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!