Baby Jake

Baby Jake is here!  I went to visit him in the hospital and he’ll be coming home in a couple of days.  He’s got his own blog that you can read here.

Tri-State Roadtrip 2009

Momma, Daddy and I went on a roadtrip this past week to visit some friends and family.  First we headed to Milwaukee to visit Auntie Mandy, Uncle John, Ryan, Jack and my new cousin Lincoln. I was really excited to see my cousins and we had a good time playing together and fighting over toys and such.  They gave me a stroller for my baby doll and that was nice!  Lincoln was very small, but they let me pet his head.  Jack was nice and showed me how to do some things with toys.  Ryan and I dressed up like cowboys.  And I got to see Bobby-O.

The next day we drove north a bit to Fond du Lac to visit friends Andy and Liz and thier baby Leander.  Leander is six and a half months and sits real nice and doesn’t try to steal my toys.  He doesn’t even complain when I steal his.  This baby and I got along real well.

Next we headed towards the Twin Cities.  We passed alot of farms and I saw some live cows and horses. We sang “Old McDonald” and I’m getting real good at saying, “E-I-E-I-O”.  I now work it into everyday conversation.

Singing Old McDonald in the car

We stopped near Eau Claire to see my great aunt Sherrie and Wayne and have dinner.  They gave me a bunny and let me play with their very fascinating coasters.

Late that night we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa G’s in Minnesota.  I immediately went and said Hi to Big Bird, as noone else was up.  We stayed there for almost a week.  I played with the kitchen set and the bristle blocks alot.  Momma and Daddy took me to the Children’s Museum.  It was great.  Very different from our children’s museum.  There were lots of things to climb on and run around in.  There were animal costumes I could wear, water I could stick my hands in, and even a grocery store where I could go shopping!  I got to drive a bus too!  We’ll have to go back there again.  Momma also took me to the zoo.  It was cold out so we stayed inside, but we did get to see some monkeys and turtles and birds and lots and lots of fish.  My favorite was the shark!  I yelled at him through the glass and got mad when he swam away.  There were lots of other fish to see when he wasn’t around, but really, he’s the best.  Momma recorded me talking to him.

Shark!

The rest of the week I hung out with Grandma and Grandpa and sometimes Auntie Heidi.  It was her birthday around that time, so we had a bit of a party.  We also went over to Uncle Greg and Aunt Lindsey’s and saw cousin Keith.  I stayed up late a lot, once even past 10!  Other than that, not much.  Just hanging with Momma and Daddy.

Kieth Blue

Uncle Greg and Aunt Lindsey had a baby early this morning.  Yah, more cousins, but…

Another boy?  Geez.  Where are all the female cousins who will play “dress up” and “house” with me?  Boys are fine for now while we all share the same interests (banging things, scribbling, climbing, etc.) but soon I will grow out of that and on to more productive activities such as organizing doll houses, dressing barbies, and doing hair.  Who’s going to play those games at holiday time with me?  Someone help me out and MAKE ME A GIRL COUSIN!

Waterpark Weekend

This past weekend Momma took me to Wisconsin Dells to stay at a Waterpark resort with Grandma and Grandpa G, and Auntie Mandy and Uncle John and cousins Jack and Ryan.  (Daddy had to work.)

We went to the waterpark on Friday night, Saturday morning and afternoon, and Sunday morning.  Even though I can’t go on most of the slides and things, it was still a whole lot of fun.  Just standing in the water is fun.  Momma did take me down a slide, put me on a turtle’s back, and we swam and played water basketball.  My favorite was sitting at the edge of the wavepool in the very shallow water and letting the waves lap over my legs.

Seeing the family was also good.  I had Grandpa read each of my books several times, and I played in the kitchen with Grandma.  I also hung with cousin Ryan quite a bit.  We shared some good times.  He pushed me around in the laundry basket, and I fed him some raisins.  We also fought a lot.  If he looks pained to be sitting next to me in this picture, it’s probably because he’s afraid I’m going to steal one of his toys or start screaming because he gets too close to Mommy.

They let me eat cake!!!

Momma and Daddy threw me a birthday party this weekend. There were more people in my house than I’ve ever seen and banners and presents and food! Grandma Joyce gave me Momma’s old rockin’ chair. Grandpa Gene gave me a cool pair of Keens. Grandma and Grandpa G. sent me a frog to love. I got some toys and some cards and got to have lots of fun being cute and showing off my splint. But the best part was the birthday cake. Momma loosened up for once and let Daddy bake me a chocolate cake (she was gonna get a “healthy” carrot cake). They came at me with it all of a sudden with everyone making lots of noise and part of the cake was on fire. Cousin Jack put the fire out for me.

The cake was sooooo good. Best food I’ve had yet. Soft and oh-so chocolatey. I ate and ate. I licked the frosting off of the plastic wrap Momma had put on my splint. And it went really well with my new favorite beverage, milk. I made a real mess of myself and caused much amusement and flashing of lightbulbs. I hope I don’t have to wait another year for more of this good stuff!

Thanks to all who came to my party: Carly, Brad, blogging-buddy Elias, Caroline, Fiona, Christine, Lee, Diana, Milan, Auntie Mandy, Uncle John, Cuz Jack and Ryan, and Grandma and Grandpa.

Happy Easter!

No candy for me, but lots of fuzzy things. Fuzzy bunny, fuzzy dog, fuzzy bunny. And lots of new summer clothes from Grandma and Grandpa. We went out to eat at Carnival. There was a jazz band playing in the bar and I showed off all I’ve learned in Wiggleworms.

I got to spend time with G’ma Joyce and G’pa Gene. They take some getting used to, but I warmed up to them after a while. G’ma scared me by popping into the bathroom while I was taking a bath. Sorry for the girly shriek, but I was naked and wasn’t expecting visitors!