Morning Ritual

Every morning it's the same thing. We have to take ALL the stuff out of bed and carry it downstairs with us. I hand Mommy everything one by one and tell her what it is. Today there were only 4 things: "Blankie", "Bear", "Book", and "Where are you.*" Then Mommy carries me and everything else downstairs.

* translation: "Where are you" is the stuffed Scooby Doo toy

Sentence

Steffi said an entire sentence yesterday. I heard the bus pull up so I told her Hayden was coming and she immediately went to the door and said, "Hayden, where are you?" over and over until he came in. OK - probably no one else in the world would have understood her but to me it was plain as day. So now we can sing a song....

{ahem, me, me, me, mee}

Mommy: Scooby Dooby Doo
Steffi: Where are you?

Steffi & Leah

This is my friend Leah. She's just a month and 1/2 younger than I am. She also has an older sister Dana for Meredith to play with. But they were playing upstairs so MomMom didn't get many pictures of them. I'm so happy Meredith and I got to see some kids our age to play with. We had a great time. I was very sleepy in this picture so I took a nap on the way home.

Me & Grandma

This is my Grandma. Isn't she so cute? I can't wait to see her again.

It's hard to walk in the snow. This is the first time I ever got to do it and MomMom put me in boots that were too little for Meredith but too big for me. I guess she decided I didn't need snow boots this winter. Silly her. I mostly like to eat the snow but I didn't get to stay outside very long. It was cold and my cheeks got all rosy. But it was still fun.

Oh, Grandma - tell Grandpa I can say his name now. I saw him in a picture and said "Ba-pa". I probably won't say it for him so you will have to just tell him I can do it.

Accomplishments and Things You Should Know

My Accomplishments

1. Learned to sit
2. Learned to crawl
3. Learned to walk
4. Grew 12 new teeth
5. Drink from a sippy cup
6. Can feed myself
7. Say actual words: FuzzBall, Hayden, Pablo, cookie, and many more
8. Can climb on tables and the backs of sofas
9. Know how to smile disarmingly when caught doing something I shouldn't
10. Learned not to go down stairs by myself - yet (wish I had learned that one a little sooner)

Things you should know about me

1. I snuggle on my own time, not yours
2. When I'm ready to snuggle, you'd better be ready
3. You will not get any advance notice
4. I only wear Huggies
5. I love my Blue's Clues slippers and want to wear them constantly
6. I like to be in bed by 8:oo
7. I prefer whatever Meredith is playing with
8. If someone is lying on the floor, I will sit on their heads
9. When Daddy is home, I like to sit on his lap better than MomMom's
10. I crawl up on chairs and tables to get what I want - soon there will be no place in this house that I can't get to! Mwahhaha!

Christmas Memories

This is my Grandpa. I really like him even though I don't say "Grandpa" yet. He keeps thinking I will any day now though.
Just so you know - I was set up. I was NOT TIRED!
My Aunt Peggi gave me this toy. It's really cool - I really like it - It's loud!
This is my "Santa Dance". MomMom has had this Santa since Hayden was little. She says we all like to dance to it. I didn't too much though - maybe next year.