Finally they feed me!

They've tortured me since I was born--I've had to watch while everyone else gets real food and I just get milk. Tonight I finally got a taste of the good stuff. Okay, so maybe they didn't give me any of the pear and gorgonzola pizza or wine, but I still had a darn good time with my rice and banana cereal. Can't you tell?

I thought it was especially cool when Tia TJ let me know that it wasn't just rice and banana cereal, but those bananas are actually something called 'potassium sticks.' Whatever. I just like getting it all over my face.

New Trick!

Every day I get to discover something new. I've always noticed those flailing things at the end of my legs... I've even played with them sometimes. But who knew that I could put them in my mouth? I mean, I've never seen any of the big people do that--all they seem to do is shuffle them along on the ground. I'm not sure why they don't chew on them; I think it's pretty fun.

And I guess my mommies must think it's fun that I chew on them, since out came that flashing thing again, and I'm beginning to get that they usually do that when they like whatever I'm doing.

One of the best things about this weekend was that I got to play with Auntie Heather again. I really love when she comes to visit--she pays A LOT of attention to me. I think that she might not even mind that mostly I'm the center of attention. I just don't understand why she has to live in that really rainy place all the way across the country. Doesn't she know that I miss her?

Welcome to the Jungle

I love my Mama Melissa & Mommy Mindy, but to tell the truth we all need a break every now and then. That's why they went to the movies...and I got to go back to Mimi Marina's & Tia TJ's house!

As I mentioned before, my home away from home is in a part of the vast andcolorful D.C. urban jungle known as Petworth. So naturally, I learned about pets!
Mimi has an African Grey named Greta, but for some reason Tia just calls her Mean Bird. The parrot puffed her feathers when she saw me so Tia wouldn't let me go close or put my fingers in her cage...Instead she just held me tight and hugged me, muttering something about Mimi's taste in flying rodents.

Then I met this cute and furry orange thing named Catarina. At first I was a bit worried; I didn't know that was what you called a "kitty." But then I realized that she's just a scaredy cat, and I had nothing to fret over. Catarina inched near my play yard and I was ready to share my space, but instead she just bolted the other direction and I never saw her again. Maybe we can play another time.

I still wanted more creatures, so Tia TJ turned on Animal Planet and told me all about the lions and cubs she played with in Zimbabwe. I can't believe all the different kinds of pets that live in the world! I think the monkeys are my favorite, because they get to make funny faces, eat mushy bananas and they can swing from trees. I'm going to ask my mommies for one as soon as I can talk. Tia said they would say yes!

And just WHEN are they going to take me to meet Tai-Shan??? Do they thinkI don't know what a ZOO is??

Look Moms...no hands!!

What I love about this Hanukah present is that I am in control! And boy, oh boy, is that fun...I get to play with whatever toy I want to, I can spin around in circles, I can stand on my own two feet. I mean, it doesn't get any better than this. Okay, well it might get a little tiny bit better when I get to eat as much as I want and then fall asleep on Mama Milk Jugs...(oops, meant to say Mama Melissa!)

Leaving Las Vegas

Every good thing must come to an end...this too was true of my lovely visit to Las Vegas. Goodbye Bubby, goodbye Grandpa Ron. I had a wonderful time with you, and with all the rest of my family and friends in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Wrightwood. I will miss all of you...come visit soon!

I Love LA!! And all my LA family...

I get to have the coolest parties thrown for me, with all the best LA hipsters. My Zadie and my Grammy Suzanne had all my LA people (and a few very special out-of-town folks) over so that I could meet them...or, maybe I should say, so they could meet me! As always, I had a blast--I got carried around and loved all afternoon. What could be better? And I realized once again that I am a darn lucky guy to have so many great people in my family. Thanks so much Zadie and Grammy!! (sadly, I don't have pictures of everyone...but here are a few that I did get...)

Surf's up!

So my mommies took me to Malibu for my first beach experience. We went with my Nisha masi and Clyde the doberman. We went at sunset and I thought it was great until my mama put my feet in the VERY COLD water. I screamed and screamed shortly after this photo was taken -- what was she thinking????



Because I liked the beach so much we went to Santa Monica the next day and I got my diaper changed at the most picturesque place yet!

I'm the New Year's Baby!

More hiking

Hiking with Zadie David and Grammy Suzanne in Red Rock


And hiking with my mommies in the Valley of Fire

More wonderful family

I'm a really, really lucky guy! I got to meet more of my family on Friday. Tio Julio's family came to Las Vegas for New Year's and to meet me. I love them!! Here's who came to visit--Reny (Julio's mom) and Jeff (Julio's dad), Christopher and Mitchell (Julio's two brothers) and Carla (Julio's aunt), along with Linda (Reny's good friend) and her son, V. They came to my Bubby's house to visit first, and then the next day we met them at Treasure Island for lunch. I'm not a gambling sort of guy, and I don't like all the smoke...but I loved all the lights and people at the casino!

