Video: New Friend

Hi! I made a new friend today.
What do you think?


[Watch Me 1 on YouTube]


[Watch Me 2 on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

Today I got to splash in some brrrr cold glacier water. I loved it!
Thanks for taking me up to Red Rock to play with my cousins!


[Watch Red Rock 1 on YouTube in HD]


[Watch Red Rock 2 on YouTube in HD]

Hi Everyone

I took a road trip with Mommy and Daddy and Aunt Jen and MM and W.
I can't wait to tell you all about it!

Hi Daddy!

I visited Jurassic Park in Choteau, MT. Don't worry, I made it out alive!

[Watch Dinosaur on YouTube]

P.S. GGPa says you didn't say "dinosaur" when you were 18 months. ;-)

Videos: Hats, Dice, and Hamburgers

I like to play with Daddy's hats.

[Watch Hat on YouTube]

And then take a break to roll some dice:

[Watch Roll the Dice on YouTube]

Or run around with Daddy's other hat on, backwards.
And ask again for a hamburger.

[Watch Hamburger Hat on YouTube]

Video: Caterpillars and Butterflies

When I got home from the city today, the mailman left a box on my doorstep.
It was a package from Grandma Ruthie!

She sent me all sorts of caterpillar and butterfly stuff. Dank you!

[Watch Caterpillars and Butterflies on YouTube]

Video: Little Spy in the City

Thanks for taking me downtown today.
I had fun run run'ing around town on our Spy in the City adventure.

I like to be independent; holding hands is only for stairs and crossing the street. Look at me go!

[Watch Little Spy in the City on YouTube]

Video: Did It!

I can buckle up all by myself!

[Watch Did it! on YouTube]

Hi Mommy!

I had a lot of fun with Daddy today.

We watched ChildaGod and baby baby:

[Watch Watching ChildaGod on YouTube]

I spun on the chair:

[Watch Spin on YouTube]

And squirted myself with the water bottle:

How silly!

[Watch Little Squirt on YouTube]

Then I played with my bear from GG-Ma and gave it loves.
I also decided that I was ready to eat; so I went to get my tray, then talked to Daddy about what I wanted for lunch.

[Watch Bumbo with Baby and Bear on YouTube]

Then I took a good nap for Daddy so he could take out the trash and help Grandma Ruthie.

Can't wait to see you when you get home - hope you had fun with Aliyah at Six Flags!

Hi Mommy!

Daddy says I'm such a big helper:
I vacuumed the living room, then helped put away the SIL-berware.

Hi Daddy!

It was so hot today - I cooled off with Lucy and Nora in the pool!


I love to splash. And the pool was little like me!

Hi Daddy!

It's so hot outside Mom gave me Rita's.

I love watermelon Italian ice.

Hi Daddy!

I'm hanging out with my girls!

Hi Daddy!

My dress twirls

Hi!

I tried to pack myself in this box today.

Can you send me to go see my family, pease?

Hi Daddy!

I got to play with this cool soccer ball at the mall today.

Hi!

Grandma Ruthie sent me a new towel; it has butterflies on the hood!

Hugs!

Video: Awesome Reading

I love reading books; I'm getting really good at remembering the words that go with the different pages.

[Watch Awesome Reading on YouTube]
Recorded on Father's Day.

Video: Silly Family

Aliyah thought I was saying "hamburger," so everyone tried to get me to say it again and again. It's mostly just my silly family you can hear in the video, but I have some speaking parts towards the end.

[Watch Hamburger on YouTube]

Hi Mommy!

Thanks for sharing your pickles with me!

[Watch Pickle on YouTube]

Video: Hi!

I ran around in my PJs after my nap.

I tried to say "Happy Father's Day," but I just say "Day!" when Mommy and Daddy tell me to say "Happy."
[Watch PJs on YouTube]

Video: Hi Mommy!

I like trying to buckle the car seat.

I'm very persistent.
[Watch Buckle on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

Watch me twirl in my pretty pink dress:

[Watch Spin; Twirl on YouTube]

Hello My Adoring Public!

I'm learning how to say watermelon.
I think I've got it down pretty good - what do you think?

[Watch Watermelon Awesome on YouTube]

Hi GGMa!

I'm hiding in the blanket you made me.

I wrap up in it every night; it's my "cocoon."

Hiding - Boo! - See me


[Watch Hiding on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

Grandma found the coolest pillow pet when she was visiting GGMa at the hospital.

It's a butterfly! I can't wait to see it in person!

Hi Daddy!

We stopped at Wendy's today and I got my first taste of frosty and fries.



Yum!

Hi Daddy!

I'm chilling in Old Town today.

All I've wanted to do is "walk" and "push" (my stroller).

Hi Daddy!

Check out my sweet shades.

Just practicing for when I'm a pilot some day.

Hello Everyone!

CJ's a belieber

[Watch CJ Loves her "Baby" on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

I feel so fancy with my new pedicure!

Aliyah and Ryan are spoiling me!

[Video] Hi Grandma!

Thanks for sending me a box. I love my new books and toys!

[Watch Box from Grandma on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

Aliyah saved me from a Venus fly trap!

