Trick or Treat

Okay, got my costume, shoes, candy bucket...

Tigger is ready to Trick or Treat!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween 2007 started off with costumes daycare.

Here's Miss Arlene with the morning crew: Aidan, Kyle, Me, and Ava.

Both Miss Arlene & Miss Karla with the PM Posse: Anastasia, Sonya, Me, Natalie, Kyle, Erik, Aidan, & the Ari the Grim Reaper.

Pre-Halloween Festivities

Miss Arlene made cupcakes for us at daycare. It was my very first cupcake. Mommy let me eat the whole thing. Afterwards, we changed into our Halloween costumes. (And Mommy dropped her camera on the tile floor trying to show me the Tigger on my hood.)

Anastasia, Me, Natalie, Kyle

Mashed Potatoes Fun

Just being silly while I eat my mashed potatoes.

My New Slide

Kevin and Sara gave me their old slide. It's a lot of fun. Here I'm practicing sliding on my tummy.

Disco Baby!

Today, we went to Baby Loves Disco. Check out my moves on the dance floor.

Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch

Today, we took Papa Lum to Uesugi Farms to check out the Pumpkin Patch. There were tons of people there. We parked in a real cornfield. They had a huge inflatible pumpkin. When the wind blew, we were worried it would roll on top of us. They had a live band, a pumpkin pyramid, hay ride, tractor train, and two real trains. We waited in line for a long time so we could ride one of the trains. It was fun but too short a trip. We ate hot buttered corn on the cob. It was yummy. Most importantly, there were pumpkins EVERYWHERE, but it wasn't a real pumpkin patch. The pumpkins were all picked, sorted, priced, and placed in a mum field, but it was all very colorful. I took an fancy to this particular pumpkin. I tried and tried to pick it up, but it was just too heavy. After all that hard work, I discovered that pumpkins are the perfect sitting height.

Check out this guy...I could be a scarecrow, too!

This thing lies. The nurse said I was 31 inches tall not 29 inches.

Baskets & Boxes

Feeding Time

This is how I use to eat . . . sitting in Mommy's lap while she fed me.


But now, I'm sitting in my own chair and feeding myself. I'm even using utensils. If someone helps me stab the food with my fork, I can usually get it into my mouth. Here I'm eating sausage and scrambled eggs for breakfast.

12-Month Update

I had my 1-year check-up today. I weigh 24 lbs, I'm 31 inches long, and my head circumfrence is 19 inches. That puts me at 65th, 85th, and 92nd percentiles, respectively. I got 3 shots - one in each arm and one in my thigh. Mommy says I'm a real trooper cuz I only cried when they stuck the needles in me and quieted right down when they were done. I had to be tough cuz I didn't want my mommy to worry.

MOVEMENT: I'm pretty mobile these days walking all over the place. I especially like exploring the different terrain outdoors. I can maneuver over all sorts of obstacles - steps, curbs, lopsided pavers, grass, sand, hoses, pebbles, wood chips, etc. I'm getting quite quick. I like to climb stairs when given the opportunity as well as the toys at daycare eventhough that's not their purpose.

COMMUNICATION: I've started pointing to tell people what I want and where I want to go. My favorite non-verbal signing word is still "fan". I like spotting them whenever we go somewhere new. In addition to "uh oh", "ma ma", "da da", and "ki-kaa" (kitty cat), I've added "baw" (ball) and "ba-oon" (balloon) to my repetoire. Occasionally, I'll say "up".

EATING: The parents have added small tidbits of meat to my diet eventhough my molars haven't come in. I still only have 8 teeth. I recently found ham to be quite tasty. I still have yet to turn away any table food. Watermelon and pasta are probaby still my favorites. Cheerios come in close, though. The parents have finally started letting me feed myself. I can even manage to get the fork into my mouth if someone loads it up with food. I'm ready to give up baby food completely. I been giving daycare a difficult time when they try to give me pureed fruit for breakfast and pureed veggies for lunch, so Mommy is going to start packing my meals. I'll still get my cereal in the morning but now I'll get fresh fruit with it. And for lunch, I'll probably get pasta with mixed veggies until mommy can think of other foods. They're also gonna try switching me over to whole milk.

PLAYING: I like being outdoors best. Balls and balloons are still my favorite toys. The swing at the park doesn't frighten me as much. Still don't like going too high, but a nice sway can be quite pleasant. I enjoy riding toys - I can scoot along forward and backwards on them. I also like cars, trucks, and trains - I can push them along quite proficiently now. Mommy got me a wooden puzzle with big knobs that I've been trying to figure out how to fit the pieces back in. Lately, I like crawling into the laundry basket. Sometimes Mommy will push me around in it.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

With my birthday party a distant memory, we took the grandparents to Monterey to check out the Aquarium. We got there just in time watch this guy jump in the reef tank to feed the fish.

My Under the Sea 1st Birthday BBQ Bash

We celebrated my 1st birthday at the park with friends. Paw Paw and Mimi flew in from Alabama just for the occasion and my Grandpa from Michigan flew out, too. Mommy order yummy barbecue from Armadillo Willy's for lunch. Afterwards, we had LOTS of yummy cake - Mommy made me my very own smash cake, she ordered a colorful Under the Sea cupcake cake for everyone else to enjoy plus she made some extra cupcakes just in case there wasn't enough to go around.

Montara State Beach

All my grandparents are out visiting for my birthday. We stopped by the beach on our way up to the Marin Headlands to check out the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset.

Riding along in my automobile...

I finally figured out how to scoot along on my little car. I can go forward and backward. Steering is a little difficult, though.