I do believe i'm ahead of my class! Why, you ask? Well the other day, I was sitting on the floor playing with a travel size shampoo bottle. A little twist here and a little twist there, the top came off like magic. For my next trick, I turned over the shampoo bottle and liquid came rushing out onto the floor...Ta Da! I now have two toys, bottle and cap, in addition to the ability to clean the floor with the swipe of my hand. Around the corner came mommy wondering what I had in my mouth. I lifted up both my hands showing her my magic abilities. She thought I was fantastic; okay not really. In fact she asked me how the shampoo tasted. I then realized that I really pulled one over on myself by washing my mouth out with soap, and I wasn't even swearing.
Flash forward to the next day, i'm getting ready to go to school and Daddy gives me a travel size lotion to play with. Even though Mommy advised him of my magic trick, he didn't listen. Well by the time I got to school, I had performed another magic trick and unscrewed the cap of the lotion. I decided that I didn't need to mositurize so early in the morning and just played with the cap.
There you have it folks, I do believe I am ahead of my time; wouldn't you agree?
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Step by Step, Oh Baby!!
After much hesitation, bouncing up and down, and speed crawling, I braved the unknown and took my first steps tonight. With my mom and dad sitting on the kitchen floor, I took three steps forward to my dada. Then he turned me around and I took a couple steps to mama. Of course they yelled horrah and clapped really loud, startling me, but then I got a great big smile on my face. Then mommy broke out the Elmo song and sang "You did something new today, horrah, horrah, horrah!"
Check out my video for proof that I did it and before my first birthday! Next milestone, running after Kacie!
Check out my video for proof that I did it and before my first birthday! Next milestone, running after Kacie!
Hola Amigos n Familia
Hola! I have just returned from my first international vacation with a big stamp in my passport from the Dominician Republic. We headed abroad for the destination wedding of Scott and Casey. I left on a jet plane early Thursday morning to land on a beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean full of coral reef and big fish. After a short ride to our hotel, we checked in and planted ourselves on the beach to check out the babes. Sitting under an umbrella sipping on a straw cup full of water, I played with the sand in an attempt to build my first sand castle. The evening was full of eating and drinking at the French restuarant with spanish waiters. Did you know that the French language was developed from the Spainish?
Friday was another day filled with sand, sun and fun. I took two naps on the beach as the waves crashed upon the shore. It was a very relaxing day and worked on mastering the sand castle. Everyone arrived that day followed by a rehearsal dinner at the American Grill; excellent mac n' cheese! Meanwhile everyone just cooed at my existence. Saturday was a busy day. We started with beach and babes, followed by a wedding on the beach, an afternoon at the beach, and dinner at the Dominician restuarant. As this was a busy day I crashed in the midst of dinner. Sunday was relaxing and filled with the beach and the pool. Dinner was spent with Casey and Scott at the seafood restuarant. Monday was a long day of travel and airports but it was nice to have all the attention from everyone that flew home with us. Of course i'm happy to be home, but missing the sand and water that was so much fun to play with. I'm trying to talk my parents into a pool with a beach installed in our background for my personal convenience!
Over the weekend it was discovered that my two front teeth finally made an appearance. Bananas are my FAVORITE food. When I see one I jump up and down in my chair and hoot like a monkey until I am able to shove as much of a banana into my mouth. It was quite the scene when a banana came near. It was also discovered that strangers as well as people that know me can not get enough of me. There were lots of pictures taken of me. I even stole the show at the wedding as the bride commented that she thought there more pictures of me than her taken that day ;)
Overall, my first vacation was great. I'm ready for a fun-filled summer at school.
Friday was another day filled with sand, sun and fun. I took two naps on the beach as the waves crashed upon the shore. It was a very relaxing day and worked on mastering the sand castle. Everyone arrived that day followed by a rehearsal dinner at the American Grill; excellent mac n' cheese! Meanwhile everyone just cooed at my existence. Saturday was a busy day. We started with beach and babes, followed by a wedding on the beach, an afternoon at the beach, and dinner at the Dominician restuarant. As this was a busy day I crashed in the midst of dinner. Sunday was relaxing and filled with the beach and the pool. Dinner was spent with Casey and Scott at the seafood restuarant. Monday was a long day of travel and airports but it was nice to have all the attention from everyone that flew home with us. Of course i'm happy to be home, but missing the sand and water that was so much fun to play with. I'm trying to talk my parents into a pool with a beach installed in our background for my personal convenience!
