My 2nd Christmas!

Mommy and Daddy are of the opinion that less is more, so they got me a big set of Lego Duplo blocks (they had to put away all the small pieces cause I still love to try everything out in my mouth) and a little piano for Christmas. I already love pulling the Lego's apart, I'm not so good at putting them together though.

Christmas at Mimi's house: I got a new coat, some pajamas, and a big set of colored blocks of all sizes. I'm REALLY excited about that!

Most of Christmas was fun until Daddy opened one of his presents, a possessed Remote Control A-Team van. Above I am moderately interested in it at this point...

but I quickly became terrified and wanted to be held if it was anywhere near me.

Aunt Jill got married on Saturday so Aunt Lauren had me all to herself. I love my Aunt Lauren!

The man himself - Santa Claus!

I got to meet Santa Claus! For a moment I thought he was interesting...

and then I was ready to wash my hands of him.

Diaper bags need end-of-year inventory taken too

Cole was happy to help with the project.

Let it Snow!

It actually snowed in Mississippi! And I got to be alive when it happened! (Note in this picture the footprints across the yard. They meander all over the yard even down by the bridge, and we don't know who made them. Who goes walking around in circles in other people's yards?!)

As you can imagine, I was pretty excited to see this new phenomenon so they bundled me up and...

took me outside for the experience. I wasn't too keen on how cold the snow was, but I DID think it was pretty to look at.

I was much happier to be in Daddy's arms than down in the snow.

Although, this was the first time I got to wear mittens and I thought it was hilarious to crawl around with mittens on my hands.

Just doing my duty around the house

Usually I'm content to play with the laundry basket, but today I just feel like I need to be a little more "invested" in the process of helping with laundry.

It's so cozy warm in here....

Penny for your thoughts?

Wouldn't you love to know what's going on in our little minds :). Freeman and I love to play together, even though we usually spend our time "trading" toys - Momma seems to think it has something to do with not wanting to share, but we prefer to think of it as sharing the same toy over and over again.

Searching in the way back of the cabinets....

You never know what that Momma is hiding in the back of the cabinet. The only way to find out is to systematically empty out enough space to get my whole body INTO the cabinet so I can see what's on the very back of the shelf. It turned out to be a little disappointing, but it took up a lot of time :)

New Orleans and the Aquarium

1/14th of my life ago (which is last month for the rest of you but it's been so long since Momma has posted that I'm starting to think of it in those terms) we went to New Orleans for a few days.

Mommy and Daddy didn't install the car seat in Daddy's truck very well so I was sitting vertical and couldn't keep my head up while I was sleeping, so Mommy tried to prop it as seen above. It didn't work very well - it was a long ride.

We got to go to the Aquarium that afternoon which was lots of fun. I even got to slide by myself for the first time.

Look at all those cool fish and sharks

And even a hotel room is fun when you have a fun Daddy playing peek-a-boo with you through the door to the living area.

The Newest Addition - our pet elephant :)

Here's our newest family member, our little pet elephant...

Wait a second! That's ME! Mommy took so long to do this post that I nearly forgot that I was Dumbo for Halloween.

Mimi gave me this outfit. I'm trying my best to look comfortable, but let's just be honest, no child has ever been comfortable in get-up like this.

But instead of pouting over my discomfort, I like to make the best of it and keep on trucking, pushing my wagon in circles like usual.

On a positive note, these ears do work quite nicely as a sun shade.

No more National Geographic for this little spud

Cole's a little embarrassed to tell this story so as his mother I'll recount for posterity's sake:

I was sitting in the carport watching Cole push his trash-to-treasure car around the driveway when suddenly he looked up at the sky for a few seconds and then dropped to his knees and started whining and crawling back to me as fast as he could. This seemed a little odd so I picked him up and walked out there to see what had scared him. There were 4 hawks circling overhead! I stayed out there with him but he kept a watchful eye on those hawks, stopping to survey their location every 10 or 15 seconds as he pushed his car around. I guess even a one-year-old knows that he might be mistaken for a large rabbit if he's not careful :).