My Best Buds

My puppies and I are becoming the best of friends. I love playing with them outside. I've also learned that I can get my puppy Lakota to follow me wherever I go if I carry one of his frisbees with me. Here's some pictures of us from the past couple of weeks.

My Daddy

I love watching the two videos that Daddy was able to send me. We used to watch them on the computer, but now we watch them on the TV and I think it's pretty cool that my Daddy is on TV. He even found a couple stories that I have so that I can follow along in my book while he reads to me on the video. Can't wait for you to be home Daddy!

Minnesota Zoo

Yesterday afternoon Mom and me went to the zoo with Uncle Mitchell, Uncle Tyler, and Abby. We all had a nice time.

Mom and me at the start of our zoo trip on our way to see the giraffes and zebras.

Tyler, Abby, and me going to see the camels.

My favorite animals yesterday were the goats. This big white one thought that I tasted delicious and I thought it was really funny when he licked me.

We liked all the animals at the zoo, but a couple more of our favorites were the grizzly bears,

And the gibbons.

I also thought this big pretend turtle was cool and Uncle Tyler tought me how to ride it (although I prefered standing by him rather than riding him).

The last animals we went to see were the sharks and dolphins. With so many things to see, I didn't really like sitting still for pictures. So, I wouldn't sit still long enough to get a picture with the dolphin in the background but you can kind of see it coming up from the bottom of the tank.

One last picture of Mom and me before we went home.

And lucky me, I even got to bring home a pet monkey from the zoo!

The Little Ham I Am

Mommy says that I remind her more and more of Daddy every day. She says that she's so happy that she has me to bring her so many laughs throughout the day.

Here I was being a goofball when I was supposed to be eating my lunch today.

Today I also decided that I still like my little baby bouncer. I am just a bit too big for it but I was having so much fun that Mommy didn't care.

I still like reading my books all the time. My new thing is to look at the books both right- side up and upside down. They're much more interesting that way.

My puppies love being around me all the time and I think they're a lot of fun to play with. I think my puppy Lakota wishes that I was a little bit bigger so that we could play frisbee together. Today, after he would fetch his frisbee he kept dropping it in my lap so that I could throw it for him, so Mommy helped me out a little.

My First 4th

Yesterday, Mom, Carissa, and me celebrated the 4th of July at the beach. I couldn't play in the water too much because the waves were bigger yesterday, but I still had fun playing in the sand like usual. The fireworks were on the sound side of the island this year which Mom was kind of bummed out about, but they still looked pretty. At first I was kind of scared of the noise, but after a few went up and I saw all the pretty colors, I wasn't scared anymore. Mommy was kind of surprised that the noise scared me since other loud noises like the jets on base don't bother me, but hopefully next year I won't mind them at all. We hope all of you had a safe and happy 4th of July!

Beach Boy

I am quite the little beach boy now. Mom and Carissa take me to the beach about once a week if the weather is nice and I just love it! Usually I like walking in the water, but last time I played in the sand most of the time. I had fun rolling my pail all over the place, and I'm getting good at finding seashells too! Mommy got all excited because we saw dolphins again. She didn't get any good pictures, but these ones were really close to the beach and we had fun watching them.

On The Go

I am officially walking now. Once I turned 10 months old I started taking a few steps in between the furniture and from Mommy to Carissa, but now I can walk all over the place and get into all sorts of mischief! Mommy hasn't been able to get too many pictures of me walking (she's usually chasing after me making sure I don't bump into everything :), but here's a few pictures that her and Carissa took of me.