November Update

Hi everyone. I know it's only been a few weeks since I posted last, but a whole bunch of new things are going on with me and I wanted to fill you in. I have officially decided that crawling is for suckers. My new plan is to roll onto my belly and cry until someone (usually Daddy) either picks me up to move me or brings me what I want. If you think about it, crawling is rather stupid anyhow. It's a slow and inefficient way of getting around the world. Who wants to coordinate all four limbs to move anyhow? That's why walking is the way to go. Sadly, I can't do it quite yet though. I found out that the first step to learning how to walk is to learn how to stand up all by myself. I've been holding myself up at a footstool for quite some time now, but recently I started pushing myself back off of it and balancing on my teeny-tiny feet for a few seconds before crashing down either back onto the footstool or onto my butt (Did you know that if you stick it out while you're falling you don't hit your head on the floor? Pretty cool huh?). I'm getting really good at it. Today Mama was helping me to get balanced, then letting go of me to see how long I could stand. I did it for 10 whole seconds before I fell. She was very excited and proud of me. I'm also working on pulling myself from sitting to standing on a footstool or the side of the bathtub while I'm waiting for Mama to fill the bathtub. I've only done it a few times because usually my feet get all tangled up underneath my butt and I can't quite get them set up right.

I still don't have any teeth yet, but my mouth has been hurting a lot lately so I'm hoping they come in soon. I can't take much more of this. I think it's driving my Mama and Daddy crazy too. They don't seem to enjoy me waking them up every two or three hours to cry about how much it hurts, but I really need to them to help me so they'll just have to deal with it. l

A few days ago I got to meet a new family member because Daddy's Grandma Pat came to visit for Thanksgiving. She's really nice and bought me this awesome hat that glows in the dark. She didn't know that it did that, but I think that it is absolutely fantastic. Mama and Daddy like it too because if we go on nighttime walks they can see my head bobbing around in the stroller even if it's dark. I'll get to see her again on Thanksgiving, which apparently consists of everyone eating a lot of food together. I'm hoping that Mama will give me some mashed potatoes, and maybe even a little bit of pumpkin pie. They're just about the right consistency for me, and they're delicious. I'll let you know how it turns out.

After that Mama, Grandma Diane, Grandpa Dean and I are going on a vacation. Daddy has to work so he won't be able to come with us, which makes me really sad. We're going to go up to Whistler to stay at Great-Auntie Sue's place up there. From what I hear it's going to be cold and snowy outside, but we'll have a nice warm place to sleep. I've never been out of the country so I am really excited about that. I really wanted to get a passport, but Mama says she'll just bring my birth certificate with us so I don't need one. We might even get to go on a sleigh ride while we're up there which I think sounds really fun. I might sleep through it though. We'll have to wait and see. I'll make sure to have Mama take a lot of pictures so I can put them up here for you all to see.