The Climb

Ain't about how fast I get up there, ain't about what's waiting in the chair, it's about the Climb!! That's right, I am attempting to climb up on everything, including the living room chair. The sofa, coffee table and the chair where Kacie keeps out of my reach, are just a little too high, but the leather chair in the living room is perfect height to give me a challenge. But a challenge I am up to. Although I am not successful every time I attempt to master the chair, when I do master it, I sure am proud of myself! As for the rest of the house, there is plenty that I am attempting to climb up on. I have even gotten a little bit smarter and started pushing things next to something so I can step onto that and pull myself up. Needless to say, I love to climb.

Got A New Job Climbing the Walls

This week has been a week of change for me but it could all be related to this last pesky molar that is attempting to pop out. I have had a difficult time sleeping alone and have been waking up A LOT! My parents felt the need to get me back in a routine, so they were going to let me cry it out in the middle of the night if I happened to wake up. At approximately 3:30 am, I woke up and decided that I didn’t want to be in my crib anymore; their bed is so much more comfortable. Well they let me cry and cry and cry. Next thing you know, I had been crying for all of about 3 minutes and then BOOM. I decided to teach them a lesson and jump. Now to remind all of you, I do not have a soft landing by any means; hardwood floors are not soft on a baby’s butt. My mom came flying in as I was kneeling at my door sobbing. She swooped me up and held me for about 30 seconds where I proceeded to stop crying, laid myself flat between them, where I stayed until I woke up in the morning. I know they missed me too :)

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling My Arms

All that money my parents have been spending at The Goddard School is paying off. I have been learning neat tricks to show off with. My latest trick is the ability to roll my arms. The parentals were surprised and trying to figure out what I was doing. After inquiring at my second home, they were informed that I was rolling my arms to represent the “wheels on the bus go round and round.” Next time you see me you will have to sing with me to get my arms a-rolling.

Here's a quick peek:

Heaven Is You

This weekend I spent a lot of time with Grandma and Grandpa Basner. On Friday night my parents had the wedding of one of mommy's co-workers down on the shore. So I stayed home with G&G B. We had a lot of fun playing outside, eating pizza for dinner and snuggling up before bedtime with a book. Before I was born my G&G B gave me a book called Heaven Is Having You. Interesting enough, there is also a song with a title similar to this. So I found it to be the perfect title for this entry. The book talks all about spending time with grandparents and at the end, the book ends with Heaven is Having You. I love this book and the bears are so cute.

On Saturday, my G&G B came to swimming lessons with us and then we went to lunch at Five Guys and a football game to see Josh's mom's marching band perform for the first time. Swimming lessons and then spending the day with Josh has become a ritual for our families. So it was nice that G&G B got to hang out with us. That night, we all had dinner together and then G&G B babysat while I slept and mom and dad went out with some friends. I woke up around 11:30 wondering if they were home yet, to only be told by G&G, not yet!

I awoke the next morning at 6:30, played with G&G, and then enjoyed breakfast with them. They left shortly after to drive home on such a gloomy rainy day. Being that the weather was so icky, we made it a pajama day and stayed home to watch the Vikings win! It was a heavenly weekend filled with lots of fun!

Time to Say Nite Nite!

Everyday my volcabulary is expanding by leaps and bounds, okay maybe not leaps but definitely bounds. I am beginning to pick up on words that are said around me, much to the chagrin of my parents. I can say lots of words but my latest one is No. When my mommy tells me no, whatever I'm playing with is now called no. I love playing with the fireplace screen and hanging from the floor lamp that could so easily tip over. Because of the dangerous propensities that these two "toys" could cause, my mother and father say no, whereby I say back to them "no, no, no, no, no." I have taught them the more they say no, the more I do it with a smirk. Its fun!

Before bed we have a nightly ritual of climbing the stairs and brushing my teeth. When I put my tooth brush away I say "good job" to myself. After we change into my pajamas I know right where the dirty clothes go...in the hamper, and I assist by throwing my dirty diaper in the diaper pail. Then its on to books where I tell her all about the "trac-tor" in my farm book that G&G K got me for christmas. I go on to "uf, uf, uf" when I see dog, and scream "kit-da" when Kacie comes in to join us.

The other word that just melts my mommy's heart is "star." At night when snuggled up reading Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, I have begun to repeat and point to the star on each page. At the end of the book, we say nite nite, and then I launch myself into daddy's arms to get a hug and kiss from mommy before heading into bed.

To keep track of all the words I'm saying mommy made me a volcabulary board that has most of my words but is missing the best one yet: NO! You will probably have to click on the picture to see all it has to offer. Its so much fun learning new words and seeing my parents reactions when I master yet another one.

Recently mommy and daddy bought me this neat device that hangs on the front of the refrigerator. It allows me to stick letters into it and then it sings to me about what the letter sounds like. For instance, A says "ahhh", A says "ahhh", every letter makes a sound, A says "ahhh". It even sings me the ABC's, which I have attempted to join along. I'm addicted to learning the alphabet!

Be Our Guest

Today we went to the Red Bank Food Festival in Red Bank, NJ with Josh and his parents and Kate and Andy Ro. It was really fun because we were outside all day. We spent the afternoon strolling from one restaurant to the next, trying different varieties of delicies that Red Bank has to offer. I would have loved to try everything but we were limitied to four hours for over 30 places spread throughout Red Bank. So what we did try I think my favorite was the smoothies from Smoothie King. I also learned that Red Bank is not the most kid friendliest places to bring a kid because the bathrooms in most of these establishments do not have changing tables! This left me to the wild and showing my bum off in an alley. I guess you gotta do what you have to do to stay fresh in hopes of maintaining some privacy. Overall, the day was really fun because Josh and I got to play outside on the sidewalks pushing our strollers and petting every uff, uff, uff, that went by. I can say dog, but I prefer to imitate "what a dog says" when I see one.

I Gotta Love You Rosh Hashanah

Shalom my followers! Its time to convert to Judism for a short period of time. On Friday we rushed a home-a for Rosh Hashanah. On Saturday, we were graciously invited to Sabbath dinner at Josh’s grandparents home to celebrate the Jewish New Year. With my Yamaka in tow, we headed down to Aberdeen, NJ to break challah (bread) and eat apples with honey. Josh has this cool wagon that allows him to drag around his blocks. This allowed me to work on walking and pulling things behind me. I had a great time but my third molar is coming in so this was gnawing on my last nerve. After a good dinner that I didn’t really eat, and great company, we parted ways with a Shalom. My first Rosh Hashanah was really fun!