A busy day!

Yesterday was a really busy day! First me and Mama walked to Grandma's house to let Minnie out. When I walk, I like to point at things that are "pretty" like trees and flowers.



Right as we got to Grandma's it started to storm! Thankfully, Daddy brought the car over so we could have a ride home.

Then my friend Ella came to visit! Now that we can both walk we have more fun than ever! We followed each other all over the house.



I'm giving this baby some kisses!



Ella didn't want to!



In my room, Ella and I took out every toy!



Then we played with the musical instruments that Mommy's friend Jill Corrigan sent me. We turned on my CD too and danced to the music. Thanks Jill!




Mommy wanted to take a picture of me and Ella together. Mommy said it's a lot harder to take a picture of us now that we are toddlers. Last summer, we would just lay on the ground.






After Ella left, I took a nap. Then Mommy and Daddy took me to Greg's to swim. Greg is Melanie's daddy. He calls me Tony.





As much as I love swimming at his pool, I like following his doggy, Tippy, around even better. I walked around and around the pool chasing after Tippy.

When we got home from swimming, I went right to sleep (without a bottle of course!)

This weekend we are going to Dallas! I can't wait to see my cousins and my Big Daddy and Wita!

Twilight Tuesday

Now that it is summer time, we get to go to the Zoo for Twilight Tuesdays. It's a lot cooler outside and it's not very crowded. Two weeks ago we went with Ella and her parents. This week they came and my friend, Ben, came with his parents!

Something new we did this week was eat at the zoo. Mommy and Daddy got to eat Sonic, and I got to eat Cheerios. Then it was time to see the animals!

See my new cup holder strap? It keeps my sippy cup from falling on the ground when I'm done with it. I'm trying to learn to put it in the cupholder, but sometimes, I just throw it.



Ben was looking really cool in his sunglasses!



I had on Ben's old Zoo shirt. He wore it last summer when we went to the zoo together. It's so nice that he shares his old stuff with me.



In that picture, I'm looking at this animal.



I love my Daddy!



All the Daddy's and the kids!

Workout Time

Grandma is on an Alaskan Cruise right now, so that means Mommy and Daddy are watching me all day instead of Grandma being around in the morning. The fun part about this is that I get to workout with Mommy and Daddy.

In the morning I wake up and Mommy feeds me breakfast. I have to have a good breakfast so I can workout. Lately, I've been having some cheerios, a scrambled egg, and some orange. Then Mommy takes me a for a 2 mile jog in the jogging stroller. Usually I do a good job and just point out the trees and flowers, but one day I did try to climb out. I wanted to run with Mommy. She didn't like that too much.

When we get home, Daddy is finishing up his workout. Then Mommy does her workout. While Mommy does P90X, I do some pullups with Daddy.







I also like to carry this heavy ball around. It looks like a basketball, but it weighs a lot. I refused to carry it so Mama could take a picture though. You'll just have to take my word for it. Sometimes I carry it over and put it on Mama while she is doing her pushups or situps.



After Mommy and Daddy are both done with P90X, they do 8 minute abs or Ab Ripper X. While they do that, I like to climb all over Mommy. She says it makes it hard for her to do crunches when I'm climbing on her, but I think it's so much fun. I also like to play with her belly button while she does crunches. It makes her giggle. I love my mama!

Climbing!

On June 13, two weeks before I turn a year old, I started climbing the stairs. I was very sneaky that day. You see, Mommy always sits on the couch downstairs and watches TV. She can see me everywhere in the basement except at the bottom of the stairs. I play over there sometimes by hiding and then looking at Mommy.

That day, Mommy was calling for me, but I didn't peek at her. It's because I was halfway up the stairs! Mommy came over to see what I was doing and I turned around and gave her a big smile.

Luckily, my cousin Halie was staying the night so she and Mommy took a spot at the top and the bottom of the stairs and I got to practice going up over and over and over!





I climb with my right knee and use my left foot to lift myself higher. I'm pretty fast at it too! Of course, I don't get to climb the stairs much though because Mommy and Daddy already put a gate up. When they do let me practice I like to go up the second flight of stairs and push the gate open. Then I hurry up and go around it so I can shut it before Mommy and Daddy get in. I think it is so funny to shut the gate on them! Eventually, I open it up and let them upstairs with me!

Getting Ready for my First Birthday!

Last week, Mama took a ton of pictures of me to put on my first birthday party invitation. It took a lot of pictures to get a good one. At first, Mama was letting my climb on the couch.






Then we went outside and I sat in the grass.




I got so mad at the grass for not coming out of the ground when I pulled on it!



Finally, Mama let me walk around a little bit. I love to walk all over the place. Mama won't let me out of my stroller much when we are walking at stores because I refuse to get back in. I just like to explore, what's so wrong with that? It was a lot of fun walking all around our front yard and sidewalk for these pictures.







I'm so excited for my birthday party! It's almost here!

My First Library Books

Last week, Mama went to the library while I was taking my nap and got me some books. She also got a Baby Genius video that came with a CD. I like the video, but I LOVE the books! I just love to read.





Now that I'm becoming a toddler, Mama says I have mood swings.

Happy one second.



Mad the next!



Can you believe how wet my shirt is? I've been getting my two front teeth, so I've been pretty slobbery!



Mama also got some books at the library. What to expect the first year and What to expect the Toddler Years. She said they both stunk! Mama loves Baby 411 and wishes the library had Toddler 411.

11 Months

Dear Antonio,

No way can you be 11 months old already! You are so close to one year old, I just can't believe it! Here are some things about you now...

-You are down to one bottle a day. We give you the one bottle at night. We cut back to 4 oz then 3 oz and now you only get 2 oz. This doesn't make you too happy and you scream when it's all gone. Tonight, I am cutting back to 1 oz.
-You are a piggie! You eat anything and everything. You were really liking sweet potato cooked in the crockpot, but you seem to not like it as much. You love baby carrots from the crockpot. Your favorite food seems to be whatever we are having.
-You take bites now. You can eat a whole banana without me having to cut it. I hold it up to you and you take bites out of it until it's all gone.
-You sleep from 8-7. You nap twice a day still, but sometimes you are skipping a nap. I think you might go to only one nap a day soon.
-You still aren't talking. I'm dying for you to say mama, so hurry up!
-Reading books is still your favorite thing to do.
-You cry if you see me and I don't pick you up. This makes it really hard for Grandma to be watching you at our house this summer. I have to hide from you!
-You love being in the swimming pool at Grandma's. Grandpa bought you a float with a sunshade and you sat in it for over an hour just playing with the water.
-You love dogs and are learning to pet them nice. You like to touch Bevo and Tippy's tails though and they don't like that at all!
-When you go for walks, you point at the pretty trees.
-You still like to listen to music in the car and your favorite songs are Itsy Bitsy Spider and Where is Thumbkin.
-You love cell phones, remote controls and iPods.
-You are able to climb the step on Grandma and Grandpa's pool deck. I haven't let you try the stairs at our house though, because then we'll have to get yet another gate.
-You are doing really good with your sippy cup and drink a whole cup of milk at your meals now.
-You hate your carseat with a passion and scream when you have to get in it.
-You fake cough and it's hilarious!
-You are so perfect and we love you so much!

Love,

Mommy