Whew, that was close!

Hi Daddy!

I'm at the Botanical Garden.

The flowers are so pretty, like me!

Hi Daddy!

Here's some more pictures of me and Mommy at the carnivorous plant exhibit.

Hi Daddy!

I want to play the piano like you!

[Watch "Baby" Baby Grand on YouTube]

Hi Everyone!

I went to Gravelly Point today to watch some airplanes.

But first I had to get ready - got my shades!


Stylin'!


First I sat with Mommy on the blanket.


Then I just wanted to hang out with Aliyah.

I did a pretty good job sitting still on the blanket all by myself.

Here's a quick video of my trip to Gravelly Point.
I loved watching the airplanes take off!

[Watch Airplane! on YouTube]

Hi Everyone!

I took Mommy and Daddy on a picnic today.

I ate some watermelon.


And sat by the lake with Mommy and Aliyah.


Mommy and I saw a quack


Daddy helped me follow it as it swam through the grass.


Making fishy faces (we watched a guy on a boat catch one!)


And picked up rocks on the railroad tracks on the way back to the car.


I had fun going to the lake today!

Look Ma, No Hands!

I come with a built-in hands free device!

[Watch Hands Free on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

Aliyah is staying with me.


She is soooooo fun to play with!

Hi Daddy!

I missed you today, so I decided to wear your shorts. But I like to do things my way.

[Watch Shorts on YouTube]

Hi Daddy!

Your shorts make a great hat!

I only bonked the wall once!

Hi Daddy!

I have a mustache!

Silly me.

A quick update

Hello everyone. My Mommy and Daddy haven't been very good at blogging or posting pics on my blog lately; so here's a quick pictoral update of some of our recent adventures.

Making fishy faces: I'm getting pretty good at it.


Copy Cat: Folding arms like Daddy; sitting outside at our little playground.


Taking a break from looking for Easter eggs.
We did a little hunt in our friends' back yard.


Enjoying the first corn of the season. We've had it at several meals now. One night I ate one and a half full ears of corn, and still wanted more. Mommy says I'm pretty good at cleaning it off the cob and I love to hold the handles.


We saw Auntie L when she was out here on a business trip. We had a yummy breakfast with her at her hotel, then wandered around the hotel - inside and outside.


We drove out to the Joint Services Open House -- an annual air show that's held out at Andrews Air Force Base (where they keep the President's plane, Air Force 1). Mommy got me a hat and some glasses before we went; there's lots of sunshine out on the tarmac! I loved seeing all the airplanes, and even got to climb through a helicopter with Daddy. We went with several of our good friends; Chanceman took lots of great shots of the performances.


Daddy came in one morning to get me out of bed. He knew I was awake, but I wasn't making a lot of noise: I was too busy trying to swaddle and rock my baby!

[Ed. She's turning her head and has a huge smile on her face because Mommy just walked in the room.]

One of the things Mommy and Daddy like to do since they moved out here is to watch/listen to the National Memorial Day Concert on the lawn of the Capitol building. We went on Saturday night for the full dress rehearsal; it's broadcast live on PBS the Sunday before Memorial Day. Here's me running around with my treat cup, enjoying some popcorn.


During the concert.


All of us at the end of the concert

[Ed. Guess I needed to fix her creepy red-eye...]

This was at church the other day. I saw someone's car seat by the coat rack, and tried really hard to buckle it up.


"My" pool opened Memorial Day weekend; here's me and Mommy taking a dip. I likes to stand up and walk around in the pool. Sometimes I try to sit down like Mommy, but there's a only a few spots along one edge where its shallow enough for me to do that.


Today at church, I wore a pretty pastel dress. Daddy and I spend a lot of time in the gym during Sunday School; here I am standing at the door and knocking, waiting for Daddy to open it and let me start another lap around the building.


I loves olives and like to eat them off my fingers; I even had some on my pizza recently. I decided to put my pizza on my finger, too.


For "family day" as part of Mommy's and Daddy's anniversary, they took me to a park down the road. The park has some beautiful gardens (there was a wedding going on while we were there), and it also has a conservatory with a "butterfly garden." I love butterflies, and had fun walking around with all of them. (Mommy was working on not being too afraid...)

This butterfly stayed right there on the ground for most of the time we were there. I did a very good job of looking but not touching ("eyes").


Looking at the butterflies on the flowers;
you can see a few in the plants next to me.


An example of one of the types of butterflies that we saw there.


Another blue one with this other one that had bright red and yellow underneath.


[Watch Butterfly Garden on YouTube]

The gardens had a children's play area.
I climbed up a short ladder into this little tree house.


Checking out one of the plants along the path in the park, by the aquatic displays -- feeling a big leaf.


Every once in a while as we walked through the gardens, I'd turn around and give Mommy and Daddy a big smile.


[Watch Exploring the Garden on YouTube]

At the neighboring park (there are 4 large parks that cover many acres), there was a little choo-choo train that we took a ride on through the woods and around that park. I was getting a little tired by this point in the afternoon.


[Watch Train Ride, on YouTube]

But I had fun going for a ride!