If I Could Talk To The Animals, Just Imagine It

My Mama told me I was procrastinating again since I hadn’t posted anything on the blog lately. I don’t think I’m procrastinating though, I just keep putting it off. There are a lot of other things lately that catch my eye so it’s tough to want to sit down at the computer and type it all out. But, then again, so much has been catching my eyes that I have a lot to talk about so I should sit down to write about it. I want to tell you about my last trip to the zoo with Dylan and his parents. I had been to the zoo once before with Daddy and Grandma in Indiana, but I was smaller then and couldn’t see so much. I also got boreder when I was littler. But this time I saw lots of animals, and I even got to pet some!

At first, I thought we were going to a rock concert. When Mommy and Daddy took me into the zoo we went straight to this concert by a group called the Sippy Cups. My parents were so excited, and that’s where we met Dylan and his parents, and they seemed super excited too because they were talking really loudly. But the music was so loud I couldn’t hear what anyone was saying. And then there were all these huge balls floating around and one came close to me. I was so scared even though Momma hit it away, I just didn’t want to be there anymore. Luckily we didn’t stay at the rock concert too long and instead went out into the quiet zoo.

First we went to the petting zoo where I made friends with goats and sheep. They had these really big horns but I wasn’t afraid of them. Especially when I could get down to their level and look them in their eyes. I’ve heard that’s what you have to do with wild animals… stay very still, and catch their eyes so they know who is boss. Well, I’m the boss.

After that we walked all over the rest of the zoo where we saw lots of monkeys, giraffes, penguins, big cats, and gorillas. I really wanted to pet those animals too and I don’t understand why they didn’t have them in the petting part with the goats and sheep. Especially the gorillas, since there was a baby gorilla who was not much bigger than me, and we could have played together. I read Goodnight Gorilla at least once a week and I know for a fact that gorillas can sleep in beds, so he could have even come home with me. The last part of the zoo trip ended like the beginning – with something loud and scary. Dylan’s dad and my dad took us on a “carousel”. It looked fun at first – there were lots of colors and animals that we could sit on. I was hungry and was even drinking from my bottle on one of the animals. Daddy was super excited. But then it started moving and holy moly it was fast. We were spinning in circles and Mama kept going by, then Dylan’s mom, then Mama, then D’s mom.. you get the picture…over and over again. I did not like it. I hoped if I cried really loud they would stop it so we could get off. Daddy took me off the animal and held me in his arms but it didn’t make the spinning stop. Finally, after what felt like forever, it stopped and I was able to get away from that thing.

I think my trip to the zoo would have been perfect without the rock concert at the beginning and the spinning ride at the end. It doesn’t take all that much to make me happy.

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Peek A Boo

This morning I decided to play a trick on Mom. I wanted to hide from her when she went into the kitchen. I was in my bedroom, so I crawled to my bedroom door and shut it so that when she came back again she wouldn’t be able to see me and wouldn’t know where I was. But, as I was waiting for her to come back, I just got too excited about my plan. I was trying to be very quiet and not let any giggle escape, but as soon as I heard her start to look for me I couldn’t keep quiet! And then, when I heard her coming, I wasn’t really sure if she was coming to my room, or going into her room which is right next door, so I kept peeking out to check. I think she saw me, but I’m not too sure. What do you think?

Travelin Man

Hi Everyone!! I bet you thought I forgot about my blog didn't you? Don't worry, I didn't forget about it, but I have been busy with a lot of other things lately. Especially MOVING. Holy moly our house is big. When Mommy and Daddy would carry me from one room to the other I never thought about it, but then when I started crawling from my room to the front door it put it all into perspective for me – it is HUGE. It takes me a long time to crawl across the house, and I remember the first time I did it two weeks ago, I had to set little goals for myself in order to make it. I would roll a ball off of my hand so that it would go a little ways in front of me, and I'd tell myself "I'll just go to the ball, and then I'll stop if I want to". Then I'd get to the ball, and I would take a little break, and then roll it away again to move further on. A couple of times I wanted to give up, the ball just looked too far away, and I'd turn around to go back to my room. But then Mommy would roll it back a little closer to me so it didn't seem so far. Daddy was with me the whole time to cheer me on too. That first time was the hardest, but since I made it all the way to the front door, then I thought I may as well crawl back right? And I did! Ever since then I've been practicing crawling every day and I'm getting a lot faster (if I do say so myself). In fact now, I don't even need the little ball to set goals for myself. Like today, I crawled to Zimby who was sitting in a box, and I pulled her towards me so I could pat her head.

Although I think crawling is super fun, it doesn't even compare to standing! It makes me feel so tall, and I see more things now. I'm also learning that if I put my foot out that I move forward. I like this a lot better then crawling because I don't get so dirty on the floor. Plus I can take these really giant steps and go a lot faster. I'm glad Mommy and Daddy still like to hold on to me when I walk because I feel like I'm going to topple over. But sometimes I get into a rhythm and think, "I can do this!"

So, I hope you can see that I've been pretty busy lately with all of the crawling, standing and walking practice. I can't wait to tell you about all of the exciting adventures I'm going to have once Mommy and Daddy let me explore on my own. My first plan is to follow the cats into their little room...

This picture was taken early last week when I was still nervous about standing

Welcome to my Big Home!!

Here's a video of me on one of my first walking adventures. I'm not sure why Daddy makes me use the walker when I could just hold on to him.