The end of my first Olympics...

I think I got to watch more TV in the past few weeks than I have in my entire life! The olympics were on and mom was trying to keep up with it all, especially the downhill events. It was fun to watch and mom and dad told me that they want to take me skiing next year - I can't wait!

I had a really good weekend, but I think I wore mom out. I've been waking up earlier and earlier. The past week or so, I've been waking up around 4, but I usually fall back asleep for another hour or two, but have been up before 6am every day. I've been getting up so early during the week that mom's not even in the shower by the time I get up! Today I didn't want to nap AT ALL. I talked to myself in my crib for a little while, then I think I might have fallen asleep for 15-20 minutes, but then I was up the rest of the day. Mom and I went to Target this afternoon and I had an absolute meltdown...I didn't want to sit in the cart, didn't want to be held, and wouldn't stay with mom if she put me down. Lesson learned - no public outings on days when I haven't napped!

It's been a while since I posted a video, so here you go... I was busy playing with my blocks and mom wanted me to say hi, bye bye, and I love you... OK, so I don't actually say I love you - I blow kisses :)



I learned how to say the "sh" sound this weekend. Mom was getting me dressed yesterday morning and asked if I wanted to go shopping with her. So I repeated and said "shopping!" I'm learning young :) We only went to Whole Foods, but it was fun retail therapy none the less.

Here are some photos from the past few days.

Showing mom the shoes in my favorite book.



My yellow rain boots match my bright and sunny yellow pj's quite well!



I'm learning to multitask! I got ALL of my toys out, dumped them on the floor, was eating a play piece of pineapple, and put the drawer on top of my head...how many of you can do the same?



I really do love shoes :) I stole mommy's Ugg's when she wasn't looking. I think they look nice with my outfit - what do you think?



I did a few art projects this weekend and will post photos later - they're on the other camera. Hope everyone is doing well!

Bicycle!

Yup - my newest word is BICYCLE! I must have learned it at school, because I surprised mommy over the weekend when I opened one of my books, said bicycle and pointed to one on the page. It just seemed like a random word for me to know. I've had SO much fun this past week. I'm really starting to enjoy reading books and will get a book and take it to mom and dad, turn around and back up to them so they pick me up and read to me. We've read the same few books OVER and OVER and OVER again, but mom and dad say they don't mind. Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See is my favorite at the moment. My word books are a close second, though. I can pick out apples, bananas, shoes, socks, boots, bicycles, hats, etc.

I'm still pretty obsessed with shoes, boots and hats. Mom just bought me a new pair of rain boots - Aunt Laurie, you will LOVE them! They're rain boots and are bright yellow and have a monkey on the top of the foot. I have quite a few hats and like to rotate through them for school.

See - I even love wearing daddy's shoes! I was able to walk around in them for quite some time!



I tried to put my shoes on daddy, but they didn't fit :(



My Strawberry hat still fits me from last year! I wanted to wear it in my pj's one night!



Here's my penguin hat.



Mom says I'll hate this picture one day, but it's too cute to pass up for now :)



We're supposed to get more snow / rain tonight - yuck! I was beginning to get some spring fever with the almost 50 degree weather today!

Finally Back at School

Although many of our local schools are still either closed or delayed, I was finally able to go back this week :) I think we were all ready for that! It's been so nice to spend time with my friends and I definitely had some energy that I needed to get out.

Our street is finally mostly cleared and we can get to our mailbox once again. Dad said they brought in some bobcats yesterday to clear out more than the one lane that there was. It makes it a little easier to get out of our driveway now.

There's not much else new here. I'm still repeating everything that I hear. I know a lot of my body parts now - head, knee, foot, hand, and I tried to say "elbow" the other night. And mom's favorite...when I fart, I now say "toot!" Makes mom and dad laugh every time! I play a game with dad every night in order to delay bedtime...I put his hat on my head and walk back and forth between mom and dad and put the hat on my head, dad's head, mom's head, and back on mine. This would go on for an hour if they let me :) So they finally gave in and gave me one of dad's hats to put in bed with me. So now I have my little blankie and dad's hat. Who would have guessed???

I had a nice, low key Valentine's Day and was able to watch some of my first Olympics over the weekend. Watching the downhill events is giving mom the itch to get back on the slopes! She says next year maybe they'll teach me!!! So many fun things to look forward to.

Here are a few photos from the past week.

Trying to give my milk to kitty...



I didn't want to eat my dinner - just wanted to play with my Valentine's from my classmates!



This is what happens when I get quiet...I get in trouble! Mom was loading the dishwasher and left me in the family room - I found a roll of paper towels and grabbed them through the gate and unraveled the WHOLE roll :) It was a lot of fun!



Asking daddy to read "Monday the Bullfrog" to me



I want to wear my shoes to bed! Mom told me that she used to throw fits to wear hers to bed, so I guess we know where I get it from.



Take care everyone!!!

Snowverkill 2010!

Well, we're still hanging in there! I had another day at home with mom and dad today and had a GREAT day!!! I didn't have any tantrums and spent a lot of time laughing and singing. I even took a good nap and went to bed quietly :) It has finally stopped snowing, but I'm guessing we have at least 40 inches by now. I kept asking mom and dad to put my snowsuit on today - I must have put it on 4 times. Then I stood at the window and said "no no no" (i.e. snow snow snow).

Wearin' my boots around the house...



Mom taught me to say "cheese" when she takes a picture!



The snow is now almost up to the bottom of the table on the deck. This was earlier this afternoon.







This is the view out the front door. This was after daddy had shoveled again this afternoon! We'll take better photos tomorrow during the daylight. You can't fully appreciate the size of the drifts on the side of the road / driveway in these photos!



Mom's office and daycare are closed again tomorrow, so mom is hoping that I sleep in a little tomorrow :) We'll talk soon. Stay warm everyone!

Another day at home :)

I was able to go to school for a little while today, but mom picked me up early when it started snowing again. The parking lot at school wasn't very clear and it was hard to find a parking spot. School is closed again tomorrow, so mom and I get another day to hang out! The federal government is closed again, therefore so is mom's office. Anyway, mom got caught up with some of the photos, so here are some from the past week or two. I've still been talking up a storm, though you can't understand what I'm saying. It sounds like I'm telling a story, but who knows what I'm actually saying... I even woke up several times last night and told mom and dad stories rather than going back to sleep.

Not the greatest photo, but check out where my feet are...I learned to STAND on top of my zebra. And yes, mom snapped a photo before she got me down...



Kitty LOVES the fireplace.



My two favorite teams (well, two of my favorite teams)...DC United and the Steelers! Last Friday was wear your favorite team day at school, so I wore my Polamalu jersey. But I played with my DC United soccer ball before I went to school that morning!



I have a bunch of play food to go along with my new kitchen. When I was supposed to be eating a sandwich, I found a bag of my play food and covered my plate... There was a soy nut butter sandwich hidden under there!



OK, so this was actually a remote, but it looks like a phone, right?



Crazy static electricity!



I now love to wear my mittens, but they make it hard to hold my blankie!



Once again, stay warm and safe everyone! We'll get more snow photos tomorrow :)

Still stuck at home...

Mom's office and my school were closed today, so we got to hang out all day in our pj's :) We had a lot of meat leftover since the Superbowl Party didn't happen, so mom cooked a lot today and froze a bunch of stuff to send to school for my dinners. I've been eating dinner at school because I go to bed so early and am usually too tired to eat by the time we get home. Not to mention that I'd rather play with mom and dad than be stuck at the table eating!

I said my first two word phrase over the weekend - I was wearing a cat bib and told daddy "My bib." Oh boy. I know "mine" and "no" all too well. Tonight in my bath, I said "octopus!" My vocabulary is certainly growing by leaps and bounds, though I think only mommy and daddy can really understand me. I ask mom for lotion ("lolo") both after my bath and if she puts lotion on her hands.

Mom tells me that we're supposed to get another 10-15 inches of snow starting tomorrow and in to Wednesday - can you believe it? Mom's office is closed again tomorrow and she's wondering if she'll be able to go in at all this week! Metro isn't running above ground and the roads really aren't cleared completely yet, so there would be no way to get there even if they were open. Hopefully my school will be open and I can go see my friends for at least a little while and let mom get some work done. I keep asking for Alana! Mom took me outside for a little while today, but I threw a random temper tantrum and we had to come back in.

Just wanted to send a quick update to let everyone know that we're still hanging in there with this weather. Mom was able to go to the grocery store tonight (she said it wasn't even that bad!), so we're in good shape. Mom found an advantage to my dairy allergy - the stores are FULLY stocked with soy milk, but sold out of every other kind of cows milk :) No shortage here! Take care everyone - stay warm and stay safe! Will try to post more photos tomorrow...

Photographic Evidence...

I had a BLAST outside in the snow! Thanks so much to Arabelle for letting me borrow a snowsuit that she outgrew :) It kept me nice and toasty warm and I didn't want to come back in :)

A little after I woke up this morning...



This was looking out the front door this morning after daddy had shoveled twice last night!



The back deck this afternoon.





Getting ready to go out and play!



Soooo happy to be outside.



Look how tall the piles of snow are from shoveling the driveway. And mom got lucky...as she was headed out the door to shovel this afternoon, there were two people standing outside of the garage with shovels and asked if she wanted help. She was not too proud to pay them to shovel...all she had to do was connect the driveway to where the neighbors had cleared their sidewalk.



Mom and dad made a little seat for me on top of one of the snow banks :)



Front of the house...mom and dad's cars are under there somewhere I think.



Mom's car...



Dad's car...



And finally, sledding down our empty street!



We came back in and got some dry clothes on after that. But I had a ton of fun and hopefully mom and dad will let me go out again tomorrow!

Hope everyone is staying warm and safe and is staying indoors (or at least off the roads) if at all possible!

Snowmaggedon!

Wow! There is so much snow outside - even more than the last big snow that we got in December! There is probably 24 inches already on the deck and it's still coming down :) They've been trying to keep the main street by our house clear, but they're not succeeding! They now have construction equipment out there moving the snow around. I think we'll be housebound for at least another day! Daddy already shoveled twice last night and it doesn't even look like it's been touched :( Mom says that when he gets up this morning she'll go out and take a turn. Guess they'll both get their workouts this weekend!

We'll save the snow photos for when it stops coming down, but here are a few more from the past week or so.

I love my popper from Aunt Laurie!



In my jammies with my shoes and hat on with mom's belt around my waist. Pretty silly, huh?



Watching a movie in dad's chair :)



I love my soccer ball. Daddy's been teaching me how to kick it with my feet.



I wanted to go for a run with mommy...



Stay warm and be safe everyone!!!

More Snow!

When we walked out of school tonight, it was snowing. I stuck my tongue out and said "snow!" We're supposed to get a few more inches tonight, so hopefully it won't be too bad in the morning, though I'm guessing there will be a bunch of delays. Today I learned what a duck says...quack quack :) I also love the Baby Bumblebee song - mom had never heard of it, but when my teachers told her how much I love it, she found it on youtube and let's me watch it while I dance and rock the baby bumblebee back and forth. I tried to say baby bumblebee, but "baby" is the only intelligible part. And I LOVE my popper (thank you Aunt Laurie) - I went for the popper this morning even before mom had my clothes out. Not exactly what she wanted to hear at 6am, but at least I was happy.

Mom also figured out how to get me to brush my teeth instead of just chewing on the brush. She got me an electric toothbrush that I was pretty scared of until tonight. Mom showed me on her hand that it didn't hurt, then I opened my mouth wide and let her brush away :) Hooray!

Take care and stay warm everyone!