Merry Christmas!!!

Well, today I celebrated my first christmas. We slept in and then came out to the tree. There was this really big horse in front of the tree. Wow!!! I love this day already.

It is black, it rocks and when you push the button on it's ear, it makes horse noises and it's head and tail move up and down and back and forth....if this is my first present, what are the rest going to be????

I also got a bunch of clothes from my cousins Jay Jay and Timmy. They live in San Diego. I now have my own phone and remote control so I wont be stealing Daddy's any longer. I also got a Leap Frog Fridge DJ, a Leap Frog barnyard animal magnet set. Mommies friend Mary and Todd from Green Bay sent some plates, sippy cups and a donut tree with rings that I can throw around.

Since we got about 6 inches of snow, we did not get to Grandma and Gramdpa's house today. So we will celebrate Christmas with them and all my aunts, uncles and cousins on Saturday.

Mom got this really cool milk frother so she can make Latte's at home instead of Starbucks. She also got some coupons for pedicures. Daddy is finally going to get his windows tinted. I am glad also since we take his car alot and the sun is always in my face.

Click and see me dance

Dad created this great little dance number with me and the dogs.

Check it out at http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1625374838

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, a little early

It is my first Christmas, so Mom and Dad took me to the mall and plopped me on the lap of some guy wearing a red outfit that I had never seen before. He seemed happy to see me, knew my name and took a picture with me. Don't know what this is all about, but I liked it!! He asked me what I wanted for Christmas and told me to be good.....when am I never not good????




We are off to Cynthia's house today for an ornament exchange...again, I have no idea what this is about, but heard Mommy talking about some good food and Dad about drinking some holiday beers with the guys.

Hopefully this weekend after getting some shopping done, Mom and Dad will take me out in my new sled. We have plenty of snow in the backyard and around the neighborhood.

Cousin Brian is having his garage sale today at our house. The temp at 9.am was 16 degrees but with the slight wind it was more like 7 degrees. That is way too cold for me to hang outside with him!!! He has had some people come by and buy some of his stuff. He is getting ready to go back to CA and then to the Ukraine for 2+ years, since he has joined the Peace Corps. Maybe I can visit him while he is there? Where is the Ukraine anyway?

Dasvidania!!!

Some pics from the last couple of weeks

Just a couple of quick pics.

Here is a pic of all of us from one of Daddy's cyclocross race. He fell down a couple of times in the mud that day. I cheered for him everytime he came up the hill towards us.

Here is a pic of Mommy and me at the Parade of Lights. It was really, really cold that night. We had milk steamers at Starbucks, rode the Light Rail downtown for the parade and hung out with some friends of Mom and Dads.

Here is one other pic of me standing in my crib. I was about to get my clothes changed so all I am wearing is my diaper!!!!!

Sometime this week, I will be getting my picture taken with Santa, do some christmas shopping and might be able to take the my new sled out and play in the snow.

Some more pics of me at Thanksgiving

Here are some pics of me that Grandpa took on Saturday at thier house. Mommy bought this push car for me a while ago. I can now walk all over the house and outside with it. It can also be converted to a buggy that I can sit on and push around like a car.

This is me and Partner walking towards Grandpa in thier front room

Check me out...I can push this all over the house!!!

This chair keeps getting in my way...this looks just like the one that I have in my bedroom?

Check out my cool corduroy suit!!!

Hey, who is making noise over there?

I'm walkin, yes indeed, I'm walkin....

Halloween - I know, it is kinda late at this point

Halloween, I don’t understand the whole thing. You get dressed up and people give you candy and food. Sounds like a good time to me.

So my first Halloween, my granny Linda, made my costume. I was Curious George. Dad decided that was a good costume for me. Mommy had found a pumpkin costume but was out voted by Dad.

At Dad’s office, they have a kids parade around the building. We walked all 3 floors of the building and brought home a whole bunch of candy, and I never got any of it. I only was able to eat the Teddy Grahams and sucked on a packet of Smarties. All the rest of my haul just disappeared – Mom and Dad must have eaten it.

That night, Poppie and Grammy came over and we handed out some more candy to other kids that came by the house. Not many kids came by because it was cold out but there were all kinds of costumes: Princesses, Santa and his elves, pirates and skeletons but I did not see any other monkeys like me………

My fourth trip to CA this year - on a somber note

Well, it has been a while since I have had time to update my blog. One would think that at only 10 months, I would have lot's of time on my hands to do this but that is not the case. I am busy little guy.

Around the third week of October after watching Uncle Brian, Uncle Ron and daddy get done racing cross up in Westminster, Mommy called and told us that great grandpa Leonard had passed away. I was able to meet him a couple of times before he passed. Here is a pic of us at his house back in March. He was a big baseball fan and loved to be with his kids and grandkids and great grandkids.


We flew out on a Wednesday morning to CA, cousin Brian was with us also and we were there for a full week. I got to see all my great aunts and uncles and cousins. I always seem to be the center of attention when I am there, so I must be popular?

He had a full military funeral with an honor gaurd, taps and a 21 gun salute. He was a B-29 pilot in WWII. There was alot of crying and remembering by everyone. He will be missed by mommy and daddy.

We did go down to San Diego and see cousin Leanne and Jay and the boys. We went to this really cool resturant called Stone World Bistro. We had lunch with them and Ryan, Shannon, Aunt Peggy, Sara, Uncle Dan. They have really good food and their beer is made in house. They have a great park area, a pond with ducks and a firepit inside a water fountain.

We then went to Disneyland with Leanne, Jay, the boys, Aunt Michelle, Great Aunt Patty and Dan Jr. We rode the Buzz Lightyear ride, Dumbo's elephants, Mr Toad's Wildride, The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Carribean and a bunch more that I slept through. Mommy, Daddy and I also got our pictures taken with Pooh, Tiggerr and Eyeore.

We had a really good time and were there all day and all night. I want to go back and get my picture taken with Micky and Minnie Mouse because I was already asleep when they were out walking around.

We did get to walk at the beach a little bit. Had dinner at The Brussells Bristro, Los Brisas and Dad's favorite, In and Out Burger.

Great Grandma might be coming out after Christmas also. It will be good for her to be in Colorado and seeing all of the other family that was not able to get out for the funeral.

When we finally got back home, the Rockies had lost the World Series, the Bronco's lost in overtime to the Packers and Halloween is just around the corner.