December 2009

Yay, it's December. I'm 14 months now. When do we stop using "months" to tell how old I am? Anyway...we moved into our new place and I'm getting used to all the new places to play. My mom had a hard time finding some things like cards and stuff for baking cookies, but we found everything just in time.
We went to my grandma's house in New Mexico for Christmas. I got to see a lot of family and snow! I'm not content with walking, so I'm practicing running, and I'm able to say some words like "Dis" for things I want/can't reach/or to be lifted. I also call both my parents "Dad." Here are some pictures from December.

Playing with lights at a nearby neighborhood where they had the most colorful lights I've ever seen!

Ready to bake, people.

Had fun walking around in the snow with daddy and my cousins.

I like my Christmas present from grandma.

Thanksgiving Weekend--2009

It's already Thanksgiving and there's a lot happening. My mom has been putting stuff in boxes and we had this big bird to eat with family who came from New Mexico. My mom says they came to help us move. So, here are a couple of shots from the weekend.

Here I am in possession of my favorite new toy--Garlic Salt. I think this will come in handy when my parents cook for everyone.

The weather was beautiful and warm over the Thanksgiving weekend, so we took some of our visitors to the beach for awhile.

Goofy Bedtime Reading--Nov. 2009

My mom kept laughing at me experimenting with my "moo's", laughing at my own jokes, and saying "bye" to the book before dumping it for the night.

Kinda Walking--Nov. 2009

Well, I'm doing it...I'm walking. I'm getting better at it and am walking more than crawling now. Mom recalls me taking my first steps the latter part of August, and since then I've graduated to cruising, walking between furniture, then wobbling around solo. Here's a little bit of footage of me walking to my dad.

Halloween Time Baby! 2009

Happy Halloween! It seems like we've been celebrating all week, and I've enjoyed it! My mom's friend said she had a costume for us and we were all excited to see that it was a lion. I've been practicing and can sometimes muster a lion roar, too. I think my favorite part of the costume are the paws. The hood gets a little annoying and old pretty fast but those paws are sooo cool.

On Halloween night we went Trick or Treating as a family. My parents were dressed as "Sleep-deprived Parents." It was a lot of fun checking out the neighborhood and seeing other kids dressed up, too.

Getting ready for the first party and telling my mom, "Put 'em up, mama, put 'em up!"

Checking out my pride in music class.

Notice how I stealthily move as I go in for some other kid's bell.

Bestill my eyes, what is THAT in my bag?

Taking a closer look.

Woo hoo--checking out my loot!

Trick or Treating with my Newbie, Sleep-deprived parents.

More Partying--October 2009

It has been so much fun celebrating my birthday--so much so that we had another party--this time it was with some of my local friends and parents' friends. We came together to visit and have more cake!
Since it's fall time, we also have been to places they call "Pumpkin Patches." I don't think they REALLY grow the pumpkins at these places, but they were fun to visit anyway.
We also got some chances to make some day trips up to visit friends in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

Having some more birthday cake. I think I skipped all my naps after this!

It was a warm day, so I practically jumped into the bin that had ice and water.

A day later I finally started to open presents. My parents let me go at my own pace and I think it took a good week. I was fascinated by all the colored paper, and then after I got through that I found presents! It was so cool! Thanks everybody!

I thought a white pumpkin was just too funny.

Playing at Rocky Nook Park in Santa Barbara.

A culinary tour of Santa Ynez led me to Aunt Telma's for a lovely chocolatey dessert. Yum!

Birthday Party Weekend in NM--Oct 2009

To celebrate my birthday and to celebrate my daddy making me laugh back in December, my parents, grandma, uncles and aunties organized a party for me in my mom's hometown. I had a good time visiting with my relatives at the party and sharing some birthday cake--plus offering them some candy and mountain salts. Here are some pictures of our weekend. Some of them are from stops on the way back.

Here's a picture of my birthday cake with some of my Legos as decoration.

Dad put the cake in front of me and I went at it face first.

Then, I used my hands.

On our way back we stopped for lunch and had some GOOD barbecue.

I just couldn't part with my rib bones, so they came home with us. (That reminds me--I better ask my mom for them cause they're still in her purse.)