Me time

Sometimes a girl just gets a little stressed out.

Then, she needs some "me" time.

When that happens to me, I crawl under my chair.

No one can see me under my chair.

I can just relax!

Hey, how did you see me?

Now I have to find a new place to hide!

Merry (late) Christmas

Sorry I haven't updated.

I gave mama my cold,

and she won't let me update,

even though I know how!

Christmas Eve, we hung up our stockings.

Mommy assured me that Santa would stay downstairs,

but only if I slept really good.

So, I slept until 4:30am!

(I went back to sleep until 7:15am.)

I had lots of presents to open!

It was so much fun to rip the paper!

Look at all my loot!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Wrap me up!

In addition to the pretty tree,

we've been getting lots of packages in the mail.

Some of them have loud, crinkly paper in them.

It's so fun to play with!

Daddy's wrapping me up like a burrito!

But I got out!

Right now,

I am sick.

I have croup.

I'm coughing very loudly.

I don't like it very much!

busy, busy, busy

I've been really, really busy.

I have a ton of people to e-mail.

Don't bother me right now!

And, I've figured out how to eat a banana!

Banana

I love bananas!

They are so yummy!

But I noticed that I don't get to eat all of the banana.

This is one weird food wrapper!

It feels funny.

It tastes funny too!

You can have this part mommy!

Something weird

Something weird is going on.

First there was a tree in our house.

Then we went to a party.

We played with all sorts of stuff.
It was fun!
But then, . . . .


Who is that weird man?
Why do you want to give me to him?

I guess he can give me a present,

but only if he stays over there.

Nope, I still don't want to sit with him,

not even with mommy.

And this guy is going to break into our house!

I'm glad mommy and daddy got that security system!

Christmas tree

There's a tree in our house!

What is it doing here?

It has lights!

It has stuff hanging on it!

It is beautiful!

Bath

I love taking baths!

That's why my first (unprompted) word was "bath".

I said it on Sunday.

I ran down the hall yelling,

"I want to take a bath!"

Note from mommy:

She did not say a full sentence.

She said "ba(th)".

(over and over again.)

That's good enough for me!

Thankful

I am thankful for my family.

For a mommy that gets up with me at night.

And a daddy that gives me baths.

My papa who fed me cheerios.
And bubby and sissy, who play with me.

And nana and grandpa, who read to me.

I have a wonderful family!

Animals

We went to a fall festival, with animals.

The cat scared me and I didn't want to pet it.

The goats terrified me and I screamed and screamed.

The turkey was OK, if a little strange.

But, I really liked the horse.

Nothin' scary about a giant horse.

toy box

I went to the Doctor the other day.

I weigh 19 lbs and

I'm 28 1/2 inches tall.

The doctor said I'm not going to even be as tall as mommy.

What do they know!

I've been busy playing with my toys.

This is the coolest toy ever.

It is so much fun when someone chases you with it!

Nana and Grandpa got me a toy box!

Most of my toys are in it!

It is so pretty.

And it's soft too.

I like getting my toys out of it.

And I (almost) always put them away too!

Busy little bee

I have been very busy this past week.

I'm a big girl now, and I have big girl things that need to get done!

Get out of my way, everyone,
I have places to go!

I need to read with Nana!

And I need to play with Grandpa!

They left on Sat. and I miss them!

(so does mommy)

One year old

It's my birthday today!

But we had my party on Saturday.

There were lots of presents.

There were so many presents,
bubby had to help me unwrap them all!

And cupcakes!
But I didn't know what it was, at first.
I almost threw it on the floor!

But then I discovered,
cupcakes are YUMMY!


I guess I partied a little too hard!

Cleaning?

Mama has been trying to clean.

Nana, Grandpa and Papa are coming to visit.

She says it's hard to clean because I make a bunch of messes.

I don't know what she's talking about.

All I do is play with my toys.

And read my books.

She has no proof that I make messes.

Wait, where did you get that picture!
Well, I just needed to make some room to play in there.
That's all.


That's not me!
I swear!
You're making me look bad in front of my fans!