Tuesday, October 30, 2012

CRAZY weekend!

Wow...what a blowout weekend! We went to Mom's Homecoming and partied hard with her college friends.

There was much drinking....

Whoah, Caroline...slow down, girl!
 Which led to dancing and running around screaming...


Eventually we ended up coed skinny dipping...

So what should we do with this funnel?
I managed to rally, though, and had fun walking around in the cool fall air.


But when we got home, I realized that Mom and Dad do NOT feed the dogs enough! I mean, if they did, would they be so ravenous when I decided to feed them? I think not.

I can't believe it's empty! So WRONG

Don't worry, Charlie, you won't starve as long as I'm around

Neither will you Jasper! I got you!

Hey Mom, were you gonna feed these boys or what?
They're CLEARLY being neglected!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Getting all growed up...

Man, they make me go to the doctor A LOT. I had my 18 month check up today (what? So I'm 19 months...and a week what of it? I'm a busy girl.)

What are my measurements?

33" tall (75th percentile)
24 lbs (close to 50th percentile)

That's right, boys...tall and thin. Imma be like Angelina Jolie. 'Cept imma marry Uncle Andrew, not that Brad Pitt dude...he's OLD.

They tried that "shots" thing again, and gave my flu vaccine. I took it like a champ. Mom says I didn't even cry!


Now that I'm 1 1/2 years old, I figured I was old enough to try out a few new things, be a free spirit. So...who wants to get naked?


Now that's what I call bareback riding!


Hey at least I'm wearing SOMEthing, right?!?

This weekend I went to Ruth's birthday party. She turned 4!! I figure I should start learning how to be a big girl like her, so I pulled out all my books and started perusing them for advice. "Where's Baby's Belly Button" wasn't very useful, as you might imagine...



Tuesday, October 23, 2012

More traveling!

It's been a while since I've been on a plane but I got to go again! Mom and Dad took me up to Chicago to see my Great-Grandma Marcella (did you know she was named after me?? How cool!!) While we were there I got to see Uncle Randy (Papa) and Cherie (who I called Mimi). To be honest, I'm a little confused. There's a lotta gray haired men in my life, so I've just decided to call them all PopPop or some variation thereof, and I've found referring to all their wives as "Mimi" suffices pretty well, too. Makes my life much simpler!










Being on the plane was tons of fun. It's funny though...sometimes they seem HUGE and they go in the sky (or "tie) as I call it, but sometimes they look really small and I want to pet ("pop") them.

(Dad's note...perspective is challenging. I mean, it took until the Renaissance for artists to rediscover it after the Fall, how can we expect a 1.5 year old to get it?)

At home, my verbal prowess continues! My vocabulary continues to expand, and I'm constantly trying out new sounds ("hun" = hand, "ahm" = arm). I can say apple pretty clearly, and can pick out the colors blue, red, green, and yellow, and even say blue ("boo".)

Hassie taught me a fun way to play peekaboo...when I put my hands in front of my face, I say "hiding....BOO!"

Dad's been a slacker and has caught almost none of this on video. Whatever does he do with his time, if not capture all of my waking moments on film?? (wait...what's "film?")

I've also just started putting together two words. I can say "blue ball."

What...I don't get it...you're doing it too, I can tell. Every time I say that, Dad smirks and stifles a laugh...what's so funny, and why won't you tell me?

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Singing? You want SINGING? (click for video)

Please excuse my dad's singing...it's a means to an end. I don't sing without accompaniment. (and neither should he!)



Sunday, October 7, 2012

Farm Days! (click for video)

Did you guys know that milk doesn't come from the fridge, it comes from COWS???? And all this time I thought they were just some mythical beasts conjured up by Mom, Dad and the Book Industry to teach me how to make cute noises!

Lo, they EXIST! They make milk, and then they drop it off at our house!! Wait...you mean they don't? Someone else does? Oh, that's no fun.

But at least I got to see some when we went to the Homestead Creamery Farm Day this weekend. THOSE are the people who drop the milk off at the house.
look Mom it's a REAL moo!
I saw a bunch of other stuff, too, like seep (Dad's note: "sheep) and other seep (Dad's note: this time it's a goat). Dad tried to get a picture of me in the little pumpkin setup but I had other things on my mind.
hang on Dad, imma move this one...

This is the best you're gonna get...snap quick

Seep!
Seep!

Eye
 I enjoyed a hayride, a milkshake, and afterward I helped clean up the house.
this is a funny bus...

So why does this bring the boys to the yard? I mean, it's good and all...

Did I get what you wanted? Can I have my dinner now?
(Dad's note: life ain't free!)
I'm just becoming a verbal mastermind! One day soon Dad's gonna get a video of me helping Mom sing the ABCs and "Wheel's on the Bus", but for now you'll have to be satisfied with me saying my name (around a banana) and calling for Charlie...



Oh yeah...and I know the color BOO!! Gonna have to wait for that one too. Gotta keep you coming back for more!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Week of GIGI!!


While Mom and Dad went to Ireland, I got to spend a whole week with my Gigi! It was incredible! Mom and Dad are kinda boring, ya'll. They go to work...every day...and leave me with Hassie (who, by the way is AWESOME and while I had a blast with Gigi, I really missed her and talked about her all the time!), and then when they come home we play for a couple hours, eat, and then bam off to bed.

With Gigi, on the other hand....

I play soccer!


I go for "rides" in my "beep beep" (yes, I say ride...it's actually a command, btw...and "beep beep" is what you people would call a car)


I kiss Mommy and Daddy's pictures while they're gone, and wonder where they are (ok, that was sad)



you tell me...I haven't seen em in DAYS!!

Gigi even got me a bike trailer and helmet!!! Although I REALLY don't like the helmet, so the whole trailer/helmet thing may have to wait.

orange skulls? really?


Gigi even taught me new songs!!



She taught me to jump (well, I bend my legs and raise up...not quite sure how to get off the ground) and spin (I say WEEE). She taught me SO MANY new words and things! You guys will be blown away when Dad catches them on video!

When can Gigi come back???

Monday, October 1, 2012

They're home!!

Mom and Dad CAME HOME!!! Yay for me!

Although I tell you what...a week with Gigi is grand! I had verbal diarrhea (Mom calls it "word explosion") and now I know too many words to count! We played, we sang, we jumped, we spun. I'll tell you more about it later!

Guess what? Dad took A LOT OF PICTURES in Ireland: