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!

One week binky free!!!

The last time I used my binky was last Thursday night! I've done great without it :) The first night was a little rough, the next two were great, then I regressed a little for a few nights, but I think we're ok now. I tell mom "night night" then dive in my crib, roll over, hug my kitty (the stuffed one, not the real one...) and go to sleep :) It's a good thing I have TWO stuffed kitties (thank you Grandma and Grandpa Coble!) I haven't even been waking at 3am anymore - mom is SUPER thrilled about that. I would always put myself back to sleep, but only after she was already awake, so this is much better for all of us.

I'm talking SO much now. This morning, I copied mom when she said "A B C." And also "one two." I didn't quite get to "three," but we'll get there soon enough. When we come downstairs in the morning, mom always has to make me wait to eat until she gets her coffee. I try to say "coffee," but it really still sounds like "cracker," ha ha. I think I understand when mom asks me a question, too. When I was getting dressed this morning, mom asked me where we were going. I said "school!" And when she asked who we were going to see, I said "Lala," (i.e. Alana), my best friend from school. Then we named all of my friends and teachers. Aunt Laurie, you'll be proud - my teachers name is Laurie too and I can say it now!!! I'm glad tomorrow is Friday!

Happy Belated New Year!

My apologies for not updating for an entire month! I was pretty busy with Christmas, New Years, and getting back in the swing of things. I'm now 16 months old and am more and more fun every day (or so mom tells me).

I guess I should back up a little... I had a wonderful second Christmas with a lot of my family! Grammy and Grampy Clements came up from Florida and Aunt Laurie, Uncle Dan and Cousins Courtney and Kaylee came to visit from New York. Grandma and Grandpa Coble and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Coble even came to visit! I got my first real taste of Santa and I have to say I think I like him :) When I woke up on Christmas morning, there was this awesome kitchen, dishes and a bunch of food waiting for me! When you put a pot on the stove burner, it even sounds like the food is cooking :) I've had a blast putting the food in the refrigerator, in the stove, in the drawers, and even trying to eat it. Mom and dad didn't get too many photos because they were too busy playing with me!



I got into a pretty bad habit of snacking over the break. I was totally addicted to graham crackers. I even knew where mom hid them and would point to the counter and continuously whine "cracker," "cracker," "cracker" until she relented.



We had a blast at Deep Creek for New Years - there was SO much snow and it was really cold, so we didn't do much other than sit around the fire and read books. I had a bin of toys that I could get in, so that was fun. I had a lot of fun with Kona and often tried to give her bone to her. Mom and Molly told me that I shouldn't take the bone back away from Kona, though. The decor in the house was very odd - lots of wood paneling and even wall paper on top of the paneling. But they had this endtable that was perfect for me to climb in and play my new xylophone! It was nice to see Penn State win the bowl game, too - daddy was a little worried near the end!



I *love* putting my hats on in the morning before school!







I also love my boots - some days even before I get dressed, I take my boots to mom to put them on me.



More proof that I'm just a happy kiddo :)



I think I have daddy wrapped around my cute little finger...



And my favorite "thing" of all time...KITTY!



Everything is going well with me. I've been in the toddler room at school for a few months now and that's going pretty well. I nap like a champ now on most days, but have been waking up between 2 and 3 every morning. We've cut all dairy out of my diet and I'm doing much better now. But mom and dad keep saying they're glad they own stock in Whole Foods since that's the only place to buy half of my food now.

I say a lot of words and repeat pretty much anything. I ask for a bath before bedtime and head upstairs when I'm ready. Among some others that I can't think of at the moment, I can say school, milk, more, cracker, ball, car, dog, baby, hat, and can say my friends names from school - Cooper, Alana, Casey, and even my teacher Cynthia! I haven't used my pacifier during the day since last weekend and gave it up at bedtime last night! It wasn't as bad as I though it would be, but we'll see how the rest of the weekend goes.

Better go...lots of playing to do before lunch time :)

I'm 15 Months Old!

And growing like a weed :) 20lbs 12oz and 31 inches. My doctor says I'm "perfect," and of course mom and dad agree. I may have a milk protein allergy, though, so I have to switch to soy milk and no cheese or yogurt until we figure it out :( And then I got 3 shots which have made me cranky all day. We also discovered that Infants Motrin does not agree with me - I had a crazy reaction to it and was WIRED all night on Saturday. Never again at bedtime - mom was up with me over 15 times before I finally fell asleep for the night and even that was after going to bed 3 hours later than normal.

Here are some photos from the past month. I discovered that I like ketchup :) Note the shaggy hair...


Mom and dad finally took me to get my hair cut!!! I hated every minute and screamed through the whole thing. I didn't even want the graham crackers daddy was offering me.


Less shaggy hair :) But kitty stole my toybox and I wasn't too happy about it!


I got to enjoy the snowstorm for a little while on Saturday. We could only find one of my mittens, so mom and dad made me wear socks on my hands - how silly???








Sledding in the driveway!


Here's the deck when I went to bed on Saturday night! Check out the table - there's at least 2 feet of snow.


Here's the front of the house before any plows came through.


And the tree!


I'm looking forward to seeing everyone for Christmas! Grammy and Grampy Clements will be here Thursday, Laurie, Dan, Courtney and Kaylee will be here Saturday, and Grandma and Grandpa Coble and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa will be here on Sunday! I see lots of packages with my name on them under the tree and can't wait to open things!

Hope everyone is doing well and I'll see you soon!

Winter Wonderland!

I woke up yesterday morning to almost a FOOT of snow! It hadn't stopped by the time I went to bed last night and we have over 2 feet by now :) Even though I'm not feeling too well, mom and dad let me go out for a little while in it. I wasn't sure what to think at first, but ended up having fun :) The photos of me in the snow are on the other camera, so we'll try to get those posted later.

This photo is from about noon yesterday. The snow was piled up against the front door!


This was the view out on the deck.


Lots has happened in the past month, but mom and dad have been too busy with work and getting ready for the holidays that they just haven't sat down with me to update the blog! They tell me that I will get a visit from Santa next week - I don't know quite what to think of that either, but I think he'll be good to me since I've been a good girl this year. There is a big tree in the living room that has lots of pretty lights and ornaments that I would *love* to play with. Mom and dad tell me I can't play with them, but I do like to point and say "tree."

Will write more later - I want to go play for a while before lunch time!