Happy 60th Grandma!

This past Saturday I went to surprise my Grandma for her 60th birthday. Thank you for everything that you do for me. I love you, Grandma!

Holiday Greetings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our family to yours!

Mommy and Daddy didn't order enough of our Christmas cards, so we hope you are able to enjoy the picture that was included on the card here. We had this photo taken at church for the directory. I have really enjoyed this holiday season more than last year since I am able to help with things like decorating the Christmas tree, wrapping gifts, and tasting all of the yummy treats of the season.

Our Italian Bambina

At least this isn't what happened! Although I do see Daddy picking pasta off of the floor right now....

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! I love pasta!

And it's fun to play with while I am eating!

Aunt Ashlee's new camera

Aunt Ashlee got an amazing, new camera and is surely becoming a great photographer. She sent these pictures to Mommy today who thought they were so cute that she had to share them with you. She got lots of practice documenting my Thanksgiving Day! Thank you, Aunt Ashlee!

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Here is the family (Daddy's side) at Thanksgiving. I had a great time, but you wouldn't know it from this picture because it was right before bedtime (do you like my penguin PJs?). We are very proud of our almost unrecognizable, but still very charming, Cousin Sam in uniform (far left).

Cousin Zach got some laughs out of me with this crazy puppet. He is a great chef and made some delicious gravy and fluffy pumpkin pie.


Chillin' on Uncle Bini's old bean bag with snacks, books, my baby, blanket.... all the necessities!

Are you doing a double-take? It's Uncle Richie (above) and Grandpa (below). Most of the men in my life are bald, and they of course indulge in the head pat game that I love to play with them.

Thank you Grandpa and Grandma (and the rest of the family) for a great Thanksgiving visit. I love you very much!

It's a zoo.... at the beach!

I had so many animal encounters on my weekend trip that I couldn't decide whether or not this dog was real, or just an amazing look-alike.

I got to pet two beach cats!

Seeing more puppies and kittens at the animal adoption...

This parrot just hopped right on my stroller. He had just learned the "seagull" call that threw me off at first.

My Beachy Weekend

I went to Destin, Florida, with my family. Here I am ordering my first meal at Dewey Destin's Seafood. I had lots of new things to eat on this trip.

Here is my princess/ballerina look that Mommy came up with for Halloween. I slept through the festivities last year, but this year I got spooked by a giant, pink pig and a scary old witch!

We went to the beach on one of our nice days. I didn't like it as much as last year; Mommy thinks that the sun bothered my eyes... who knows. I really enjoyed playing in the grass at Seaside with everyone the most. There was lots of space to run and look at other kids. I did, however, take my first steps on the sand by myself with Paw.

One of the many new foods that I got to eat with Mamaw and Paw. Paw also let me drink Coca-Cola, but don't tell Mommy - shhhhhh!