YES! LASAGNA!

Gimme that fork.

Want to see how fast I am?

When I run away during morning clothing changes, all you see is a blurry outline of a baby!

You know what I daydream about?

Getting a real doggie. In the meantime, I'm just going to hug this one tightly. He barks and wags his tail like a real doggie. He'll do.

I'm particular about ice cream, you know

I don't know... that doesn't LOOK like it's from an ice cream truck to me.

Oh? What's that you say? You say it's a mini mint mouthful from Trader Joe's? That's all you had to say! I'll stick my tongue out to lick the ice cream.

In LA, even the dogs do what they can to avoid the snaparazzi

My doggie is THAT much of a celebripup!

I take measures to ensure that my rascally Miss Piggy doesn't escape

Just in case she gets the wise idea to crawl out of my crib in the middle of the night, I maintain a Kung Fu death grip on her leg! There's no escaping me!

YIKES!

That was TART!

I went off to a corner so I could drink it all myself!

I told you I'm quick!

I made off with mommy and daddy's bottle of POM while they weren't paying close enough attention!

Mommy, I'm sleepy!

Zzzzzzzzz.

No, I'm not giving myself a time out

I just like to lean up against this little nook!

I love to walk in mommy's heels

I don't even seem to notice that her shoes are three times the size of mine!

I spend a lot of time pondering life's great questions

Can't you see?

I'm a magician!

Watch me make strawberries disappear!

Now where did they go?

Just because it's a cleanup weekend doesn't mean I don't get to play

Here I am suckering daddy into giving me a ride to the living room!

Peek-A-Boo!

Guess whoooooo!

I ran around in Santa Monica!

We went to Santa Monica for dinner last night. I saw some doggies and decided to chase them around! I chased them all the way down Ocean, and throughout the park on the beach-side of the street. One of them tried to lick me. I didn't like that. I gave him my "mad" look. He licked my doggy instead. I *really* didn't like that. I hugged my doggy tight and told the offending dog "BYE!" He got the hint. Then I was rid of him. I also chased pigeons. I wanted to pet them, but they kept flying away! So rude.

Must. Reach. Electronics.

I will succeed!

Daddy's back makes a decent desk!

Daddy was pretending to nap. I didn't fall for it. But I did use his back as a desk while I read

my magazine!

You know what's annoying about pasta?

It's so hard to get it on a fork! I'll just use my fingers, thankyouverymuch. My favorite pastas are Trader Joe's linguini with tomato sauce (it comes with their prepared chicken parmesan entree) and SpongeBob mac and cheese. And I use my fingers for both!

No daddy, I'LL push the stroller

I've totally got it.

Happy mother's day!

I got you flowers!

I'll shove this whole strawberry in my mouth even if I have to squish it to make it fit!

I love strawberries. I'm hoping to make it to the strawberry festival this year!

Wow, that is one big mandarin orange segment!

I can hardly close my mouth to chew!

You should be so lucky as to have MY focus

Look how intent I am as grandma reads to me! You just can't break my concentration.

My new favorite books

I really enjoy Matthew Van Fleet's books. They have pull-out segments that make the animals inside move. I got "Tails" as a gift for my first birthday. I've come to love that book so much that mommy and daddy have rounded out my collection with the remainder of his books (except the one or two that haven't come out yet, that is). The most recent one I've gotten is a book called "Cats." It has tons of cats doing various silly things. But my favorite is the page with the hide cat, the seek cat and the peek-a-boo cat that pops out of the rain boots when you tug on the pull at the bottom of the page! The cover rates a close second. It has a little area that you push in to make the cat's hand dip into the fish bowl as the fish swims just barely out of his reach!

Good times.

Aunt Pook-Pook doesn't take no for an answer when it comes to hugs

I was busy jumping on the couch and pondering political theory -- but she had other plans!

Happy birthday to Scott!!

May the 4th be with you (ha ha ha -- Star Wars reference).

