Down Time

Wow, I'm having so much fun crawling that I haven't wanted to sit down and update my blog. But I know I need to -- everyone I love who's not here still wants to know how stuff is going. And the answer is "fast." I can get across the room easily now, which is good when I want to go pet Kucha. (Dad tries to stop me, but Kucha doesn't care. The other day when he went to pick up the phone, I leaned on her back to stand up, and she was fine with it. I love that dog.)

So let's see. What's happened since my last update? Last weekend we went to the Animal Kingdom, which was pretty fun. Mom and I rode the Triceratops Spin, and we saw lots of cool animals like meerkats, tigers, gorillas, bats, and naked mole rats. We got prime seats for the parade, too -- I bounced in my stroller and drummed along with the music, and a couple of the characters came over to say hi to me. Afterward we got to see Auntie Shene at dinner, but I was pretty tired by then so we didn't push it too hard.

Otherwise, we've mostly been hanging out at the house. Mom finished her night shift, and on the first week of this new rotation she got home before 2 for three of the five days. That ruled, because I love spending time with Mom. She and Dad are working on painting a toy box they picked out for me, which I got with my Christmas money from my grandparents and great-grandparents Moya. (Thanks, Grandpa, Grandma, Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma!) It should be done this week, and then I'll have another place to store all my stuff in my room.

Today I'm going to get my nine-month pictures taken. The photographers actually called a couple weeks ago and said that if we pose with the Valentine's Day prop, Mom and Dad would get a free picture and they would put it up in the studio. So basically I'm going to be a model. Don't worry, though, I'm not letting it go to my head; I'm still crawling around and getting dirty with the best of them.

I almost have a second tooth, too -- that one next to the first tooth on the bottom is gonna poke out any day. Yesterday, Dad said he saw something white on the top, too, but he hasn't been able to see it again. Of course I'm not cooperating with his trying to get his fingers in my mouth. Would you like it if some big dude was pulling on your lips and jaws all the time? He'll see the tooth when it's time.

That's probably it for this time. The next update will come before two weeks pass, I think.