Why Can't We Be Friends...

I invited my friend Victoria over to watch the Steeler game with me, and I don't think I'll do that anymore... she put a hex on my team with her Bengal gear and we lost the game!! We did have fun for the first half... when my team was kicking the Bungles Butts... but then things got ugly when the Bungles turned into a football team with an effective offense. I cried alot, but I'm getting over it.... atleast the Bearcats won!-- Number 10 in the nation!!! Go UC!!!

My first overnight!

So this weekend Mom and Dad had too many football games scheduled to be able to hang out with me (I'm still mad about this by the way) but I had a really fun time at Grandma and Pop Pop Shafer's house. I got into all kinds of stuff that Mom never lets me get into :) But while I was hanging out there (where there are some pretty cute pictures of below) Mom and Dad were living it up....

Here is them at the Bearcat Football Home Opener with Grandma and Pap V. They had Adriaticos while tailgating and enjoyed watching the Bearcats totally destroy the other team.

Then Dad won tickets to the Bengal game in a box with Nick Lachey. Mom was in heaven meeting him. Dad was not impressed :)


You can see my sister in this picture with Mom and Dad. I think I should be in the picture!!!!

Here's me having my fun though... and boy did we have alot of it. Thanks to the Shafers for watching me!

Dad's Birthday Weekend!

So Dad had a great birthday weekend that I would like to share with you it included watching pre-season Pro football, opening gifts, going to visit Joe and Sarah's new place in Columbus, going to a fun dinner place (and doing Sake Bombs!-- video below) and watching the Bearcats football team dominate Rutgers! Check it out! (PS-- you'll notice many pictures are a touch blurry and that is because I'm too quick for mom these days!!!)

Oh... and officially Dad is no longer saying his age, he's just in his "mid to late 20's". :)

Here's me at Joe and Sarah's eating their oreo pie-- YUMMY!!!


I helped dad open his presents, because he was very tired and I didn't think he could open them by himself. :)

Here's Dad and I walking into the resturant together....

And here's dad and the crew doing a Sake Bomb together... you'll notice Aunt Ash was the last to finish. She must have lost her chugging ability during these post college years. Mom tells me one day I can do a Sake Bomb, but I have to wait a lot of years.

I didn't really need a Sake Bomb anyway, because I was running all around that place! Good thing it wasn't crowded!

And I LOVED the banana dessert. I made a huge mess, in honor of Dad's birthday of course.

And lastly, we saw the Bearcats bring home a huge victory and finish dad's weekend off with a bang! Go Bearcats!!

It's that time of year again!

A few updates... Mom has been busy with some extra time at work... so I'm sorry I've taken so long to say hello!!!

Here we go Steelers - Here we go! Mom and Dad have me all ready for another season of Steelers football. You'll remember my first season ended in a Super Bowl Victory, so I must say that I have high expectations going forward! I picked this jersey to match mom, but that sister of mine is making her belly so big she probably won't be able to wear her jersey much this year!

We also went to see Daddy play softball with a bunch of his accountants he works with. You can see how amused I was at first... (the tape measure thingy was more fun)....

But by the end I was totally into it and one of their biggest fans! Go Daddy Go! (PS, that is not mom's baby belly next to me, it's a friend that is due any day now-- yeah-- another friend soon!)

Lastly... just wanted to give you a vision of what Mom sees when she comes down from her office on work days... I'm not sure how Grandma and Pap haven't gone nuts with me and all the doggies, but they have sure helped mom out alot!

A Diva in the making!

So much fun stuff these days. I am turning into a toddler! And I am apparently destined to be a Diva! This is video from the first day Mom FINALLY put batteries in my keyboard (one that she got at a garage sale for $3!) Since then, I now sing, dance, and play keyboard at the same time. I've also had fun the past week hanging out with my doggies, checking out Aunt Ash's playground at her place and checking out Aunt Al's new place....

Here's me running around Alyssa's new place. It didn't have any furniture yet, which I LOVED. I just ran and ran and ran... hence the only shots of me are me running around laughing :) I'm excited to go hang out at her new place and break it in a bit once she has it all set-up. Congrats Auntie for the big move!

Here's me and my Bailey.... with both love our trampoline so much. Bailey thinks it is her bed, so we cuddle on it quite a bit. But I also typically end up pushing her off so I can jump!

Here's me and Millie. I found a way to make her run-- by chasing her with her water bowl. She is scared I will smack her with it if I catch her (probably a good fear for her to have) so she runs away, and I chase her, laughing the whole time.

And finally, here is me trying to figure out how to play on the playground at Aunt Ash's place. We were all excited to go play on the swings, only to find there were no swings and just these bouncy type bugs to sit on. Very werid... I'm going to have a talk with the Godfather about correcting this problem-- I need a swing when I visit!

My Offical 1 Year Pictures!

Thanks to the Picture Master Vicki, I have my professional 1 year old pictures to show you! Mom and Vicki only had me take about 200, so these are Mom's top 6, but she has a top 40 in a picture book to show you all if you want to choose a different favorite to print out :) She keeps looking at them everyday to see if she has a new favorite. You'll notice I'm in my one of a kind Birthday Dress too, so these pictures are extra special because so many people put their extra love into it-- Thanks especially to Vicki and Alyssa for sharing their special skills :)

My first trip to the "Homeland"...

Hey Yuns... as the Pittsburgh family says....Here is a long blog about my trip to Pittsburgh. It was filled with 3 families and 5 days of fun. Mom and Dad were impressed with my ability to see everyone with-out really any crying fits ... but then I gave it to them on the car ride home, and I'm currently still giving it to Mom on our first day back. I may be getting a tooth, or I may just be letting all the excitement catch up to me and I'm finally being a baby about it all :)

First, before our trip even began, Jeff and Aaron Shafer stopped to see us in Cincinnati. As you can see, I'm not too sure what to think of Aaron, but I had fun visiting :)

Then off to Pittsburgh! First big visit was with more of the Shafers at Great Pop-Pop and Great Grandma's House! Lots of people stopped to visit me and it was great fun!

Then we had a day of hanging out at Great Grandma V's while Dad went to Steeler Training Camp (Part of the Corn Roast Weekend events). Somehow when we played pretend I was the baby who was sick and my cousin had to get me back to health. Mom is amazed I didn't cry during this event.

The guys all met up with us for a great tradition of Ambridge Pizza after. I had my first cut, and I must say that now I know what all the talk is about. You have to eat it right there on the curb, so it has a nice crunch. Yummy!!

Then we had an evening with the Niehaus Family. I got to stay with my Niehaus cousins all week, so we had lots of fun every morning and evening getting ready for and winding down from the day's events.

I really liked Great Grandma's dog Toby :) His ears were so soft and fluffy :) And he layed real still while I gave him some love. My doggie loved to play with him too!

And then came the final day-- the Corn Roast!!!! This is a family reunion of my Great-Great Grandma and Grandpa's Family. (I think there may be supposed to be another Great in there, but I lost track). Anyway, it's a lot of people that all call each other Cousins :) It was super fun, except that I was getting a bit tired by this point, so I spent most of it sleeping. I am told the next one I go to, I get to eat some corn and possibly play in the mud pit :)

Here is Josh, my God-Mom's BF, who braved the family and came into town with Aunt Jan. Just wanted to give him a shout out since many in Cincinnati haven't met him yet. He played with me on the swings forever (my favorite thing to do that day besides sleep) so he's approved in my book :)

Here is how I spent most of the afternoon....

Here's the Bocce tourney in action. Aunt Jan was on the first place team, and Dad was on the second place team. You may be thinking there were only two teams, but actually there were 7, so they did pretty well.