My First Snow

Winter is finally here. It began yesterday with an ice storm! We got about a 1/4 of an inch of ice and were bundled up inside all afternoon watching the trees begin to glisten.

Then today around 12:30, the real white stuff began to fall. By the time mom decided to bundle me up, around 4:30, we had over 2 and a 1/2 inches of snow on the ground. And, the snow is still falling. The weatherman said we could get close to 14 inches!

Here's a few pictures of my first encounter with snow. I wasn't quite sure about the whole process of getting the snow suit on. But man, I sure would have gotten wet if I wasn't in it! I have lots of room to grow in the snow suit, so plan to see repeat pictures of this outfit! Oh yeah, and snow tastes pretty good to. The cold sure did feel good on those top teeth I have coming in.

Dad is Number 1

Yes, I have learned so many things in regards to my dad. As my shirt depicts, I love him very much. You can also see that I think he's number one as a point with my finger (a new trick of mine). What you can't see though in this picture is that I'm chanting "da da". Yes, I've managed my first word and although everything may have started as "da da" I have now made it very clear that I know who da da is.



As I'm sure everyone expects, I make my dad very proud every day when he hears this.

He's been trying very hard to get me to say "ma ma". But, I only seem to say this when times are very desperate. I've also been working on "dog" and "duck". Ducks are my favorite animal, especially when they say "quack quack".

Look...No Hands!

Check this out, I can stand completely on my own now. This started happening on Thursday, November 2nd. But it took mom quite awhile to actually catch me with the camera. I'm up to a minute or so on my own and I can even fall down gracefully when I get tired of balancing. This is a really exciting thing for mom and dad as they know it's getting closer to when I'll be walking on my own.

Here I am outside:


And here I am by my toys. A little wobbly at first, but I got it.


Though I'm still not quite sure sometimes of this new found skill.


It's great that I can do this because it has helped me in getting all of my toys out of my toy basket and I can get a louder noise when I toss them to the floor now since they have further to drop. (I'm learning about gravity all of the time now.)

Oh, and although there is no picture of this, I'm successfully crawling all the way to the top of the stairs now. And I'm fast too!

Kentucky Blue

Ahh, the feeling of real grass between your toes and fingers. Today was the last above 70 degree day we'll have for quite awhile. Mom took me outside on our lawn to explore the world of grass and leaves. We had St. Augutsine grass in Texas and it was awfully picky, but here we have Kentucky Blue. Soft fine blades of green grass that tickled my feet and hands. I loved crawling around and finding the leaves that made crinkle noises. Fortunately, mom always got to them right before I got them in my mouth. It was great to explore the outdoors. I'm looking forward to running through the sprinklers this summer on this soft lawn. Oh yeah, and no fire ants!

My First Haircut

Could you really call it that? It was more like a trim. I think the longest lock of hair mom got was 1/4 of an inch. But man it sure was fun. The water for my hair tasted great, yes, I got a few drinks from the spray bottle. And the comb was a great distraction from the haircut itself and from my teeth that are making there appearance ever so slowly.



So whose cutting my hair you may ask. Well, it's Mrs. Scarlett Kuhn. She's a friend of the family and has been cutting dad's hair since he was in highschool, or even earlier! She couldn't believe that she was cutting my hair now! She told mom that my hair would grow faster, thicker, and healthier now that the "baby mush" was off. What more could a girl ask for!



Now, I'm not quite sure what all has happened. My hair is short again, but it feels fluffier, could that be because there is product in it? I've been going to the salon with mom since I was 3 weeks old and I just got my first experience with hair product! Scarlett told mom not to kid herself, that they put product in babies hair to make it look cute. Mom just laughed and then gave me a big hug for being so good.

Trip to the Zoo

One of the things that mom was excited about when we moved here to Kansas City was having a big zoo to go to. So, today was a beautiful day and dad packed us up to go to the zoo. We saw all sorts of animals in there natural habitats.



My favorites were:
1. The tropical birds. They were bright, colorful, noisy, and got close to me in their cage. I could see them really well and was in awe.



2. The elephants. They were bathing each other with mud when we saw them (yuck!). They were so big I couldn't even miss them.



3. The giraffes. One walked right at me!
4. The lion. He was laying down right at the edge of the cage. We had a standoff since we were both at eye level.

Mom who is in charge of the photography for our family let us all down when promptly, 10 minutes after arrival, and our picture of the elephants she realized that the camera batteries were both dead. Guess we will be making another trip to the zoo. We also have been told that Penguins at the Omaha zoo are spectacular. I'm seeing a road trip in my future.

Halloween - 2006

Here I am in my pre-Halloween outfit. It's very cold here today, so it's a good thing I got this sweater and hat. Mom is bundling me up to take me over to see Aunt Markie, Uncle David, Will, and Chanie. I'm going to play with Chanie until it's time to go trick or treating.
















We know you're waiting with baited breath on what I was for halloween and to see what I looked like. Well, I was a duck (or a chick), whichever you prefer. Mom loved me in the costume so much that she took over 80 pictures today! (Obviuosly, we can't put them all on the blog.) So here are a few of her favorites.





Man was it cold outside. Mom put mittens on me and everything. I wasn't quite sure of what to make of a walk in the dark either. Good thing my costume was so full of stuffing, it helped to keep me extra warm since the weatherman said it was 29 degrees!



And Nana, I know you're waiting to see Chanie as well. Here's a picture of us together. Will was too fast for us on his candy hunt so there aren't any of us out together.





That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed our Halloween in review! Looks like mom will have her work cut out for her next year outdoing this costume!