making music...

in case you didn't know it... i LOVE music!! in this post, you can see me playing daddy's bass guitar, singing into the [wrong end of] the microphone, & playing a pretend piano at the dinner table. mommy tried to video my singing, but the camera cramps my creative style, so i stopped...

i am a Christmas helper...

today we wrapped some Christmas presents & did a little holiday cooking. my favorite thing was playing with the "stars" that we put on presents (bows). finally there are some gifts under our tree!

pick a pic...

mommy has been working on a new outfit for me to wear this Christmas season. last night she & grammy finished making it. now some of you may know that i can be pretty choosy about my attire, but mommy was relieved that i actually WaNTeD to wear this festive fashion! i wore it to school today & then we went to my speech and OT sessions. after that, we went to aldridge gardens to get some photos. maybe one of these pictures could be on our Christmas card... what do you think? mommy & daddy are *always* late getting our cards out -- so why should this year be any different??

a beautiful day...

mommy took these pictures after church on sunday. i really enjoyed throwing leaves up in the air and crunching around on all the leaves on the ground.

rick & bubba, rick & bubba...

i have a friend named cadence & her mommy is finishing up an internship with the "rick & bubba" radio show here in birmingham. rick & bubba allow people to come to the studio during the show so that they can see what goes on behind the scenes. cadence's mommy, ms. allison, asked mommy & daddy if they wanted to come to the show. of course they said YES and they brought uncle craig & aunt judy too. daddy was there for most of the show, but mommy & i arrived later, since i have trouble sitting still & being quiet. everyone was SO nice to us! i went to the kitchen & got to eat cookies (like this snowman-nutter-butter you can see in the picture.) we looked at all their equipment & uncle craig even played ping-pong with bubba during the radio breaks.























mommy & i listen to rick & bubba on the mornings that she has to work at 8AM. so i can sing their theme song & i like to say "rick & bubba's in the HO-use!" but of course i got shy in the studio & i refused to perform for any of the staff. oh well, we'll just have to go back again!!

the onion ornament...

i love to look at the ornaments on our Christmas tree. i have learned that when i spot a beautiful ornament up high, i am supposed to ask mommy or daddy if they can lift me up to look at it.















i have asked to look at my "purple onion ornament" so many times that mommy has now moved it to a lower place on the tree. now i enjoy it whenever i wish!!

a whole lot of nothing...

on tuesday, mommy & i just hung out here at our house. we tried to get out & do a few errands, but i was asleep before we even got out of the neighborhood. so mommy took that as a cue to save the errands until wednesday. i took a great nap & woke up very happy. but i was NoT in the mood for picture-taking today, so these are just some action-shot play photos...

my new dora puzzle...

my cousin madison gave me this "dora the explorer" puzzle for christmas (we celebrated with them during thanksgiving.) i LoVE doing puzzles -- i am so proud of myself when i finish one! these pictures are in order, from when i started the puzzle to when i completed it. and the last few pictures are of my celebration dancing! "we did it! we did it! we did it, yeah!!" (that's what dora sings!)

yo gabba gabba & more...

uncle kyle & his family went home to missouri today. madison introduced me to a show called "yo gabba gabba." i am sure that most children are familiar with this show, but we don't watch a lot of television. i LoVeD this show!! it has dancing & music & lots of silliness & learning. madison & i danced like crazies!! sorry these pictures are not that great, but we were too busy dancing to worry about taking pictures. i also enjoyed looking at the "blocks" on uncle kyle's uniform. i can tell he is very brave. i am sad to see them go -- i was just getting a little more comfortable around all of them.

happy thanksgiving!

i began my thanksgiving festivities by going to star lake with my mommy, grammy, pappy, uncle kyle, aunt trudy & cousin madison. we enjoyed feeding the geese and ducks and i ran around A LoT! it was a beautiful day to be outside.



then we went back to grammy & pappy's house to continue making dinner. i helped mommy put cornflakes on the potato casserole! but i still refused to eat any of it.



grammy got these matching outfits for madison & me to wear together. we were pretty cute, but neither of us was very interested in taking pictures. in one pic, you can see me stealing a toy from madison -- i did this a lot when i got near to her. i also gave madison a few hugs, but this often scared her. so you can see us sitting in chairs looking entranced... well, that's because we were watching dora the explorer. that was the ONLY way we would sit still together!