Introducing Denny's new "Yam Slam"

I like to eat my tasty yams.
I like to eat them, Pops and Gram.

I like to eat them in my chair,
I like to eat them everywhere!

I like to eat them at high noon.

I like to eat them with two spoons.

I like to get them on my face.

I like to get them every place!

Those tasty yams I sure adore.

I wonder if there's any more?

I like to eat my tasty yams.
I like to eat them, Pops and Gram.

Where did the year go?

I was looking through some old photos the other day and found this one of me taken a year ago. Remember this picture? It was the first picture ever taken of me! I was really a little peanut!

Well, I've had quite the growth spurt this year, going from 2.5 inches long to 25 inches long and from 1/2 an ounce to almost 15 pounds! At this rate, I'll be over 20 feet tall and 450 pounds this time next year! We might need to get a bigger carseat...

I'm a Bum Genius...are you?

For about 3 months now, we've been using Bum Genius reusable pocket diapers at home and WE LOVE THEM! We started off with just a couple to try them out along with another brand. Then, I got on the internet and ordered a bunch more! Hooray for keeping disposables out of the landfills!

My only concern...isn't "Bum Genius" just a nice way of saying "Smart @$$"?

Who knew diapers could be so pretty?

The hardest part is choosing which one I want to wear next!

I'd like the orange one, please!Now the only thing left to do is to start filling them!

I'll spare you the pictures, but trust me when I say that after I get done with it, the inside of the diaper isn't quite as pretty as the outside...

6 months already?

Can you believe it? I'm already 6 months old!

On my 6-month birthday, Mom and Dad threw me a half birthday party. In the spirit of celebrating only half-heartedly, they only sang half of the "Happy Birthday" song to me and didn't light the candle on my cupcake. I can't wait until my 1-year birthday this September when we can do it all over again in its completeness!! Here are some pictures of the big event. It's weird, really. By the end of the party, there was cupcake on my back.

Hey Mom, I'm about to eat some chocolate cupcake...

Oops! I missed my mouth!

At my 6 month check-up on Friday, I was 25 inches tall (25th percentile), weighed 14 pounds, 10 ounces (25th percentile), and my head was 16 inches around (10th percentile). I'm starting to eat oatmeal now, mixed with applesauce! For some odd reason, Zoli's not nearly as interested in that as he was my tuna fish cereal.

February 2009

First of all, I want to apologize for not updating my blog in over a month. For the record, I was not grounded from the internet. It's just that I started reading this ABC book and simply COULD NOT put it down until I finished it. The suspense was just killing me! It turns out that Z was for Zebra. Who knew!?!?Anyway, here is a summary of what I did in February 2009...

It snowed a lot here in upstate New York. In fact, it's snowing right now as I type this. I got to go outside one day and get a closer look at it.

"Twas the week before cereal..."
One day in early February, Mom and Dad told me that they were going to give me some cereal that weekend. As the days grew closer, I grew more and more excited. We went to the store and picked out some colored spoons, we dug out the wide assortment of bibs that people had sent us, and "visions of cocoa puffs danced in my head." Yep, that's right. I don't know about you, but when I think "cereal", I think Cocoa Puffs, Lucky Charms, Cap'n Crunch, Fruit Loops, or Cookie Crisp. Well, apparently Mom and Dad have been watching Saturday morning commercials on some other planet, because not only did this cereal not have any marshmallows in it, it was definitely NOT kid-tested. It turns out that what they were planning on feeding me is what adults call "rice cereal" and it's not even close to Rice Krispies either. It's more like "rice smooshies". What's more is that the rice cereal has tuna oil in it which contains DHA to help support brain and eye development. That's right everyone, they are feeding me tuna fish cereal. Well, you can probably guess what my reaction to this was, but here are the pictures of the big event to sum it all up.

And sorry Mom and Dad, but because of the DHA in the cereal, the more of this stuff you feed me, the more I'm able to see and know how gross the stuff really is.

Hey - remember my Little Bit onesie? It must have shrunk in the wash because I put it on the other day, and check it out!

Yep, somewhere in the middle of February, I went from a little baby to a little lady. I have gotten so big and have been really enjoying wearing all of my bigger clothes that I never thought I'd be able to wear. I just love this little dress!

I rolled over from my front to my back sometime in late January, however, Mom and Dad have yet to be able to catch it on video. So far, all we have is about 10 minutes of video of me laying on my belly crying while mom chants at me "Roll over! Roll over!" like I'm some sort of dog. And we are NOT posting that online. In fact, I've got to find some way to "accidentally" tape over it before I start dating.

I have been enjoying Tummy Time a lot more these days. I had no idea that the bottom of my jungle was decorated, too!

To celebrate my Swedish heritage (I'm 1/16 Swedish afterall), Gram and Pops got Mom and Dad a Baby Bjorn for Christmas and we've been using it a lot. We even went for a walk with it one warmish February day. I'm enjoying the fact that I'm big enough to face out of it now so I can see more than just my mom's neck. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice neck...a 1/8 Swedish neck even, but...well, it's still just a neck.
And finally, some more pictures of me simply enjoying my first February.