Jack 'o Lantern!

It's that time of year again-Halloween! I was really excited to carve a Jack 'O Lantern this year! My Auntie Mel came over and helped me. I was more interested in eating the pumpkin than carving it, however. It was a really windy night so when it came time to light candle Auntie Mel did have a little trouble. Eventually we succeeded though and I thought it looked pretty cool on our porch! Here are a couple of pics of the event!

Oh, and just in case anyone has been wondering, here are some thing that I have been up to:

-saying all kinds of words: hot, duck, dog, attempted "yellow", nut, and ball.

-speaking of balls, I have been trying to throw the ball for my dog, Tug. He's pretty impatient but I still have a lot of fun trying!

-I have been waking up quite early in the mornings for some reason. Like around 5:30 or sometimes earlier! This doesn't work out too well so mommy is trying to figure out the reason for this. It's not fun to have a cranky baby who didn't get enough rest on her hands!

-I'm pretty much down to one nap a day.

-I adore books and bring mommy or grammy books to read to me.

-I also love my Wee Sing train. I can ride it but it is also teaching me words and sounds. It is fun!

Pumpkin Patch!

I went to the pumpkin patch this weekend with Mommy, Grammy, and my grandpa aka Grumpa. It was lots of fun and I even picked out a pumpkin that was just my size! I can't wait to carve jack 'o lanterns with my Auntie Mel next week! Mommy and Grammy even had Grumpa cut down some cornstalks for festive fall decor for their houses. Boy that Grumpa can sure cut down cornstalks faster than anyone I have ever seen!

One Year Pictures!

Here are some one year pictures (a little late since I am now 14 months). Meghan Collenberg took them, once again, and once again she did a fantastic job! I think the ones of me and mommy turned out good too! Enjoy!

Mommy Blogging Fail

So mommy has been slacking BIG time on blogging. But it's mostly because she can't blog from her work computer. So I've been up to lots and lots of things since last time she blogged. I can WALK now! Actually, scractch that. I can RUN. And I run everywhere. Nothing is safe from me and boy am I curious!

I also have been talking. I have been saying "mamama" for awhile but now I say many other things. I can say "Aaaa am" for Adam, my uncle. I say "chee chee" for GG, my great-grandma. I also say "Tee Tee" for Auntie. I can say "hot" and "go". I also attempt to say "kitty". I am one smart little man!

My sleeping has also improved greatly. I generally go to bed at 8 and sleep until about 6:30 or 7. I think it's because mommy finally stopped going in when I made the slightest peep. Eventually I learned to soothe myself back to sleep and now I rarely wake up at all. Mommy is HAPPY and, frankly, I am happier too. It's pretty great getting a full night's rest. Sleep is NOT overrated, who knew?