New Pictures

Hi everyone. I know it's been a long time since any new pictures were posted on my website and so I finally kicked mommy hard enough to have her get some up. They are from Christmas and playing in the snow. I still don't really like the cold, wet snow but mommy and daddy are trying to change that. I got so many new toys I have to get mommy or daddy to take pictures of them for here too! Hope you had a good Christmas and have a happy New Year!!

getting much more talkative

my words are getting so much better lately. i can say "neck" and "dice" really well (those are the most recent new words). mommy and daddy can't believe i am growing up so quickly. i have become quite rebellious and cranky but thats just because i am in a growth spurt. it seems like i am hungry all day! the last time i had my shots mommy said i did a good job, barely cried at all, and the lady gave me a sticker. those things are really cool to stick and unstick. sorry i haven't written in a while. mommy hasn't let me on the computer :)

i really like it at daycare now and hardly ever cry when mommy and daddy drop me off in the morning. i hope it is as fun when they put me in the 2's room later this month. i am in that room in the morning before the teacher gets there and one little girl bit me 3x in 3 days! hopefully they arent so mean later. i sleep through the night and am a pretty happy kid. should be new pictures soon, mommy just has to get them out of the camera.

Bathtub poop

So, for the first time yesterday I was all done with my bath and had let the water go down the drain but had the feeling that I had to poop, so I did. Right there in the bathtub. Then, when mommy tried to take me out to clean me up again I stepped right in it. Mommy and daddy both said "yuck" but I thought it was pretty funny!

Trip to Springfield - Labor Day weekend

Hi everyone. Well, mommy, daddy and me went to Springfield on sunday and had a really great time. We went to the Abraham Lincoln museum where there is a place called "Mrs Lincoln's Attic" where kids of all ages can play with the same type of toys that the Lincoln children did when they were alive. There was so much to play with that I didn't want to leave!! After that we took a long walk to Lincoln's old neighborhood where he used to live. The houses and the area around them are still the same as when he lived there so it was pretty cool looking, or at least mommy and daddy liked it. I thought it was a little too hot to be outside that long. After a long walk back to the car we went to the museum of funeral customs (which is at the entrance to the cemetery where Lincoln is buried) and I wanted to touch and climb on everything. There was a cool table looking thing with a pretty cloth on it that just looked really comfortable but mommy and daddy said I couldn't touch it. I wanted to play with the statues set up to show one of the funerals for Lincoln but they said no again. Man they are party-poopers sometimes!! After we were done there we went into Lincoln's tomb. It's pretty big for a tomb. Mommy and daddy were holding my hand as we walked through when we passed a statue of a soldier on a horse. I looked at daddy and he said "it's ok" so I started marching like the soldier I saw there. I did this throughout the entire time we were in the tomb and kept trying to walk away from mommy and daddy when we were walking around the cemetery. We went down lots of stairs (mommy carried me) but I climbed all of them all by myself!! A few older ladies passed by and said if I could climb those stairs that they could too! It was lots of fun and I hope we can go back again soon!

Trip to the park

Went on a trip to the park yesterday and had lots of fun running away from mommy! I love going on the slide and the swing too!

i have a new cousin!

daddy told me that grandpa called to say that my new cousin gavin was just born yesterday. mommy and daddy are trying to have us see gavin, aunt johanna and uncle will on sunday. i have never seen a new baby before. its going to be great! i love little kids hopefully i dont get too rough. sometimes i try to pet the kitties but end up hitting them on the head or pulling their hair. i'm sure that mommy and daddy will watch me with gavin so i dont hurt him. i hope we can be best buddy cousins. welcome to the world, gavin! can't wait to meet you!

happy birthday america and the zoo

yesterday was LOTS of fun!! Grandma and Grandpa Wiles came out to visit and even Aunt Sarah, Uncle Jim and my buddy Jonathan did too! It was SOOOO much fun! We played outside all day and I got to help Jonathan ride on my bike. He pushed me on it too! We got to catch bubbles and just run around. Daddy grilled out on our new grill. I had a hot dog and LOTS of melon. I got to have green ones and orange ones and red ones (honeydew, cantelope, watermelon). It was soo very tasty! Jonathan ate my noodles off my plate and then dumped the rest on our blanket but that was ok. I was done with that stuff anyway. After dinner we came inside and had ice cream and brownies. Grandma fed the ice cream to me and it was just so tasty. Aunt Sarah's brownies were really good too. Then I fell asleep on daddy for a few hours. I didnt get to see any fireworks because it was past my bedtime but they didnt scare me either. it was such a good day i was just too pooped to stay up. thank you grandma and grandpa for coming down to visit. thanks aunt sarah and uncle jim for bringing jonathan over too. its so much fun to play with other kids.

today we went to some garage sales where daddy bought me a book and then we went to the zoo! it was pretty neat. there were big kitty cats and the meerkat was chasing me in his cage. we saw pretty butterflies and birdies, monkeys and lemurs, seals and alpacas. i got to pet a couple of goats and saw a lady holding a giant cockroach. i like the zoo but dont like riding around in my stroller. i would much rather walk. mommy and daddy kept saying "bye, bye" so that i would follow them since i dont like holding hands too much either. i am a big girl and dont need a stroller or hand to walk. it was so much fun that i fell right asleep when i got into my car seat. i think mommy and daddy are going to go out for garage sales tomorrow too so maybe we will find some cool toys or clothes for me. oh yeah, and i cant wait to see my new cousin just as soon as he is born! aunt johanna is due tomorrow!

I have my own room!

Well, its been about a month that Mommy, Daddy and I moved in to our new house. I even have my own room! It is soooo much fun with my toys and I sleep really good in my crib. I dance with my lion almost every day. Mommy says she will put new pictures on here soon. I will be sure to take some pictures of my new room too.

I can walk by myself

I have been walking while holding Mommy or Daddy's finger for quite a while but haven't been too confident to let go and try it myself. Until yesterday. I started to take a few steps on my own when I had things in both hands. It's a lot easier to carry your stuff when you walk instead of crawl! Today I am walking with nothing in my hands and no help. It's just a matter of time before I'm off running!!