First visit to the Detroit Zoo

Today I visited the Detroit Zoo with Mommy and Bama. It was hot and sunny but we had a great day! We walked around the whole zoo and saw some really cool animals. I thought the seals and the polar bear at the Artic Ring of Life were the best!

Here are a few photos from our day!

9 month stats!

Today I went to see Dr. Hugen for my 9 month check up. She gave me a wooden stick to play with while she checked me all out and then had the nerve to try and take it away from me and stick it in my mouth while she shined a bright light at me!!! The nerve! :)

Here are my stats!
Weight: 18lbs, 4oz (39th percentile)
**Daddy guessed 20 lbs, Mommy guessed 21 lbs and when we got home, grandma guessed 30 lbs! What the....????? Come on grandma!

Height: 28 3/4" (86th percentile)

Head Circumference: 43.6 cm (38th percentile)

Dr. Hugen says I am doing things that most 1 year olds are doing. Yay me! See you in October Dr. Hugen after I turn ONE years old!!!

9 months old!!!!

Today I am 9 months old!!! Here are the things I am now doing:

*wave hello and bye bye or just wave cause it's fun

*clap-I even do it for the song "If you're happy and you know it..." only if I am in the mood though

*crawling even faster then before

*pulling myself up on furniture faster then before

*climbing onto and standing on my chair in the family room-mommy and daddy are not amused by this

*starting to walk along the furniture

*letting go and standing by myself for a few seconds

*squeak and squeal and laugh and laugh when I make all this noise

*chasing and fighting with Paisley (I pull her tail or her fur)-she fights back and
I laugh (again, mommy and daddy are not amused)

*I have tried and liked eating chicken, pork chop, turkey, corn and potatoes

*saying "kit kat"

*saying "momma"

*saying "da da" and sometimes "daddy"

*giving hugs and kisses-sloppy, open mouth kisses. Ha-ha.

On Tuesday I go for my 9 month appointment at the doctor. Check back for my stats!

First time in the puffer fish pool!

Mommy bought me a pool!!! I wasn't very happy in it at first, but once I started to splish splah I started to like it. Hopefully the water will warm up just a little bit with all this hot weather we've been having!!!!

Happy First 4th of July!!!!

Today is the 4th of July. I went to my Great Uncle Bob and Great Aunt Coreene's house for a family reunion where I met a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins. It was a very hot day, but we did our best to stay cool in the shade. I played in the grass, dipped my toes in the pool and tried hard to try all the yummy food that was being bbq'd. Hopefully next year someone will share their hot dog or hamburger with me!!!

Just call me Gilligan!!!

On Saturday, July 3rd Aunt Kathy and Aunt Dawn invited us to Pontiac Lake to go out on a pontoon. I've never been on a boat, but let me tell ya....I had the best time!!! The weather was perfect and I loved having the wind in my hair! I hope we can do that again soon. I wonder if I can talk grandma and grandpa into getting a boat for the house up north. Hmmm... I am going to have to work on that one!

Sweet Potato Face!!!

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy!!! I really love Sweet Potatoes!!!!

Coming Thru!!!

Why go around when you can go thru??????