Seneca Lake, NY

On Saturday, August 20th mommy, daddy, and me went to Seneca Lake, NY to vacation with all of mommy's family.  We stayed in a cottage on the lake and had a great time!!  I went swimming in the lake, skipped rocks, played with my cousins, and fed the ducks!  While we were having a great time vacationing daddy told me some major things were happening back home; we had earthquake tremors on Monday and hurricane Irene hit Delaware pretty hard on Saturday.  Fortunately nothing hit our house but we did find 3 small trees down in our front yard.
I also turned 13 months old while up in New York!  I got to try my first marshmallow, it has a funny taste :) 
At 13 months old:
 - I am running around like crazy
 - I talk, talk, talk!  I have added to my vocabulary TONS of words like, duck, turtle, bear, doggy, and I say "there she is" when I play peek a boo and "thank you" very well.
 - I can make the doggy and bear sounds
 - I can point to my nose, ears, and mouth
 - I can sign please and thank you
 - I don't like strawberries, bananas, french toast, or pancakes :(
 - I love eggs especially with cheese on them :)

Relaxing on the first day with Aunt Nikki

The dock

The cottage

Checking out the ducks with grandma

Cousin Kaylyn, grandpa, mommy, and cousin Lauren roasting marshmallows

Cousin Sierra making a mess of her smore!

Happy Birthday to me! I am 13months old today!

Trying my first marshmallow

Funny taste!

Aww daddy......

Mommy, I told you I don't like french toast.

Kaylyn, daddy, and Lauren relaxing on the tube.

Finding rocks to skip

Daddy and Kaylyn kayaking

Mommy and Sierra kayaking

Baby Einstein time!

Relaxing with grandma and grandpa

Big hugs!

Geocaching with mommy and daddy

Swimming in the lake

Our last day :(

Family Fun Day & Visit with Edmonds' Family

Hi everybody!  Yesterday was family fun day at our church and we had lots of fun!  I got to see a cow, run around, and play with lots of other kids :)  Today mommy and daddy took me to visit with Elena and Ian.  They got me a birthday present then afterwards we played for a bit and all went out for lunch.  It was a super fun time and I can't wait to play with them again!

Playing in Abby's crate

Me and Daddy playing on mom-mom & grandfather's steps

Weeeeeee!

Not to sure about this cow........

Having fun at family fun day

Wow, is that for me?!

Me, mommy, daddy, Ian, Mr. George, Miss Corrine, & Elena

Elena and me splashing in the puddles after lunch

Salisbury, MD Zoo

Hi! Today mommy took me to the Salisbury zoo with lots of other moms and kids too!  We had a good time walking around.  I got to see a bear, bald eagle, alligators, flamingo's, and more.  It was super hot and I was all sweaty but we sat in a nice shaded area for lunch then I got to run around afterwards.

me, Corey, Emily, Ben, Ryan, Mason, Zach, Ella, Levi, and Macy

Ella, Corey, and me checking out the bear

Ella, and Mason being silly with Emily to the right

Corey being silly :)

Ryan showing his muscles with big sis Emily spotting

"whoa, did you see that alligator!?"

1st BIRTHDAY!!!!

I turned one year old on the 22nd!!  Mommy's family from NY came down that night and we had a big dinner, then the next day was my party!  Mommy and daddy got me a nice swing set and I love to swing and go down the slide.  I got lots of nice gifts from everyone, we had fun!  Unfortunately though I did not blow my candle out and I wanted nothing to do with the big cupcake all for me :(

At one year:

 - I am almost walking full time!
 - I do this new knee shuffle scoot when I dont feel like walking or crawling :)
 - I am eating big girl food most of the time
 - I am drinking whole milk (cold) and sometimes water in my sippy cup (no more formula!!)
 - I say lots of words like "sunshine", "down", "cold", "cool", "dinner", "Let's go", "hi", "shoes", "mommy", "daddy"
 - I can point to my nose, but then sometimes I start to pick it, GROSS!
 - I still take two naps a day
 - I still watch Baby Einstein almost every morning and also started "Signing Time" and Your baby can read.
 - I point to pictures of mommy and daddy and say their name

Not sure about this cupcake!

Nope!

Zach loving his cupcake :)

Big girls in the bouncy house

Mommy and me

Me in the bouncy house

Swinging with my cousins from NY

Mom-mom and me cooling off inside

Ok, now I will try some frosting!

My new rocking chair from mom-mom and grandfather