Reny and Me



Christopher, Mitchell, Jeff, Reny, Carla and Me (Mitchell is holding me)



Mitchell, Reny, and Me



Christopher and Me






Did I mention that I found out I like lemons!?!

Happy Hannukah

So, this was my first Hannukah. I think I like all the candle lighting and singing. And I loved all my presents from the family Hannukah party. Now I'm looking forward to next year when I get to eat all the yummy food. (Hmmm...do you think I'm too focused on food?)

Pencil and Paper

And, can you believe that Aunt Annie did this before she even met me, just by looking at my blog?!?

Meet me in Vegas, baby!

Aunt Annie got Aunt Heather the best birthday present this year--a trip to see me in Vegas!! Even though they stayed the first night at the Luxor (and lost some and won some at the blackjack tables) the rest of the time I got to hang out with them. I had a lot of fun meeting Annie, who is a great playmate.

But, perhaps the best part of their visit was the hike in Red Rock Canyon. It was my first hike and I definitely hope my mommies will take me there lots more. It's now my favorite place in Vegas (except, of course, for my Bubby's lap!). And going hiking in the Baby Bjorn is definitely the way to go--you get to see everything and you don't even get tired.

Okay, well maybe I got tired at the very end...

Just for fun

More playmates

A quick trip from Wrightwood to Claremont took us to Melissa and Kate's (my mommies' friends) house. While I was there, I got to play with Aidan. He's a year older than me, but I'm almost as big. 'Course, he can walk around and talk already...and I can't quite do that yet. But I bet I will soon...better watch out mommies!

Hannukah, Oh Hannukah

I got to go to my family's Hannukah party at my Uncle Arnie and Aunt Holly's house in Wrightwood, CA. I guess I was technically there last year in Mama Melissa's belly...but even she wasn't sure whether or not I was actually around last year! And I certainly didn't get to meet all my relatives. And, oh my gosh, there were SO many relatives. And, all of them were so happy to see me...what fun! Sadly, I don't have pictures of all of them, but I did put up a few of me and Uncle Arnie and Holly, of me and my Zadie David and Grammy Suzanne, of Tia Tj and Mimi Marina, and of me with Mike and Connie (who live next door to Uncle Arnie and Aunt Holly--and were really fun to play with!). And, I loved meeting Grammy Suzanne for the first time...and I really love the beautiful blanket she made for me.

Mine, all mine!

Yippee, Mommy Mindy's adoption of me is final! We couldn't be in Baltimore for the ceremomy, because we're out here, but everything is signed, sealed, and delivered. Now both of my mommies are mine, all mine (not that I needed an adoption to make that so...I've got them both pretty much wrapped around my fingers already)! My elf, Diana, was there to see the kids of one our other friends get adopted in the same ceremony, so she took a picture of our lawyer, our judge, and my adoption paper.

Las Vegas, here I come!

First of all, I keep hearing people say, "What happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas." But, I'm not sure how that can be true if my mommies say that I should put it all up here on the blog...

So, I took my first plane flight to get here. And, I sense that my mommies seemed kind of nervous about how it was all going to go. I kept trying to tell them that it would all be fine, and that I was going to be really good. But, no matter what I say, they just don't seem to understand me... So, they just had to wait and see. I just hung out, and ate (and they let me have as much I wanted!!), and slept. Plane flights aren't that bad...and crying on planes is for babies.
One of the best parts of coming to Vegas was getting to meet Grandpa Ron. I had heard about him before, but I had never gotten to meet him. He's pretty fun!


So, as usual, my mommies keep flashing all those lights in my eyes...even when I'm doing mundane things, like getting dried off from my bath! This a new fun towel from one of my Bubby's friends. And I also got measured and weighed--I don't think it's as accurate as my pediatrician, but in case you're curious, I'm about 18 or 19 pounds and 26 inches long! Yep...I'm a big boy at 3.5 months!

As promised...

I Love Visitors!!

I'm a popular little guy. All of these people just come over and look at me and play with me. And I had a couple of special visitors last Tuesday...just before I left to go to a BIG trip to the West Coast. That'll be my next post...

So my Elf (my mommies call her Diana, but I know that she's really my Elf) came over...and she wore an ELF shirt. See, I knew she was my Elf. We had fun playing and taking pictures. She also took some fun pictures with me and mommies. And a few even have that cold white stuff in the background. I have a feeling I may be seeing more of that when I get back to DC.

Then Stacey came over. I love the blanket that she made me, but I've been waiting and waiting to actually meet her. I'm so glad that she got to come over and play before I had to leave for a while. I hope I get to see her more when we get back.

Keep you eye out on this site for a new video coming soon of my mommy being really, really silly. No hints...just keep checking back.