vacuuming the upstairs loft

baking with mommy

i helped mommy bake yummy cookies tonight. i got to pour in the white chocolate chips, handle the craisins, help measure the flour and put the batter on the baking sheet. best of all, i got to eat the cookies!

i think it needs more white chocolate chips

more craisins mommy?

how do you open this bag of craisins?

snacking while i bake

do i have flour on my face?

i must resist, i must resist!

enjoying the fruits of my labor

in my own words

i was inspired by my friend zoe's blog post and decided to show off some of my verbal skills by trying to say the names of my family and friends.

my first sunday school craft

daddy's little broncos fan

although i enjoy wearing daddy's pittsburgh steelers hat, i think i'm partial to the denver broncos hat. after all, i am a native. go broncos!

visit to the denver children's museum

on monday, daddy and mommy took me for my first trip to the denver children's museum. i had lots of fun playing with the different interactive displays, the bubble maker, whole foods mini-store, trains and so much more. i'm already counting the days until my next visit. it's definitely my kind of place.

this is so much fun!

where am i now?

now this is my kind of place

gardening lessons

wow!

daddy helping me make bubbles

bubbles are dropping from the sky

wait for it, wait for it

the catch of the day

my first drink from a water fountain
(notice the wet hair caused by the bubbles)

thanks gampa and grammie

my gampa and grammie left for albuquerque today. i had such a fun time with them during the week as we celebrated christmas, visited ikea, welcomed the new year and had lots of fun in my playroom. i love you gampa and grammie and i can't wait to see you again.

my first haircut

i got my first haircut this week...courtesy of grammie. although grammie wanted my hair to go a little shorter, mommy wanted to keep some of the length and curls.

a toothbrush to keep me distracted

not too much grammie

a very merry christmas

i got to celebrate christmas in two parts this year. daddy, mommy and i got to open stockings on christmas morning and then we got to open presents on december 27th, after grammie and gampa came into town. grammie and gampa were in tennessee celebrating with mo, lula and my cousins. maybe one year we will all get to celebrate christmas together.

my new christmas jammies

i finally get to open these presents

mommy telling me the stories behind the ornaments

thank you mommy!

merry christmas simon

lots and lots of mega blocks

what else is in that stocking?
(notice the half-eaten sausage cheese ball in my hand...they were 
so yummy, i had about 3 or 4 each morning! i was never seen 
without a toy or a s/c ball!)

decorating a gingerbread train on christmas day

what a yummy train

merry christmas eve

tonight, i got to wear my new outfit to the christmas eve service at our church. it was a really neat family service where the kids who came could participate and dress up as shepherds, wise men, and angels. there was even a real donkey! afterwards, mommy and daddy changed me into my christmas pajamas and we all went out looking at christmas lights. i got a little cranky along the way, but we still had a great night together as a family.