My mom is letting me work on feeding myself like a Big Boy! This stuff is easy. I love all the home-made treats my mom makes for me.
Wait! I can do it myself. Just give me some time...
What? Do you think you could do any better?
I did such a good job! I think I got most of it in my mouth. Well...maybe a little on my shirt...and some on my chin...perhaps some ended up in my hair. I am such a big boy!!
Alex chose to be a monkey this year. Maybe next year he will actually get to leave the house to go out "Trick or Treating". Although he didn't seem to mind all of the people coming to his house to see him in his outfit.
My Aunt Mandy came to visit me for Halloween. She loves to kiss my face, especially when I am looking so cute in my monkey costume.
My auntie Hea also came to see me. She loves to tickle me and make me laugh. I love it when my aunties come to see me. They are so much fun to play with.
Mom, aunt Mandy and auntie Hea took me to Sauvie Island just before Halloween to pick out some pumpkins. While we were there I got to see lots of baby animals, I really liked the calf.
I also really liked the apple cider!!
We went on a hayride, I had so much fun (the wagon was being pulled by John Deere, my favorite tractor)!!
Aunt Mandy and auntie Hea had fun chasing me around the pumpkin patch...I sure can give those girls a run for their money, but sometimes I let them catch me.
I took auntie Hea and aunt Mandy to the Oregon Zoo. I loved the sheep!!
As always I had to pose for a few minutes for some 'glamore shots.'
another posed shot on a saddle...I had a hard time sitting still, too much too see.
We were watching the elephants eat, I didn't really know what to think of them...they were huge!
YUM!! I love mom's white cake with chocolate icing. I want to have a birthday more often!
Yeah I made a mess of my cake! I did better this time around though. My first cake was all over my hair (well, what little I have). I love my mommy and daddy. Birthdays are great.
I am such a big boy. I am 1 year old!!
My mom made me a John Deere Tractor cake. I love John Deere because that is where my grandpa works. When I grow up, I want to be just like him!!
This is a picture of my dad, my mom and me. They are the best parents ever. Everybody had to wear a birthday hat at my party. I had so much fun!
Mom and Dad's friends, Mike and Carrie, came to my party as well. They are fun to play with too. Mike looks a little embarrassed to be in that birthday hat, but he took it well.
My aunt Mandy was so excited to be at my party. She brings me presents all the time. I love my aunt Mandy. Finally we have a picture where she is not sucking my dimples off my face!!
It took me a bit to figure out what I was supposed to do. But once I tried a taste of my cake, I picked the whole piece up and just shoved it in my mouth. YUM!!!
By the time I was done, I had cake all over my face, my hands, my shirt.........
....and even in my hair!! It was straight to the bath for me. But we don't need to see pictures of that on my blog!
I am learning how to ham it up for the camera. Auntie Hea always seems to have that thing attached to her face, so I gave her a good show today.
Aren't I a cutie? My dimples will make it easy in the future to have people wrapped around my finger. They seem to work on my mom and dad. And my aunt Mandy always tries to suck them off my face. Now I know her weakness!!
I love you THIS MUCH!!!!!
Here I am posing with my Leap Frog Activity Table again. My dad says I get these squinty eyes from my mom's side. They call them "Boge eyes".
I'm not even a year old and I am already walking around. I can do it on my own, but mom gets nervous. Little does she know that I will be running around the house soon. I plan on keeping them very busy!
My aunt Mandy thinks I am so cool. I don't know why she tries to embarrass me by dressing me up.
I am going to be a wiz on the computer just like my dad. I love Tuesdays and Thursdays when I get to "work" with my daddy.
My aunt Kattie gave me this cool Leap Frog activity table for Christmas. I don't get to see her that much because she lives in Africa. I hope she moves to Portland when she is finished teaching over there. I miss her!
I love talking on the phone. Sometimes I just press random numbers and talk to whoever answers. I really like the speakerphone. My aunt Mandy lets me play with her phone because she says it is "rugged". I don't know what that means, but I like to play with it anyway!!!
Tummy time isn't so bad on a warm spring day at the park. I had so much fun in the sun with my aunt Mandy and auntie Hea.
I usually like to smile for pictures, but when I am teething I like to chew on my finger.
Look at how cute I am in my red t-shirt. My aunt Mandy loves me in red. She picked out my outfit for another photo shoot.
It is a good thing I love the camera. I have a feeling these photo shoots are going to become a routine thing. I don't mind. When you are this cute, it is only fair to give your fans what they want.
I love to splash in the water with mommy and daddy. I am so happy they signed us up for swim lessons!
Look at me go! I think I could do it on my own, but mommy is nervous to let me go.
The water snuck up on me, but I don't mind....
OK...maybe I don't like going under the water. I'll keep my head above the water for now.
