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!!

T-day in Tucson!

I sure have gotten to see lots of my cousins, aunts and uncles lately! We all flew down to Tucson for Thanksgiving and stayed at my Great-Grandfather's house!! He's 92 years old... can you believe it! He was fun to hang out with - although he would never let me take his glasses! I got to see my Granny, Aunt Terri, cousins Cam and Megan, Great Grandpa Mitchell, Uncle Bill and cousin Dylan. We ate a HUGE turkey for Thanksgiving and although I didn't actually eat any of the meat Granny did give me the leg bone and I LOVED it! Mom and Dad were a bit skeptical and tried to take it away a couple times and there was no way I was giving it up... I just wanted to chew on it all night long!!

I had lots of fun hanging with my cousin Megan - she's 2 months younger than me but about 3 pounds heavier!! I was a little off my game the 1st day there and she was bullying me a bit but that didn't last long. By the 2nd day I was feeling a bit better and we were a pretty good match for each other. She's not quite crawling yet but she does have a pretty good butt scoot :)

My mom and dad went out for some fun hikes while they were there (and got caught in the hail and rain both during both hikes!) which gave me some extra time to hang with Granny, Megan and Aunt Terri and get to know each other a bit better :) It should be fun to see them in a month and see if either Megan or I have figured out how to crawl or walk yet!!

Click here for more pics from the weekend!

Yiayia's birthday

Well - I have had a busy couple of weeks! I've been on 4 plane rides and traveled to 2 different states in the past 10 days! With those 2 trips I've logged 12 flights and have visited 5 different states - not bad for 10 months!

The first trip was to Colorado to see my Yiayia, Papou, Uncle Andrew, Aunt Dena and cousins Leo and TJ. Dad had some work in Denver so Mom and I took the opportunity to join him and get in a visit with the family :). Lucky for us it was the same time as my Yiayia's birthday so we got to celebrate her birthday with her! She seemed pretty excited to have all of her grandchildren there to sing her happy birthday. My cousing TJ made an awesome birthday cake for her - can't wait until I can help bake cakes!!

We had fun together... I got Yiayia to walk me all around the house. I'm getting pretty good at walking but still need a little help from someone who's willing to lend me their fingers :). Leo, TJ, and I had fun playing too... Leo is going to make sure I stay tough - he tried a few times to knock me over, steal my toys, etc - but I held my own :) Once he realized he couldn't push me around we had fun hanging out. I even shared my snacks with him (man can he eat FAST!!).

We decided to stay up in Vail an extra day which gave us some extra time to hang with my cousins. I got to see my uncle's shop in Edwards called "The Healthy Life". We had yummy smoothies and sandwiches - it was fun to hang out there for a bit!! I also got to see TJ ride his bike (2 wheels!) really fast around a lake - and had some yummy BBQ at Kirby Cosmo's in Minturn.

Somehow mom didn't get too many pictures from our trip to Colorado - she'll have to post more when she gets them from Yiayia.. more pics to come!

my new moves

Well, I've been taking my time getting mobile (don't really see the need to rush these things!) but now that I am 9 months old I figured I'd bust out a few new moves :) I don't think either really qualify me as "mobile" but it is progress...!

move 1: cruising


move 2: bum to belly

A little give and take...

I've been learning how to share at school... It goes like this - I give you something and then you give it back, and then we do it all over again!! I do it with my books, my toys and especially with my food ... I give my mom and dad cheerios and then I take them back and eat them. It's fun to share with the dogs too! I more just tease them with my food though - I act like I'm going to give them my food and then just when they think they're going to get something good I put into my mouth not theirs!!! Hehe.... :) of course I do tend to drop a few nibbles here and there "accidently". I'm also figuring out how to share toys with the dogs!! Check it out - when I give Bruno a toy - he gives it back!!!