Date last updated: 2/7/01
My age: 1 year 2 months
My weight: 18 1/2 pounds
Age at weight: 11 1/2 months
My height: 2'3
Age at height: 9 months
Head circumference: 45 1/2 cm
Age at measurement: 9 months
Age in picture: 1 year
Hey everyone!
Since I last talked to you guys, I've been all over the place!
We drove all the way to California! I got really tired of sitting in the car all day!!!
To start with, the day we left, I got a delayed nape. I was soooo tired!!! So Mommy finally put me in my crib an hour or so before we left. I fell immediately to sleep.
Anyway, when we left, everyone forgot to wake me up! I was still in the crib and everyone was in the car. Then they realized they were forgetting somthing, or rather someone!
Well, travelling as far as Wichita wasn't so bad... But then we travelled to Amarillo, Texas! That drive wasn't so bad, but I had to drive for another day, and I still didn't get home!
By this time, I was getting kind-of tired of meeting new people. I'm kind-of shy, and a lot of new people stress me out!
Fortunately, the next day we drove as far as New Mexico. We stayed at a hotel there, so I didn't have to meet anyone new. However, Mommy and Bubby Chris and Sissy Rainy tried to introduce me to something new -- a swimming pool. I didn't care much for that!
The next day we drove to the Grand Canyon and went camping. I'd never been camping before. It was really different!
The next day we went on an actual tour of the canyon. Daddy packed me along in a backpack. It was kind-of interesting... It looked really deep! Whenever Daddy posed for a picture though, somehow, I was always left kind-of hanging over the canyon. That scared me a little...
We left the next day. We drove for a long, long time in hot, hot weather! It was the longest driving day for me so far. It was also the hottest and most tiring. I didn't like it one bit. We had to climb so many mountains, that we had to turn on the heater!!! It was really hot!!! But at the end of it all, I got to see Grandpa and Grandma!
We stayed with Grandpa and Grandma for a few days. The first day, everyone else went to Disneyland, but I got to stay with Grandma. I had a lot of fun with my Grandma! I really like her!
The next two days we went to the beach. It was really sandy. And the water was moving! Mommy and Daddy tried to get me to go in, but it scared me!! However, the sand was kind-of fun...
After three days with Grandpa and Grandma, we drove again. It seemed like we would never stop driving! However, at the end of the drive I got to see my Great-Grandma!
We stayed at Great-Grandma's house for a couple of days. I got to meet my Great-Aunt Cheryl. (P.S. to me my Great-Grandma and my Great-Aunts are all Grandmas...) Grandma Cheryl made me a cool hat! It was neat!
After we left Grandma Stephanie's house we travelled all the way to Utah! That was a really, really long drive. I don't like really, really long drives!!! We stayed at another hotel that night...
Then we drove again! We drove to the Black Canyon, and camped some more... Man, my family was really trying to see the world I guess, cuz we just drove all the time!
Anyway, the next day we went to visit the Black Canyon. It was kind-of interesting, but I didn't have much of a good time. I was tired of travelling by this time... But it was kind-of pretty. I think I might enjoy it more when I'm older though. I didn't get to go in a backpack this time. That kind-of made a difference...
After spending a day at the Black Canyon, we left the next day... We travelled to Kansas. We were back in my state, though I really couldn't tell any difference. We stayed in another hotel that night. Man, weren't we ever going to get home or stay in the same place for a while! This was all getting very stressful!
Yea!! The next day we arrived at home! I was SOOOOO happy to be home!!! It was great! I just ran all over the house so happy to be home!!!
Well, that's my "world travelling." However, that's not all I've been up to...
I've transitioned from a crib to a big bed. I sleep on a bottom bunk underneath Sissy Rainy... It's surrounded on three sides, so it kind-of feels like a crib, but I can get out really easily!
It takes me a little longer to fall asleep at night now, though, because I have to play with all my toys until I fall asleep, which I usually do on the floor...
However, Mommy or Daddy always move me onto my own bed before they go to bed. I think I do that on purpose, just so I have a little snuggle time with Mommy or Daddy while I'm sleeping....
As far as physical growth, I'm kind-of short... I'm in the 5th percentile in height, meaning 95% of kids my age are taller than me! However, my head is in the 90th percentile (only 10% of kids have a bigger head!)! My weight is in the 25-50th percentile, about right considering my head and heighth...
I go to daycare 2 days a week now. I'm starting to really like it there at "school." I've even made a good friend, who's name I tried to say the other day!
Speaking of talking... I've acquired a few communication skills... I can say a few words: MaMa, DaDa, see and shoe are my favorites, though I throw a few others in from time to time...
I love shoes. Shoes are my favorite thing in the whole world. I could just sit and tell everyone I meet all about my shoes.
However, my expertise doesn't not end at my own shoes! In the morning, it's my job to bring everyone their shoes. I bring Daddy his shoes. I bring Caleb his shoes. I bring Chris his shoes. I bring Rainy her shoes. Even if they're still sleeping on the couch, I'll just put their shoes on their faces. It gives them something pleasant to wake up to!
Well, I've got to do some more exploring now. Talk to you all later!
