My First Easter

I celebrated my very first Easter. It was fun! The Easter Bunny brought me some fun things he left in my Easter Basket and I went to my very first Easter Egg Hunt.

Thursday I watched Cohen, Mommy and our friends, Eric and Wendy color Easter Eggs. Maybe next year I can do one myself.

Mommy, Cohen and I during egg coloring.

The colored eggs from my first Easter!

Friday after Daddy got home we headed to Granny's house so we could all go to the Easter Egg Hunt the next day. I didn't hunt eggs myself this year but Cohen hunted some for me. He got to find 12 for each of us. I did get to pick a prize though when my name was drawn. I got some Easter stickers. 

Daddy, Cohen and I at my first Easter Egg Hunt.

After the Egg Hunt we went to Grandpa and Grandma C.'s house to visit and play.

Daddy helping me check out what's in my basket from Grandpa and Grandma C. 

Cohen and I with Grandpa and Grandma by their new fireplace.

After spending some time with Grandpa and Grandma we headed back to Granny's house to spend a little more time with her and pick up Mars before we had to head home. 

Cohen and I with Granny.

Sunday morning when I woke up I found out the Easter Bunny had left me some things in my Easter Basket. My Easter Basket itself is special because my Grandpa Cota made it a long time ago. Cohen's basket was Mommy's when she was a little girl. Mine was Great Grandma Jones'. She gave it to Mommy so I would have a the same kind of basket Cohen had - and I love that Grandpa made them. 

My basket had some Minnie Mouse socks, Bunny and Chick finger puppets, a Bunny puppet book,
some yogurt melts, puffs and baby food for when I'm a little bit older.

Checking out my Easter Basket.

This is Mommy reading my Bunny puppet book to me.

My new Minnie Mouse socks.

Mommy reading my book to me and Cohen.

After we got through our Easter Baskets we got ready and went to Waterloo to another Easter Egg hunt with Uncle Dolly, Kari and Reese at the Country Club. After the egg hunt we all had Easter brunch at the Country Club. I mean I only had a bottle, but everyone else had brunch and it looked really yummy.

After brunch we went to Grandpa and Grandma D.'s house to play and visit them. I had fun playing with my cousin, Reese and Uncle Dolly. 

Uncle Dolly showing me an Easter book.

Reese was a little concerned about the bubbles coming out of my mouth.

She was making me smile!

I had a great first Easter. My family made it extra special for me!

My Very First Vacation

My first vacation was a big one! March 16 - 23 Mom, Dad, Cohen and I went to California with Peggy and Mitch R., Rachel, Ashley, Matt, Kaylee and Ryland R. Grandma D. started out the trip with us but wasn't able to finish it with us due to getting ill on our flight out there. It was a bummer but we're glad she's feeling better now.

Sunday we all spent the day relaxing at the house we rented. I even enjoyed hanging out the by the pool for awhile. I never did get in it though. Mommy was hoping I'd have a chance to check it out but we never go that done.

Sunday evening we went to Corona del Mar beach. I got to put my little toes in the Pacific Ocean. It was Daddy, Cohen and my first time seeing the ocean. Mommy had been to the Pacific Ocean before.

Monday was our first day heading to Disneyland. Cohen was very excited to see Cars Land so that's where we went first. He really loves Cars and he really, really, really liked Cars Land. I was happy just watching all the people from my stroller or from the carrier. We had a pretty full day there - spending almost all of our time in Cars Land. It was a good day made even better by Grandma getting out of the hospital and Grandpa D. and Donna K. flying in.

Tuesday Grandma was doing better so Donna K. offered to keep me at the house with them so I got to spend the day with her, Grandpa and Grandma. I loved being able to nap in my bed, play with my toys and just hang out with them. Mom, Dad and Cohen got an early start at Disney that morning, took an afternoon break to come back, rest and hang out with me for awhile before they headed back to Disneyland that night. Again, I got to hang out at the house with everyone. Mom and Dad were appreciative of Donna doing that for them and for me. I was more comfortable and Cohen got to spend some time with just him, Mom and Dad.

Wednesday everyone took a break from Disneyland and we headed to Sea World in San Diego. Grandpa, Grandma and Donna hit the road for their long drive home. Sea World was neat. We got to see a dolphin show, Shamu show, some penguins and a polar bear. It was so much fun it wore me right out.

Thursday it was back to Disneyland. We started out at Disneyland park on this day since we hadn't been to that park yet - we had only been to California Adventure. I had a Snow White dress that a friend of Mommy's gave to me to wear. We saw Snow White right when we walked in but she was just finishing a meet and greet and we never saw her again so I didn't get to take my picture with her. I also had a Minnie Mouse dress. Mom was hoping to get my picture taken with Minnie Mouse but that didn't work out either. The line was too long and I was a little cranky at that point. She did take a picture of Minnie Mouse's house for me though and I finally did take a nap.

After spending part of our day in Disneyland park we headed back over to California Adventure for Cohen to see Cars Land one last time and to say "good bye".

