Thursday, August 29, 2013

Diamond Lake 2013

This past weekend Mommy and Daddy packed me all up in the car again for a loooong drive.  We drove all the way to Chicago again to see my cousins (and Aunt Leslie and Uncle Justin, of course).  They just moved into a new house.  It's awesome!  Matteo let us sleep in his Superman room.  Isn't he nice?  We had a lot of fun going to the park.  The boys probably had a little more fun than I did, but when I'm bigger I'm going to swing and slide too.  Then we headed out yet again.  The next leg of the journey wasn't nearly as long and then we were finally at Diamond Lake in Michigan.  A lot of Daddy's family came to hang out with us for the weekend.  We had so much fun!  We got to go out on a couple of boats and I went swimming for the first time!

Next time I'll be big enough...


Daddy with Niccolo

What a good cousin




Hanging with Aunt Chrissy

Don't make me go in!!!

My first time swimming!

Wow!  This toe is perfect for sucking!

Aunt Leslie and I match!

Playing with my younger cousin

Who is the biggest?
Well, I'm still older!





I'm 5 months old today!

Cousin love!





Abe, I know how to eat too...
Abe, let me have some...


ABE!!!

Miss you, sister!

Let's play together!

Where's Nara?

I leave you with this little gem.
I found my nose!

Monday, August 5, 2013

FOOD!!!



So the best thing happened to me the other day.  Mommy and Daddy put me in this cool new chair with a big tray on it.  Then they brought out this little jar full of some goopy looking stuff in it.  Then Daddy started to put it in my mouth.  I know, I was a little unsure at first too.  BUT IT WAS AMAZING!!!  



Umm... What's this...?

I guess I'll try it...



YEAH!!!  THIS IS AMAZING!!!

Oh buddy!

What?  No more?

I've been practicing and I think I'm getting better at this whole spoon thing!


I'm ready!
Yeah!
More please!






Friday, August 2, 2013

Lots of Firsts

Since coming back from England we have done lots of fun things.  When we first got home I got to meet my Lenzo cousins.  One of them is even younger than I am!  My older cousins wanted to see who was bigger.  What do you think?
Yeah... Well at least I can say I'm older.

Here are some good shots of me.  I'm pretty cute if I do say so myself!



Aunt Emma!
So serene



What a gorgeous baby!
Bath time is fun!
Now I lay me down to sleep...





Then Mommy got out her camera again.  Another month had gone by and she wanted to show everyone how big I had gotten!
3 Months Old!!!
























 Then she took me outside for some pictures in the grass.  









This was my pretty dress from Auntie JoJo and Uncle Mike's wedding



 Not long after that we took a short road trip to Chicago!  This time I got to see more than just the airport.  It was time for my cousin to get baptized.  It was also my Daddy's first Father's Day!

This bed is juuust right!
Happy Father's Day, Daddy!


 Mommy and I took a trip down to Des Moines.  We stopped at a special place called Camp on the way down.  I got to meet lots of fun people.  While we were in Des Moines we went to the coolest place- the Zoo!  It was so much fun!!!  

Me with my future camp counselor, Flounder







             
                I helped Gramma with her garage sale













Ready to see the animals!









I like my foot to be out.




Giraffes are my favorite!













 I also celebrated my first 4th of July!  What a great day!  We just hung out on the farm in the morning. We took pictures in the corn field.  Daddy says that it is tradition and we will do it every year.  Then we went up to Okoboji to have dinner with Great Grandma Bev.  While we were there the four of us took a walk down to the lake and Mommy made me test out the water...

Happy 4th of July!

Everyone says the corn is short this year,
but it looks pretty tall to me.


I was NOT amused!


My next big "First" was my first boat trip.  It was great!  Although Mommy put me in this life jacket on me that squeezed me super tight.  It was okay though.  She said it made me safe and that I couldn't ride the boat without it.  Diana rescued me from it when we were back on land.












It was hot, so I took a little nap.

Here are a couple of more cute ones of me
Going for a walk to Grandma and Grandpa's house


Me and my Buddy

I'm so tired...

HEEEY!

Really serious about this Tummy Time

My first trip to Snookies!

Diana found my giggle spot!

Hanging out in my Bumbo
Walking around the farm with Mommy

Love my excersaucer!

Guess what!  I am 4 months old now!





Mommy and I went to South Dakota for the weekend and visited Diana and Brandon.  We went to my first concert-Sheryl Crow!  

Can you tell how much I am enjoying it?

I'm the life of the party!

We missed fireworks on the 4th of July, but don't worry- I got to see them after the concert!

Apparently Diana likes to pose too.  She and Mommy get along great!
I'm so tall!

I am so big that I can roll over now!

This is the first time I rolled over!  Mommy didn't get to see it, but I got quiet in my crib at naptime and she checked on me with her fancy spy cam and look!  I rolled over!!!


Mommy and Me! This is the day that the Prince of Cambridge was born.  I wore my Union Jack dress to celebrate.

I know that some of these aren't really firsts, but I really love to go boating and to the zoo!


I guess this lifejacket isn't so bad...

We got to feed the giraffes!  They are my favorite!!!

Look at my fancy zoo hat!

This is when I went to see my Uncle Eddie play at Applebee's.  He's so good!


Me with Grampy
Me with Uncle Eddie, the Rock Star!





Mommy and Daddy started taking me up to the Spencer Public Library for Baby Storytime.  We have so much fun singing and reading and playing! 

Daddy!





















Mommy took me to the doctor again.  I am such a big girl.  He says that I am just perfect.  
I am 23 1/2 inches tall and 12 lbs, 12 oz!  
(And they made me get more of those shot things again...)