Stroller Strides

Every week I go to pump iron with Mumma. Well, I really just sit in my stroller and enjoy a nice walk, but Mumma works hard. Once a week we go to an exercise class called Stroller Strides with my buddy Mason and his Mumma Mindy. Mason is my neighbor and best buddy, I'm sure you have heard me talk about him before. He is three months younger than I am, but you can't tell by looking at him! ...he sure does likes his Sweet Potatoes!




Sometimes after class we get to have play time with lots of toys and other kids too - that's sooo much fun! I don't know why they always bring all these fancy toys though, all I need is an empty water bottle and I'm happy!

Look Out Here I Come!

I finally figured out how to get around my house (and get into a lot of things that I shouldn't). I kinda do a bit of a commando move for now, but hey, whatever works! My Mumma and Daddy were pretty excited about me moving around, but let's just see how that changes over the next couple of weeks!

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Life's A Beach

Ahhhh.... this is the life. Layin out on the beach soakin up some rays, knockin back some milk .... Well okay, not really, but I sure did have fun with Aunt Wendy and Uncle Ben when they took me to Lake Michigan! Boy are those waves big!!! I was a little scared at first, but I got over that quick and had a good time swimming! .....and that stuff called sand... WOW! It was really hard to hold onto! :)

My Days and Nights

I spend alot of my days playing with my toys and Mummas toys (like the phone and computer). I don't get the phone though, because I can hear people that I know talk, but I can't see them? Where are they!? Mumma says I'm gonna grow up to be a computer geek like Daddy - which must be a really kewl thing to be if that's what my Daddy is!!

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles

Have you seen these things? They are so kewl! I could never catch one though...

Frosty-licious!

Mmmm Mmmm! Now everyone knows what a fussy eater I am, but gimme a Frosty, and watch it disappear! Daddy gave me a few bites the other day and yyuuhhhmmmmeeee! It was kinda weird at first because this stuff is really cold - and I'm not used to that. But I got over that pretty quick! I got mad when he eat it all for himself and wouldn't share with me. ....Why do these people continue to feed me peas and prunes when there's Frostys!?

I Love to Swim

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I'm 9 Months Old!

Boy, have I been busy lately. I got to see my cousin Kate, Uncle Eric & Aunt Jen, my Nana and Grandpa James, Great Grandmas and Grandpa, and Great Uncle Rick and Aunt Carla, Great Uncle Tim and Aunt Becki.... (at Kates Baptism) a couple of weeks ago. It sure was hot that day - but I didn't really care becuase I slept the entire car ride there and back home.

Oh, and I had my 9 month pictures taken. I think it's so funny when that lady with the camera makes funny noises at me - I just laugh and laugh. I'll show you some pictures once they come in.

Mumma feeds me lots of apples, but it doesn't seem to keep that mean doctor away. Well, it's not actually the doctor that's mean - he gave me a book (and we all know that I LOVE books), it's those mean nurses. They poked me two more times at my 9 month check up. I'm a pretty big boy though - I only cry (well more like scream) when they give me the poke, then Mumma picks me up and I'm all better. I am 28" long and weighed 18.4 pounds, which puts me in the 25% percentile for height and 10-15% percentile for weight. I guess I'm just gonna be a short skinny kid.

I'm not quite crawling yet, although I can scoot around on my butt pretty good. I also like to roll and roll and roll! Oh - but I can stand up (with a little help) for a few seconds see...
My Grammy says I'm just going to skip crawling and start walking - then I will really make Mumma and Daddy run after me!

I know my Doggy (Higgins) and my Kitties (Jackson and Pippy). When I see Higgins I say "geee geee" and I just love to play with him. The Kitties are fun too, but they must not like me too well cuz they just run away when I yell at them.

Computer Geek in Training

Rub a Dub Dub

Have you seen my new bathtub? It's so much fun! I just don't want to get out. I really like playing with the baby duckies that my Great Grandma Jean got for me. They squirt water and I think that is soooo funny!

Ahhh, this is the life!!

I got a new big boy chair!!! I got too big for my baby bouncy chair so Mumma bought me this new "lazy boy"! Mumma caught me watching my Baby Einstein DVD; I was learning about body parts like head, shoulders, knees and toes! It mad me sad to see the giraffe puppets crying so I cried too, but Mumma said that the giraffes weren't really sad, they were just showing me what "sad" is.

My New Game

I have a new game!!! Mumma calls it "cause and effect" but I call it drop toys out of my pack and play and someone will pick them up and give them right back to me to drop again! Yehp, I've figured this game out pretty well!!! See....

Stop Pinching Us Uncle Eric!

I just hate to see my cousin Kate cry, so I thought I would join in harmony!

Family Pictures

Remember I told you a while ago that I would show you some of the family pictures that we had taken at that really big lake called Lake Michigan? Well, here they are...

Uncle Ben, Aunt Wendy & Me

Happy Birthday America!

Peek A Boo

I just love playing Peek A Boo!!! Daddy thinks he can pull a fast one on me.... ha!

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Me & Cousin Kate

Howdy Ma'am

Over the holiday weekend we had a big party with funny hats, this prickly stuff called straw, and a really smelly hot thing called a campfire. We had our annual 4th of July party and this year it was a Texas Hoe Down. I got to see my cousin Kate - boy is she getting big (but still not as big as me yet!). I think me and my (Great) Aunt Sue look pretty good in our hats! I put a couple pictures from the Hoe Down for you...

