say are, "In-ga" and "Bama". Maybe I'm an Obama fan?

And here's one last pic-

CHEEEEESE


If you look close you can see all 5 of my teeth!

Look at me go!

I haven't posted in a while and I've learned a lot in the past month as you can see here:



And I'm officially 2/3 of year old!


We also celebrated Fathers day. I took Daddy to a car show and then we had dinner w/ Grandpa and Gran-Marie.
In addition to crawling & pulling up, I've also discovered the cd case.

A girl and her tutu!

(Who would've guessed that my mommy, who in her teens hated anything remotely girly, would squeal w/ such delight over a baby in a tutu?)

The beach!

Helping Mommy pack before our trip:

We went to Chincoteague which is on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. After a 4 hour car ride I finally got to see the beach.

Hmmm.....what's this stuff?

I like the beach!

Getting splashed! The water was FREEZING!
Wake up Daddy! I want to go to the pool!

This water is much warmer!
It was cold that day so we went for a walk around town. Here's Mommy givin' me some love.
Our last day at the beach. Playing w/ Daddy's sunglasses.
Sand does not taste yummy.
After that, I was done so we went for a walk.
And I got to pet the ponies that lived next to our hotel!