My weekend of dogs and garage sales...

So this weekend was a weekend of firsts for me. I went to my first doggie dash, where about 500 dogs and their owners walked to support the SPCA. It was a great time, but I must say that Victoria and I were in awe of how many different types of doggies we saw. We spent most of the time just looking at them and wondering how God could be so creative to make so many crazy dogs!! Pap and Grandma walked along with their crazy dogs who wanted to kiss all the other doggies, and Kyle and Ashleigh had to carry Millie because apparently she didn't have her Wheaties and was tired :) Grandma Shafer was there working the event and showed me all the pretty doggies for adoption, but I could only take home the ballon one....

Then it was also my first garage sale weekend too! Mom, Grandma V and Great Aunt Marge went hunting and found toys for me for just a few bucks! I picked out this book and stroller for my dollies :) I can't wait to go to my next one!

Then I also learned how to go through bookshelfs with ease. It takes me atleast 20 minutes to go through all the books, so Mom figures it's worth the happy time with me and puts them all away when I'm done :)

And Finally here is just a picture of me worn out after it all, eating some lunch. You can see my hair is a bit unruly these days. Of course it helps when I run my hands through it with some cheese and potatoes. It holds the style better that way!

Trip to Soph's House

So I LOVE vacation. We took our first family vacation of the year to Detroit to see Sophia and her family. I do not like the car rides to get to our destination so much, but I do love seeing some fun people and new sites. Luckily, it only took us 4 hours to get there, or else Mom and Dad may have turned the car around and called it quits. Once we got there though, I was a perfect angel that slept through the night, took long naps, and ate everything in sight :)

Here's Sophia teaching me to read-- I am loving books ever since I got home. Before, I just ate them, but Soph taught me how fun it is to look at all the pictures!


Family Picture -- of course my mean face was out almost everytime a picture was snapped!

Me and Uncle T!

Big fun watching cartoons with my cuz :) Doesn't she look excited to have me sitting in her chair with her ;)

Fun at the water table! Mom promises to get me one of these soon-- maybe for my birthday!

We also had big fun at the zoo. Dad showed me the animals, and I waved at them all.


Contrary to my mean look, I did have fun, it was just a little hot for me. For some reason no one was misting me with cool water or waving palm branches to cool me off.

And finally, my favorite new experience-- riding face forward with a buddy by my side in the car. It was big fun. I can't wait to be a big girl and do this more often!

My Mean Face

I have recently (like a day ago) found new muscles in my face to make some new funny faces.... Here is my mean look. I bet you don't want to meet me in a dark alley!

Rock with Elmo

I had to remind mom that she is WAY behind on the blog-- I don't know what else is filling her time! Anyway, Lots to tell you all, so be sure to read-up!! There are some videos at the end of me Rocking with Elmo:)

First off, I had my first overnight with-out Mom and Dad!! They went to some nice hotel for the night and had a nice dinner while I stayed at home with Pap and Grandma. Since I was bored with them, I basically slept the whole time anyway, but Mom and Dad said they missed me still-- although Mom said she did not miss my 5am wake-up calls :)

Secondly, I am really good at video games. We went to Dave and Buster's with Mom and Dad's friends and I beat Jeff at Madden Football. I was the Steelers and he was the Bengals, so maybe it wasn't a fair game, but he's the smart guy that picked them :)

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Dad played some game where he acted like a cop and tried to catch the bad guys, but he didn't last too long playing that game...

So now to my favorite part-- Rocking with Elmo. I have a little boom box that plays Elmo songs and I really like to rock out to it and dance... but I DO NOT like to be taped while doing it. Here are mom's attempts at getting video to share with all of you. As you can see, I try to take the camera from her :)

And here is mom trying to video from behind me... You can't fool me mom!

Mother's Day at the Zoo!

We had BIG fun on Mother's day with my first trip to the zoo! I think everyone else had a pretty good time too. We went early in the morning so all the animals were awake and playing. I liked the monkeys the best and I wanted to go play with them, but everyone said no! Boo! So I just had to wave at all of them. The day was extra fun because Pap Vinciguerra and, Pop Pop and Grandma Shafer all came with us :)

Anyhow, I was an angel all day (even though I woke up at 6:00am crying) and let Mom get a great afternoon nap in after the zoo. All in all, it was a great day. Here are some of my favorite animals I saw.

Congrats to Anutie Ashleigh and a few other tidbits

Well, we all thought she was crazy, but Aunt Ashleigh ran a marathon last weekend! It was ~27 long miles, but Auntie did it-- and vows to never do it again! :) Congrats Auntie! She said it was a life goal of her's, so now she can check it off the list...Now for some cousins for me as your next life goal ?? ;) Here's her and her team of cheerleaders. Mom and I watched her on-line at home since it was a bit too cold and rainy for me!

As for me, I'm causing all sorts of problems for mom. I can go all the way up the stairs in about a minute and I am learning how to open every possible style drawer, which makes her crazy. I tried to help her plant flowers this week, but I kept getting distracted by the dirt piles and small bugs. But, in return, I am mostly sleeping through the night lately, so she really can't complain. Also, I forgot to tell you all my 10 month stats from the doctor's visit!!

16 lbs, 5oz in weight

28.5" in length

So I'm still pretty small, but hey, look at my gene pool-- we're not expecting 6 footers here! (I'll be happy to make it to 5 feet!)

Red's Game and a Night with Friends

Last Sunday Dad got a last minute call to go to the Red's game with work-- and there were enough tickets for Mom and I too! What was even better was that it was in a private box area where we got tons of food and air conditioning-- so I lasted almost the whole game! I'm not sure if I'm a Red's fan yet or not-- I liked watching in person, but when Dad turns it on the TV it is SOOOOOOO boring :)

Then this weekend we had another night with all my friends-- with the two new additions. Here are some pictures of the crew. We kept the fights to a minimum, but it's sure going to get interesting in a few months as 3 of us turn 1, our ringleader turns 2, and the little babies gain head control :)