Elizabeth's Birthday Party

A few weeks ago, I went to my friend Elizabeth's fourth birthday party. It was at they YMCA. Even though the other kids were older than me, I tried to do some of the fun stuff with them.

Mama let me jump on the trampoline.




Then she let me jump off in to the pit.



When I got down, I saw all these puppy dogs on the balance beam. So I bolted over there.



I kept wanting to take the puppies. I love puppies! Another boy was getting mad at me because the puppies were there for the big kids to walk over on the balance beam. Oops!



After awhile Daddy left Elizabeth's daddy out in the hall and came in to play with me. We went on the trampoline again.





Mama was helping me jump high.



She wasn't making me jump high enough, so Daddy took over.





It was a fun party! I can't wait for my first birthday party!

Daddy's Birthday/River Run/Mother's Day

Daddy's whole family came to Wichita for his and Uncle Ro's birthday. It was really great to see all my family and especially my cousins, Zain and Zacchaeus! They didn't come on Daddy's birthday till I was in bed, but the next day I got to see everyone. In the morning, Mommy, Grandma, Uncle Ro, and Aunt Teeter ran the River Run 10K. Then we just hung out all day.

Me and my cousins.





Zain played with me a lot. He even read books to me. He's such a nice cousin!

Me and Daddy gave Mommy an iPod touch for Mother's Day. She loves it! I love watching videos on it.

I love my Abuelita!




Aunt Teeter and Zacchaeus.



Big Daddy and Zain



Mommy says I'm too cute!



Our crazy Mommy's carrying us around like Monkeys.



Then on Mother's Day, we all went out to breakfast at Town & Country. Not before we did a little dancing to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse though!







Feed us, Feed us, Feed us!



I'm so glad that I got to see my family. I can't wait to go to Texas or Oklahoma to see them again!

Field Trip with Halie

Last week, Halie's class went on a field trip to the Zoo. Grandma and I met her there so we could spend some time with her.



I liked looking at the fish.



Thanks for inviting us Halie!

I love my Grandparents Backyard!

My Grandma and Grandpa have the best backyard. I love to play back there. I'm so glad that it is getting warm so I can hang out back there more often. The other day I went over there, and there was a big wagon. It was my Uncle David's.




Their grass is so nice and trim, unlike ours!



Daddy took me around in the wagon Grandpa got me. I even got to eat my dinner outside in the wagon!





I also went on my swing.



Mommy went on the swings with me.



I tried the slide that day too, but Mommy didn't take a picture. I loved it!

Zoo with my Cousins and Ella

On May 1st, I went to the Zoo with my cousin's Tre', Sha'Kira, and Shira and my friend Ella and her cousins. It was so much fun!

I was excited to see Ella!



This monkey was bald, it was so funny!



My cousins all fought over who got to push me.



Pretty big wingspans they have!





Now that I'm 10 months old, I'm more interested in looking at the animals.



Me and Ella liked watching the meerkats.



Hi Ella!



I like to drink out of my sippy cup, even if I let a lot dribble down my chin.



This is me in the jungle.



I love the zoo!

10 Months Old

Dear Antonio,

You are 10 months old! Where has the time gone? Here are some things about you now...

-You weigh 20 pounds
-You drink water out of a sippy cup
-You don't nurse anymore. We are trying to cut back on bottles as well. You only get three during the day with 4 oz each and you get one 6 oz bottle before bed. (Except when you trick Daddy into giving you 10 oz at bedtime. No no Daddy!)
-You eat everything that we give you. You'll eat baby food, our food, anything! Grandma says if she'd let you sit and eat for an hour, you would.
-You like to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which makes Mama thrilled!!!
-You dance by swinging one arm up and down. Your favorite song to dance through is Hot Dog off of Daddy's iPod touch.
-You can clap.
-Today, you started waving!
-You walk all over the place.
-You love to play chase with me. I chase you and you just giggle and giggle. Then you chase me and I hide behind the furniture. It cracks you up when I jump out and say boo!
-You like Daddy to hold you and chase after Mommy. We run around the bar in the kitchen.
-You get into every cabinet that you can. Daddy finally put the cabinet locks on them so you'd stop.
-In the morning you open the drawers in my bathroom while I get ready. You pull everything out. I put it back, and you pull it out again.
-If you don't like something, you scream and put your fist against your mouth. It's kind of like an Indian war call! You also throw yourself backwards sometimes.
-You love to read books. You like to sit and look at them by yourself and you like us to read them to you. Your love to open the pages that have the peekaboo animals and pet them. You also like to kiss the baby's and the animals on the pages.
-Your first word seems to be no-no. We always say no-no puppy to Bevo and one day, you said it after us. I'm still waiting on you to say Mama or Dada.
-You have also said ball and Minnie (for Grandma's dog).
-You love to be outside. If you're fussy, we can just go outside and you calm right down.
-You like to listen to your music in the car. Your favorites are Knick Knack Paddy Whack and Itsy Bitsy Spider. If you're crying in the car, we can turn on your CD and you stop crying right away.
-You are the most handsome perfect little boy, and I couldn't have wished for a better son! I love you so much!

Love,

Mommy

Melanie's Back!

Mommy's best friend, Melanie, is back in town from Canada. One day she came over to babysit me because Grandma had to take Great Grandpa to the doctor.

We had a fun time hanging out. She helped me get the hang of my sippy cup.



Later that day we all went out to play in the front yard. I like picking stuff up. I try to sneak it into my mouth, but somebody always catches me. What's so wrong with tasting a little grass?