Here's an idea: for your birthday, you should come visit me. :)

I need a few things to be comfortable at night

I ask for those things before going to bed and as a condition to my sleeping. First, I need Miss Piggy. You can see that I've secured her with my legs. I also need daddy's bright yellow SpongeBob shirt. You can see it peeking out from under me. Third, I need my blankie in case I get cold at night. I otherwise prefer it to be crumpled up in a corner of my crib. Finally, I need my sippy cup of water for when I wake up in the middle of the night for a drink. That's not in the picture, but rest assured -- it's closeby!

Okay, that house wasn't just ugly -- it was uuuuuuuugly!

That thing is practically a tear-down, but it's in a good location and it has a nice, big back yard for me to run around. Mommy and daddy *loved* it! They're hoping we can get the ugly house at a reasonable price so they can build a good house in its place. Fingers crossed!!

Mommy and daddy like ugly houses

We are going to see a house tomorrow in La Canada. The pictures are just awful. I heard mommy tell daddy that it's the perfect piece of crap for us because it is the ugliest house on a pretty block. I think they're assuming I'm going to pretty up the ugly house just by moving in. :)

Water!

I get very thirsty in the middle of the night. I almost always wake up at 4am asking for water. Then it takes some time to coax me to go back to sleep. Normally, I just stare at mommy and say "hiiiiiiiiiii!" until she gets up to play with me. We play, we cuddle, I jump on her bed, I pretend like I need to use the potty (but instead demand that she finds doggies in a magazine and rip them out for me), and eventually I decide I'll go back to sleep again.

Hey, if these people are going to leave me during the day while they go off to work, I have to get my play time in with them when they're home *somehow*!! And if that's at 4am, so be it!

Piggy and I are tight like that

We even brush our teeth and get ready for bed together.

I AM C-ZILLA!

I stomp around, I knock things over, I take things you're looking at because I want to look at them first, I climb on furniture, I make demands, I growl if you don't give me what I want. I bully you! I demand you rip pictures of doggies out of magazines for me, I chase you, I bite you and laugh, I hit you if I feel like it (but they're very nice, playful hits). I knock over towers you are building (but only after you've gotten them sufficiently built -- and you love it). I make you vacuum every night because I think it's funny. I love sticking my little hand in the bottle of fiber pills you take every morning to shove fiber pills in your mouth (and I often demand you take more than the 2 you need).

Godzilla is no match for me! I am C-zilla; hear my roar (and giggle!). And then give me a big hug and a kiss, because I'm MUCH cooler than Godzilla and a heck of a lot more cuddly!

LA Preschool madness!

So I live on the Westside in LA. This area is full of nuts! Mommy put my name on two waiting lists for preschools when I was born and on another waiting list before she returned to work a few months later, but it seems that was too late to get me in when I would need to start preschool. So mommy is exploring other options. She is taking a tour of one preschool today that won't even give you an application until your child is 18 months old, potty trained AND you take a tour. I'm almost potty trained... and that's close enough, right?

I'm SO Hollywood

Check out the oversized shades! Mine were in the car too, but I preferred mommy's - so I asked her to take them "OFF!" and she did. I took them and put them on myself. I even put them on right -- got them over my little ears and everything!

French fries!

Scott came to visit! We had so much fun. We hung out, he read to me, we played peek-a-boo, we snacked on a few things, played some more, went for a walk, looked for doggies, made monkey noises, and then, having worked up an appetite, we went to Barney's Gourmet Burgers in Brentwood for dinner. I learned how to take a french fry, dip it in ketchup and shove it in Scott's mouth! I tried one too, but it was spicy. I drank a lot of water after that bite.

Proof that grandma lives in an igloo

Her house is always *so* cold. I think grandma and grandpa set their thermostat to 34 below zero. Mommy and Aunt Pook-Pook joke that the penguins that used to live with grandma and grandpa moved away because they couldn't handle living in such cold weather. Even the water bottles agree! Although this bottle of water was in the refrigerator (not the freezer), it froze! I pointed out that maybe grandma put it in the refrigerator to keep it warm. HA! HA HA!! HA HA HA!!!

No wonder mommy always calls grandma when we leave the house to ask her to turn on the heater!

When I get tired, daddy gives me a lift

...straight up to his shoulders! I enjoy the new vantage point.

