Mom, Dad, & Me

Yes, I know Christmas was 2 months ago but mommy is still catching up on this blog thing.This year mommy thought that we needed a few family shots since we haven't had a family picture since the hospital when I was born. Erin got lots of shots but to find one (or 2) that everyone was looking & smiling was a task-mommy says it's a good thing we have a fast camera! She got lots of fun pictures of me though with my CUTE hat on!

FINALLY WALKING!!!!!!!

I spent the day at my friends Brekkyn & Aspyn's house and started walking all by myself!! My friend Brekkyn is only a few weeks younger than me so I figured since she's walking, I could do it too! Check me out! Mommy will get more videos of my soon. Thanks to Brekkyn & Aspyn's mommy for taking this video on her phone of me walking and sending it to mommy. I am also so excited to hear that my friend Anderson became a big brother today so I will always remember the day I walked all by myself is the same day as she was born (she even weighed the exact same as me!) I can't wait to meet her & play with her big brother Anderson!

1st Haircut

Things were looking good @ my first haircut. I was excited to see Lisa (mommy & daddy's friend who cuts their hair), and I sat like such a big girl in the bumbo chair but as soon as she put the cape on me that was another story. I was NOT a fan. As soon as they took it off though everything else went smooth-especially when mommy let me play with her camera case (camera excluded). When it was all done I was super happy. Lisa Did such a good job. She says that my hair with be long in no time. I can't wait for mommy to do lots of fun things with it!

So Glad to be done-thanks Lisa!!!

1st Birthday

I'm already 1 (actually I'm almost 13 months but mommy is a bit behind on the blog thing). As you can see she's a little out of practice since she uploaded all of my birthday pictures in a random order. Anyway, here are some shots of my birthday. We had it over at grandma & grandpa Hanson's house. Lots of people came to celebrate with me-it was tons of fun. By far my favorite part was eating the cupcake that mommy & daddy let me eat all by myself!

Riding my new toy.

Me and my friend Lucia-she's only 4 months old so I am a lot bigger than her

Walking with Grandpa Tim-check out my new Nike's!

All Done! (now it is time for the tub)

Forget about little bites mom-this is too good too use my manners!

First bite-I think I might like this...

Are they really going to make me sit through all of this-just let me play in the boxes & the paper!

Favorites...

Mommy thinks that I have many different personalities-Most of the time I am super happy and very sociable. I LOVE to sleep and when I do sleep-I'm crazy! Check out my sweet hair do after a nice long afternoon nap.Another one of my loves is pasta, just like mommy & daddy. Usually though when I eat pasta, especially with red sauce, I go straight into the tub. My picture below will explain why. I love it so much I can hardly stand watching mommy make it-my puffs and gold fish crackers are no appetizer when I can see my pasta coming!

It's been too long!!!

HELLO STRANGERS!!! Long time no blog! I can't believe my mommy hasn't updated my blog since August! She's been pretty busy these days. Since starting back at work, its been crazy around here. From what she tells me she has her handful with her class this year.First off-I started my new daycare. I now go to Hayley's house which I LOVE-I even throw little fits when mommy picks me up and I realize she's not here to play with me but to take me from all my friends! I have been crawling & standing for months. I walk when you hold my hand or along furniture but as soon as you let go and I realize it, I sit down. Mommy thinks I really walk when no one is looking! I'm eating everything that mommy & daddy eat which makes us all happy. My favorites are Tortellini, Raviolli, Mac&Cheese, goldfish crackers, bananas, manderine oranges, green beans, toast, cheerios, puffs, yogurt melts, etc. There isn't much I won't eat! I am very talkative-I will talk to anyone and anything that will listen. Mommy says I sound just like the little girl in her carseat on You Tube-I have no idea what she's talking about! I celebrated my birthday last month-boy was that fun! I had a bunch of family and friends over and they even let me eat a cupcake all by myself! I LOVED it! Mommy will post more birthday pics soon.

Mommy & daddy sold our house so now we are staying at Grandma & Grandpa Hanson's for awhile. I have my own room there and everything! Grandma says we can decorate and put some polka dots on the walls-I'm very excited!

There will more posts soon-I just wanted to catch up with all of my friends and family quick. Here are a few shots that mommy took for my 9 months pictures back in October. WE are still working on my 1 year shots. We tried one day but i just wanted to play with Aniston & Beckett & eat all of Beckett's puffs so we will try later (soon though-I promise. None of this 6 months stuff anymore).

Swinging & Swimming!

Finally, summer is here! Even though mommy goes back to work already next week, we've had lots of fun this week making up for lost time. On Monday mommy, me, Lindsey & Landon went up to Park River so grandma could clean mommy & auntie Lindsey's teeth. While we were there we visited the park, then went out to lunch at the cafe, had a nap, and went to the swimming pool that mommy used to work at. It was my first time swinging and also my first time in the swimming pool. I had so much fun!! Mommy says that I am starting swimming lessons in a couple of weeks too with her & daddy-I'm getting very excited!

Rubber Ducky, you're the one...

you make bathtime lots of fun! Now that I can sit up all by myself (for the most part) I get to use my fun rubber ducky tub that my great grandma gave me. I saw my friend Anderson with his rubber ducky a couple of times on his blog http://www.threeatlast.blogspot.com/ and it looked like so much fun I just couldn't wait to try out mine! It makes bathtime so much more fun (& safe)! I even have little yellow rubber duckies (thanks Sara) that I like to play with/chew on. Notice in the video the squeaky noise my gums make on the ducky-it sure feels good on my soon to be teeth! I LOVE BATHTIME!!!

"Silly mommy, you took my duck away!"

No Hands!

Remote Control

I have lots of toys but I would have to say that my favorite has got to be the remote control. Mommy & daddy buy me all these toys and I like the old remote the best-I can pick it out of 10 other toys on the ground. I always manage to work my way to the remote! Mommy says I'm more and more like daddy every day-I even change the channels sometimes! Found it!

6 month pictures

Now that I'm six months old it was picture time again. Since it was so nice outside mommy and Erin took my pictures instead of going to a studio. First we went over to Erin's house (Aniston & Beckett's mommy) and then mommy took me to Lindenwood Park by the pretty pink flowers. Mommy even got my crazy hair tamed with my pretty blue bow that matched my polka dot dress. If you notice in these pictures I am sitting up all by myself! I think my mommy likes polka dots...

Not so Sweet Potatoes

Now that I am six months old, I'm doing and trying lots of new things. I now weigh 16lb. 5 oz. , I am rolling all over the place, sitting up by myself, reaching for EVERYTHING, babbling to anyone or anything that will listen, and trying baby food. At first it looked pretty exciting being bright orange and all but once I tried it, it was a different story... "Hi Mom" I see you have that big black camera thing out again-i know what to do..."cheese"!

If you say so...

I'm not so sure about this orange stuff!

Do I really have to have more-can't you see that not much went down the first time-its all over my face and not in my tummy! Next food, squash-I'll let you know later how that one goes later.

Best Buds

This is my best buddy Wilson. Usually he doesn't want much to do with me unless I spit up or spill some of my food on the floor or on myself. I do love watching him play though-I think its really funny when he is running all over the place-I can't wait until I get to run around with him. He is a great protector. He will bark at any stranger (or our next door neighbors) that walk by or ring our doorbell. Lately I've been able to get close enough to grab him. I get so excited I just want to squeeze him. Wilson tries to lick me when I get close but mommy & daddy always tell him "NO", I think its kinda funny and it even tickles a little. I can't wait to grow up with him, we are going to have so much fun together!

I really wanted to hold Wilson's hand but all he wanted to do was chew his bone.