My New Boats

Check out my new boats! My Grammy and Grampy got me this boat for Christmas. It's so kewl cuz it's a convertible! So on the shady cool days, Mumma can drop the top for me! I got to use my new boat in the lake too! I just LOVE all of the waves!!! They are so much fun! I also like it when my doggy Higgins swims with me.


Over the weekend, I also got to use my new Froggy boat in a really big pool! This pool was so much bigger than my pool; Mumma would take me all around the pool. She told me that she had a Froggy boat just like mine when she was a little girl. She said she loved to swim in hers just like I like to swim in mine. I have so much fun swimming - I just don't want to get out of the water.

Some Advice from Me to....

So just because I don't pooh for a few days - don't think you have to feed me every fruit and/or vegetable full of fiber on the Earth. ...and if you do feed me Prunes and Applesauce for two days straight, well, all I have to say is... be prepared for a 10 wiper diaper! :) Mumma just wouldn't listen to me, so I showed her... three days in a row now... :) ...oh and by the way, Prunes come out looking the exact same as they did going in!

So Many New Things

Look at my new chair!!! Mumma & Pappa says I look like a Ralph Lauren baby model in this picture... whatever that means. I'm a little to small for my chair this year, but you wait, boy oh boy, next year I will be rockin'!

I got to go see this really big lake called Lake Michigan last weekend. There were lots of people, and sand, and a really really big lake, with big waves. My Mumma was a drag and wouldn't let me go swimming though, she says the water is too cold. ...whatever! We took our family picture on the beach, but because there was so many new things for me to see, who cares about pictures!!! Thanks Uncle Dave for taking the pictures!! I will show you them later.

Brmmm Brmmm Brmmm....

Holy cow is this thing loud!!! Daddy makes me jump everytime he gets on this thing!

Mumma says I can't go with Daddy on the motorcycle until I'm 23. :)

HOLLA!

I wanna give a big HOLLA out to my Pappa and let him know how much I love him! Happy Father's Day Pappa!

Mr. Whiskers

Hey it's Mr. Whiskers (aka my Grampy). He has this funny prickly stuff on his face that I like pulling! ...and Grampy makes funny noises when I do! It's kinda like Mummas hair, but there's not as much to grab onto and it's really pokey!

He's pretty good at this feeding thing; he makes these really kewl airplane sounds when he feeds me.

Happy Father's Day Pappa!

It was my Pappas birthday and Father's Day; he had to work alot over the weekend, but when he got home we had a great time together. I got to go swimming in my pool, help with the grill, play with my doggy Higgins, and go for a long walk. Best of all I got to help unwrap all of Pappa and Grampys presents! Boy was that fun!!!












Pappa read me all of my books too - I have the best Pappa in the whole wide world!

My New Ride

See my sweet new ride! It was a nice day out so I had my Moms drop the top so I could enjoy the sunshine (with plenty of sunscreen on of course!).

Where's the Milk!?

So check it out.... My Moms gives me my OWN bottle with handles and this strange nipple - the liquid just flows out. I tell ya something else, that wasn't my milk in there either! I guess it was this cold stuff called water. I'm not quite sure how to deal with this stuff. I had a little at trouble at first keeping the bottle upright, cuz otherwise the water goes all over me and the couch (see next to me in the picture!). Higgins didn't mind me spilling the water! :)

I'm 8 months old today!!!

YO YO YO...

Whut up G!? Mumma got me these kickin' new shades for me to wear. Sometimes when we go outside for walks or when I go swimming it is sooooo bright, I guess these things are supposed to help block out some of that bright light. When Mumma first put them on me, I was like... whoa... what is this? But after a few minutes I got used to them, and actually, I think it's pretty funny when I wear them.

....keep it real YO!

Now I get it....

Ha ha! I finally get it.... all this funny tasting stuff that my Mumma and Pappa keep pushing into my mouth is called food and you eat it! Not all of it tastes so bad, but I'm still not so sure about those things called Pears. YUCK! As a matter of fact, some of this food is so good that I eat just about the entire container. Last night I had some really sweet stuff called Applesauce, and boy o boy was that good! I also really like bananas! Everyone still laughs at me when I "chew" my food, and I don't know why, because if they would take a look in a mirror, they chew their food too.

All of this food must be good for me since I am now over 18 pounds and have six teeth (four on top and two on bottom). I think it's pretty funny to chomp down on Mumma and Pappas fingers when they let me. Well I just thought I would let you know that now that I know what you're supposed to do with this stuff called food.... I just can't get enough!

Art in the Park

Last weekend, I got to go to this really kewl festival called Art in the Park. I got to see so many different things and people! Lots and lots of people! There was a lot of neat sculptures, paintings, and jewelry all made by local artists (well, that's what Mumma told me anyway). Best of all, I got a "free ride" on Daddys back! It was a long day for me so I decided to take a nap right in my backpack. I sure did have a good time!

Dinner Time!

Each night my Mumma and Pappa set me in my high chair at the dinner table with them when they eat. I just love to watch them eat...why do they move their mouth?? I don't have to do that with my food... Oh well, I guess I will do what they do when they eat....