Monkey!

I have turned into quite the little monkey these days. Mommy swears she's even heard me say the word "monkey" during one of my babbling sessions. I love, love, love to climb anything and everything. The stairs are fun to climb, but everyone does that so I've moved on to other things. Anyone on the floor is fair game to climb over. And when the patio door is open, you better believe I will crawl in and out (about 100 times) going up and down the little step onto the deck. Mommy likes when I entertain myself this way because it means she gets to sit in the sun a little! I also love climbing on my toys. Check out this video of me climbing where I shouldn't be. Notice how fast it stops..........that's because I'm about to do a nose dive. I did in fact hit the ground, nose first, this time. I was upset for about a minute and then I climbed right back up again!! I'll learn my lesson one of these days.

Hooray for Company!

I just love having people come to my house. Some of my recent visitors have been my friends Lily and Sylvia. Lily and her parents came to stay with us for a weekend and Sylvia came over to play while they were here. We had a lot of fun together and I can't wait for them to come back SOON!

My most recent visitors were Grandma Mary Ann, Great Grandma Eleanor and Great Grandpa Serge. I was very excited for these extra special visitors! Not only did they come visit, but Auntie Ann, Uncle Tom and cousins Paul and Ellie came over too. It was like a fiesta at my house (complete with tacos)!

Thanks for coming to see me! Anyone else want to come visit? Everyone is ALWAYS welcome at my house.

1 Year Photo Shoot

My Auntie Heather took my one year photos when I went to Montana for Easter. Mommy and Daddy were so shocked at how many great pictures she got because my attitude was NOT so great. I really do love my Auntie Heather, but not her big camera and bright lights! Thank you Heather for making Mommy and Daddy so happy with these great pictures and for catching some of my silly faces that I make so often!!

New Ride

Daddy and I spent some time putting together a new ride for me yesterday. Last year for Father's Day I got Daddy a cart to pull me in behind his bike. I was too small to ride in it last year, but this year I'm the perfect size! We had fun putting it together in the house. I inspected it all to make sure Daddy knew what he was doing. I am happy to report it was a success! I even got to try it out going up and down the block a couple times. It was too cold to go for a longer ride, but I know it's going to get a lot of use and be a lot of fun. There's even room for my little brother to ride with me when he gets big enough, but for right now IT'S ALL MINE!!!!!!

All By Myself

Since I've turned one, I am starting to do more and more on my own (except walking).

Here I am picking up after myself (with the help of grandma) at Great Grandma and Grandpa Gambucci's house.

Here I am brushing my teeth. I like this toothbrush better than the rubber one Mommy has been putting on her finger to brush my teeth. This way I get to do it ALL BY MYSELF! Notice I even got the "brushing" motion down!

Here I am feeding myself with a spoon. After a long time of flinging the food off before it got to my mouth, here I am actually doing it.

Here I am crawling up the stairs. I've been doing this for awhile, but Mommy has just never taped it. This is one of my favorite things to do. Every time we head upstairs I reach towards the stairs until I get put down to do it myself. I still have the occasional tumble, but someone is always right there to help me out. Now, I just have to work on coming down. I haven't quite figured out how to turn around to do that slide down thing.