Birthday Party #1

It's Party Time!!! I had a birthday party at the lake and so many family and friends were able to come! It was great to see them all again. Some I even got to meet for the 1st time. I had such a fun day!! The weather was good, the food was good, and my presents were good! I got all sorts of cool things.....a trike, a teddy bear, some pretty dresses, a swimsuit and shoes, toys to play with in the sand and water, a flapping duck, my very own play dishes, a tea cup, a NDSU shirt, books, crayons....I'm one lucky girl!!!!!

You mean all these people are here for me?!!!
Look at my cool balloon.....it even sings a song!

Me and Auntie Em!

Auntie Em was playing with my "cousins" Maddyn and Sully.

Oh Dad....it's not that bad.....it's just sand!!

Me and my great-grandma Iris!

This wrapping paper is sure fun to tear!

How did great-grandma Janis know I like these things so much?!

Check out my very own tea cup and saucer from Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Tom! Now I can have a tea party just like my Mommy and Grandma did!

Cool...Dora books!!!

Hi Teddy Bear! You are going to be extra special to me!!! (This teddy bear was made with my great-grandpa Ken's favorite CV shirts....such a special gift!)

I wonder if there's anything in my "trunk"?

You mean Grandma Nancy made that cake all for me?!!!

Hmmmm.......I don't know what to think about this yet! Very squishy!!

I better get both hands in this thing and really feel it out first!

Do you wanna taste it?

I did a pretty good job, didn't I?!

That's one funny hat you've got on your head Mommy!!

Here fishy, fishy fishy.....you wanna have some frosting?

Reading a story with Grandma and Grandpa...

See....this is my head, Billy! Aren't I so smart?

Wow! Awesome truck and blocks! Uncle Dustin and Keely found me some really cool presents!

Fun at the Lake...

I had such a fun weekend at the lake! On Saturday, Mommy's friend Carolyn and her daughter Molly came to play. I was so excited to see Molly again. She's 5 months younger than me, but it won't be long until we can run around together. Sunday was my big birthday party! Can't get much better than that for a weekend!!

These blocks are sure tastey!
Photo shoot on the dock!

I say we take a little dip in the water.....what do you think Molly?

Wow! This is a cool hat! Thanks Molly!

This sand feels so cool....but it tastes kinda yucky!

Hey....check out that big rock!!

Ready.....Set......Hut!!

Check out my cool crawl! I don't like the way the grass feels on my knees, so this is how I do it at the lake!

Coolin' off with our toes in the water.

Yup, just taking a bath in a plastic tote! Keely came up with this idea......isn't she so smart! :)

I don't understand why Mommy, Grandma and Keely are laughing so much.....what's so funny about a little girl taking a bath in a clear tote?!!

Getting into EVERYTHING!!!!

Mommy sure has a lot of "bloggin" to get caught up with. Here are some pictures of me doing what I do best....getting into stuff. I really like to crawl into small spaces and play under the table now too!

Aughhh......the power of teeth! You see, I just bite down on these crystal light packet things to poke a hole in the foil and before too long, I'm tasting something really sweet! Talk about a sugar high!! :)
Look at my teeth marks!!

This is what I'm talking about!!!

Cool!!! Peas, carrots and corn everywhere!! Mommy forgot the bowl of veggies on the table.....she must have forgotten that I like to pull the placemats off the table, cause that bowl was sitting right up there! I hit the jackpot with this one!! It's much better to eat these things off the floor! Bibby was excited too!

They just came from the sky....promise!

Gotta get a few more containers out of here so I have more space.

It's chili time!!

Mmmmmmmm!!

Whoaa! This is some tasty stuff!

Oatmeal Everywhere!!

Here are some pictures from the past week. My days in the pantry have gotten much more exciting now that I have teeth! Not only can I take everything off the shelves, I can open things up!! I sure surprised Mommy the other day. She was checking her e-mail quick in the computer room and I was playing in the pantry. Well, I opened up a pack of oatmeal and thought it was so much fun to shake it out everywhere! It was raining oatmeal!! You should have seen the look on Mommy's face when she saw what I was up to! Oh man, I just love finding new things to get into!!

So sweet!
All this playing is hard work....gotta take a quick break!

How do you turn this thing on Mommy?

I'll show you how you do it.....you just bite on the oatmeal packet like this....

Then shake it back and forth.....

Then spread it all around the floor like this......

And then you give it a taste....yummy!

Now I'll show you how to open up some drink packets.....

Here's me with Mommy's friend, Dawn! I got to hear all about their funny stories in college! Hopefully I'll find a friend like that too one day!