Thanksgiving in Colorado

We took a road trip to Colorado with Gramma & Grampa Andreasen to see Aunt Joni, Uncle Colin and cousins Sophia and Amelia. The trip wasn't bad, I got to see lots of animals, fields of windmills and finally the mountains. The weather was beautiful and I got to play A LOT on their swingset in the backyard.

IT WAS SOOOO MUCH FUN!!

I kept climbing to the top and yelling, "All aboard!" or "Wanna come in my house?"

I had such a great time! Now I just need to convince one of my Papa's that I need one at my house!!

We had a great turkey dinner on Thanksgiving. Of course there was tons of food and desserts, but that made up for good leftovers. I most enjoyed sitting at a 'kids table'. I didn't eat much of the food (not surprising), but did think Gramma's homemade rolls were pretty tasty! Apparently everyone else did too as she made more the next day!

 

Amelia helped Gramma make the rolls...I was very curious.

 

We had more family come over for the Nebraska game on Friday. I was a little out numbered by all the little girls playing, but I still played with anything that had wheels. I managed to find the Barbie stuff - a few cars, a motorcycle, and a couple of bicycles. The football game was over in time for me to take a nap while Mommy, Joni & Gramma went out and did a little shopping.

We unwrapped a few presents later that night! It was going to be Amelia's birthday soon, plus their xmas presents from Gramma & Papa. I also got a few birthday presents. I got a really cool hide & seek book (like Where's Waldo), pluse these cars, some truck coloring books, and some counting cards! I liked them all!!!

Showing Gramma my new cars 

 Playing with my new cards

 

 



14 Months

So it seems as if my birthday was just yesterday, yet 2 whole months have already gone by! Jeez! I am Mr. Independent now as I like to play and have conversations with myself and whomever is listening. I still like to play under the kitchen table, though lately it's become my hiding spot when I need to do my "duty" after I eat. I am eating lots of finger foods now and completely switched to whole milk. My favorites are colby jack cheese, bananas, grilled cheese, veggie straws, yogurt and toast. I also drink from the sippy cup at mealtime and only get a bottle before bed.

Here I am eating spaghetti rings and meatballs for dinner. If you see below, I picked all the meatballs out - didn't care too much for them!

Though what I say may sound like a lot of babble, I do understand many words now. If you say "hungry" or "food" I'll go straight for my high chair. I also understand "drink" and can almost say "Sadie". I like to give high-fives and can also blow kisses and wave/say "bye-bye". I give kisses too, but usually with a slobbery open mouth!

I learned how to make lots of noises with my mouth from Grampa when he visited!

I still take a morning nap and an afternoon nap -

anywhere from 1-2 hours each and always with my blanket.

And I always wake up in a good mood!

Last weekend we flew to Denver to see Aunt Joni & Uncle Colin and my cousins Sophia and Amelia. I sure had a good time with them!

Eating breakfast with Amelia...

Play time!

We visited the Denver Aquarium and I got to see lots of fish!!

Mommy and Aunt Joni went to a place called Canvas and Cocktails where they painted pictures and drank some wine. She had a blast!

Here is her picture - mid-completion...

And here is the finished product! WOW!

We also went to a mall where I got to play with lots of kids!

Hangin' out with Sophie and her friends

Playing with more toys!

We flew back on Monday and I was excited to see Sadie again! Mommy and Daddy scheduled the flights around my morning naptime so I slept most of the way there and back.