Fun at the Beach - Labor Day!

Earlier this month I made my first trip to the ocean for a long weekend with mom, dad, and my big brothers. The car was packed. Mommy looked warm with both dogs on her lap, but I had lots of room in my awesome car seat.

The beach was even better than my brothers said it would be. It was the biggest sandbox I have ever seen! I got in a lot of walking practice and played in the sand. I threw a few sticks around. Life is good.

Mom and dad rented a big house with a hot tub and a fire pit, and dad took me for a long walk every morning in the three wheel stroller.

It was Bailey's first trip to the beach too and she chased the ball until we all thought she was going to fall over. But she still had enough energy to take food out of my hand when I was done eating.

The ocean sure is big. It made me think that maybe there is more to life than pooping and my soft blankie.

Mom and dad took loads of photos and here are some of my favorites:

Catching Up

Wow, I have not posted in a couple of months. It's been a busy summer and I guess learning to walk and say "Dog" in sign language took so much out of me, I didn't make the time to do my regular Web entries. Sorry about that. What is sign language for "bad blog etiquette?"

Where to start?

Well, I took a fun plane ride out to Washington DC to spend the 4th of July holiday with my Aunt Heidi and Uncle John, my cousins Dan and Emily and four large dogs. Did I tell you I can say "Dog" in sign language?

We saw all of these cool building called "monuments" and things called "memorials" for people who fought in wars or something. We swam in the pool non stop and went on some hikes and of course saw fireworks. Man are those things loud! All I could do was point and say "oooh" but that is what everyone else was doing, so I felt grown up.


The plane rides were fun too, and right when we got off the plane I got to sit in the car facing forward. Man, is that cool! The view out the front of the car is so much more interesting than the back of the seat.


I also went to my first Major League Baseball game - The Nationals played the Cubs and mommy's team won (that would be the Cubs). I liked the yummy food and all of the lights. My brothers liked the snow cones that turned their mouths blue for two days.




And of course, I turned one years old and got turned on to this stuff called 'cake.' I can't wait for next year so I can have some more!

The rest of the summer has been great. Since we got home I have gone to the Zoo a bunch of times. Lisa takes me on the Zoo Train and I love the wind in my curly hair. I also made friends with an orangutang who puts his hand on the glass when I put mine up there too. Fun!


There is a lot more but I am tired. It's time to go night night with my soft blankie. I will post more soon.

Hangin' with my ladies

So this weekend I attended a birthday party where I was outnumbered by girls 4 to 1! Not bad odds, huh? It was really fun--I got to pet a pony named Rocky! I thought it was a dog and got excited when I saw him and kept saying "dog", but mommy corrected me and told me it was actually a pony (thankfully none of the girls heard me call Rocky a dog--what a silly mistake :)

We also played on some really cool blocks! All the girls were really nice and we laughed and enjoyed the sun for at least an hour. After the outdoor play we went inside to have cake and snacks. I think I discovered my new favorite food--chocolate cake!

So many adventures so little time....

I can't believe it's been a whole month since I last sat down to update my friends! How deprived you must feel. My apologies. So much has happened in the last month I'm not sure where to begin :)

First I'll report about my follow up play date with Kate! Kate and her mommy came to my house and we had lunch together then played with toys. I started out showing her the refrigerator magnets, then I threw a block at Kate (I think she secretly liked it), then plowed over her while she was crawling through the frog tunnel. A great success, wouldn't you agree?

My mom kept saying something about manners, but since I am not sure what that means I chose to ignore her. I did blow Kate a kiss at the end of our visit so that should count for something, right?



The day after my play date, my Godparents Dave and Sherry came over for a visit. It had been way too long since I saw them and I was so happy to spend the day with them. Auntie Sherry helped me crawl up my new slide and Uncle David threw me in the air and made me laugh. They are so much fun! Auntie Sherry always gives me lots o' kisses which I love!


My brothers are on something called summer vacation. I don't know the meaning of this summer vacation, but now they are able to play all day instead of going to school and that makes me happy! Lisa took us to the library and swimming all in one day! We had so much fun, I laughed so hard all day that I had to take extra long naps because I was so tired. Mommy and daddy also took us swimming and we had such a great time. I got to ride down the water slide with daddy! Mommy was waiting at the bottom, and she could tell by the look on my face that it was one of the most fun things I've done in my 11 3/4 months here! Wonder if me and Alex & Cameron could lobby to get our own water slide in the back yard? Just a thought.........

We also celebrated Father's Day! We all got daddy a new BBQ grill and torches for the back yard. We all helped daddy out in the yard (well mostly Alex and Cameron), then went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a visit.

I told you I had a busy month! Stay tuned for more postings as we are on our way to Washington D.C. on Thursday and we are all so excited! I am meeting my Uncle John, Aunt Heidi, cousins Dan and Emily for the first time. Mommy said they are so nice and knows I will have a great time.

Oh, and while we are there---guess who is turning ONE!? ME!!!!!! It's hard to believe a mere 12 months ago I was camped out in mommy's tummy not wanting to greet the world (I was late in arrival). Now, I am having the time of my life :)

The Garden of Good and ............

A weekend chock full o' fun... I think I like this Memorial Day!

I helped mommy plant a new herb garden, then we played in the yard with the dogs. I took the ball from Bailey, threw it then yelled at her when she ran away with it.

We also went to a few bbq's where I continued to expand my food palette. Mommy doesn't even bother packing the boring jar food anymore since I eat like such a big boy (and have 6 teeth to chew with!). Some of my favorite things to eat include scrambled eggs, kiwi fruit, avocado, beans, ravioli, sweet potatoes and of course Cheerios. There's something about those O's!

I should also mention that I like to eat my alphabet refrigerator magnets my daddy bought me. For some reason I think the "S" tastes the best :) Actually, I took to the refrigerator magnets in the hopes that I could kick the crib chewing habit. Tough stuff--good thing I have a good support network (and newly installed plastic covers) to help me get off the hard stuff. So far so good--ya' know one day at a time.

My Brother Is A Stud

Check out my brother Alex pulling off a major league quality slide into home last weekend. He and my other brother Cameron are having a great season and it's very fun to watch them on the field. Baseball at its finest!

Me and my mommy

I wanted to add that my mom is so pretty. I was feeling like crumbs when daddy took this picture but I think she looks very nice! Also note the newly stained fence in the background. Yes, daddy is finally getting around to all those yard projects he has been talking about since I was born...