Three Weeks until the Big 0-1!

I feel so old.

Updates on my development:

Walking: I am a walking champion (so much so that Mama put me in a track suit today and laughed because it's so true). I do laps around the apartment all day. Sometimes Mama feels energetic and lets me chase her, but sometimes she gets tired after 30 minutes and lets me go on my own. I've started trying to run, but usually my body moves faster than my legs and I fall on my face. When Mama or Daddy takes me to story-time at the library I walk around the whole time and don't sing songs with them. It's my plan to make them look like idiots singing to themselves while I laugh in the corner. So far it's working.

Dancing: I love to dance. It's so much fun. Whenever Mama or Daddy sing silly songs to me (usually involving the words "shake your booty") I dance around and shake my butt up and down. I usually get so excited that I fall down, but even then I keep dancing. I dance when I'm eating in my high chair. I dance in the car when we're driving to the store. I dance when I wake up and play in my crib before Mama and Daddy come to get me. I am a dancing fool!

Talking: Nope, not yet. All I can say is "dadadadada" which is right when I'm looking at my Daddy, but not right when I look at Mama, dogs, books, food, trees, etc. I'll get there though. Every once in a while I copy what Mama and Daddy say. So far I've "said" up, boom, uh-oh, poop, quack, and ba (bottle).

Reading: So this one's a long time off, but I do like to flip through my books and point to stuff and mumble to myself. I call that "reading," don't you?

Eating: I am a garbage disposal! Sort of. I've started eating more "real" food lately, and so far it's working out pretty well. It took me a long time to eat foods that weren't totally pureed, but now I like pieces of cheese, chunky oatmeal, little soft pasta, and toast. I really really like blueberries still, and my new favorite food is little tiny pieces of deli turkey. It's delicious.

That's really about it as far as what I'm learning goes. I can't wait for my birthday party when I get to go to the zoo with my whole family (I think that even Uncle Jared is coming, which, for those of you who know him, is a really big deal and I'm really excited) and all my friends.

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I officially have four teeth now. Two on the top and two on the bottom. They make eating things like toast much easier. And I need a haircut. Anyone willing to do it? Mama and Daddy are scared they'll poke my eyes out.

Holy Cow I've blogged a lot today

I thought I should fill everyone in on the new things I'm learning.

Walking: I've been taking more and more steps every day. I'm a little bit hesitant sometimes because I'm tired of falling, but I'm working on it. I like to walk on hard floors better than on carpet, but I'll get there eventually.

Talking: I haven't said any real words yet, but I really like to copy what my Mama and Daddy say. I try to say "Hi" a lot, but it doesn't come out quite right. I also like to scream still, but I'm working on turning it into singing. If Mama or Daddy sing something I like to try to sing it back to them. It's pretty fun.

Pointing: Did you know that pointing is really cool? I point to everything I see, especially if it makes noise or moves. I also like to point to pictures in the books I read with Mama and Daddy. They always tell me what I'm pointing at, so I'll keep learning new words I can't say quite yet.

Eating: I've been finding some pretty tasty things on the floor lately, including paper and wrappers. Mama and Daddy usually take it away before I can swallow it, but sometimes I am faster than they realize.

Musical Inclinations: My new favorite move is to roll my hands like when we sing "The Wheels on the Bus." I'm not quite there yet, but I do my best. I also really like to clap and dance when there's music playing.

That's about it.

My directorial debut

Someone handed me the camera. This is what I created.

My first airplane ride

Last week, Mama, Daddy, and I went all the way down to Florida to visit Daddy's grandparents and my Grandpa Gary and Grandma Vicky. It was quite the eventful trip. First we had to fly on an airplane, which I had never been on before so it was kinda scary. We left really late at night, so I just slept pretty much all the way there. While we were there we did all sorts of things. We rode on a boat over to a really pretty island, but I slept the whole time we were there. Mama and Daddy collected a bunch of shells for me to play with at home. They're really nice, but sand keeps falling out of them so I'm a little bit afraid of them. I played around with everyone a whole lot. They have a really good house for crawling and learning how to walk. They also have a fireplace and had fires going a few times so I got to stare at the fire, which I absolutely love to do. Everyone tells me that it's hot, but I just think it looks pretty. I think my favorite part of the whole trip was going swimming. Here's a video of me showing off my super fantastic swimming skills.



On the way home I decided that I wanted to stay awake for the whole plane ride. I really wanted to walk and crawl around, but there wasn't any room. I ended up just squirming around on Mama and Daddy's laps for the whole five hour flight. They were kind of annoyed, but I had a blast. Overall I think it was a fantastic trip and I am so glad I got meet my great-grandparents. They were really nice and Mama and Daddy say we might go visit them again somewhere called Maine. From what I hear it's colder than Florida.

Mama's going to put up more of my videos and all of my pictures from Florida on my photo website pretty soon, so be sure to check them out there.

I love to swing!