Bike Ride

The weather is getting nicer here in New Mexico and soon I will be going for bike rides around base and on the dedicated bike trails around town. Today I got a special helmet I can wear and we got a special bike trailer for me to sit in that gets pulled behind mommy or daddy's bike. Until I go out I will just crawl around the house in my helmet getting ready.

Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes are so weird. They are all about throwing old men down stairs, babies falling out of trees, old women in shoes whipping all of her kids, another old women who was so poor she couldn't feed her dog a bone, egg men falling off walls and breaking, two kids falling down a hill. What exactly is mommy trying to teach me here!?

Tooth picture

It is really hard to capture a baby tooth in a picture. But if you look close enough you can see my bottom tooth and right next to it is my 2nd tooth coming in - the 2nd one hasn't broken all the way through yet but it is trying too.

Cheerios

I really love eating my Cheerios in the morning, or any time really. If only I could figure out how to open this container I could eat all I want and even share some with my doggies!

Tax Time!

I am worth how much in tax savings?

That's funny! It is going into my college account...right?

Happy Birthday Gram!

Today is my Gram's birthday. If I could talk I would sing her happy birthday, but I can't so instead I made this birthday note with mommy's help. I let mommy trace my hand so I could wave hi to gram, then I helped hold the tape and marker.

Even Ophelia wants to rooo happy birthday!

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

Big Boy

I have upgraded to a bigger car seat now that my feet hang over the edge of my old one. Also at school I will be moving from a crib to a cot! When I am in the one year old room I have to be able to sleep in a cot and feed myself so we are working towards that. My life is so very exciting!

St. Valentine

Look what I found in the mail box! I card written just to me!

On Friday at school we had a Valentines party, daddy even came by to party with us and watch me & my friends eat a special Valentines lunch - it was all very exciting. Daddy made a video of the party as you can see below.

Pantry

Wow do I love the pantry. It has doors that I can slide open, shelves that are great for pulling up on and lots of colorful boxes, jars, cans and tupperware to pull out!

Olympic Fever

Who has Olympic fever? Dexter does! (for some reason I made the Canadian team, as evidence by my official looking t-shirt) What event should I enter?

The riding your rocking horse event...

The one armed couch pull up...

The inverted push ups off your car...

No matter which event I enter, I am going for the gold!

Pink is not my color

I have pink eye!

Some kid at school had it last week and now I have it. I thought mommy said it was nice to share? Now you cant really tell in this picture because my eye are wiped clean and I have gotten my tobramycin eye drops a few times now - but trust me yesterday my eyes were so crusty & red it was like a constant stream of yellow junk from them!

I love books

I love having Daddy or Mommy read me books.

ps. January Pictures are uploaded (link at top)

My trip to the Zoo

Today mommy and I went to the zoo. I saw all sorts of animals - snakes, turtles, birds, eagles, monkeys, chimps, gorillas, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, zebras, emus, peacocks, ducks, hyenas, warthogs, lepords, jaguars, lions, flaminos and lots of other animals that I cant remember right now. It was a fun place but I only lasted about 2 hours before I was overwhelmed and needed to go home and take a nap. I look forward to going back in a few months with mommy and daddy! Mommy said she will make me a book about all the animals I met so I can look at them anytime.

9 months update

Wow! I am 9 months old today - can it be I have been outside of my mommy longer than I was inside yet?




Weight: somewhere over 19 pounds

Skills:
Physically: I can crawl, pull up on anything, stand up, cruise along the coffee table/sofa, I can sit down from standing position somewhat gracefully. I can feed myself cheerios, crackers, teething biscuits well.
Verbally: Still no words but I love to say "Ba" all the time and something that sounds like "Up"

Likes: I like to wrap things around my head/neck - this doesnt sound very safe does it. I started doing this with mommy's wii nun-chuck cable so mommy gave me a scarf to play with instead - much softer and less dangerous.
I like to go to the grocery store - every Saturday mommy and me go there and my job is to make old people and the deli girl happy by flashing smiles at them.
I like to play with the dog bowls - Bosley is still not amused by this. I make up for it however by handing them lots of food while I am eating in my high chair.

Dislikes: Not being around people, I will crawl after you at mock pace if you leave me.

New Foods since my last update: Grains - Crackers. Fruits - Melon. Vegetables -nothing new. Protein - Beef. Dairy - Yogurt, cheddar cheese. I really enjoy the yogurt!

Highlights of the month and what is to come:
This month was all about growing & moving. There is no place I dont want to crawl to and climb over. I am getting bigger and stronger and needing to eat more also. I have added in an afternoon snack to my eating pattern and eat more solid foods at each meal than one month ago. I am still on only breastmilk (hooray to mommy for making it 9 months so far) but a few times now had apple juice which is fun to drink also! Next month should be more of the same - working on walking & talking & growing. Mommy said once it gets a bit warmer out she will take me to a place called the Zoo! I look forward to that.

That is all for now - have a great February!

new PJs

Gram made me some new clothes! I have 3 new winter hats, new PJs, new overalls & new pants! I cant wait to wear them all and grow into some of them. Here is me and daddy showing off my PJs and matching hat :)

exersaucer

I can't wait on someone to put me in my exersaucer, so now I just crawl under it to play.

reflection & perspective

Reflection

Another part of mommy's homework was to take a picture with a reflection in it. She wasn't even trying to do it with this picture but daddy's glasses reflected the mini rock climb wall she was standing on so it worked.

Perspective

Although this came out over exposed here is mommy's "perspective" photo for class. You can see the rock climb wall in the back - I cant wait until I am big enough to climb on it every day!