If you're happy and you know it!

Clap your hands! I love to do this now. Well, I've been doing it for some time but it's become a favorite hobby lately. I think I'm pretty darn cute when I do it too. And I will do it anytime, in the car, during a football game on tv, when someone smiles at me, when someone laughs at me! I'm quite the ham these days!

Christmas Pictures

So we are trying to pick out the perfect Christmas pictures for our Christmas cards! There are so many good ones it is really hard to choose! Mommy is thinking of doing three pictures: one with her and I, and then two of me by myself, because I am just so cute! Here are some ideas of the ones she is thinking of.

In other news, I have been chatting away, even more than I was before! I now call my Grandpa "Baa" because that's what he says when he calls the cows to feed them. I also have been attempting to say "bottle" but it also sounds more like "baa". I say "more" when I want more food. I like to read "The Three Little Pigs" and I try to say "and he huffed, and he puffed" for the part where the big bag wolf is trying to blow the house down! Reading is probably my favorite thing to do. Grammy bought me some new books because I just read so many while I am at her house!

I also have been climbing on things. Sometimes this works out well, sometimes it doesn't. I fell off the rocking chair in my room and that hurt. I also fell off my rocking horse (it was partially my fault because I was standing on it though). I have also been communicating well and my babysitter, Leana loves this. She asked me the other day if I wanted "night night" because I was cranky. I nodded my head and she layed me down and I was out like a light!

Speaking of sleep, I've been doing a great job of it at night. I sleep from 8pm until about 6:30am. I am a bit of an early bird but 6:30am isn't TOO bad.

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?

Water Baby!

So we took a trip to see my Auntie and she has a pool! It was so much fun! I loved the water and played and played, and played (you get the idea). I have an inflatable turtle that is fun to float in but I also like just swimming around in the water. I even blew some bubbles and put my face under the water. Basically, I have no fear! I can't wait until another nice day when I get to swim again!