Gettin ready for my birthday

Well I'm not sure what all the fuss is about yet, but mommy and daddy seem real excited. They keep going on and on about how my first birthday is so special and how they survived a whole year...not sure what that means. But, they also tell me they love me a whole whole lot and that part's really cool. So some things came in the mail the other day and daddy said I was going to open a couple of packages as practice before my real birthday. He's so funny, but pulling apart paper sure is fun! Mommy and I got to Grandma's in time to celebrate my birthday on my birthday and hang out before the big party. Grandma said I may make a great piano player on day but I should stick to using my hands for things like opening birthday presents until I got a little bigger. Thanks for sharing my actual birthday with me Grandma!

Happy Valentine's Day Mommy!

Happy Valentine's Day mommy! I know Daddy said this was one of few days of the year when you were his first and mine second, but I'm too cute for silly rules like that. You'll be my valentine won't you? I love you and I'm super cute!

11 Months

So my new trick at 11 months old is knowing what button on the cable box turns the tv on and off. Look at me go!!! Mommy keeps telling me to stay little....i really do try to stay small but I keep growing and doing all these really cool things......I just think her arms are getting tired because I am getting heavier!

Hanging Around

It is winter time and Mommy and Daddy and I do some major hanging out around the house. This picture was when we got 8 inches of snow in like 6 hours....Daddy got to come home early and play with mommy and I......that is who I am looking at in this picture.

I was playing ball which mommy says that when I say ball it seems very southern. Anyway I had to take a time out to love my kitty Meela! Mommy says I have to be gentle so I just put my head on her to show her my love.

So this is a big moment below. I am having my first taste of Port Wine Cheese and cracker. Daddy loves this stuff and he says my Grandpa George does too. I thought it was yummy in my tummy as well.

Catch me if you can!!!

So BIG news tonight......I decided that I was going to walk before I turned 11 months.....ok so it is by days but still a big deal well at least according to mommy and daddy. Daddy got this really short video of one of my first real go at it. I have to brag that I did walk over 6 feet all by myself because I wanted too. Mommy and Daddy are in TROUBLE!!! They also wanted me to tell everyone that they would work on getting a better video this weekend when they weren't so amazed with what was happening.

Pushing my buggy!

Look at me go!!! The other day I took two steps all by myself towards dadddy!!

Yeaaaahhhh!!! My First Christmas!

I had a great time on my first Christmas...and it just seemed to keep going. How Awesome!! Does it happen like this every year?!

Before we left home daddy helped me open my first present right beside our Christmas tree and the Christmas train that Grandaddy gave us before I was born. I love that train...and my Christmas present was great too!

Then, mommy and daddy took me to see the family for Christmas. The night before the big day...Christmas Eve (right daddy?)...we went to see Gran and Gan and Great Uncle Dick...and Uncle Chris...and Aunt Liz and Uncle Will...aaaaand LIVY!!! Here we are at Gran's house.

I picked out a present for Livy and Uncle will almost passed out blowing it up. Mommy says he's a human air compressor...and a lot of other good things a daddy needs to be. I think Uncle Chris is glad he doesn't have to be a human air compressor yet.

Here is Livy's toy all blown up...sooooo cooooooolllll.

The next morning was Christmas day and I woke up to everyone carrying around socks full of good stuff. Mommy and Daddy told me their called stockings...and we opened up everything in the stockings on Grandma SuSu and Grandaddy's bed. Mmmmmmm and mmmmmmmmm's?

Ooooooooooooo Dolphin....and he lights up!!!

Wow...I thought I was a goner since I cried on Santa's lap the only time I met him, but I guess I wasn't all bad in my first year. Look!!! I got a whole music set from Santa!! Rock me Amadeus!

And it didn't stop there, I got a whole set of balls....a soccer ball, a football, and basketball!!

And daddy got a race car from mommy....but he said it would really be mine and we'd play with it together. My mommy is so cool!!

And after we opened up some presents and I napped....we went over to Grandmom's and I got to see her and Pa...and met Aunt Sara and Uncle James...and saw Aunt April and Uncle Dave...and A-V-I!!!!! We opened up presents and Aunt Sara gave both Avi and me really cool handmade Winnie-Pooh's. How awesome!!! I got so many great toys....I love Christmas!

Here is Aunt April and Avi....Avi got lots of cool presents too! I can't wait until we get to play together again....I may have to swap toys with her and work out a day-trade deal.

Pa made daddy and mommy drool over some kind of bread...something about Bee Bread or Beer Bread...oh, they called it Brie Bread. Hope I can have some next year! Here are Pa and Aunt Sara and Uncle James.

Well mommy said I was uber cute for my first Christmas, but it's not fair to be compared with all the cute girls. They are just naturally cute and then get to wear little cute dresses. That's ok tho, cuz I'm a boy and I'm a baller!! Just like Uncle Dave!

We had a great Christmas! I had a lot of fun...and I think I wore out mommy and daddy. That's ok, I think I got the best of them before I really had to share. What a great Christmas...numero uno!!!