dancing judah

this pretty much speaks for itself:

these boots are made for walking

i have new tights (from mama cara). and a fuzzy green sweater. and i can finally wear my cowgirl boots from my dear auntie em.

i found out that cowgirl boots are so fun! they make a lot of noise when you walk. but sometimes they fall off. you have to be very careful when you go up the steps.

look, my mama took this video so you could hear them too!

the good years

my mama says that time flies by. she says that the first 18 months have been wonderful. she put this little picture together to share with y'all. it's a picture from each month of the last 18. we hope you enjoy it. it's been a great journey!

judah, age 18 months.
likes:
blueberries
extra sharp cheddar ("sheeze")
gouda
gorgonzola
havarti
bananas
peanut butter (mamba)
milk (let)
juice (ji)
dlo
baths
birds
the moon
nala (our dog)
her plug
reading
veggie tales
walks with grandpa
sitting in grandpa's chair
when grandpa gets home from work
sneaking into bed with nana in the morning
uncle elias
shoes ("shooze")
shoes from auntie em
church shoes
donkey boots
her baby dolls (nicole and bethany)
brushing her teeth
windows
climbing


dislikes:
tuna
meat
cottage cheese
green beans
covers at night
sleeping parallel to me (must be perpendicular)
anything out of place
getting her diaper changed
sitting still
anything i fix for dinner
falling down

m.f.e.o?

daring darling

whoo-hoo!! look what i can do! don't worry, the trike is stationary. it can't move. i went to visit my mama's aunt and uncle. isn't their yard beautiful? they have the biggest garden i've ever seen! i got to eat some fresh snap peas straight off the vine. i smelled all the flowers and played in the hammock with nana. i even played the piano a bit with aunt julie, but this tricycle was the best part!

shhh! don't tell mom i'm posting

i am supposed to be taking a nap right now, but i haven't had any time to post on my blog lately, so i'm sneaking in some time right now! did you guys know that my mama went away and left me for a whole week? boy was i sad about that. i mean, i had a great time with nana and grandpa, they're great. but i still missed my mom. it just wasn't the same, you know?so, this is what i've been doing:i sat around waiting for my mom to get back.

then, as soon as she got home, we race

d off to LA to see my new cousin when he was born. i took good care of him. i already miss him, but

mama says maybe we can see him again soon. i hope so.

i also have taken up the game of darts. that's not an easy game!

i baked some cookies to take to hollister.

do you like my new apron? i love to

wear it in the kitchen when i help mama.

i went to an arcade but i wasn't quite sure what to do there.

since then, i've really just

been kickin' it with grandpa!

ducks

chickens

sissy came to stay

this is sissy.

she is my mama's friend.

she used to live with my mama.

she held the doppler the first time my mama got to hear my heart beating.
sissy is pretty great.

now she is my friend too. look at all the fun times we had together. we played in the living room. sissy gave me a ride on her legs! and we went to the park and sissy went down the slide with me. that slide shocked me!

we played so much that sissy wore me out!

tomorrow we get to go to yosemite because sissy hasn't ever been there! wow! i'm only one year old and i've been there four times already! i can't wait to show her everything, but for now i have to go to bed! goodnight, everyone!

cowgirl boots (or "1000 words")

sorry for the flash on the closet door, but she kept moving and the pictures were all coming out blurry without the flash.  she took a break from dancing to smile for the camera!  

thanks, auntie em, for the boots! :)

one year

i'm a whole year old!

a common tale

many moms get stopped at the grocery store by kindly old women who want to talk about how cute their children are. it happens daily. and while my mama may get stopped for my cuteness, she also gets many comments for this:



hey! doesn't bother me! i love sleeping!

boating is fun!

little adventures

m'ap mache!

yeah, i walk. i'm cool like that.

what a day!

i had such a big day today.  the "experts" at babycenter.com informed my mother that when i reach for my spoon i may be telling her something.  perhaps i am saying, "i'm ready to start feeding myself, mama."

cleverly, my mama waited until it was warm enough for us to eat outside before venturing down that path.  today was the perfect day for it!

first, i grabbed my bowl with both hands and 

attempted to dump it out.  then my mama reminded me that i can use my spoon to shovel food into my mouth.  i did a better job after that.

after lunch, i went out to the front yard to supervise the building of a rock wall.  it was tough work but i think i did fairly well.

 

when our friends who were helping build the wall went home, my mama let me play in the sand for awhile.  

i wanted to taste the sand, but nana scooped it out of my mouth.  that was okay though, because it didn't taste very good anyway.  

this last picture my mama said she would take for miss kristina. she said miss kristina loves "tootsie" pictures.

i am in

the "raspberries" stage.

"hmmm . . ."

"what to eat? what to eat?"

ides of march

i have been really busy, friends. let's see. it started with some blueberry pancakes that my mama made for me.

and then i helped nana out in the yard. we're planting flowers for spring.

and today we went to yosemite. it was really cold there. i haven't been since july and i didn't need my sweater then. but today it was hailing on us and there was a lot of snow on the ground. it sure was pretty, though.



now you can see why i haven't been able to post very often!

m'ap ri

manma'm di konsa, son sa se pi bel pase tout res son yo.

okay, you guys, something funny happened yesterday morning. i know my mama likes pictures. she has pictures up on the computer all the time. but yesterday she was talking really really loudly to the pictures!! and the really strange thing was, i think the pictures were talking back to her! sometimes i could hear laughing. i heard a lot of noise. people kept saying "you-you" and i don't know why. but whatever it was, my mama was so happy all day long! sometimes the pictures on the computer moved a little bit. and sometimes they didn't. but mama kept yelling. (in a good way.)


this is a picture of nicole, one of my mama's best friends and also my godmother.

this is a picture of noah. my mom sometimes cries about him. she also says that i am going to marry him. whatever that means.