Art Project

Today I worked on my art and made this HUGE painting. It's almost as big as the table.

Where is Kitson?

Videos of the day

I finally figured it out. It took my a while, but I sure am happy that I finally managed to get the music playing.

A little dinner conversation. If I were left up to my own devices, it would take me at least two hours to eat dinner. Mommy and daddy do a good job of keeping me focused.

I like eating when I can get messy.

It turns out that eating is a lot more fun when you can stick your fingers in the food. I was proving to be a stubborn eater. That is, until mommy figured out that as long as I was given my own spoon and allowed to stick my fingers in the food.

Playing with my big brother.

As you can see, I'm getting pretty big. I can now even play with my brother Fisher. He's the best to play with. We laugh and tickle each other. He even lets me grab his hair. I try to not pull too hard.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice...

Here is a video of daddy feeding me some lunch on Friday. I wasn't particularly hungry, so he resorted to tricking me with the offer of a drink of water. The first time I thought it was pretty funny.

Second time, not so funny.

I like bland...no flavor please!

As you may know, I am starting to eat regular foods. My diet consists mostly of mushed up sweat potatoes, squash, avocado, pears, spinach, and rice cereal. Of all of those, rice cereal is my hands down favorite. Why? Because it has the best flavor. And by flavor, I mean no flavor. In this video I am nibbling on a piece of apple in my new net-nibbler. It's good, but awfully flavorful. I like my apple juice water down at a 4 to 1 ratio. That's still pretty spicy.

Bath time.

Kitson and I took a bath the other day. We decided to play boats. She did pretty good for being so little.

This is my new cupboard. I can play with everything inside. This is just GREAT, because I am into everything these days. I love to explore.

An afternoon on the slopes

It's that time of year again! Sledding Season! Daddy and I decided to face the cold weather and enjoy a wonderful afternoon of sledding. I did a number of crazy tricks. One of which involved me trying to spin the sled and get it to go backwards.

I'm off and running!

I'm now able to crawl all over the place. I particularly enjoy climbing. Can you believe I climbed up on this chair all by myself. I can even fall out of it all by myself, if mommy and daddy are not close by.

Marbles anyone?

My Uncle Ben got me this great gift for Christmas. I build a huge structure so that marbles can roll from top to bottom. It takes some careful engineering. Lots and lots of fun.

Remote Control Helicopter

This Christmas Santa got me a remote control helicopter. It is amazing. When we first got it out of the box mommy showed me how to work it by flying it into daddy's face. Then it was my turn!

A trip to see Marge.

While back in Wisconsin, we all went to see Marge up in Appleton. I have visited with Marge a couple of times, but this was Kitson's first visit. We didn't tell Marge we were coming and she was really surprised and excited. We brought some Christmas presents for her, and I being the gentleman I am, offered to help her open the gifts.

Marge and Kitson hit it off right away. Although, Marge likes to call he Joe or Josephine. I think Kitson got a kick out of being called by her middle name.

After visiting in Marge's room for a while, we all went down to dinner. They made something called veal-bird. Mommy asked whether it was veal or a bird. The lady didn't know, so I decided to focus on my noodles and give the veal-bird to daddy.

Can you believe that Marge is 99 and Kitson is only 8 months old!

Marge has the coolest wheel chair. Grandpa took me for a ride. Once we got out in the hall we were speeding all over the place. Luckily nobody got hurt, although there were a few close calls.

My first Christmas

This year was my first Christmas. What a special time. We went to see both of my grandparents as well as Marge up in Appleton. Here are some of my favorite moments.

Here Grandpa John and I are reading a story. It's about a baby. That's why I like it so much.

Here Grandma and I working on my two bottom teeth. It feels so good to rub those little nubbers.

Grandpa Jim is an excellent walker. He walked me around the entire house.

Mommy, I got my first doll! This is AMAZING! My first doll!!!

How do you like my new pajamas?

I got my eye color from my Grandpa Jim. Aren't we cute! He's got a few more teeth than me, but don't worry I'm catching up.

Let me tell you how this Santa guy works.

I have been spending a good deal of time this holiday season learning everything I can about Santa Claus. This video should give you the basics.

Well, that was an interesting taste

Today mommy gave me some quinoa. It was different to say the least. I was hungry so I ate it, but I much prefer some bananas or squash.

Studying with daddy.

This has become my favorite spot to take a nap. I think daddy likes it too.

An afternoon at the candy shop.

While in Geneva, mommy and I had the great idea of stopping in at the local candy shop. In the picture below I am enjoying an amazing chocolate covered pretzel.

I just cannot believe how good this tastes!

The best part of the candy shop, other than the candy, was that you could watch them make the yummy treats they sold. I probably spent 25 minutes watching them work.

At this point I was getting a little frustrated that I was on the wrong side of this window. Boy do I wish I could help. It's just not fair.

Feeding the Ducks

We took another trip out to Geneva to feed the ducks. This trip was a lot colder than our previous visit. The ducks didn't seem bothered by the cold.