Friday Mom, Cohen and I just hung out at the rental house while everyone else headed to Hollywood to Universal Studios. It was nice just relaxing at the house for the day again.

Saturday we had to get up really early, like 4:00 a.m. to leave for the airport. I did great on the plane on the way home too. I won't remember my very first plane ride, or my very first vacation but I have a lot of pictures to look at when I'm older.

Me on my very first plane ride. 

Dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean.

Daddy showing how big Mitch and Rachel's sand castle is. 

The group at the beach - Andy, Emily, Daddy, Me, Mommy, Cohen, Ashley,

Kaylee, Matt, Ryland, Rachel & Mitch.

Daddy and I snuggling at the beach.

Me on the train around Disneyland Park.

 Daddy and I waiting for Mommy and Cohen at King Arthur's Carousel. 

Cohen, Daddy and I waiting in front of Space Mountain while we waited for the Monorail Train.

Daddy, Cohen and I on the Monorail Train. (Mommy is always behind the camera)

Cohen and I with Goofy in the background.
We didn't want to wait in line to meet him - it was too long!

Cohen, Daddy and I in front of the stack of tires at Luigi's in Cars Land.

 Daddy, Cohen and I in front of Flo's V8 Cafe.

 Ryland and I after our first day at Disneyland. 

Our family after the Shamu show.

Flight from Anaheim to Denver on our way home. 

On a Roll

Last Sunday, the day after we returned from California (which I'll be back to tell all about that soon) I started rolling all around like crazy. I have been rolling from my belly to back for quite awhile now and I rolled from my back to belly once about a month ago but hadn't done it since. Now I'm a rolling fool. I roll everywhere if I want to. I think I'm pretty big stuff when I do it too.

Five Months Old Today

Today I am five months old. Almost half a year already! Here's an update on what I've been up to the past month.

Since I rolled from my back to my belly that one day I have not done it since. So far it was just a one time fluke. I'm a pretty content little girl. I still like to lay under my play mat, play in the exersaucer and swing in my swing sometimes. One of my favorite things to do is watch Cohen play. He could keep me entertained for a long time. I love when he talks to me and he loves when he can get me to smile.

I have had a nick name for awhile now but keep forgetting to tell about it. Mom, Dad and Cohen call me "Mudge" sometimes, well, quite often actually. "Mudge, Mudgie or Mudgers" They say it's short for curmudgeon, since I get this 'bah hum bug" look on my face quite often. Sometimes I'm just not impressed by things, Mom always says she thinks my personality is going to be more like Daddy's, more quiet and serious.  We shall see I guess.

Sleeping: Well, I'm still a pretty good sleeper. I usually go to bed for the night around 9:00 p.m. Some nights I sleep through until 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. Other nights I wake around 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. to eat. When I do wake I just eat, get a diaper change and go right back to bed. Mom and Dad can't seem to figure out any rhyme or reason to why I wake and why I don't. I just like to keep them guessing I guess. I always suck my thumb to soothe myself to sleep. I've kind of gotten to where I like Mom or Dad to snuggle me a little before I lay down. I like to be covered with a blanket and rocked a little before sleeping. I also like Mommy to sing to me if I am really upset or over tired.

Naps: I still nap quite often during the day but I'm starting to stay awake a little longer at a time. Now I'm usually up for about 2 hours, nap for 45 minutes - 1 hour. Repeat. Except for my one long afternoon nap that's usually about 2 - 2 1/2 hours long. Sometimes I take two long naps in a day. I guess my brother was really routine. I am a little bit but not to the extreme Mom and Dad say he is.

Eating: I eat about 4-5 ounces every 3 hours or so. Before bed I eat 5-6 ounces and when I wake, in the night and in the morning I eat 5 or 6 ounces. I am eating baby oatmeal cereal once a day. I get that at dinner time. I usually sit in my high chair and Mom or Dad feeds me my cereal while they eat dinner, so we all sit at the table together and have dinner.

I love to grab and chew on toys, like teething rings, little toys with teethers attached to it.

I enjoy going places and I am good about riding in the car, as long as we keep moving. If we have to stop at a stop light or wait for something it better be quick or I'm going to get angry.

I still enjoy my bath. This past month or so I started taking it still in my baby tub but it's inside the big bath tub now instead of over the kitchen sink. I started kicking and splashing too much that I'd have the kitchen floor and counter soaked, so Mommy moved me to the bathroom for that.

Basketball always seems to grab my attention when it's on TV. Daddy things I'm going to be his basketball watching buddy.

Mommy said Cohen started doing a lot of exciting things when he was six months old. It will be fun to see what kind of fun things I start doing in the next month.

This is how I suck my thumb.
I hold suck my thumb on my right hand while I hold my fingers on my left hand. 

Really Mom? Another picture?

I have a little bit of hair. It seems to be growing in little by little. 

Just Pictures

Not much new with me just wanted to share some pictures Mom took. 

Plotting an evil plot.

What's cuter than baby toes?

This is my "smirk"

This is my "that's really funny" face.

So tired!