Fourteen Months

Sorry, everyone. I've been really bad about updating my blog lately. There's a lot to do now that I can walk -- chase dogs, splash in the pool, get my books down, carry toys to various rooms, take things off higher shelves than before, and (perhaps most importantly) run around in circles. With all these new responsibilities, I don't have as much time to sit at the computer. Plus Dad's usually playing Wii when he should be helping me write.

Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary was a couple of weeks ago (nine days, to be exact), and so they went out for a fancy dinner and a movie. Without me, that is. Yes -- for the second time since I was born, they managed to get a sitter and have an evening out, and they went to CityWalk again. Some people have no taste for adventure, I guess. While they were there, I was at SeaWorld. Pretty cool, huh? Dr. C and his wife (that's who was watching me) wanted to take me and their daughter Mallory (about four months younger) with an auntie and a cousin in tow. And it was a lot of fun! I loved Shamu and the dolphin show, but I fell asleep before we went to the penguin exhibit so Dad says we have to go back.

We've been experimenting with going to movies, too. Mom took me to Kung Fu Panda over the weekend while Dad was at drum corps rehearsal, and today Dad took me to a free show of Robots. I haven't really been able to get into it, though. Movies are really for sitting still, and that's not where I'm at right now. I'd rather run around and play with stuff and explore. Dad said that if the theater today had been empty he would have let me run on the floor in front of the screen, but it was packed -- people other than Dad take advantage of free stuff for kids in the summer, I guess. Both times we ended up leaving about 40 minutes into the flick.

Otherwise, it's just business as usual in the house. I'm learning more words to go along with pictures and toys -- baby, bear, cow, fish, sock. I've slept straight through the night in my crib three times since my last update, now that the worst of the teething is just about over. (My molars are mostly in now, and I'm enjoying crunching on apples with them.) Along with the walking, I'm doing a little bit of experimental tumbling, rolling myself over in different ways on the carpet to see how I can get up. And of course I have to keep Dad on his toes by reminding him that he hasn't properly closed the pantry or put away his laundry yet.

So that should about catch me up. See you next time!

Step Off

Four months worth of videos finally uploaded here.

Walk It Off

Sorry about the lack of updates, everyone. I've been too busy walking.

Yeah, we've decided it's official -- even though I still prefer to hold someone's hand and cruise around, and I'll crawl when I really want to get somewhere, I am now a biped. It's increasingly likely that I'll step away from the couch to follow the dogs or get something from Dad, rather than dropping to my knees first. I'll even push up on a wall for balance rather than looking for something low and horizontal. (My favorite is the end of a wall, where it's short and squared-off.) Today we went to the park, and I was traversing the gaps between play equipment and benches with no problem (even with shoes on). So yes, this means I'm now one step closer to being that marching band geek that Dad seems hell-bent on grooming me to be.

That's it for this time. Sorry so short. I'll try to post a video tomorrow or the next day, depending on when I can manage to get the camera hooked up.