Sunday, November 21, 2010

Pumpkin = fun

Hey Graham Fans! I have been wanting to share some of the fun I have been having and finally sat down to share.

A few weeks ago it was Halloween. I am not sure this is right, but it went on for DAYS! Daddy and I carved our pumpkins. I helped clean out the 'goop' from inside. We also roasted the seeds - all good stuff. The next night Daddy, Mommy, Caroline, and I went to Living History Farms. They had trick or treating on the main street, popcorn, wagon rides (we skipped that), marshmellow roasting, and a story teller (it wasn't a story I was interested in). Two thumbs up from this monkey. The next day I got to go to work with Daddy. He had to deliver donuts to his team members. When Daddy got the dounts, I said "ippee! work!". I know why Daddy goes to work all the time - they eat donuts everyday! After dinner, I had to put the Monkey suit back on and walk around. I wasn't that excited to put it on, but I liked getting the candy. Caroline went along to a few houses, then she and Mommy went home to hand out our treats. When Daddy and I got home, I handed out the treats - that was as much fun as getting the treats! The next day we went to Grandma's while Daddy was hunting. Once again Mommy put those costumes back on us and we went to town (a new concept to me 'going to town' and I kept talking about it). We visited the Shettlers. Mrs. Shettler took our pictures so we have proof we were there. Believe it or not, once again, the next day we put those costumes back on - this time at Grammy's house so she could see how cute we were. I have to say I think Mommy got her money out of those costumes!

So I mentioned we went to Grandma's. Uncle Greg was there when we got there. Guess what, he gave me my first ride on Grandpa Dennis' old tractor. I had sat on it before, but never actually ridden on it.
I watched what Uncle Greg did so when I sat on it after he left, I pulled the choke too - guess that is what you do to get it to start. I need to practice so someday I can drive for real. Grandma took me on her tractor too. She needs me to help her steer so while I know I am helpful, it is fun too.I played with Grandma's toys, one of my favorites of course is a tractor. Caroline got her hands on it for awhile. She better not be thinking she can play with it everytime we go to Grandma's - that is for ME!Grandma and I made cupcakes! I love to cook and you know Grandma is always needing my help for one thing or another. It just happened that I LOVE cupcakes so I was happy to help!

Mommy and Daddy celebrated an anniverary a couple weeks ago. We all got to go out for sushi a couple of nights later to 'celebrate'. I like sushi. I also got to eat edamame - I love me some edamame!!!! They can take us out for sushi again - anniversary or not. I think they need to have 'birday cake' for their anniversary however.

Nanny came to visit a week or so ago. We played and played. We did stickers, played with my train set (she put it all together), read books. She always has pictures in her purse that I like to look at. We got donuts too! I was surprised Daddy wanted donuts since he has to eat them everyday at work.

If you know me well, you know I am not the best sleeper. I crawled out of my crib before my birthday and would not stay in after that. I have been sleeping in the guest bed, but Mommy and I went shopping and picked out a bed just for me. I call it my baseball bed, though it has other balls on it as well. Daddy and Mommy hope that someday I will sleep all night in it. I could, but I think they would get lonely in their room without me. Mommy tells me that big boys sleep in their own bed and that I can still come in in the morning to snuggle. Maybe someday, but they would miss me too much right now. It is fun to snuggle in their room. If Baby Sister is up, she might come in so she can snuggle in the morning.


I am sure you will hear from Caroline soon...

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Two teeth

Hello - Can you believe I am 6 months old? I am SO old! I have experienced so much. Gosh, I thought entering the world was an experience (well, I still think), but there are a lot of things out there I need to conquer. I know in my last update I talked about how I sit up. Well now I can sit up for 30-45 minutes and play with my toys. We went to the Y the other week and I sat on the carpet playing with toys the entire time.

I have started eating. Rice cereal is still my main food, but I also eat oatmeal and have started on veggies. I watch Mommy and Daddy eat, but they don't seem to want to share the good stuff with me. Graham doesn't even always eat his food, but he doesn't share it with me either. What a waste!

I now play in my jumperoo. THAT is a fun toy! It is addicting too! I find myself trying to jump sitting on Mommy's lap or sitting in my exersaucer. Perhaps I am part frog!I do still like my exersaucer. I do like to just sit on the floor or in my pack and play and pick up toys. I chew on everything now. I guess that is because I am getting teeth in. Mommy said one tooth came in one day and the second came in the following day. She says I really wasn't too bothered by them. I have had a brother beating on me for the last, er, all my 6 months so I have to be tough!

I might be too little to do a lot of the things that Graham does, but I like to go along. I went along to the pumpkin patch. It was fun to get out and go along, but hey I am really just along for the ride whether it is fun or not.


As you can see I was a bee for Halloween. I don't really get why I went along. I didn't get candy - it was really for Mommy and Daddy's amusement. I smiled and Graham took the candy how does that work???


Gosh what else do I like to do? Oh yeah, I love to giggle! The funniest person at our house is Graham. He loves to make me laugh - he says it 'waugh'. Mommy and Daddy make me laugh too. My biggest laughs though are for Graham. He likes to kiss me and hug me, help give me baths, feed me. He still waps me on occasion - give me time, I am sure I will get my waps in as well!

We all went to the doctor the other day, but for some reason I was the only one that got any attention. I was so good. Those shots however just break my heart and hurt! How could the nurses make me hurt like that after I was such a good patient?!? Mommy says I need to share with you my stats: height - 26 1/4 (70th percentile), weight - 17 lbs 1 oz (75th percentile), and my head was in the 75th percentile. One thing the doctor said made me self-conscious. She said 'my rolls were even'. Do I need to start working out already???

Signing off for now!