I'm in training....

Mommy says that Aunt Rachel will know what game I'm in training for. Do you? (Hint: "Come on down!")

i met my cousin lucy!!

lucy was born about 3 months before her parents (aunt cara and uncle john) were married. oh, it's not as scandalous as it sounds--lucy is a beautiful olde english bull dogge, not a human baby. of course, she's just as important--she was the first granddaughter of my nonna and grandpa, and is loved as such. my mom told me that she & dad kept lucy at their MacArthur Blvd apartment when she was only 8 weeks old (proof below). from what i'm told, it was a challenge that my parents conquered gracefully and with much patience.

anyway, the photos above are from today, when i visited my aunt cara (or, aunt sissy), and met lucy, from the other side of the glass, but without flinching once while lucy slammed her body into the glass! i wasn't afraid, i just laughed. some people say that i'm "fearless." not sure what that means, but i'm certain that i don't get that from my dad.

rollin' with randolph

i may not have mentioned my pal randolph yet. randolph rat. a gift from my Ant Mimi, randolph rat and i were fast friends. he goes everywhere with me. it's insanely funny when i take him with me to restaurants. as a matter of fact, mom & dad decided that they were going to start chronicling randolph's whereabouts, so keep an eye and ear open for a future announcement of how to follow the Rat Around Town. anyway, here's a picture of me ready to go rolling while my mom runs on xzxzxz Creek Trail. me and randolph, of course.

beatin' to the rhythm of my (ant mimi's) drum

i was hanging out at my ant mimi's. she has tons of cool stuff, but on this day she pulled out her drum. i couldn't wait to get my hands on it!  word on the street is that i got rhythm.

this is how i roll....

even though my legs aren't quite long enough to push the pedals, i like to sit on my trike and hold my balance. don't get me wrong--if my feet could touch the pedals, i'd be rollin'! daddy says i have legs like a linebacker, and he plans to find out how much of my body mass is in my thighs, "'cause it has to be fifty percent." not sure what that means, but i'll get back to you if i ever find out.

this trike is from the same preschool family that gave me the BOB jogging stroller. let's just go ahead and say that the M's keep me movin'!! they just had another baby boy, by the way, so i now have to decide if i should go older or younger--mom says i should marry into this family.

best.day.ever

today i went to visit mommy at school. i've been there to drop her off and pick her up, but that was always before or after the kids. daddy and i were really early to pick mommy up today, so we got to hang out on the playground during carpool. february 1st & 68 degrees! let's just say this may go down as the first time i say "i had the BEST time of my life!" there were kids! so many kids! and there was so much love and happiness! so many people were so happy to meet me, see me again, hang out with me, and pass me around! i laughed a LOT....and i'm really bummed that i have to wait until october to go to school. i'm looking into some "daddy & me" groups so i can get out more often and see more KIDS!

i met mommy's classroom rabbit, cocoa puff. to be honest, i'm not really sure how i feel about this. a rabbit? she has a rabbit at school? i'm pretty certain she's never mentioned this rabbit. and i can't help but think that's weird...right? i mean, why so secretive? i felt betrayed, to tell you the truth. i mean, do the piggies know that mommy has a double life at work?

anyway, before that shocking revelation, mommy took the photo of me and daddy on the playground. i am SO ready to go to preschool! i LOVED this little squirrel seat, and i made daddy push it back and forth for a while. i was trying to get some speed up, but it's clear that daddy doesn't know what great balance i have, 'cause he wouldn't let me go out on my own.

usually baths are my favorite...

....but this night was not usual. i love my (almost-)nightly baths, i tend to wind down in the super warm water while mommy washes me all over with some nice, calming, frothy stuff. well, on this particular night, the air had seeped out of the part of my duckie tub that keeps my rump cushioned from the hard adult tub (mom says that part is like a raft). you know the place where mommy blows the air into that part of the tub? well, since there was no air in the raft, the air nozzle part was pressed right into my tushie. i was not happy. but mommy swears that i was happy when she pressed the shutter on her camera--she wouldn't want you thinking that she would leave me in any discomfort just for the sake of a photograph...or two. (she took 5 pictures!)