Snacks

Mommy says I am not allowed to eat the ashes out of the fireplace. I have to snack on Cheerios instead. W, however, can eat whatever he wants. It isn't fair.

Snowed In

Man, am I sick of the snow! It hit on Valentine's Day and has yet to go away. All of the schools have been closed for three days. Mommy and daddy say I probably would be really happy about if I were old enough to actually go to school. I'll take their word for it. Because we've been snowed in, I don't have too much to report. Well, we did buy a new house and put ours up for sale, but it's been pretty calm around here other than that.

I had my one-year check up last week. I'm on track to be the next Christian Laettner (that's a little dig for daddy) as I'm still in the 95th percentile for height. The doctor gave me two vaccines, which wasn't really fun. She gave them to me in my arm because she said I have big boy muscles there now. You know what they say...flattery will get you anywhere... Anyhow, as the doctor predicted, the side effects from the MMR shot kicked in a week to the day after I got it. From Thursday until today, I've run a 102 degree fever and have been the crankiest baby this side of the Potomac. Thankfully, the fever broke last night and we all were able to get some much-needed rest.

Now that I'm well, I'm turning my attention to selling the house. Mommy is frantically trying to keep it in show condition, which means she has stealthily hidden most of my toys. I've retaliated by taking out all (yes, all) of her pots, pans, and cooking utensils and spreading them across the kitchen floor. I tell her I just want buyers to get a good feel for the vast amount of floor space we have to offer here. For some reason, she doesn't think that's too funny.

One Small Step for Man...

...a giant leap for Mr. T! I took my first step yesterday! I walked to mommy. By "walked," I mean that I literally took one step, unassisted, to her WITHOUT FALLING! Of course, all of my grandparents are a little put out that I did it the day after they left. Daddy was a little disappointed that he wasn't here to see it, so I took two steps to him tonight to make him feel better. I'm sure I'll be running marathons by the weekend.

Birthday Bonanza

It is going to take me a year to recover from my birthday party. Put simply, it rocked! All of my grandparents were here, which made it the most special birthday I've ever had. I'm still trying to open presents (mommy and daddy just decided to put theirs away for me to open on a rainy day), so I'm just going to give you some snapshots to tide you over until I can stop playing with my new toys long enough to write.

This tractor is nice, but I thought you said there would be cake at this party.

Holding Court with My Birthday Cake

Before...

...and After.

One Year Old

I turned one today! It didn't start off that great - I woke up with a lousy, barking cough, so mommy and I headed to the doctor as soon as I was done with breakfast. The doctor said my lungs are clear and that I just have another virus. What a great birthday present! We went to lunch at Coastal Flats with Granddaddy, Uncle Bill and Uncle JR this afternoon. Nobody sang happy birthday to me at the restaurant even though JR told everyone there that it was my birthday...and that I'm single and financially independent. It was still pretty special because Mommy ordered salmon and smashed potatoes off of the big kids menu for me. Clearly, I'm a big boy now. I took it easy the rest of the day. Mrs. Weber came by to wish me a happy birthday and to bring me some really cool presents that mommy finally had to pry away from me so I could take a nap. After dinner, daddy gave me a bath, where I made a fabulous new discovery. You know how I am always trying to get into Winston and W's water bowl? Well, I've decided that the bathtub can be my very own water bowl. I can stick my face in the water and lap it up with my tongue just like Winston and W! I guess that is something only one year olds can do!