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Wow...crazy busy fun weekend, you guys!

Last weekend, Mom was out of town (I know, right...again!) so it was just me and Dad...AND Gigi, AND Uncle Andrew! OMG he is SUPERcute!

OMG so lemme tell you...it was SOO cool...you should totally check it out...and then my friend Bella, she said...hey are you listening to me? OMG so I found these shoes....we should, like, TOTALLY go out sometime...

Back off ladies, he's mine!

Imma marry him someday.

What? Only in WEST Virginia? Man. Mom and Dad should've taken those jobs in Morgantown...

So THIS weekend was exhausting and traumatic but FUN! Saturday night we went to dinner at  friends house, and as we were getting ready I was toddling along and gravity took over and BAM my forehead met something hard. Big purple goose egg popped up! 

Dad looked over the PECARN rules and decided against taking me in for a CAT scan. I don't really understand what this has to do with poor Gulliver, but whatever.

At dinner, I got to play with my new friends Sidney, Skyler, and Sawyer...they just LOVED me. But who doesn't? I stayed up until 10:30 at night! Sooo late!

After that late night, on Sunday morning my parents got me up so we could go hiking...we hiked the AT!

Ok, we hiked PART of the AT.

Ok, MOM AND DAD hiked part of the AT. Details, details.

I chilled out in the Ergo carried on Dad's back. I did get a sunburn though!

Wait..so after all that walking, we gotta climb up the tree??

Hey Dad, these straps are tight, right?

So let's recap...denied the man I love? Check. Head trauma? Check. Sleep deprivation? Check. 1st degree burns to my face? Check.

Hey so when can we do it again??

Anyone know the number for Child Protective Services?

Some updates... (click for video)

Oh my gosh you guys! I have totally been slacking in telling you what's been going on with me!! I mean ever since my first birthday, it's like I just don't count the time anymore...once you're one, who cares? Right? Well, Dad told me the other day that there is life after a year, and my fans are waiting to hear how I'm doing!

You may have noticed me drinking out of cups. Mom took me off of bottles...and off of FORMULA a few weeks back! It's taken me a little while, but I've figure out how to hold it. Sometimes ;-) (gotta make sure the 'rents don't get TOO used to me doing things for myself, ya know?)

sometime's a girl's gotta help herself out, ya know?

Hm. What else. OH YEAH...Oh my gosh you guys...I almost forgot! Aunt Suzie came to visit me, all the way from Arizona! She was here for my birthday which was really cool of her. We hung out around the backyard (great weather for March!), went up to the Roanoke Star, played with the crazy dogs...

Hey ya know what? I can talk!! I know, right? I don't have to spend the rest of my life screaming at people to get what I want. I mean, for now it still serves it's purpose, but I realized that saying "ehhh" and pointing at people was RUUUUDE so now I say "hi!"

On the heart front...I'm down to once a day furosemide (Lasix) and aldactone! And no more aspirin!! And you should see me take my medicine like a big girl...even the nasty Lasix, I just open up and grit my teeth and gulp, down it goes! No more holding me down and watching me thrash!

Ok...bye for now. (still learning "bye"...typically I pause, watch you walk away, then wave when it's too late...)

Girls just wanna have fun... (click for video

As I mature, I have found that life doesn't have to be all stress and worry (did I take my Lasix, have I pooped today, is that aNOTHer tooth??) I've started to enjoy myself and kick back much more.

Like at dinner. Who says dinner has to be quiet atmosphere, dim lights, and classical music?

I've also discovered the joys of falling...I'm not sure PopPop is gonna approve of this one. Good thing my neck is still pretty flexible...

Organizing!

Me and Jasper thought the Tupperware shelf needed some work...









(what? Sheesh dad, fine..."Jasper and I...")

The foot bone's connected to the... (click for video)

...heel bone! I guess. I dunno. That's a little advanced for me. I'm still stuck on eye, ear, nose and mouth...

In case you guys missed it on Dad's Facebook page, who's the fairest of them all?

Please Daddy? Can I have the car keys?

With Daddy away...

...the ladies can play!
Dad went to "hotlanta" for some conference this weekend. I bet he did nothing but go bar hopping and dancing till 3 am..."conference" my tushie! Show me what he does at these "conferences." Oh wait...he was a speaker? Like, on stage? For REALS?

Oh...

Sorry Dad...my bad! Forgive me?



Well anyway, while Dad was in the dirty south, I hung out with my ladies...Mom and Hassie! We had a good old time!

OMG you girls are CRAZY!!!



What did we do? Our secret ;-)

A lady never tells...



I did start practicing my walking...

Look ma one hand!



And I've been practicing for when I hang out with Caroline and Will...or Michael Jordan...