Over the weekend it was discovered that my two front teeth finally made an appearance. Bananas are my FAVORITE food. When I see one I jump up and down in my chair and hoot like a monkey until I am able to shove as much of a banana into my mouth. It was quite the scene when a banana came near. It was also discovered that strangers as well as people that know me can not get enough of me. There were lots of pictures taken of me. I even stole the show at the wedding as the bride commented that she thought there more pictures of me than her taken that day ;)
Overall, my first vacation was great. I'm ready for a fun-filled summer at school.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Casey & Scott's First Wedding
Okay these are the only people that I know that have gotten married to each other in one week. You would think that getting married once would be enough, but they love each other so MUCH that they just had to do it twice, in a different country each time! So here's the story:
Casey and Scott decided to get married in the Dominician. Upon learning that they could only get married in Spanish and that its difficult to legalize the marriage, they decided they would have two celebrations of LOVE! Being that I am very curious I had to be at both to witness this. The first wedding was held at a Jewish temple in New Jersey followed by a wonderful reception at one of Mommy's favorite resturants in Freehold, NJ. There was awesome food (pasta) that was very yummy. I got a bit bored during the ceremony and began looking for things to play with.
I'm including a few pictures of the day here.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Free Falling into May
Wow, it is the end of May and a month since I last wrote. May went by really fast. I guess the big development this month is that I have begun to stand up on my own; 'bout time I gave my knees some rest! Although i'm a tadbit unstable, i'm still standing tall and free falling.
It feels Iike I did a lot this month but I cannot remember it all. I went to Hoboken, NJ for the first time! We visited Mom and Dad's friends who are going to have a little boy just like me. I taught them how to child proof their apartment. They have a lot of nice electronics with lots of wires.
School has been going great. I had my art fair so I could show Mom and Dad all the art I created at school. At the end of every month I bring a big bag of creativity home for them; they love to see their money well spent ;) Some kid got pink eye and I thought I got it but it was a false alarm; just a lot of green goop and no pink eye.
I have really been working on talking, waving and clapping. I got really good at clapping when Mom and Dad went away for one night to Arlington, TX to visit Jessilyn and Nolan. Grandma and Grandpa Basner watched me and we had a lot of fun!!! Grandpa taught me how to clap. I cannot wait till their next visit so I can show him I can now clap on my knees and standing up. I'm also telling "mama" what her name is several times over when I get disgusted with how life is treating me.
As soon as Grandma and Grandpa Basner went home, Grandma Kappenman came to visit for a week. We shopped and shopped to get ready for our big trip in June to the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana). We ate ice cream and went to the farm to pick strawberries and herbs for the first time. We took Grandma Kappenman to eat yummy Italian food where I had my first taste of vodka penne and lasagna - yummy! Memorial Day was spent with Rebecca tearing up my toy room.
Other than that, I've had a rough couple of days as my two front teeth are coming in. With that said, I'm sure you can imagine the creative songs Mom and Dad are coming up with. I'll give you a hint...all I want for ___ is my two front teeth (you fill in the blank with whatever you think fits best)! Needless to say, these teeth need to get here already.
I'll close for now, but will be back with a big update from overseas. Until then, peace and love, peace and love!
It feels Iike I did a lot this month but I cannot remember it all. I went to Hoboken, NJ for the first time! We visited Mom and Dad's friends who are going to have a little boy just like me. I taught them how to child proof their apartment. They have a lot of nice electronics with lots of wires.
School has been going great. I had my art fair so I could show Mom and Dad all the art I created at school. At the end of every month I bring a big bag of creativity home for them; they love to see their money well spent ;) Some kid got pink eye and I thought I got it but it was a false alarm; just a lot of green goop and no pink eye.
I have really been working on talking, waving and clapping. I got really good at clapping when Mom and Dad went away for one night to Arlington, TX to visit Jessilyn and Nolan. Grandma and Grandpa Basner watched me and we had a lot of fun!!! Grandpa taught me how to clap. I cannot wait till their next visit so I can show him I can now clap on my knees and standing up. I'm also telling "mama" what her name is several times over when I get disgusted with how life is treating me.
As soon as Grandma and Grandpa Basner went home, Grandma Kappenman came to visit for a week. We shopped and shopped to get ready for our big trip in June to the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana). We ate ice cream and went to the farm to pick strawberries and herbs for the first time. We took Grandma Kappenman to eat yummy Italian food where I had my first taste of vodka penne and lasagna - yummy! Memorial Day was spent with Rebecca tearing up my toy room.
