Risky Business

Here I am sliding on the hard wood in my shirt and diaper. Mom says all I needed were some black glasses and I would be just like Tom Cruise.


Here I am having a trial run at the Halloween costume. I didn't like the mask over the eyes too much.



At Grandpa's house he made a special trip to the shed so that I could ride the tractor. That made my day!!


Grandpa's cow was giving me a staredown. I just giggled everytime he mooed at me. Grandpa made a pretty good cow for riding too.

Rutledge-Wilson Farm

Today Mommy and Daddy took me to Rutledge-Wilson Farm and boy did I have a "Hay Day" literally!

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First, I had to jet over to the tractors.


Next I checked out all the animals. I got to pet the ponies and the goats.


I even got to hear the roosters "Cockadoodledoo." I giggled hysterically every time they did it.


Next it was onto the pumpkin patch with a ride on daddies shoulders.


Eventually we made it to the children's hay bale area. Boy was it fun climbing and walking all over the hay!


Here I am on the top being the king of the world!


Finally it was off to the barn and silo playground. This was by far the coolest playground I have been on. I am now a professional at sliding down big slides.


I have become so good on the slides I like to go down on my belly and try to climb up them as well.


I have also become very fond of crawling through the tunnels even if it makes my hair stand straight up.


Trying to get me to pose for an actual picture when I am trying to run around and play was a joke. As you can tell in each photo, I wanted no part of it, even if that's what mommy wanted me to do.

Three P's....Plants, Pumpkins and Painting

I have become very fond of watering the plants. Its almost a given every time I go outside. The best part of watering plants is simply splashing with my hands inside the watering can or chewing on it.


I am very aware that Halloween is coming. I love to look for pumpkins on mommy's run each afternoon. There seems to be pumpkins on almost every porch! In the second picture I am throwing the tennis ball. I have not decided on a hand preference yet, however mom keeps saying I need to use my left.


I know I will surely be a big help when daddy starts painting the basement. I find the mixing sticks to be the most fun to chew on.




Here mom and I are being silly. I have also started trying to stand on my head......or for all those yoga lovers I am doing the "Downward Facing Dog."


I have also become very fond of my Sesame Street tent in the basement. I love to roll all over inside of it. In the second picture I am sporting my "Wild Man" t-shirt. That's pretty fitting because another new trick is to run away from mommy any time it is bath time or time to get dressed in the morning.



Lastly, mommy and I pose before church when we are all dressed up. I still don't care for the nursery too much but am getting used to it.

All Pictured Out!!

Since my birthday party I have been playing "Hard to Get" in the picture smiling department much to mom's dismay.

Here I am at church waiting to get church directory pictures done. The photographer was not quite as patient as the ladies at Sears are, but we got it done. Running around the room was what I preferred to do.

In the next set of pictures mom is trying to get me to smile before church. She even took me outside, but I was not about to stand still and give her a shot of my 8 pearly whites.

Finally dad got me to settle down for a picture. Mommy says this picture is of the 2 most handsome boys ever.

I also was not too full of smiles when mom was trying to get a picture of me in my new Mizzou hat. Dad wants me to wear it all the time now that Mizzou has got off to a great start. I am a "Lil Tiger" in training.

Here I am playing at Meemaw's house. Its been a rough transition going to Small Wonders one day a week. I actually think it has been tougher on Mommy and Meemaw, but don't tell them I said that. I will say that I do have a lot more smiles at Meemaw's house. She just lets me get away with so much!!!

Happy Birthday

Well I am officially 1 year old and boy did I have a fun Birthday weekend. I will start from the top.


On Friday night mom and dad gave me my presents. This Kawasaki 4 wheeler is pretty cool, however at this point I still prefer to push it more than ride it. I am sure that will change the older I get.


Dad also made me this really cool toy box. It even has my name on it. He is such a handy man. I teased him that I would be 21 before I would be able to lift the lid to put toys inside. At least it will hold all the loot I got at my party. Check out the pics below.


Then later Friday night I had a "trial run" at the cake and candle task. MeeMaw had been practicing with me all week, but I never quite got the hang of blowing out the candle. I didn't even really dig into my cake. I guess I get mom's neat freak gene, because I didn't want to get my hands too sticky.

Then it was on to Saturday: The Big Bash

Here are the pre-party photos. Mommy had to get some pictures of the set up. Such girly things!!!


My monkey cake was pretty cute and here I am posing with MeeMaw. With all the people there, I clung pretty close to either mom or MeeMaw.



Then it was onto Round Two of candles and cake. Next verse, same as the first. I didn't get the candle blown out and I barely dug into the monkey cake. Oh well, what I did have of it tasted good.

Day 3 of my birthday weekend was spent trying out all my new toys. I was a little overwhelmed. When I woke up from my nap I had all this stuff put together and at my fingertips. Boy was it fun, and I didn't even get through half of the toys. Mom will have to get pictures with the rest of the toys another time.


Here I am with my bank and my xylophone......



And my Tutti Fruitti music playing car along with my stuffed monkey....


And my basketball goal was a slam dunk! I have also learned all the bells and whistles to my Tonka race track too.




Tractors and now my favorite toy. I got a John Deere and a Little People tractor with music. I am in heaven.





My Cards back pack was so cool, even though it was so big it pulls me backwards making me fall down when I wear it. I am definitely all smiles when I have on my John Deere shirt too.




To top off my birthday weekend I went to Aunt Stephanie's and Uncle Matt's house for a going away party for Adam. The thrill of the night was riding the tractor. Boy was I big stuff.

Thanks to everyone who came to my party. I loved all my stuff and was glad to see you all!!!