Wanna walk!

I went to a bridal shower with Mommy today. All sorts of ladies were hugging me (naturally). Of course, I am still in my really bad, "I only want my Mama" phase...so I wasn't very interested in hanging out with a bunch of ladies...but I was interested in trying to walk everywhere!

Sippycup

I learned how to use a straw on a big-boy sippycup today. Look at me go! It wasn't easy, but I tried and tried, and then I just did it! Mommy says this is good because overuse of regular sippycups with leak guards can cause lisps...we don't want that, now do we? (This is what happens when you have a Mommy who starts working for Birth to Three...she overthinks all these little things)

Beach Baby

Mommy and Daddy took me for my first trip to the ocean today. We didn't get to the actual beach until early evening - and the weather was perfect...not too hot, but not chilly either.

Here I am taking my first peeks at the ocean. The waves were so loud and big - I wasn't sure I liked them so I clung as tightly as I could to Daddy. (LOOK at this photo...go Mommy with the sun flare!)
Daddy brought me into the water to dip my toes. I really didn't like it at first, but after some reassuring I started to smile and look around in amazement.

Mommy was trying to take a family photo using the camera timer. She kept running back and forth - she looked rather silly - and of course I wouldn't cooperate because I was too busy looking all around. Finally a nice lady took this one...the Bage family at the beach!

I LOVED walking around in the sand!

After the sun went down we went over to the fun park area and I got to go on my first carousel ride. It took me a while to pick a horsie - but I liked this one. Again I kept looking all around in amazement. I actually watched the ceiling the most - it kept moving! I liked the ride and I even waved to Daddy.

On our way out Daddy and I stopped to look in the fun house mirrors...wait until Grama sees this one - she'll faint over how much I have grown! I smiled and giggled at the mirror. Daddy looked funny...

Tongue in cheek...

I have been very interested in my tongue lately... I flip it around all day long (as seen here). I guess I like how it feels against these new teeth of mine. Mommy laughs at me. She says I make some pretty funny faces!

Did I metion?

...that I like the movie "Follow That Bird"? Wait. I don't just like it.

I am obsessed with it.

"Oh there ain't no mountain you can't climb...uh, uh..."

Love this song!

I have been crabby lately and very clingy to Mom. She really needed to do the dishes so she let me watch my movie for a bit. That Big Bird cracks me up! Oh - and the other day Lilly and Hannah Rose gave me my very own Big Bird - that I love, love, LOVE. This is extra special because they got him from their Mimi, and they really, really loved her. When they showed him to me I got so excited - waving my arms all around, laughing, bouncing, and cooing - that they insisted I keep him. They said it would have made their Mimi very happy to see how happy he made me...Score!

Monday = grocery shopping day

Here I am hanging out in the produce aisle...eventful, I know.

Dog Days of Summer

I took Mahoney to a dog party at the park today called "The Dog Days of Summer." There were so many different kinds of dogs there! Mommy liked the Dalmatian, Daddy liked the St.Bernard, I liked the Cockier spaniel, and Mahoney liked...well...Mahoney liked EVERYBODY!!! My favorite part was watching all the doggies run around and go swimming.