My First Birthday!

Today I turned one year old. This morning I went over to the hotel again with Grammie, Papa and Nana while Mommy and Daddy went shopping for my party. It was so much fun. Everybody came over to my house. Grammie, Papa, Uncle Jeff, Grandma Karen, Aunt Dawn, Uncle John, Cassie, Johnny, Nana, Nana's friend Lee, Aunt Mickey, and Daddy's friend from Michigan Kalvin were all here. I even got to eat cake. There were two cakes. One of the adults and one just for me. Thank you Cassie! I stuck my hand in the icing and got all dirty. I wasn't really eating it though. Daddy stuck his face in it to get a bite and show me how but then Mommy just pushed my face in it and I started to cry. I was so dirty I had to get a bath. My cake was so cool and it even had Elmo on it. I got so many new toys and clothes. I got a huge haul! I got golf clubs, Handy Manny tools, Mega blocks, a See-n-Say, books, a basketball hoop, a helicopter, a big water play table with lots of toys, an Ernie motor boat, some Elmo and Ernie stacking boats, some water stuffed animals, a Cubs baseball bat and ball, a Magnadoodle, crayons, some books, a soft Winnie the Pooh basket, a night light, a spinning alphabet toy, a remote control car, a Mickey bowl and plate, a gift card, some money for my savings account and a ton of clothes. I can't wait to really check it all out.

You can see some of the pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/DSCHERNE/CJSFirstBirthday?authkey=Gv1sRgCPmkxJ6jl-aIFw&feat=email#
and here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/coltonjamesferry/ColtonS1stBday?authkey=Gv1sRgCIK8_uGU_YtZ#

Grandma Karen

We picked up Grandma Karen from the airport last night. She is going to stay with us until Monday and even get to celebrate my 1st birthday. I was very excited to see her. Today Aunt Dawn came and got us and we went over to her house. We even went shopping so that Grandma Karen could get some stuff for my birthday. I peeked and got to see some of my present ahead of time. Aunt Dawn even took Grandma to the airport to get a rental car. Thanks for all the help Aunt Dawn!

Swimming

I climbed up and went down my Little Tykes slide all by myself today. Grammy and Papa came to Aunt Dawn's today and I got to play with them for a little bit before Mommy picked me up. I went to Arizona Mills Mall with Daddy, Mommy and Grandma Karen. Then we all went out to Macayo's for dinner. We met Grammie, Papa and Nana there. It was fun! I ate macaroni and cheese for the first time and I REALLY liked it! Mommy told the waitress it was my birthday and they sang to me. I loved it! After dinner we went to the hotel where Grammie, Papa, Nana and Lee were staying to go swimming. The pool was heated and it was nice and warm. It was fun swimming with Grandma and Grammie.

Daddy's Friend

Daddy's friend from Michigan, Greg came over to visit. Daddy and him even went to a baseball game. I liked Greg and went to him right away which Mommy would tell you is not something I usually don't do. Mommy surprised Daddy by inviting a bunch of his friends over for a barbecue last Sunday. Mommy took me to the eye doctor this week and guess what? My tear duct opened up and I don't need that surgery anymore. Mommy had to reschedule my hydrocele surgery so now it's going to be on May 14th.

Happy Easter!

Today was my first Easter and it was pretty cool. When I woke up Mommy said the Easter Bunny left me a suprise and took me to the living room. In the middle of the floor was my Easter Basket (Grammy and Papa Ferry sent it) and it had been filled with lots of cool stuff. I had superman eggs, a recorder (which I already played), a bunch of magnetic letters and numbers for the fridge, a duck and a bunny stuffed animal, and a velcro bunny throwing game. Then Mommy got a message from Grammie that said the Easter Bunny left a basket in the guest room closet. I was a big blue bucket that had, a Tigger cellphone, a frog in an egg, maracas (because I love music)a buzz and dinosaur skateboard car, a Woody with his girlfriend car, and a car with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. The bucket was even fun to play with and it made a funny echo when I put it over my head. I'm feeling a little better today. I still have a runny nose, fever and cough but I don't sound as bad a yesterday and I drank some of the bottles. Mommy is worse though and feels horrible. We went to the Cherne's for lunch and I got to play with everybody. I even got an Easter basket over there. It was a soft basket that was a big baseball. It had sport eggs (footballs, soccer balls, etc.) that Aunt Dawn put Cheerios in. I liked the sound when I pushed them around the living room tonight and I even ate some. It also had some cool new jammies that I wore tonight, some candy bracelets (I even got to lick one), and my first musical card. Thank you to all the Easter Bunnies!

I'm sick

Mommy starting getting sick with a cough on Thursday and I got it on Friday. Today it got a lot worse and now we both have running noses and I keep sneezing. My cough has gotten a lot worse and I had a fever most the day even though Mommy gave me medicine. Mommy and Daddy took me to Urgent Care but the lady said I was probably just teething. Since when does teething cause a running nose and cough that both me and Mommy get? Anyway she told Mommy there wasn't anything to give babies for a cough. Yesterday we went over to the Cherne's for dinner. Uncle John is in town again and we all wanted to see him. It was fun and I got to eat edamame again and I really like it. I even got to lick my first lollipop. Johnny's girlfriend Brittany gave Johnny a really neat Easter basket and he shared the lollipop with me. She handmade sugar eggs with both of our names on it. She is so sweet! This week I learned to blow kisses, ate my first popsicle (apple juice) and even whistled.

11 month pictures

See them all here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kimpenn08/11Months?authkey=Gv1sRgCLOukJOi-9nQygE#

Easter Bunny

Aunt Dawn had surgery this week so Grammie came up and took care of me. We became good buddies again. We played all week and even went for a couple of walks around my new neighborhood. Grammie even ordered a fence to protect me from the pool. Way to go Grammie. On Friday, Mommy and Daddy took me to the mall to meet the Easter bunny and we all got new Adidas shoes. The Easter bunny was cool and I really liked his furry hands. My new shoes are the best they have a blue tongue, red around the edges and red laces. Mommy's and Daddy's are just plain white...they are so boring.