A look into our world

This is just one of the fun things I got to do during my special trip to Papa and M'laine's house this weekend!

Well, as you can see from the picture below, I've been playing with my blinds lately. It's all Mommy's fault, really. She's the one who moved my crib where I could reach my blinds. So, every time I wake up in the morning and every time I lay down for a nap and I'm not quite ready to go to sleep yet, to the blinds I go. We've learned from this experience that mini-blinds are not only ugly (which we already knew), they are also very easily destructed. So, needless to say, I got new blinds today, and they're the nicer kind. Mommy also moved my crib against the wall so it's not diagonal anymore. Hmmm, whatever will I do now in my crib when I'm not sleeping??Yesterday and today we've tried something new in our house. You see, now that I'm toying with the idea of not taking a morning nap, Mommy is beginning to lose her shower time. So, yesterday and today, when it was time for Mommy to get ready for the day, she put me in my crib with lots of toys and books, and my favorite cd in my cd player. I really like this alone play time! When Mommy came back to get me, this is what she found. She snuck up on me in this picture, and I didn't even know she was there. I was kicked back, having a good ol' time with my toys. P.S. Mommy says to warn you - if you're having a baby and thinking about getting a beautiful wood crib without plastic protectors on the sides, just take a look at my crib. Notice how it's all marked up? Yep, those are my teeth marks. And they go all the way to the other end. Mommy was in for a rude awakening with that one.

My cousins Jamey and Jack (and Uncle James and Auntie Karyn) came over to play today, and we had lots of fun! First we took good naps, then played for a bit. And as long as Jamey and I have 2 similar toys to play with, we're all good! It's when we have to share one thing that it becomes a little messy (or whiney, I should say). Jamey and I both thought it should be our turn for the Elmo chair in this picture...don't worry, it got resolved quickly and everyone was happy once again :) We actually do a pretty good job of sharing with each other most of the time. After playing at the house, we got to go to the Promenade and throw pennies in the fountain! I got quite excited about throwing my pennies. Uncle James had to make sure I didn't run and jump right into that fountain!

This morning Dad, Bella, and I were playing outside on the front porch while Mommy was getting ready for the day. After a little while, Mommy heard the door open, and in came Dad and me with a big owie on my knee. It was a big scrape with blood and everything. I was really big though, and didn't cry at all. I fussed a little bit when Mom messed with it to put medicine and a band-aid on, and then I needed a little cuddle time. After that, I was good to go. Every now and then I like to pick at my band-aid a little bit, but for the most part, I've just gone on with my day.I like to recline in my Elmo chair these days - it's very comfy! Today when Mom came in to check on me during my afternoon nap, she found me in the corner laying on my giraffe pillow. She's not sure it looks comfortable, but then again, I fell asleep like that, so it must not be too bad :) And P.S. - I'm still loving reading! I sit through quite a few books these days and always bring books to Mom or Dad to read to me. I'm looking forward to having M'laine read to me next weekend!