Water play

Well, the local swimming pool was closed today so we went with Option B - Jamison Square, a kid favorite in Portland!! I loved playing with the water that ran out of the rocks, and of course I had to climb up ON the rocks too :)

4th of July Hike

We decided to do an "easy/moderate" hike to Ponytail Falls and Triple Falls in the Columbia Gorge. Mom and Dad thought it would be a nice mellow, cool hike on this hot day in p-town but I think it was a bit harder than they were expecting. At least dad thought so most likely because he was the one carrying me :) We did get to cross the river above the falls and find a nice cool spot to hang out and play in the water. It was super fun, I just wanted to sit in the water to splash around a bit!! The dogs seem to enjoy hanging in the water as well :)

BBQ at Bailey's place

My friend Bailey had a BBQ at her place. It was super fun, there were lots of other kids there and so many fun toys to explore. I even found a couple dolls to play with :). It's fun to watch all the things the "big kids" do and try to hang with them... Like going down the slide, riding a tricycle, and rocking on the horse rocker thing Bailey has. We had lots of good grub too.. I especially loved the salmon and corn on the cob, they were yummy!!!

Summer play in the sprinklers

It's been pretty hot here so we decided to hit the park for some play in the sprinklers. I was a bit skeptical at first but figured out it was pretty fun to stick my hands in and splash around a bit. What I really loved was to run around the park and spot all the birds in the trees!! I tried to chase a few down that were on the grass but they always seemed to get away... I'm looking forward to more play time at the park!! After all that play though - I was a bit tired... zzzzzzzzz

Mae-Mie

I love playing with Mazie (who I like to call Mae-Mie) and I think she likes to play with me too... :)

A perfect fit...

Check out my new sandals!!

Mystery of the missing remotes solved...

Burnt Lake Hike

Well, the weather has been super nice and we just had to get out of the house for a hike!!! We hiked Burnt Lake near Mt. Hood. It was pretty easy for me since dad carried me the whole way :). There was a cool lake at the end where the dogs got to swim (which they loved :) and I got to do some hiking myself!! You should have seen me navigate the rocks and tree roots!! It was a bit tiring though so I had a bit of snooze on the way back.

My visit with Jilly :)

We had a lots of fun this weekend!! My mom's good friend Jill (I like to call her Jilly) came to visit us!! It was my first time meeting her so I had to make sure I left a good impression :0). I think she was impressed with my vocabulary...I even learned how to say "flower" while she was here! We did lots of fun things but I think I had the most fun just running around the back yard and climbing up on the picnic table (which I have now mastered how to do :). We also went for a cool hike in the gorge on Saturday (but forgot a camera!!) and took a fun bike ride the farmers market Sunday.

I had so much fun each day that I fell asleep at like 6:45 Friday and Saturday night.. so unlike me but I think I needed the sleep!!

I'm 16 months old!

Well, so quick time goes, I feel like I just turned a year old! I just had a check up and I'm officially a 50% kid. I came in 50th percentile on weight (23lbs), height and head radius.

Thought I'd share a few things about me. Let's see... I have quite the vocabulary these days- to share a few of my "words": Nana (banana), Mae-mae (Mazie), No, uh-ooooh, bub-ble, baw (ball), hi, bye-bye, mama, dada, papa, dog, neigh (horse), moooo (cow). Those seem to be the ones my parents understand. I'm actually fluent in my own little language and give them an earful all the time- someday they'll catch on :).

I've also learned a few tricks- like how to "cheers" before taking a drink, and how to thump my chest like a gorilla (I'm REALLY good at that :). I'm also pretty good at walking up and down slopes. And I've figured out that when I'm hungry I can go get my high chair, push it into the kitchen and ask to be put in it... then Mom know for sure that I'm hungry!!

Oh yeah, and I should tell you that I really like dolls too:). Yes, I know hard to believe given my mom's history with dolls, but I do love to hug them, read to them and carry them around with me at school...