Hurry Back, Memaw and Grandad!

Yesterday, Memaw and Grandad came to see me
before they left for a big trip.

I'm going to miss them lots and lots but
I wanted to be brave so Memaw and I put on our game faces!

I'm very glad that they got to see me before they left!

And would you believe that Memaw and Grandad
played with me in my fort, too!?
I love having visitors in my fort!

Then it was time to say Adios for now!
Have lots and lots of fun and
bring me back lots of good stuff!!!

I Help Dad With Some Home Improvements

Dad had a very big adventure and started repainting our condo!
I told him I would help taking the tape off the walls..
But the tape was very high up so I had to use this ladder.

Mom didn't think I was going to climb all the way to the top...

But here I am!
I knew I could do it!

Whew!
All that climbing and taking tape off can make a fellow work up a sweat!
So do I have stinky feets now, Dad??
I'm such a good helper!

I Get A Care Package

Yesterday, I got a package delivered from the UPS man.
He said it was from my Great Aunt Debbie all the way in Mississippi!
It was a lot of Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday clothes for me!

This blue shirt was my favorite!
I love blue and will be wearing lots of it for the big game tomorrow.

Thanks Aunt Debbie for all my new gear!
I look so cute in everything that as soon as I saw myself in this mirror,
I had to give me some love!

I Say Bye-Bye to 2007

Tonight, Mom and Dad told me that this was the very last day in 2007!

We went to dinner with my friend Haley to celebrate.

My friends Cindi and Matt also came to dinner with us!

After a very good dinner,
we came home and talked about our New Year's Resolutions.

That's so funny though
because I don't even have any bad habits at all!

Happy New Year, everyone!
Mom told me that we had a terrific 2007 and
that 2008 will be even better!

I Order Off of The Menu

Today we went to lunch with Memaw and Grandad.
I am getting so big that I got my own menu and my own crayons!

After I perused the menu,
I circled a couple of meals that I would like to have
and showed it to Mom.

Hmmm... Chicken and cheese quesadillas...

I like eating off the menu,
but nothing beats a nice cold cup of milk!

I Get My Own Place

I decided that since I was a whole year old,

it was time I had my own place.
Dad helped me assemble my new fort...

Look at all these poles!
I can't wait to see my fort all put together!

WOW!!!
This is super cool!!!

Dad put some of my toys in there
and I went in to play and play.

Want to come in here and play too??

I sure do like having my own place,
but I still like to visit Mom and Dad very often!

I Learn That Age Has Its Privileges

I'm getting to be so big now and plus since I turned one year old,
I've been doing so much more stuff than I was just a baby!

Look at how I can slam dunk this ball!
I sure do let that ball know that I am the boss of it!

And would you believe that Dad got me my very own basketball
just like his for Christmas??
I'll be dunking this ball very soon too!

Dad's shoes are still too big for me to fit into just now,
but at the rate I'm growing, I know I'll be wearing them soon!

Plus, I get to have yogurt for breakfast now!

Yogurt is very NUM and
this is the most fun I've had eating with a spoon since my birthday cake!!!

No more rice cereal for this fellow!
It's big guy food for me!

I Have a Very Merry Christmas

This morning Mom and Dad loaded me up in the car
and took me to Memaw and Grandad's house before I even got
out of my pajamas!

They told me I had presents to open with Cousin James!

Cousin James was very helpful and
passed out some of the presents.

I think he really liked the boxing set we got for him!
Give 'em a left hook, Cousin James!

I spent most of the morning on my new phone,
calling all my friends in Babyland to wish them a Merry Christmas.

And guess what else was under the tree for me??

It was a airplane!

Hmmm...
This looks like it could be Riley-powered....


But it goes so much faster when it's Daddy-powered!

And look at this puppy my Great Aunt B
left under the tree for me yesterday!

I had lots of fun hanging out with my Aunt Katie too!
Did you also see that balloon way up in the air?
That was from my party, but it got away...

After we all opened our presents,
Grandad got out the Pepperming Pig and took the first whack at it!

My Uncle Ron whacked at that pig,
and Cousin James took a big hammer and hit that pig, too!

After we all hit that pig and smashed it to bits,
Memaw passed it out and it was NUM!

Merry Christmas!
And God bless us, every one!

Christmas Eve at Grandma Joyce's

Today after I turned one,
I went to Grandma Joyce's house for Christmas Eve.
Cousin Gus was there too!

We had some beverages and then played and played!

There was this hippo there that we got to ride all over the place!


There were Merry Christmas presents there for me to open, too!

And Aunt Steph even let me borrow Cousin Gus's brand new basketball
so I could shoot some hoops in this bag!

Thanks for all our goodies, Grandma Joyce.