Dad, seriously, if Momma gets me up in the morning, feeds me, and hands me off to you, you shouldn’t fall back asleep on the couch.. otherwise I will slide off your lap, pull the cord out of the back of your laptop, crawl to the other side of the room, and start banging your laptop’s power cord on the vent. It’s lots of fun! Oh, and even though Chimo is awake, he won’t stop me.. he thinks it’s funny.

Seriously, I’ve been awake for like 10 minutes! I like to play in my crib by myself, but it’s a lot more fun when you will come pick me up, help me get dressed, and play with me! Mommy, daddy, come get me up!

..like BLUEBERRIES! Mommy and daddy blended a bunch of blueberries up for me and froze them, and then they thaw them with my cereal.. it’s good stuff. But now that I have some teeth I can eat whole blueberries! It’s even better that way – they are all fresh and juicy and burst in my mouth when I bite them. I’m not sure if I like the skins as much as the insides, but they are good!

Over the last month or so, I’ve started to have *teeth* start to pop through my gums! For a long time, my teeth have been hurting as they come in (that is why I like my teether bear), but only recently have my teeth come in enough to actually be able to use them. Now I get to eat some food that is kind of hard, like blueberries. I still have more teeth coming, which means that I still hurt and want to bite everything in sight for relief — including mommy, daddy, the puppies, and the furniture — but I think it’s worth it because I get to try lots more food!!

Reading is so much fun.. I love sitting on the floor and reading, or sitting on momma’s lap and reading, or sitting on daddy’s lap and reading, or sitting with Chimo and reading, or sitting with grandpa and grandma and reading.. I just like to read!

My puppies get to go to daycare at a place called ‘Woofdah’ once a week to help them burn off some energy.. Woofdah just opened a new building, and I got to go tour it with mommy and daddy. I had lots of fun seeing where my puppies would be playing – I even got to sit in the big pirate ship and play with momma! I asked if I could go there, but I guess only puppies are allowed. I was bummed! I am glad that my puppies have lots of fun though.

I’ve always loved my kitty-puppy (Oakley, she’s a husky) very much.. she’s really cute, and a good girl. For the last few months, I’ve been watching her really closely, and giggling every time she moves, yawns, barks at someone outside, plays, sits, stays, lays down, eats, drinks, and pretty much everything else she does. She’s been kind of shy around me though – she hasn’t liked it when I yank her fur really hard, or pick up her paws — up until this last week or so! Now when I am sitting on the floor, she will come over by me and sit down, even when I don’t call her. I love it when I’m sitting and she puts her paws outside my legs and rests her head on my lap.. I get to play with her ears and nose and mouth and give her kisses. In this picture, she put her head down where I could reach it, and I decided to check out her teeth and make sure they don’t need a good brushing. She let me look at them, pull them, and lift her lips.. she’s a very good puppy, and I love her lots! (I love Chimo too – he’s just always let me do whatever I wanted to him!)

(Side-note.. she is called ‘kitty’ because she kind of acts like something called a cat at times.. it’s a husky trait from what Daddy says. I think it’s great, but I guess some other people call a different kind of animal ‘kitty’?)

I think I have my Mommy’s feet.. they are small and cute! They aren’t big and stinky like dad’s. I hope my feet stay small.. but not too small, cuz I want to have good balance!! Oh, PS, NO TICKLING MY FEET. Unless you want to. If you do I’ll giggle!

I love to pet my puppies.. I will call them over to me by patting my tummy, then pet their heads, pull their fur, stroke their paws.. they are really soft and snuggly and I love them lots! It’s fun to watch them too – lots of times they will do something funny while I am watching and I’ll start giggling and make mom and dad wonder what I saw!

I think I love my momma the most, but I love daddy quite a bit too.. and don’t get to spend nearly as much time with him as momma. I got to spend the whole day with him yesterday though! We played together, played with the puppies, ate, napped, and daddy took about a zillion pictures.. here’s me laying on his chest (the black t-shirt is his.)

I may be nine months old (for REAL – today! May 1, 2010.. well, actually, I guess tonight, but same diff!) but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop taking snoozes with Daddy!! He makes a good pillow. I don’t like to sleep if there is anything going on though – I’d rather watch whatever it is!

There is more to me than just my eyes. Like, my heart!

I’m really really hungry! Will you bring me my food??

It’s fun when I play alone, but even more fun when someone plays with me.. my favorite is why I jump as high as I can and you say “BOOM!” just as I hit the bottom.

My Great-Aunt Beth O’Neil’s funeral is today.. she’s the one on the right in this picture. She had a disease that was hard for the doctors to figure out for a long time before I was even born, and after fighting it for a long time, she passed away last Monday, April 15 2010. she’s not suffering any more now. I’m glad I got to meet her and see her a few times, and I will miss her lots!

Rest in peace Aunty Beth! Go say hi to my great-grandpa Norm!

My great-grandma Bonnie made me a new blankee.. I love it! The first day mommy gave it to me, I refused to left go of it – if she tried to feed me, and didn’t let me hold a corner, I’d cry and cry and cry. I guess the blanket is supposed to be for dolls and not for me, but whatever – I use it for me!

Mom says it’s time to eat.. but I’m having too much fun playing! Do I *have* to stop? I guess I can come back..

I love my teether bear! Please don’t make me give it back? It’s so snuggly!

It’s February 1, 2010! Do you know what that means? It means that I’m now six months old! I’m enjoying life so far.. I really love my Mommy, my Daddy, my puppies Chimo and Oakley, and all my friends and family. I do still want more snuggles, though… help me out??

See how much I’ve grown since I was a few days old?

I’m just like mom! We even sit on the couch the same way. Her legs are a little bit longer than mine though.. for now!

Apparently it’s time to eat my cereal. And dad is supposed to feed it to me. Neither of us are very interested..

Chimo might eat it.

It’s lots of fun to spread my rice cereal all over my face, all over my bib, all over daddy, all over the puppies.. and occasionally in my mouth! It helps mama too cuz then she doesn’t have to feed me five zillion times a day.

Wait — that’s ME? In the mirror? I’m that cute?

Why didn’t ANYONE tell me????

Oh, wait, I already have a dimple! Two when I’m *really* happy. I like my dimples. Mommy and daddy do too.

OK, OK, I can’t *quite* crawl yet, but I’m just checking to see if it’s OK if I crawl to you when I am able to crawl. Can I?? I want to make a big list of people who want me to crawl to them, just so I know.