Never Ending Car Ride

Here I am at Mommy's Aunt Sherrill's house. After a 4 1/2 hour car ride, I was ready to stay up way past my bedtime. In the second picture I am showing Sherrill that I am "SO Big."



Here I am at Kelsay and Karoline's birthday party. Mommy's cousin Kevin could not help but make me wear the Royals hat just to irritate daddy, however I only left it on for a second. I had to let Kevin have a little satisfaction since his Royals are usually in the cellar of their division. In the second picture I am hanging out with Karoline, AKA Dorothy, from the Wizard of Oz. She got the outfit for her birthday.


Here I am having a special pose with Meemaw and Peepaw before church at Meemaw's little hometown country church in Cosby. It's a lot smaller than my church. It was pretty neat though because mommy took me down for my first children's sermon. It was a lot fun.


Here I am posing with Sherrill. She was such a good hostess and the little nibbles mommy gave me of her coffee cake were incredible. Back at home, my latest favorite thing is to cruise along the couch and other furniture. In this picture I am showing off only using 1 hand. Besides cruising I have also learned to stand all by myself. Currently my record stands at 19 seconds and I have taken 1 step on my own.




Here mommy and I are in the kitchen. I love to help her cook. I think I am such a big help, but she may disagree. If I am helping her too much she always gives me the turkey baster to play with. That can keep me occupied for at least 5 minutes.


After the long trip back to Nixa, all I wanted to do was "Bang on my Drum All Day" and play with my toys.




Here I am getting some quality daddy time when I got home. He loves to play with me and he calls me Little Buddy. My other new favorite thing is to play with my bottle instead of drinking it. The more I can shake and get drips on my face the happier I am.

Spring Fever

Yes, Spring has finally arrived and I can start wearing all my new short outfits. It's got me all excited and waving my arms. Mommy could hardly snap a picture. I sure hope mom and dad can take me to St. Louis to see a real Cards game.


I have really taken a liking to my rubber ducks at bath time. They are so much fun to chew on. I also really like not having pants on. Its much easier to move around.


Here I am at Meemaw's for daycare. She is such a great grandma. I am so happy at her house. She lets me get away with more stuff than mommy does. I guess that is what grandparents are supposed to do.



Like I said......life is much better with no pants on!!!!! It makes it so much easier to move around.....and what is everyone talking about my legs being hams.....not sure what that is all about. I just like to eat. And, yes, that is me standing next to the toilet. I am starting to try and pull up to things and then I get really brave and let go. This scares mommy especially next to the hard toilet. She doesn't know I am so tough, that even if I fell it wouldn't hurt.

New Ride

Here I am posing with mom next to her new car. I think Daddy is just a little jealous that mommy gets to drive it every day. Now if only I can get me a new car seat then I will really be riding in style. Too bad mommy bought me a new one without reading the instructions. After dad brought it home from Babies R Us in Tulsa, mommy discovered that it can only be front facing which I can't do until I am 1. I guess I will have to wait until they can get it exchanged. Until then maybe mom will just let me ride here in the back with the tailgate up:)


Here mommy, daddy, and I are enjoying some very hard to come by sunshine over the weekend. We were playing with my bubble machine dinosaur. I didn't know what to think of all the bubbles. As you can see by my feet hanging over my car seat, I am quickly outgrowing this seat. Sure hope I get a new one soon.





Here I am with all my .......not sure what you call them.......second cousins??? They are daddy's cousin's children. Little mastermind Claire was trying to round up everyone for the photo, but many of the boys were not cooperating. In the first picture, Sophie is missing and in the second photo Thomas is missing, so we had to put both pictures up. It was all a little overwhelming for me to say the least.



Here I am in my Johnny Jumper. Boy do I enjoy that. I am free to walk and bounce all by myself. In the other picture, I had to show that my squishy Rams football is almost as big as me!

Easter with My Cousins

I never knew hanging out with my cousins could be so much fun. They kept me laughing all the time.

Here I am holding the egg that had my name written on it. Then I decided it would be more fun to eat it, which in turn gave me a blue mouth for a couple of days.

Blane let me ride on his shoulders. He is such a cool guy, even though I teased him that his name was Blanarina since his hair is as long as a girl's hair.

Easter morning mom and dad got me a cool baseball Easter basket with a bunny inside. Gage and Blane got me some cool presents too.

Here mommy, daddy, and I are posing after Easter service at church.

Here I am ready to party down at my friend Eli's birthday. It was so much fun.

At the party I got to hang out with Sam who is just a few weeks younger than me. I am sure we will grow up to be great friends. Eli was a little bashful around me, but after the party started he started having lots of fun.

Funny Expressions

This was the expression on mommy's face when she felt my first tooth pop through the gums. She was sooooo excited. I, on the other hand, just threw my hands in the air trying to tell her that's why I have been drooling so much and keeping her up through the nights.






Here I am playing with my new favorite toy. I can put the balls in with help from mommy, but I much prefer to chew on them. It looks like I am waving at you (which mommy and daddy have diligently been working with me on), however, mom just happened to snap a picture with my hand up and not a true wave just yet.


Here I am sporting my first pair of New Balance running shoes that I got from Meemaw and Peepaw for Easter. It won't be long before I am out in the neighborhood hills trying to keep up with mommy.




Here I am after returning from my 6 month photo shoot at Sears. Boy that was a tiring experience. That is why I have my hands in the air kicking back and resting. They made me wait so long, but the pictures will be worth it for sure.






Here I am trying out my new blow up ducky tub. Thanks Aunt Gail for this great bath time toy. Now that I can sit up really good, I love to splash and play around.