Playing in the garden

I have been busy growing and exploring the past few days. One of my favorite things to explore is my food and luckily my mom and dad are kind enough to let me play with it. Today I was having such a great time licking the split pea soup right out of the bowl-delicious!! Of course, it is not as tasty when my mom or dad try to serve it up on a spoon. I would much rather do it all by myself. My mom and I went back to the gardens today to try to get some good pics, although it was not a total success we had a good time. I guess I just wasn't in the mood to be photographed after waking up at 4am. I did look pretty cute in the dress my aunt Nichole got me for my birthday-thanks Aunt Nichole!

It has been another busy week spending time with friends and learning new things. This is the first weekend in a few weeks that my mom has not had to work a farmer's market over the weekend which was really nice. We spent the day having breakfast together, going for a walk, working in my dad's classroom and playing at Washington Park. The gardens are in full bloom and I had so much fun crawling/walking around the gardens today. My parents were really sad they forgot their camera and so I am sure we will go back there in the next week. We also got to see all of the ducks and geese in the water which was such a treat. I really wanted to go swimming with them, but my mom and dad said it was too yucky in the water. Here are a few pictures from the week.

11 Months Old!

This past Saturday I turned 11 months old. My mom and dad celebrated by going to bed early! We have had some rough nights lately because I am getting some more teeth and it is really painful! We are all a little tired, but have found time for some fun. Mom and dad had some of their friends from Antarctica in town so I got to see my antarctic aunts-Nichole, Connie and Genivieve and Paul Baker. It was a great time and I loved having so many people around to walk me. This week we had a playdate with my friend Ellie and I got to meet her little brother Andrew who is a month old. He is very cute. My dad is on his second week of teaching 5th grade and although all of the paperwork and grading papers is overwhelming, he seems to be enjoying himself and the 5th graders. It is hard to believe I will be one years old in less than a month. The time has gone by so fast. My mom and I have been reading more books lately, which is good because I use to not be able to sit still for them. I think my mom likes the down time!

It has been so long since my mom and dad have posted an update, but they are going to try to be better after reading all of my friends blogs. Life has been pretty busy lately. I have been walking up a storm since I learned to walk at my cousins house this summer. My mom and dad are having trouble keeping up! I also have my bottom two teeth, but have been working on the top ones which has made for a lot of sleepless nights at our house. I have been having so much fun this summer visiting cousins in Ohio, and getting a visit from Cousin Dylan, swimming and playing with friends. We have also spent a lot of time with Uncle Jimmy and I will be so sad when he leaves for Antarctica for a whole year!!! I love food and have no problem eating anything my parents offer me. I am not a big fan of sleeping though- there is just too much to explore these days. My dad started a new job teaching fifth grade this Monday at Aurora Academy and I think he is going to be a great teacher. He really likes it so far. My mom can't believe how fast time has flown because I will be nine months this weekend!