After my last post Mama, Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa Farrell, and I went down to Utah for a visit. We drove all night...well, I didn't drive. I sat in the back and slept most of the time. I also watched cars drive past in the dark (headlights are cool!), and ran around a rest stop for a while. Everyone else drove...except Princess Daddy who slept in the front seat almost the whole way there. Our first few days down there were really sad because we had to go to Grandma Diane's cousin's funeral (which I behaved myself quite well at because I knew it was important to everyone). After that I got to meet my Grandpa Dean's family though. We had two different barbeques to go to. The first one had the best toy room EVER. Although I think Mama and Daddy enjoyed it more than I did. They also had a giant trampoline with a wrestling cage-type thing around it, so I got to jump around all I wanted. Daddy even jumped with me in the 102 degree heat. He got really hot and tired. At the second barbeque I got to go swimming just in my diaper. Daddy got in with me and we had a really good time. Everyone was really excited to meet me, and I was very well behaved (most of the time). And adorable. As usual. We did a lot of other fun stuff while we were there including going up to a giant ski jump that I really wanted to go down. I don't think they let babies do it though. Jerks. Daddy had to leave early to go back to work (boo) but Mama, me, and Grandma and Grandpa got to stay for a few more days. We stayed at this really cool place with lots of swimming pools and mineral baths. I swam three times in two days and had a blast. I saw lots of birdies flying in the sky, and now I sign "birdy" every time I hear or see a bird. I'm a little obsessed. At the end of the trip I got to meet one of Mama's friends from when she was little and play with her daughters Amelia and Grace. We had a fantastic time playing in the sprinkler and jumping on Amelia's big girl bed. Mama says we were getting into trouble just like she and Eryn used to do. Then we drove all the way home overnight again.
The day after we got to Raymond it was Henry's birthday party. His mama's whole family was there, so I got to meet them all. I guess I met them when he was born, but I don't remember. There was yummy food, cake, a swing, and lots of dancing, but the best part was Henry's little baby counsin. She was adorable and I just wanted to play with her the whole time. Once she was sleeping in her carseat and I accidentally fell on her while I was petting her hair. I felt really bad and cried about it, but she didn't even wake up. It was pretty funny. Henry got lots of really nice presents, and I really liked playing with all of them.
We also went camping this summer at Baker Lake. I had a really really good time. There was a big dog there for most of the week and I really liked him. I liked to play with the rocks at the shore, and drive my cozycoupe around the campsite. Henry was there for a while, and we really liked chasing each other around the trailer and giggling in the corner where no one could see us. He's a really funny kid and I absolutely love playing with him. I did have a lot of accidents while we were camping though, but overall it was really fun.
Just last weekend I went down to Raymond with my Mama to go to the fair. I got to see all sorts of animals, which was really cool. I even almost got kicked by a crazy cow in the cow barn. Mama was a little scared, but I thought it was funny. I really liked watching the cheerleaders dance, and danced along on my Grandpa's lap. I did real big-girl cheerleader moves, which makes Mama and Daddy worried that I'll be a cheerleader (neither of them know anything about cheerleading). After that we got to see a real rock concert at the fair. I danced the whole time we were there, and everyone thought I was really cute. People were taking pictures and trying to dance with me, but I was just grooving in my own world and didn't even notice. When they were all done playing I raised my hands and signed all done so that everyone would know that the concert was over. Then I clapped because they were really good. I got to play with Henry and my new friend Ruby June a lot in Raymond and we had a really good time.
Speaking of Ruby June, she and her family just moved up here and I really like going over to play with her. She's really fast and I like trying to keep up with her. Once when I was over there I even threw dirt in her hair and she liked it. She's awesome!
I have been working on learning more signs all summer and now I know a ton. I also have started saying more words. I finally learned how to say Mama, although it sounds surprisingly similar to how I say banana. I also know how to say car, dog, owl (because of Daddy's tattoo), up, down, no (which is a fantastic word by the way), and some more that I can't remember right now. I really try to repeat everything Mama and Daddy say to me, which ends up sounding pretty funny sometimes. I am so over walking by the way. Now I run. Everywhere. I run all the time. And I'm getting really fast. I still fall down a lot, but it's so much faster than walking. I also now have like 15 million teeth, including a whole gaggle of molars. They hurt a lot when they were coming in, but now it's nice to be able to chew things so well. Another big thing that happened this summer is that I now take a bath in the big bathtub so all my toys fit and I can flop around like a mermaid. It's really fun. Mama says that every day this summer I learned how to do something new, so perhaps I should be blogging more often so that I can keep you all updated. Isn't that the whole point of this thing anyhow? I'll try, I promise.
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