"baby!"..... my cousin Ethan

My second favorite word, after "ball", is now "baby". (I sound like Vince Vaughn in Swingers.) My 3 month old cousin Ethan was here for Christmas night and I was so excited I could hardly sleep. He's so tiny and cute. He only weighs 12 lbs. Can you remember when I weighed just 12 lbs? I kept screaming "baby!" from my room, in case he was having a party without me.
I had a great Christmas.  Mommy and Daddy took me to family mass at 4pm where all the kids can be wiggly and noisy and we don't have to stay up until Midnight. That's a good thing since I can't handle being up past 6:30pm.  I took my time opening my gifts on Christmas morning because the boxes  and wrapping were so fun to play with. 
Yesterday we had a fun photo shoot on the beach with Aunt Elaine and Uncle Mike. They don't take pictures every second of their life like I do, so this was a real treat. I think my cousin would have stopped crying if only he had joined me in eating the yummy sand. It's so delicious, I can't get enough. ;o)-
Thank you to my great grandma who sent me the cutest little red outfit! Everyone thought I looked like a little doll.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! xox

Merry Christmas

Christmas is coming

A lot has been happening since the Xmas card photos. I've been helping Mommy bake, I've been eating a lot, been learning to step up on things, sit down on things and sit in things. I'm up to 26 words on my vocabulary list. Daddy has been teaching me to stick out my tongue and look fierce. I have the tongue thing down but not the fierce part but I have been practicing my "looking cute" poses. I am a full fledged giraffe wrangler and rider now. I have to hide in my blind and sneak up on them like the guy on "Wild Kingdom"used to do (I don't mean Marlin Perkins. The other guy who did all the work, Jim). With all that danger, I have taken to wearing helmets be they real or imaginary. All of this learning gets a girl plumb tuckered out. Only 4 more days till Christmas. I can't wait!

Christmas Card Outtakes

We had a great time at the beach taking pictures with Daddy's new camera this weekend. I really enjoyed eating sand and getting dirty as you will see in the slideshow. Kiwi didn't make it on the card this year since I am more than enough to handle for the photo shoot... (p.s. The monkeyfist could never replace you, Aunt Megan)

I'm 15 months old!

I have 12 teeth now! I still have a little bit of a cough at night, but I'm feeling great. I'm full of energy, very happy and cuddly lately!
I found some muffin cups in the cupboard and tried to bake them in my salad spinner, it didn't work very well, so mommy let me bake some real muffins! They were delicious and made a huge mess!
My newest obsession is jumping on Kiwi's dog bed. This drives mommy nuts. She is constantly sanitizing me and cleaning the house so I don't get covered in dog hair and germs, but I like to roll on Kiwi's bed to make sure I am nice and dirty!
I love to run around looking at all of the Christmas decorations around the house. My favorite is the musical gingerbread house. I get to push the button and then I dance and giggle. It's great fun!
I spent most of the week playing with my best buddy, Finn. People think we are twins when we are out together because of our bright blue eyes. We attract quite a bit of attention! We've been testing out the best playgrounds in town. Anderson Park is our favorite. I can even go down the slide by myself now! The weather is getting a little cooler, so we have to bundle up. Mommy enjoys this because she loves to dress me in cute boots and hats. When I say it's getting cold, it's only about 61 degrees, so I don't think it's going to be a white Christmas in Redondo Beach. Daddy says we'll drive to see the snow this winter though.
Santa came to our street yesterday, but I couldn't stay awake long enough to see him. I tried, but I am really stuck on that 6:15 bed time. I can't handle anything later.
I opened my "Little People" Nativity tonight. It was very exciting! Daddy let me sit in the box of packing peanuts. I am hamming it up for the camera every time I see one. I'm getting really good at posing with my "Cheese" smile.
Enjoy the slideshow!

Thanksgiving '09

What a great Thanksgiving. We had Papa, Gramma, Nana and Steph here for the occasion. I went to the park in the morning while everyone was cooking. After the park it was naptime but the cooking food smelled so good I couldn't sleep for long. I thought I might miss out. When dinner was ready I had some of everything and I do mean everything. I was like "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and ate everything I could get my hands on. The turkey was the best and as you can see I had my share and then some. After dinner it was time to head down to the beach. Normally we eat at the beach but since I have a problem with eating sand Mommy and Daddy thought it would be much easier to just go to the beach after we ate. I had a fun time watching the sun set and playing in the sand, collecting rocks and getting Mommy's pants wet in the water. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving too.
Love,
Kana



Here are 2 shots of me the day before Thanksgiving that I didn't want you to miss.

Flu Shots

I saw Dr. Jen today about my lingering cold. My cough won't go away but she says I'm otherwise healthy and full of energy, so I'll be just fine.
They gave me a shot in each chunky thigh. I took it like a champ. I got the 2nd dose of the seasonal flu shot in one leg and the 1st dose of the H1N1 vaccine in the other. They even gave me a lion sticker for my hand! I can growl like a lion quite well. My latest animal noise is an adorable whisper "meow" when I see a kitty.
Daddy teaches me all of the animal sounds when we read books.
I weighed 27 lbs today.
I had a great day with mommy and nana. From my fancy hairdo, I bet you already guessed she was back in town. ;o) I sampled lots of new veggies for dinner. It was great fun. I love all food, I don't turn anything down... but my latest obsession is crunching on snow peas and carrots. Yummy!
Daddy is working late tonight. He is always the one that puts me to bed, so I really miss him. xoxo

Sick

Daddy and I are both sick with a cold. I am going on day #10! It's been rough. To top it off, I got 2 more molars in this week! Mommy doesn't know if I am waking up at 2am because of my cough, my new teeth, separation anxiety or just because I want to party. That was the case last night. I ran around my room looking for toys in the dark. It was great fun!

Here is a picture of me taking charge of my own nap time in the middle of the room and a great shot of my black eye from Halloween. I was on a great sleep schedule before daylight savings messed everything up. I was sleeping 6:45pm-7am and then napping once at 11:30 for 2+ hours. It was great. Mommy could schedule fun play dates with my predictable schedule. Now I am melting down by 6pm, so dinner had better be on the table by 5! I'm getting up around 6am and we are back to 2 naps a day. I like to keep Mommy and Daddy on their toes.

I'll post more for my fans when I am feeling a little better. Hopefully that will be very soon! ;o)

More Trick or Treating

This was my first time Trick or Treating and I loved it. Once again I was adorable in my Dalmatian costume. Kiwi and I matched but I can't say much for the parents costumes. I have to admit I was a bit embarrassed to be seen out in public with them looking the way they did. Maybe next year they will do a bit better. One can only hope.
Mommy looked good in her " just got back from the country club" outfit but Daddy looked like he was straight out of a John Hughes movie and the worst part of it was all of that stuff was in his closet. I will post more photos later but I'm a bit out of whack right now due to the time change.

* By the way, the black eye was not makeup applied to enhance my costume. I fell on a table at Josh & Lydia's house right before trick or treating. It was pretty bad. Mommy still runs into things all the time, so apparently there is no hope for me to grow out of this clumsy stage.

Trick or Treat