Uncle Kyle is getting married on game day? And AT game time?!

Oh no!

Fight on, Trojans! And congrats, Kyle and Cody!

Mommy said that, in this outfit, I'm going to cause...

PANDA-MONIUM!

OMG, mommy is so punny.

Trick or treating is only for kids who don't know where their parents keep the good chocolate

But I know where mommy and daddy keep the good stuff. Here I am reaching for it!

I AM NOT A FANNYPACK

Daddy, put me down. Now. I will totally tell mommy on you.

And now I'm ready to play!

Come get me, please!

Yes, I am *always* this happy

Especially when I've just woken from a nap.

Here's what happens when daddy makes or gets a call on his cell:

First, I grab the phone out of his hands. No exceptions. He used to try to keep the phone from me, but he gave up after he saw how persuasive I can be (I yelled at him, objected vehemently and gave him pouty face). Now he lets me take it. That's right daddy, there's no denying me what I want. As mommy always says "What Caroline wants, Caroline gets."

After I've secured the device, I make a break for it. I try to cruise or crawl to just outside his reach. Next, I sit down and get comfortable. Then it's time for me to laugh hysterically and to mock him with his phone. Mommy snapped a picture of me just as I had reached the final stage. Can you see the mockery in my laugh?

Incidentally, I do this with mommy's BlackBerry and grandma's cell, too. This caught grandma by surprise. It shouldn't have. She should have known that, when she answered her phone at my house, I was going to take it from her. After all, that's why mommy has to put her phone on speaker when she calls grandma. I even eye guests who have ringing cell phones suspiciously. Nobody gets a pass here! You've been warned.

What should I be for Halloween?

A parrot?

I hope this is the CLEAN laundry hamper!

The baby is NOT dirty!

Wanna play?

I'm ready!

HA HA, I HAVE THE REMOTE!

Daddy is so protective of the remote. He doesn't like it when I play with it (something about deleting his shows off the Tivo), so he hides it. So when I get my little hands on it, I squee with delight! I often grab it and go as fast as I can before daddy can take it away again. Here I am taunting daddy with the remote before I make a break for it!

I like to cruise along the ottoman

I go around the ottoman in circles to practice walking. And I've started letting go of furniture to stand on my own, too! Oh, the progress I've made!

Everyone dresses up for Halloween!

Even my duckies.

Daddy and I were playing cowboys and indians!

I don't know what the point of the game is, but mommy and daddy think it's funny when I make these funny noises.

We went out to dinner, and I had filet mignon

We went to a new French restaurant in Santa Monica called La Grande Orange. Mommy and daddy love French food. They especially love steak. They told me all about how much they enjoyed pepper steak when they were in Paris. Based on that recommendation, I decided to try some of mommy's filet mignon, and it was delicious! I even got mad at daddy when he pulled the piece of steak away from me. How dare him! He pulled it away just because I'd sucked all the juice out of it?! Humpht. But I was soon happy again because he had replaced it with a fresh new chunk of filet. Yeeees.

You call that a pass?!

Oh goodness.

Okay daddy, let's go for a walk!

You'll see that my seat belt is already securely fastened.

When you're cool, the sun shines on you 24 hours a day, indoors and out

And look how COOL I am with my sunglasses!

Testing, testing, 1-2-3

Is this thing on?

Oh no, I have cereal stick all over my face!

You know what that means... mommy and daddy are about to get cereal stick all over their shirts! I share so well!

Cereal sticks are fun to eat!

I love to hold them myself! They end up being a bit messy, but they are worth the fun.

I bit a chunk out of daddy's pizza!

I caught him completely off-guard!

Whoa, this is almost as soft as my skin!

Mommy thought it would be fun for me to have a big, fluffy white rug to play on. I don't think she intended for me to play with the big, fluffy white rug itself, but I can hardly keep my hands off of it! I'm starting to understand why mommy and daddy can't keep their hands off me -- I'm even *softer* than this!

Payback! It's MY turn with the camera!

You should have heard the utter glee in my voice as I got set up to snap some shots!

This is what happens when I feed myself chocolate

But it sure was fun!!

Oooh, a mandarin orange!

Not only are they delicious, but they also fit so nicely in my little hands! But sometimes, in my haste, I start nibbling on one that still has some peel on it. I really like the strong orange scent!

Mommy and daddy are house hunting

And boy are they surprised at the pieces of crap for sale in their price range. Oof. But they're making the effort. They want to make sure I have a nice big patch of grass to play on. I'm hoping for a pool similar to the one at our hotel in Key West -- it was so fun to splash around in there! But I'm confused: why would they bother looking at 3-4 bedroom houses when I'm always in their room? Clearly they intend for me to have 3 play rooms. SWEET.

Sometimes I crack myself up!

I'm SO funny!

A note from my mommy

Sorry that I needed to use the laptop to work on my filing! I realize that this greatly inconvenienced the loyal readers of Caroline's blog because Caroline was uanble to use the laptop to make her daily posts (and therefore, we missed posts over the weekend).

In the future, I will make more of an effort to ensure that my pesky work needs do not interfere with her blogging. To make up for it in the meantime, I asked Caroline to write a few extra posts to satisfy (or at least placate) the throngs of people who e-mailed, BBM'd, called and otherwise expressed their discontent with the lack of daily updates on happenings in Caroline's world. Enjoy. :)

I crawled off with grandpa's wallet...

And carefully took stock of the contents. Then I told grandma all about what I'd found! She took all of grandpa's cash and laughed. He looked confused. Grandpa, aren't you used to that by now?

(But that doesn't mean I don't help guide his hand to my mouth when I want another bite of pluot)

Everyone needs a little help sometimes...

Daddy can't figure out why I insist on having him hold my pluot

Mommy buys Emerald Gem pluots specifically because they are small enough for my little hands, and tasty enough for my sweet tooth. But I still prefer to let daddy hold the pluot for me while I play, and I lean in for a nibble whenever I'm ready. That way my little hands don't get sticky, but I still get yummies in my tummy!

CRUNCH!

I enjoy chomping off big pieces of my cereal sticks. It makes a big mess, but it's tasty. And I love that I can feed myself! I'm getting very good at that.

Why do you keep taking pictures of me while I eat?!

I'm busy eating a cereal stick. And there you are with a camera in my face. Leave me be.

Aunt Pook-Pook was impressed that I could already read

I babble the story and turn the pages all by myself! Moo, Baa, La La La! (That's the name of the book.)

Aunt Pook-Pook and I shared a snack

And she agreed that my Emerald Gem pluots are fantastic!

This is how I get my way

Who could resist?