Back in Boston, but shrinking

I had such a good time in New York spending time with mommy’s family and meeting soooo many new friends. The week and a half flew by! I was really sad to go and actually almost didn’t make it home. Mommy and daddy had so much stuff (OK, it was mostly mine – plus daddy’s three pairs of shoes for two days) that it couldn’t all fit in the car and they had to leave some things behind. Luckily, I made the cut. J

Grandpa Bob came to New York too for a party for my great aunt and uncle’s 50^th wedding anniversary. I got to go into the city again and meet some more of my cousins on daddy’s side of the family. They are so sweet. They shared some of their toys with me and pretty soon I’ll be big enough to play with them. I can’t wait until cousin Warren sends me the photos he took of us.

One weird thing, everything at home seems smaller. I no longer need to have my butt propped up in my lounging chair, I fit without it. My arms also now hit the sides of my bassinet. It’s weird how the furniture shrunk when I was gone. 

Grandpa Bob and me had a contest who could sleep
longer on the car ride home. I think it was a tie.

Selfie Sunday 4

If I claimed this as a selfie I’d be lying. My cousin Cori took it.

Shpatziring

On Long Island this week, mommy, Nana and me spend most of our days shpatziring. That’s Yiddish for wasting time. You can be shopping, taking a stroll, driving around town – it’s all shpatziring. We mostly go to stores, buy things and then go to other stores and return things. Sometimes we go back to the same store the next day and return what we got the day before. It seems kind of silly to me. On one of our many coffee breaks at DD (both mommy and Nana are addicts) we came across a tie dye donut that matched my outfit. It was so funny we had to get one. Only on Long Island!

And guess what. We finally remembered to get some batteries for my mobile. Look who's super happy now.

Ohhhh...it moves and plays music.

What I ponder

I often ponder some interesting topics on my changing table. 

Why do giraffes have black tongues?

Look. Mine is pink. Guess I'm not a giraffe.

Present overload

Look at all these presents. Can you even find me in the picture?

No, they aren’t all for me. We had our Roth family Hanukkah party the other night. All us kids get presents from everyone and all the adults have a Secret Hanukkah Harry gift exchange. (I’m still not sure what this is. They explained it to me but I keep getting confused about who Harry is.) One of my favorite gifts is my mobile. I finally have something to look at when I’m chillaxing in my crib. Nana keeps saying we need to get batteries for it so I can see it move. I guess batteries are hard to find because she has been saying that for three days now. Oh, well, maybe next year I’ll get batteries for Hanukkah. 

I'm a bag lady ... with pearls! 

Having some fun with Hanukkah decorations.

I'm getting woozy from all the spinning.

Should I be worried about the flames on my chest?

Selfie Sunday 3

Another Sunday means another selfie.

A bunch of firsts

I’ve had a jam packed two days of firsts. I took my first car ride to Long Island, celebrated my first Thanksgiving, experienced my first grease fire (Aunt Heidi and Uncle Justin kept the tradition of keeping Thanksgiving exciting), lit my first Hanukkah menorah, got to meet my first cousins for the first time, had my first sleepover at Nana and Poppy’s, and got my first doll and first teddy bear. Whew!

I’ve learned that Hanukkah is another holiday like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Holidays usually mean mommy dresses me up in a funny outfit. I wonder why she hasn’t tried that yet? I hear the holiday lasts eight nights so I’m sure it is coming. 

These are my cousins Mya and Lauren.

When will I have hair like them? 

Mya's smiling because I just pooped on her.

Why do they photograph me near knives?

I was in a milk comma and missed tonight's candle lighting.

Aunt Heidi and Uncle Justin's house after the grease fire. Ha! Just Kidding!