Thanksgiving thoughts...

My first Thanksgiving has come and gone. I have to say that I'm a fan. This year, I only ate some Turkey and some sweet potatoes, but next year...let me loose! And I suppose it's also a good time to say that I'm thankful for all of you, people who love me from around the world.

Let's see...what's been happening here. Lots, actually! I have decided that I like the thought of climbing up on things. Then I can reach the really cool stuff Mum and Dad have just put out of my reach! I haven't perfected climbing yet but I'm certainly giving it a bit of thought at the moment. Walking is a breeze now and, though it's sometimes very challenging, running is pretty exhilarating!

I forgot to tell you on the last blog, but I've been using the word 'tah' (short for 'Thank You' in Australia) for a few weeks now. It has become a very helpful word, actually. I just reach out for something and say 'tah' and Mum and Dad know that I want it. Now, whether they give the object of my desire to me is another story. Parents...so cruel sometimes! But, alas, Dad taught me that 'tah' is more a thing I'm supposed to say after I get something I wanted. But I think that 'tah' will be my multi-purpose word for a while, just like Mummy was early on.

My birthday is in a week and I think that's pretty cool. Plus we get to have some people around to have a party, play and eat cake and that's definitely a good thing. I should have birthdays more often!

Well, I'm heading off to play now. But you can click here for the latest photos and video. As you can see in the pic at the top of this page, I like giving Mum raspberries on her tummy! Ta ta for now!

P.S. It's been a couple of days since I wrote this blog, but thought I would add my new words- I have been working on them for a while but they have really come out well in the past few days- 'yay', 'hi' and 'hello' =)

Did someone say party?

I'm less than a month away from my first big outting, and to celebrate early I called all my friends together for a party. You see, all the kids in our play group(which was formed apparently from Mum and Dad's pre-natal classes) are all about the same age and we decided to have a joint B-day party. It was a lot of fun! You can see some of the madness here. The big box that Daddy put me in is where all the pressies were; the idea was to take one and open it. I had a hard time deciding.

The other photos are from paparazzi, Mum and Dad, while I was eating, how rude! There is also a short video right before bath time. Sometimes I get a little excitable, and well, it's fun.

Upcoming events: Nana is coming and so is my proper birthday. Bring on the cake! I didn't get to eat any at the other party :-(

PS -- If you click on the photo above(to see it blown up) check out my friend Caelen's spike.
PPS -- Since I have walking mastered, I'm working on running!

Rollin' rollin' rollin'

You might notice the title of this blog resembles a western theme song...I do believe that is MY song. As you can see from the video and pictures I have posted, I really like moving around! We have been busy as usual visiting with friends and running around town. We went to the Gee's house for a bbq, made sundaes (but I only got fruit!) with the Cooks for Mikayla's birthday and, as usual, have enjoyed playing with all the other kids from my play group. My friend Elke came over last week and I had fun following her around!

Last weekend we went to the Halloween party that Dad's work puts on each year. It was pretty cool but I'm sure I'll enjoy it more next year, when I can really get into things. But I did enjoy seeing all the kids running around.

That next tooth finally came in so I now have 8 teeth...and yet another silly one on the way. I got weighed the other day and I'm about 9.3 kilos or 20.5 pounds. I have been practicing my walking- I attached a video from my first few days of walking and then another video of today- you can see the progress I am making! I have been practicing my singing as well (see video)- want to sing like Mum! I give good kisses that don't include slobber now...I think people appreciate that. I turn 1 in exactly a month...wow...it sure has gone fast!