Other than that, I've had a rough couple of days as my two front teeth are coming in. With that said, I'm sure you can imagine the creative songs Mom and Dad are coming up with. I'll give you a hint...all I want for ___ is my two front teeth (you fill in the blank with whatever you think fits best)! Needless to say, these teeth need to get here already.
I'll close for now, but will be back with a big update from overseas. Until then, peace and love, peace and love!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Summertime in April
This weekend was packed full of fun in 90 degree heat. It all started with a trip to Striderite on Friday night where I got two new pairs of shoes; a pair of sandles and an awesome pair of sneakers (multi-colored might I add). I'm very excited about my new shoes because I can stand and balance much better than in Robeez's.
Saturday was packed full of fun. I had swimming lessons followed by my school carnival. I tried my first popcicle at the carnival and burrrggh! I've never experienced brain freeze and that did it. I also rode my first pony and mastered it. I drank out of a juice box for the first time; this was very exciting. My teacher was there to witness it so now they want me to start drinking my milk out of a straw cup; i'm not so sure about giving up the bottle just yet. However, my motto in life is I'll try anything just once. So we'll see.
Saturday afternoon I went to Gavin's first birthday party. It was so much fun but it was so hot. We stayed in the shade most of the time. We played with a pinata and crawled around with all the other kids. Gavin even blew out his candle all by himself! Having only one candle makes the odds of this extremely likely. But hey, he's only 1, give the guy some credit. I had so much fun I slept the whole way home.
That night, Ms. Latoya came and played with me so mommy and daddy could go to something called a Bachelor and Bachelorette party. I stayed up until 9:30 when I finally crashed and ended up sleeping right there on the couch. It didn't help that my room was stiffling hot! It was a rough night but I slept until 7 am.
Sunday was a lazy day filled with a few errands here and there. My parents are shopping for a gazebo for the deck. If summer is anything like today, we're going to need a lot of shade and a pool.
Saturday was packed full of fun. I had swimming lessons followed by my school carnival. I tried my first popcicle at the carnival and burrrggh! I've never experienced brain freeze and that did it. I also rode my first pony and mastered it. I drank out of a juice box for the first time; this was very exciting. My teacher was there to witness it so now they want me to start drinking my milk out of a straw cup; i'm not so sure about giving up the bottle just yet. However, my motto in life is I'll try anything just once. So we'll see.
Saturday afternoon I went to Gavin's first birthday party. It was so much fun but it was so hot. We stayed in the shade most of the time. We played with a pinata and crawled around with all the other kids. Gavin even blew out his candle all by himself! Having only one candle makes the odds of this extremely likely. But hey, he's only 1, give the guy some credit. I had so much fun I slept the whole way home.
That night, Ms. Latoya came and played with me so mommy and daddy could go to something called a Bachelor and Bachelorette party. I stayed up until 9:30 when I finally crashed and ended up sleeping right there on the couch. It didn't help that my room was stiffling hot! It was a rough night but I slept until 7 am.
Sunday was a lazy day filled with a few errands here and there. My parents are shopping for a gazebo for the deck. If summer is anything like today, we're going to need a lot of shade and a pool.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Visit from the Easter Bunny
This past weekend the Easter Bunny visited my living room, dining room and kitchen. He left eggs in sparadioc locations filled with puffs and cheerios. In between my kitty batting the eggs around, I was able to gather them in my fuzzy duck basket. At the end of my trial my new ride was awaiting! Mommy strapped me in and away we went throughout the house. Later in the afternoon I toured the deck in style. I have posted pictures.
As for the rest of the weekend, we were busy. I dyed eggs on Saturday morning, followed by my weekly swim lesson, a birthday party for my neighbor James, dinner at Maggianos and a trip to Target and Babies R Us to buy gates. For those of you who don't recall, I have no fear of the stairs; I'm Danger Thad! My dinner at Maggianos brought a new food - pasta with alfreado...I love this!
It was a nice weekend. This weekend Grandpa and Grandma Basner are coming to visit; should be exciting!
As for the rest of the weekend, we were busy. I dyed eggs on Saturday morning, followed by my weekly swim lesson, a birthday party for my neighbor James, dinner at Maggianos and a trip to Target and Babies R Us to buy gates. For those of you who don't recall, I have no fear of the stairs; I'm Danger Thad! My dinner at Maggianos brought a new food - pasta with alfreado...I love this!
It was a nice weekend. This weekend Grandpa and Grandma Basner are coming to visit; should be exciting!
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