One more Christmas post...

Whew - we've been so busy it's hard to capture it all!! It's been fun to see all my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. A couple more pics here to top off the Christmas holiday and since you can only put so many pics on the blog I had mom post the "full collection" on Flickr - so click here to see all the pics. Enjoy :)

More gifts !!!

Guess what - I got to open even more gifts!! Since my yiayia and papou spent Christmas with my aunt, uncle and cousins in Colorado we did a seperate Christmas with them at my Uncle John and Aunt Jennifer's house... They made this awesome brunch that I totally chowed on and then I got to open a bunch more presents :). Lucky me!

I got soo many fun things - my yiayia even made me a doll. She made the whole thing - including her own sleep sack that looks just like mine! We can be twins :) At first my mom was a bit hesitant about the whole doll thing but even she had to admit that it was a pretty cute doll and was totally impressed that her mom made it herself. We're going to be pals I think :). My mom and dad we're super excited about a car seat that I got too - I think they are going to put it on one of their bikes so I can cruise around time with them! And don't fear - I got a helmet to go with it :)

Merry Christmas!!!

Well I don't really get this Christmas thing quite yet but I did have lots of fun opening presents and playing with lots of new toys!!! I think I could sit by our Christmas tree and just go through all the stuff under there for hours! So much to explore!!! It's been fun having my cousins around to play with as well... Megan and I have been "sharing" all of our toys and Cam keeps us pretty entertained.

Here's a couple videos of me unwrapping gifts and Megan and I sharing toys :)

Whoaaaaa!

Check it out I went sledding for real today!!! Forget being pulled around my front yard I told mom and dad that I wanted to hit the big hill with my cousin Cam :). Megan (my cousin who is 2 months younger) seemed up for hitting the sled hill as well so we all headed to a nearby park to play with the "big" kids :) First my dad took me down the hill then I went with mom... I loved it!! we went sooooo fast!!! I think next time I want to build a ramp so we can catch some air!!!

snow daze

Check out my snow angel! Everyone was out in street playing today so I wanted to get in some play time as well- I'm looking forward to being able to sled with all my neighbor buddies when it snows like this again! (if that ever happens :). We went for a nice walk down to the hardware store - it was fun to be able to walk down the middle of the road in the snow. Since they are mandating that all cars have chains in Portland not too many people are driving around - there are more cross country skiers than cars!!

girl on a mission

Watch out - here I come!!! My friend Graham lent me his little push toy since he's older and can walk without it - I'm officially obsessed!!! I haven't quite figured out how to steer it yet but I can usually sucker mom and dad into helping with that. I like to push it all around the house - occasionally I'll stop and take a little "field trip" on another piece of furniture or door frame - but I make sure I can always get back to the car so I can keep motoring on :)

One of my favorite things to do...

is to go grocery shopping!!! I love riding in the carts and helping mom and dad pick out their groceries! And i LOVE saying hi to all the other shoppers. Everyone always seems to be so happy (maybe that's because I smile at them until they smile back!). I like to wave at all the other shoppers too which is fun b/c they all make these funny faces and wave back.. it's a fun game.

My first snow day!

Wow - it was so cool today - all day long white stuff dropped from the sky and our whole lawn was covered in white!!! I had to get outside and check it out so mom and dad bundled me up and we went sledding!! It was so fun! It was definitely pretty cold outside but I didn't really mind. Thankfully my Aunt Dena had sent home a warm fuzzy snow suit with my mom so that kept me pretty cozy. I can't believe I actually got to see it snow at my house!!! I guess that doesn't happen around these parts very often :)

First Two Teeth!!

Guess what - I got my first two teeth!!! If you look closely you can see them in this picture...barely but you can... I swear!! It's the bottom two... Geez if it took 10 months to get the first two I wonder how long it will be before I have all of them - I'll be like 10 years old!!!

I might actually crawl after all... :)

Let's just say I've been taking my time trying to figure out how to crawl. Walking is way more fun and I can usually sucker someone into helping me walk all over the house... :) I especially love walking into the bathroom!! But I had a major breakthrough the other day and mom and dad insisted on getting it on tape. I actually crawled forward! I've been spinning around in circles for a while now but I never actually move forward. So here it is - my first moves forward. I wouldn't quite call it crawling but it's a start!!