It's not halloween, but I'm already thinking about costumes

Look at me making fish face!

Here's a second post, to make up for yesterday

I like my piano. It plays beautiful music. But sometimes, when I'm hungry, I also nibble on it! MMMMMMM... That's when mommy knows to put a bottle on!

You know what's fun?

Cards with holes in them. I open, peek through, and close. Then I repeat as I wish! Sometimes I even poke my little hand through the hole to grab your nose! Squee!!

I'm busy!

I'm reading a book to mommy. She's gotten used to audio books and now always wants me to read to her. You're going to have to wait until tomorrow for my next post.

I'm a cuddlebunny

Just to make sure you don't put me down, I hold on TIGHT!!

In the infamous words of one Eric Cartman:

CHEESY POOFS!

Wrong way! Wrong way!

It must be too early in the morning for daddy. I should start wearing a "this end up" sign!

Look at my star-spangled bottom!

Mommy loves my diaper-bum.

Everyone knows I like fabrics

Here I am sampling my star-spangled dress. It tastes like cotton. And cotton does NOT taste like chicken. You're welcome.

Today's project: writing thank you cards

I opened my presents all by myself (and cheered for myself afterward because I did such a great job at it!), and now I'm going to sit down and write my thank you cards all by myself, too. Watch for yours in the mail!

I washed the cake down with an apple

It was more to my liking.

Hey daddy, you gonna share some of that cake?

(He did -- I didn't like it.)

Hey party people, enjoy the party pictures!

My first birthday party was so much fun! We had a "wild animal park" theme, so mommy got wild animal visors for everyone to wear to shield themselves from the sun, and there were inflatable animals everywhere! Some were animal-shaped inflatables, and others were animals contained within balls that you could play with! We even had wild animal stuffed animals on the tables. Mommy may have gone a little overboard with the theme.

I've recently become interested in sandwiches, so we had lots of mini-croissant sandwiches and my two favorite fruits: apples and bananas. And since I've also recently started wanting to lick chips, we also had Doritos. Daddy watched as I licked some Doritos and got my hands all oranged-up. After I was done, I offered daddy my soggy chip. He loved it.

And then there was cake! The cake was decorated with red and yellow balloons, and had lemon and raspberry filling. Do you think mommy and daddy are trying to tell me something with the Trojan colors all around?

There were so many people there - lots of adults, and a bunch of kids, too. Around 80 in all! I saw old friends Colin, Dmitri and Izzy and met new ones Charlotte, Claire, Julia, Trenton, Garland, Julian, Katherine and James. I can't wait to play with them all again! And my friend Caroline (I love her name!) from Cedars also came to wish me a happy birthday! It was really fantastic to see her again. It was a beautiful day, and I had a beautiful party. Thank you, everyone!

Happy birthday to me!

It was a busy day! I'm going to eat, then play for a while and turn in early. I will update the blog tomorrow with details of today's party!

Today's the big day!

I can't wait for my party! Be sure to check back tomorrow for pictures of the festivities!

Christina gives me the best advice!

She came over just to say hi and to share more words of wisdom... including "guacamole, yum!" I even tried it, just because she said I should.

Hey, Aunt Pook-Pook...

I got your nose!

Now that I'm a year old, it's time to start thinking about retirement

Here I am perusing the pages of Forbes for good investment tips. With compound interest, I'm sure to retire early!

I'm officially one year old -- right now!

And the final pictures, which round out my first year:

Me at eleven months!

Me at ten months!

Me at nine months!

Me at eight months!

Me at seven months!

Me at six months!

Me at five months!

Me at four months!

Me at three months!

Me at two months!

Me at one month!

Me as a newborn!

Aren't I just precious?!

It's my birthday!

And in celebration of my first year, I am going to post pictures of myself, month to month, from noon until midnight. At noon, I will post a newborn picture. At 1pm, I will post my favorite one-month old picture, 2pm will feature my favorite picture of me when I was two months old, and so on.

Happy birthday to me!

I had a big day yesterday!

We had a birthday brunch to celebrate my first year, and boy did I have a good time! In attendance were my Godmother, Christina, both sets of grandparents, all of my aunts and uncles (including my soon-to-be aunt, Cody!) *and* my cousins! We played catch, smashed some blocks together, people bounced me (to my delight!), I pointed at things for people to fetch for me... and I got to show off my lightning-quick crawling, my walking skills and my funny faces! What a good day!

There was, of course, princess cake (the real princess cake - the one named for the Danish princess, not a mere cake in the shape of some lame fairy tale princess). I enjoyed sticking my little hand in it and grabbing the marzipan rose. Christina had the added treat of getting my fuzzy bunny launched in her slice of cake. Lucky girl! And to top it off, I got presents! I want *every* day to be my birthday brunch day!

Aunt Pook-Pook loves it when I tell her stories!

Here I am sharing the latest happenings with her. I enjoy our chats!

Daddy has started calling me "The Piranha"

I have lots of teething toys, and lots of toys that I use as teething toys, but what I love to bite most is your finger!

Mommy got some fun stuff for my birthday party next week

Mommy is big on themed parties. For my birthday party next weekend, she has a "wild animal park" theme. Although the party is at Crestwood Hills Park in Brentwood, she got a bunch of decorations to transform Crestwood Hills into The Brentwood Wild Animal Park!

First, she sent out invitations with wild animals on the top. You have to give people an idea of what to expect!

Mommy found beach balls with inflatable animals inside. Here I am playing with a giraffe in a ball. I can't quite figure out how to get to the animal inside! She bought clear inflatable balls with a monkey, a tiger and a zebra inside, too! She also bought inflatable balls in animal shapes. There is a giraffe, lion, tiger and elephant. I'm not sure which one I like best!

Since it's going to be a sunny day and she didn't want people to have to squint if they forgot a hat, she bought a bunch of animal visors. The elephant visor has a trunk hanging out above your nose! What fun! Hopefully we can get a picture of everyone wearing their visors at the party. That should make for a fun picture!

Because I like bubbles, she also bought little bottles of bubbles in animal shapes. I can't wait to break into those! I like to try to grab the bubbles as they float in front of me. Every time I manage to get close to catching a bubble, it gets away! Not fair. She also got paddles with attached balls for kids (big *and* small kids!) to play with at the party. The paddles are in animal shapes, too! What will they think of next?!

She is having lunch catered in, and asked that decorations to the side of the food match the theme. Even dessert fits with the wild animal park theme. I think mommy may have gone a bit overboard.

Aunt Pook-Pook captioned this picture for me

"What are you doing? It's not as cute when you do it."

She said my facial expression just cracks her up!

I've decided this is my comfortable sleep position

When I nap on mommy and daddy's laps, I prop my leg up on the chair. I've become accustomed to it, and now routinely prop my leg up on the bars of my mini-crib. In fact, I find it so comfortable that if my leg is moved, I wake up! Don't I look relaxed?!

I'm feeling pensive today

Some people think babies just eat, sleep, play and poop. That couldn't be further from the truth. We're actually quite a philosophical bunch! Here I am deep in thought.