Indianapolis

Mommy and I went to visit Mommy's best friend, Mary Frog Toes and her husband Eric this weekend in Indianapolis. We had WAAAAY too much fun.

First, we rode in the car for a loooong time. I slept. I played. I fussed a bit. I sucked on my suckie. We stopped at a rest area to eat and change my diaper. I freaked out just past Muncie and we stopped again. Then we got to Mary FT's house! We went to the Indianapolis Zoo!

Mommy and Frog Toes are silly. The Zoo is featuring koala bears right now. We saw them awake. This is apparently a big deal because koalas sleep between 19 and 22 hours a day. You didn't know I was so smart, did you?

I was much more interested in eating my toys in the stroller or grabbing things than watching the animals. Mommy thinks I may be more interested next summer.
It was hot and sunny, so the rhinoceroses were laying around sleeping.

Mommy thought I should sleep, too, but I didn't!
My Auntie Melanie sent me a new book called "Llama Llama Mad at Mama." It's Mommy's favorite book. We read it pretty often. There were llamas at the Zoo. Mommy got excited and Frog Toes took our picture.

Again, I was much more interested in grabbing the fence than I was in the large African creatures behind Mommy. Whatever, Dude, I'm only 8 months old!
We were going to go out to dinner after the Zoo, but I FREAKED OUT. I had been in my car seat long enough! I was tired! I was hungry! I was hot! I was mad! So I told Eric, Mary and Mommy. We went home and ordered pizza instead.

Frog Toes named my blue scooter Sasha. I love Sasha. Frog Toes' house is perfect for riding around on Sasha.

Frog Toes' couch is also the perfect height for me to pull myself up.
Frog Toes bought me a stuffed frog. You won't believe it! The frog had TOES! Frog Toes!

My yellow t-shirt is really cool. It's from my Aunt Melanie. It has a picture of a stroller on the front and its says "This is how I roll."

On Sunday, it was hot again, so we went for a dip in Frog Toes and Eric's neighborhood swimming pool. They have a pool just for babies. It's only one foot deep. Mommy stayed out of the water, but Frog Toes played with me!

There was a little girl at the pool. Her mommy thought I might enjoy her floatie seat. I DID! It was cool!

Sunday afternoon, we went to a cold room with a lot of seats to watch Frog Toes dance ballet. Mommy called the room an auditorium. Anyway, it was cold. I liked the music and the colors flashing on stage. Frog Toes was beautiful!
We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory after the recital. I tried to be good, but I was tired again. Then I whacked my head on the table. Ow! So we left shortly after that. Luckily, Mommy was done with her AMAZING food, including tiramisu cheesecake.

One of my favorite things about this weekend was playing with Eric. He's a cool guy. I liked his books a lot. He is in graduate school. Mommy tells me she is getting her master's degree in mommying right now instead of public relations like she had planned.

Silly Mommy! You can't make plans anymore! I'm here now!

Anyway, I want to learn like Eric does. He engineers the insulin that my Grandma Carolyn takes so she can watch me graduate with my master's degree someday. Eric got me started early.

Luckily, Eric let me play with some toys, too. You can only read so much about business statistics!

I slept through the night both nights in my pack and play in Frog Toes' spare room. It's a good room for babies. I hope Frog Toes and Eric have a baby soon so they get to sleep in the sunshine yellow room. It's pretty cool.

Bang Bang Bang!

This is what we've spent most of our time doing the last few days. Watching Elliott push everything off the coffee table and bang on it and giggle.

Give the video about a minute. Then the giggling starts! :)

Growing Up, Standing Up, Looking Up

Hey Dudes. You wouldn't believe all of the new tricks that I've figured out how to do in the last couple of weeks!

Mommy says I am cuter than ever. Whatever. I'm just doing my thing. Eating my food. Drinking my milk. Scootching, scootching, scootching. Trying to catch our kitty. Tasting everything I can get into my mouth before Mommy or Daddy take it away. Playing with my buddy Logan at Brenda's house. Splashing in the tub. Grabbing my feeties. Pooping and peeing my pants. Ya know, the basics.

My dearest Auntie Melanie sent me a package of fun stuff. There were some books, clothes, a piggy bank AND this cool crunchy paper in bright colors. I liked that stuff best, until Mommy took it away.
Mommy said I should be proud to have my own Fred and Ted book. According to Mommy, Gram and Auntie Melanie call each other Fred and Ted. Mommy cried a little bit when she read the book to me, but I didn't think it was sad. Mommy is weird sometimes.

Soon after Mommy took this picture she took my crunchy toys away.
And then I barfed on myself, so Mommy also took my other clothes off. It's cool. I don't really like clothes unless I am cold.


Last weekend, Mommy took me to the park. We met our friends Heather and Lydia there. It was pretty rainy when we got to the park, but then the sun came out! Lydia and I went on the swings. I liked it, but the wind was blowing on my face. I don't like that part.

This is Lydia. She's cool. She makes rasberries and squeals like I do.


Mommy said this picture is to keep it real. I don't ALWAYS look cute.

Lydia's toys were delicious.
On Sunday, I ate cereal and fruit and then helped Mommy read the paper.

It was cool. After we read the paper, I took a loooong nap. Then we went to the East Lansing Art Festival. There were so many pretty things to look at, Mommy forgot to take pictures!

Later that day, my Pap came over. Gram and Aunt Meredith and Uncle Jerry went to Seattle to visit our family there. Pap and Bella were lonely, so they came to play at our house.
Pap lets me play with scissors. He has also promised me a Rolex and a 4-wheeler and a pony and a car and my own country. I'm keeping track. Pap loves me a lot.

Just kidding! Pap doesn't let me play with them. But we thought it would make a funny picture.

Daddy made ribs on the grill, but Pap wanted to eat my biscuit. It made me smile. Pap is funny.
Mommy embarrasses me sometimes. See the picture below? That's how I look when I'm playing.
And this is how I look when I'm pooping.
I'm pretty busy playing all the time. I got some cool toys for Christmas and even before I was born that Mommy thought I would have more fun playing with now.

My new favorite toy is my Sesame Street play table. It sings and Elmo dances and I can stand up like a big boy in front of it. It's AWESOME!

Sometimes I try to pull Elmo off the table and we both end up on the floor.
When Daddy got home from work, I showed him how it works. There is even a cell phone on the table that tastes delicious!

I'm getting better at taking naps these days. Brenda helps Mommy and Daddy with that.

I crawl really well now, but I'm bored with that. Now I want to stand! I especially like the entertainment center, the closet door, the kitchen trash can and the coffee table. I really like knick knacks and things I can pull. Mommy says "No" a lot these days. I'm still figuring out what that means.

I also give kisses now. And clap my hands. And bang on things. And squeal and talk a lot.

Life is good.