Thursday, September 22, 2011

The pitter patter of little feet...

It has been two or three weeks in the making, but I'm officially walking! This weekend Grammy & Papaw came down to visit and honestly I just wanted to show off. I started at the orchard. I held on to their hands and cruised up down row after row of gorgeous apple trees. When I got tired I'd sit in the stroller and have a tasty treat. Yummy apples! I took a breather on the tractor ride through the pumpkin patch. Then after a brief snooze in the car, I came home and decided to get moving. Here is some more video of my first moments walking. As of today, I'm able to walk from the television to the couch (approximately 11 steps) right into Mommy's arms without falling down. I will be running the bases with Ryker any day!








As mentioned, Grammy & Papaw visited with us. It was our first time having them down for an overnight visit and boy was it fun! We had a great day at the orchard and then dinner with them, followed by lots of playing at the house and then we woke up the next morning and all headed to church and then relaxed and watched football and movies with them. I can't wait to do it again, soon!
Grammy bought us both spinny light toys. We really like them (especially at bed time).


Ryker and I seem to get closer and closer everyday. He is teaching me how to play baseball. I do it just like he does, even down to the tapping of the bat on home plate. I get everyone laughing when I begin wiggling my bat awaiting the pitch. Where do I come up with this stuff? (I'll have video of that up soon.) With my walking now, I am able to return the favor on the Mickey car, too. Here I am pushing him along for a ride!



I am learning new words each day. I sign "please" now when I'm prompted. Yesterday I told Mommy "no" and waved my finger at her. While we were watching Superwhy this week, I pointed to the TV and said "doggie" and then woofed. I like Super Woofster a lot and turn into a total couch potato when he is on television!


I recently had lunch with Uncle Ike. He was making a quick stop in Indy and we were so glad that he did! We watched the Colts take one on the chin, but hanging out with Uncle Ike was so fun I barely noticed.



Thanks for checking in on me. See you next week!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Birthday Pictures

Happy Fall, everyone! Last Saturday it reached 100 degrees here in Indy and then the season changed overnight and we have been adjusting to fall all week. Part of our home is thrilled (Mom and Dad) because they love fall, the cooler temperatures, the football, the changing leaves, etc. The other part (Ryker and I) was a little attached to all things summer, like playing outside, wearing shorts and t-shirts, and swimming. Oh well, we've been finding plenty to keep us busy inside. Before I get to those pictures, I thought I'd post some from my birthday. Enjoy!














So what have we been up to? It has been mostly indoor activities. We did some home improvement projects with Daddy (hanging up a new chandelier in our dining room), have been playing tons of indoor baseball, and of course rough housing. We have so much fun! We also have had a couple of movie days with my friends, Emerson and Sullivan. One day we watched the Dinosaur Train movie, complete with dino pbjs and dino cookies. We watched some fun football with them, with cool pepperoni pretzel sandwiches and bags of cheerios and popcorn for snacks. There was also our recent Toy Story 3 movie time. No fun food, just snuggling under a blanket together!

Can I get you another tool, Daddy?





"Running" the bases


I got the remote!

As I bid so long to summer, I thought I'd throw in some pictures that I forgot along the way. Sully and I playing in our matching attire. Enjoy your cool, autumn week!