Food glorious food

I've been eating a lot of new foods lately like miso soup, wood grilled haddock and beets. I'll try anything. It's especially fun when I get to feed myself instead of mommy feeding me. Mommy uses a fork and only puts food in my mouth. I make sure all parts of me are fed, like my hair, my lap and my arms. Yum!

Yup, that's a noodle in my hair and
I'm happy to see you. 

Selfie Sunday 37

Happy Sunday. What, you want my snacks? OK, I'll share.

 

Welcome to Lexidome

I got my first condo! It's a glorious 18.5 square feet and it's all mine. I call it Lexidome. I spent the first few nights renovating and decorating. It was a lot of work! I painted the walls different colors and hung up a bunch of my favorite things. I can't wait to have friends over to play. I think Lexidome can comfortably fit five friends at a time, but definitely only one daddy. When he comes in to play he takes up way too much room and it gets pretty tight in here. Maybe I'll have an open house this weekend. Will you come?

Welcome to Lexidome! 

Don't diet me

I think Mommy has me on a diet. She's always telling me to don't eat things. Like, don't eat the mail. Don't eat the remote control. Don't eat your crib. Don't eat the computer wire. Don't eat the phone charger. Don't eat the phone. Don't eat those shoes. Don't eat paint. It's getting to be ridiculous. I'm growing and I need to eat!!!

Move over Griswolds

What a great family vacation weekend! It started when we went to Cooperstown and toured the Baseball Hall of Fame. I saw lots of pictures on walls and there were lots of baseballs behind glass that looked like they would be fun to play with. I tried to reach them, but couldn't get at them. Then there was a whole section of costumes. Daddy called them uniforms. Good thing they didn't have any in my size or mommy would have made me put one on. Usually I'm a good sport, but these looked really old and dirty.

Who's going to the ballgame?

Poppy, what's that growing on your face? Can I pull it?

Another day we went to Howe Caverns. I didn't get to go in because it's not for little ladies like me, so I hung out with aunt Heidi, uncle Justin, Nana and Mya while we waited for everyone else to tour the caverns. I got to help Mya mine for gems, which was really neat.

Later that day we went to this Stone Fort Museum near the caverns. I thought it was a little boring, so I took a nap. Daddy didn't want me to miss out so he took 119 photos that he plans to show me. (ugh!)

To end the trip, we went to Albany and took a tour of the state building. What a building! It cost $25 million to build and took 32 years to finish. In the bathroom we changed my diaper on the marble changing table. Nana said she wanted to take my poopy diaper and smear it on the "million dollar staircase." I think she was kidding, but mommy wasn't so sure. :) 

Posing on the "million dollar staircase."

The only thing I didn't like about the vacation was the crib at the hotel. It was like a jail cell!

I promise I'll be good. Just get me out of here.

Hanging out with my Nana and Poppi and aunt Heidi, uncle Justin and cousins Mya and Lauren is so much fun. I wish everyone lived closer. :(

Selfie Sunday 36

Hello from Cooperstown,  NY, the home of baseball.

My first bat. I'm going to hit me a homer.

I love hanging with my cousins. 

Giddy girl

I'm so excited! I get to see Nana, Poppy, aunt Heidi, uncle Justin and cousins Mya and Lauren tomorrow. I'm going to give everyone such big hugs and wet kisses. Watch out, you've been warned! I'll likely also pull on Mya's hair, yank Poppy's glasses, and spit up on someone at some point. It's going to be a great weekend!

I'm just giggling like crazy with excitement.

Butt up

Maybe mommy wasn't so far off when she said I'm a turkey. My new favorite sleeping position is arms and legs tucked and butt up. I agree, it looks uncomfortable, but don't knock it until you tried it.

I'll be done in 7-10 hours.

Swim is no win

I'm still not sure about this swimming thing. It's kind of like a giant bath, which I love, but all these other people are there and there are no toys. What's weird too, is I can't sit like I do in the tub. Nope, I just float away. Either mommy has to hold me or I have to grab on to her. It kills my independent nature.

I don't think I'm ready to go back
in the pool again.

Monkeying around

We went to the zoo today. My favorite things were the monkeys and the birds of prey show. It was so cool to see the monkeys swing from branch to branch to branch. I didn't know they could do that. I thought monkeys just jumped on beds. During the birds of prey show there was a hawk and an owl and a parrot and a few others I can't remember. They all flew over my head multiple times. Luckily none of them pooped on us. That would have been gross!

Hello Mr. Hawk. I'm not afraid of you. I'm even going
to try to take your guide stick.

On lockdown

I've been under stroller-seat-arrest a lot lately. Before when we used to go out, mommy or daddy would hold me a lot. But now that I want to touch and grab and crawl and stand on everything and anything, I've noticed that I tend to be kept buckled in a lot more. As daddy likes to say, the man is keeping me down. Guess I'll just have to figure out how to unlock this buckle myself.

Up, up and away. I'm going to fly
right on out of here.

Can you get me some longer pants? I look
ridiculous. I'm even laughing at myself!

Party hopper

It's been a party hopping type of weekend. First I went to my friend Caleb's house for a barbecue party on Saturday. We had a lot of fun playing in his bedroom (don't worry, mommy was supervising) and out on his porch. When Caleb's daddy scared me, Caleb gave me a big hug to make me feel better. He's such a sweetie. Then today, we went to my friend Lulu's house for her birthday party. I had a blast riding around in Lulu's pink car. I started giving rides to a few people including this boy Declan. He was really into me. After I gave him a ride he climbed in and sat right on top of me. Later he open mouth kissed me, right in front of daddy. How embarrassing! In addition to the parties, this long holiday weekend we went to the aquarium and I had my first swim lesson, but I'll tell you more about that next week. It's way past my bedtime.

That will be $12. 50. Who needs a ride next?

Yum, beer. I'll just take the whole case to
the party. Never good to go empty handed.

Stop taking photos. I want to see the sea
lions and the penguins already.

American party animal

Today is a special day. It's the day we celebrate American independence (that means freedom). I learned that Americans usually do that by getting together with friends and family and having barbecues, drinking lots of bottles, although contents may vary, and watching fireworks. I can't wait to see what we do. No surprise, mommy dressed me up for the holiday. She said I'm supposed to look like Uncle Sam. I Googled him and I don't think I look anything like him. I do love my headband hair!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Sticky situation

It's been soooo hot here the last few days. I've noticed when it's this hot that my hands and legs stick to things, like the floor, or everything sticks to me, like food or grass. Today I found a Cheerio still hanging out in my elbow crease hours after I had them at lunch. To beat the heat, I've started drinking water from a sippy cup. Water doesn't really have much flavor, but I like that it's cold.  

Check out my cool shades!

It's going to cool off one day soon, right?

Pull up master

I've mastered pulling myself up. I can go from my butt to feet in three seconds flat. I pull up on my play table, on the couch, on the coffee table, on my crib, even on people. Now that I can do it, I'm addicted and can't stop. I even took a few steps today while mommy held my hands. If it took me a week and a half to go from crawling to pulling up, at this pace I could be walking on my own before my 9-month birthday. How crazy would that be?!