mum's the word

I'm saying: "Mom, yell at that mother horse!" (in Chinese, of course)

chunkamonk

apparently, i gained like 4 pounds in the last 2 months. gotta get walking soon or i'll be one chunky monkey!

I'm actually getting around fairly well. I think i'm just going to skip the whole crawling thing and get to it.

i mean, why not? there are so many new things to see and stuff to grab at this level!!

nana visits

nana came to visit me for a whole week!

she is so much fun, i wish she could stay forever!

valentines day

daddy gave me a rose. it didn't taste very good

year of the rat

grandma jane and grandpa peter gave me my first lucky money ever! Chinese new year is great!

no need for mom and dad to bring the toys to me, i can move around like a pro!

crawling, sitting up on my own and climbing things within a week! can you see how proud i am?

i can even stand up, one handed!

look closely, those are two solid teeth. makes eating my cheerios much easier

talking is a bit trickier. i have to twist my whole face up just to say mum mum. i'll get it soon enough. i think i've accomplished quite a bit these past few weeks!

upping the skills

can you tell i'm very excited about being able to climb things?

look closely - yup, that is tooth number 2!
(and yes, grandpa tom, that is the UCONN shirt)

this is my new favorite face to make. what do you think?

hanging out with daddy

mobile

of course i'm happy. i'm about to eat!!

if i could just figure out how to get over this rail...

daddy's not so sure he likes the fact that i can pull myself up on things.

since i've become so mobile, they want to cover the entire house in these alphabet pads.

'round the house

having fun bouncing on the bed

i don't want my room full of toys . i want the books!
almost crawling!

duck for dinner

crab for dessert

high five!

delila mae

I finally got to meet Delila, who was born 2 days after me. She was so much fun. omg i think we're going to be bff and make all the little boys cry. Savor this photo, you'll never see this much cute in one place again. Well, at least until the next time we're together.

finally, someone who speaks my language

so she's bigger than me, but i scored some really cute outfits.

auntie amy took this picture. i love it!
she took this one too. she should come around more often.

these pjs are awesome. there are kitties on my feet! thanks D!

they call me squeak

Goodbye Gummy Bear

I've been a busy girl.
The bad news is daddy had to retire the nickname "gummy bear."
The good news is...

i've got a tooth! i love to bite things. mostly professor bear and mommy.

happy new year!

Happy 2008!
my resolutions are to crawl, walk, talk and eat a hamburger

This was me ringing in 2008

Daddy was in charge of me on New Year's Eve while Mommy went to work. It was fun, he let me eat cookies, crawl around half naked and pee in the bed on Mom's side.

christmas

I had a very nice first Christmas.

I made out like a bandit! this is only some of my Christmas loot.

we had a video Christmas with the east coast in the morning.
We opened presents over the web with Nana, Grampa, Auntie Heather, Uncle Jason, Cousins Declan and Malcolm and Rocket.
Then I got cleaned up and ready to go see grandma and grandpa Sam. I'm also proud to say that I've gained a little weight. Can you see my chubbs?

Grandma said I could order anything off the wine list

Auntie Annie brought me over to make my own drinks
yes - i'm sitting on the piano, but i swear i only drank milk.

roadtrip

We drove to San Francisco to hang out with some family for Christmas. It was a long drive so we stopped to spend the night halfway there. I woke up early and was excited to meet cousin Francis, but we had to wait for daddy to wake up.

I had some bananas and milk for breakfast and we hit the road.

we had to stop for some gas and pick up some snacks first. I asked for some beef jerky but I think they forgot.





I slept most of the way

We stopped for some corn nuts, gummy sours and a fresh diaper. again, they forgot the jerky.

we shot some photos and then headed back on the road for the final stretch of the ride.

Cousin Francis was happy to see us, but I was a little bit jealous. He can crawl everywhere, almost walk and he's twice my size although he's only a month older.

I got to meet aunt beth and lee, uncle ken and mike, great aunt connie and great uncle pete.

this is uncle mike, they're baking a new baby cousin for me.

and this is gran uncle peter, he's a silly guy

cousin franny and i had a little moment.

but i could hold my own

i got to open my first christmas presents

it was a short trip. we only stayed one night at franny's house. i peed on his changing table

daddy let me drive a little bit. i think i did pretty good...

but sometimes i get distracted.