Toy Store!

On the day before Thanksgiving Mommy and Daddy took me on a little trip. It was a day filled with “firsts”. My first time on a ferry, my first time on a bus, my first time in New York City, and my first time in a REALLY cool toy store! Mommy and Daddy took me to FAO Schwartz!!! I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew it would be special when I saw the real live toy soldiers outside the front doors!

And it only got better inside!!! There were giant animals of all sorts…..

And lots of neat baby toys!

Daddy got to play with a bunch of Harry Potter stuff, including the Sorting Hat!

And we saw all the Harry Potter characters made out of Legos! (Well I fell alseep, but Mommy showed me the pictures)

I found out that I LOVE PUPPETS!!! And my Daddy put on such great puppet shows in the store that people were stopping to watch. So we decided to take “Captain Blaze”, the fireman putppet, home with us.

And it turns out Daddy loves puppets too!! He is the one who wanted to go to FAO Schwartz in the first place in order to build his very own Muppet! Me and Mommy helped him at the “What Not Worrkshop”. We got to pick out all our Muppet’s face pieces and clothes. It was really cool!!!

Then we took our new Muppet home with us!

Mommy and Daddy said that going into the city the day before Thanksgiving may have just begun a family tradition! How fun is that!

Skills

Everyday I amaze Mommy and Daddy with all my new interest and talents. Daddy has been reading me books since I was only a couple of days old, but I am really starting to enjoy them! I think Sandra Boynton books are my favorite, but I enjoy any book I can put in my mouth while you read it to me. I even try to read them by myself!

And Grandpa has started teaching me to clap hands! I still need his help, but I am getting better.

I even try sitting up by myself, but I usually end up falling over pretty quickly.

But I still look cute doing it!

Daddy's Birthday!!!

Tonight we celebrated Daddy’s birthday! I didn’t know what a birthday was, but it sure seems like fun! Me and Mommy wrapped up presents and cards to give him.

Then I sat on his lap and helped him open all his gifts!

I really liked playing with the paper and trying to eat the card’s envelope.

Even Lily tried to come and help, but I told her I had it under control!

Daddy said that he loved all his birthday presents, but that birthday hugs and kisses from me were the best!!!

Do Re Mi

My friend Seamus lent me his Bumbo chair and now I can play with all my “sit-up” toys!!

Turns out I love to love the piano, I just didn’t know it because I couldn’t sit up long enough to enjoy it!

I Love My Coastie!

My Uncle Danny (Mommy’s younger cousin) came over last night with a few of his friends.

They are all cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy! Since they had off the next day for Veteran’s Day, they had leave in the evening and came over for a home cooked meal and some time away from the Academy.

I was talking up a storm with the cute guys! Mommy says I’m a flirt already, and Daddy say he needs to start looking into that shotgun! Come on, how can you resist such cute young men in uniform!!!

Hand-Me-Downs

I’ve heard that some kids complain about Hand-Me-Downs…..not in this family! Last weekend Aunt Lauren gave Mommy a big bag of some beautiful clothes that my big cousin Kara has grown out of. Me, Mommy and Grammy had so much fun going through all the goodies! These are pictures of just a couple of Mommy’s favorites!

Ballet slipper socks!!! In every color!!! TOO CUTE!!

Daddy says that I look like a "Pink-Nightmare" in this outfit (Think Christmas morning in “The Christmas Story" movie), but Uncle Tim told me that he wishes they made pajamas like this in his size. They are super snuggly and I love them!

This stretchy is me and Mommy's favorite!

Then we found out that Aunt Midge was the one who bought if for my big cousin Kara....that made it even more special!!!

Okay all clothes aside, could I look anymore like my Daddy if I tried?

And sometimes, no matter how cute the clothes are.....I just want to be naked (well almost naked.)