I enjoy afternoon walks with daddy

Here we are checking out some local architecture.

Mommy thinks I'm up to something

And she's probably right. I'm *usually* planning something.

I'm all done now.

Even as I'm getting ready for a snack, I cross my legs like a proper lady

I'm ready for brie now!

Mommy has been singing "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail..."

I got a new toy. I hammer wooden pegs into a wooden plate with corresponding holes. Mommy and daddy like that it helps my hand-eye coordination. They also use it as a tool to teach me colors and numbers (one BAM!, two BAMs!, three BAMs!).

The only problem is that I'm hammering more than just the wooden pegs! Sometimes I hammer the wall, sometimes I hammer mommy's head, sometimes I get her foot! Mommy told me that she would rather be a hammer than a nail. Then started singing that song.

Dear Aunt Pook-Pook's bosses

Please stop making her work long hours on the weekends. I had fun hanging out with her yesterday. I'd like to do it again next weekend.

Fankoo,
Caroline

I am the guitar hero!

I challenge ANY of you to try to beat me! I'm a wiiiiiiiii-nner!

I've got Miss Piggy and I'm ready to go!

...on a walk, that is! The kind that involves me enjoying the scenery and you doing all the work! Andiamo!

Happy (?!) Tax Day!

Thank goodness the IRS doesn't tax "cute" -- daddy said it's the ONLY thing they don't tax.

Mommy said there was chicken in the fridge

So I grabbed my chicken and walked over there to show him. It's nice to threaten them with what might happen if they misbehave. HA HA HA!

ANOTHER leak?!

So we finally got all the repairs done from the January 2010 water intrusion. Walls back up, insulation back in, painting done, crown molding back up... just in time for another leak that sprouted this weekend.

Mommy, can we please just move?! I'm sick of this garbage!

Hey, big guy, pick me UP!

Yeah, I'm talking to you up there.

Here, daddy, I'll share my milk with you

I'm such a giver.

Scott is family!

Grandma was telling me a funny story today. She said that my cousin, Mackenzie, was naming her relatives to her mom. She named daddy, mommy and... Scott! Her mom told her that Scott wasn't related to them. But Scott is related to ME! What a bummer that she can't count Scott as one of HER relatives! He's supercool. But hey - that just means more Scott for me! I'll take that.

Oops!

I forgot to post today! I guess I was having too much fun with mommy. Both of my grandmas joined me after work, too! That was even more fun. You can imagine how I would have gotten distracted.

Repainting!

Hooray! My house is going to be back in order soon!

After the flooding from the heavy rains in January, we had several walls, some ceiling (and the associated insulation) removed, and a plastic enclosure was erected to keep all the yucky stuff away from me. That was in place for a few weeks. Then we got walls again, courtesy of grandpa and daddy. That was the weekend I spent with both grandmas. Twice the spoiling! What fun!

Tonight, we're going to grandma's again for the weekend so the walls and ceiling can be repainted and the crown molding and baseboards can go back up. So I get another weekend of both grandmas! Woohoo! Oh, the FUN I'm going to have!

Proof that mommy is NOT overprotective

I have a runny nose! Booooo! I woke up every hour last night needing mommy to clear my little nose. And I woke myself up once when I needed to sneeze. Oh, how I need a nap! And all from playing with a toy that another child played with for less than an hour (at least that's what I assume it is - nobody else around me has been sick). No wonder mommy doesn't like me sharing toys and keeps me away from people who so much as have the sniffles!

Oooooh, I'm gonna GET you!

You don't stand a chance!

Here I am enjoying everyone's favorite passtime...

Reading on the potty! "But Not the Hippopotamus" is one of my favorites!

Grandma said I look like a little doll in this dress

...then mommy reminded her that I'm HER little doll. What a lucky mommy!

Don't I look so cool in my shades?

So, so cool.

How is my hair?

I love to have mommy turn the blow dryer on me (on low, of course). After I'm done, she re-does my hair for me and puts my hair in either pigtails or pulls it to the side with a clip. This is my hair after a blow dry but before having my hair done.

Help! They're smothering me!

So! Many! Kissies!