I Am Nine Months Old!

I am ten months old today!

April Fool's! I am only nine months old. See?

It is just like me to play an April Fool's joke, because I am becoming quite the little jokester. Here I am being silly:

And here I am with a wacky hairstyle.

I like joking around with Dad the best. He and I have a lot of inside jokes. Sometimes, I just look at him and laugh.

Of course, it's not all fun and games! I also like to grocery shop. When I do my grocery shopping, I try to make as many friends as possible by waving and smiling at everyone I see.

I also love going out to eat! Here I am out to lunch with some of Mommy's friends from college. Just me and the girls!

And here I am at Cracker Barrel.

I got to go to Cracker Barrel because Mommy and I went on a big road trip this month. We went to the Smoky Mountains with my aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents. Here is the view from the top of the mountain where we stayed.



I had so much fun hanging out with my family. Here are a bunch of pictures from the trip.

I even got to go on a tour of The Biltmore, which was very fancy!

While I was in the mountains, I was playing with my turtle and wearing my turtle outfit, so I said "Turtle"! 

Here is a video of me saying turtle, ("dur-dur").

That's not the only new trick I'm learning these days! Here I am "blowing kisses". I'm still learning...

And here I am discovering gravity.

Fascinating!

I was so excited to celebrate Easter this month. Here I am dyeing Easter Eggs at my Great Grandmom Rickey's house.

And here I am enjoying some Easter goodies from my grandparents.

To celebrate Easter, we went to church on Saturday night. Before church, we took a whole bunch of pictures. Here are some of the pictures:

On Sunday, I got an Easter Basket and I went to a party with my big New Jersey family. It was a fun day!

It was great catching up with you! I will check back in next month, when I am ten months old (for real this time, no fooling).

Love,
Estie

I Am Eight Months Old!

I'm two thirds! Here are some highlights from my eight month photo shoot:

So much has happened this month, I don't even know where to begin! We celebrated Valentine's Day, and Mommy and I got flowers from Daddy. Mommy's were pink and mine were yellow.

I got all dressed up for Valentine's Day.

  

And I enjoyed spending time with my very first Valentine, Daddy.

Daddy's really great, but I'm sort of hoping that next year, the baby model from the Carter's catalog will want to be my Valentine. Isn't he dreamy?

Mommy thinks it's funny that I think the baby from the magazine is cute, but Daddy doesn't. Whenever Mommy mentions it, he makes a serious face like this.

                                  

Anyway, I'm a very hungry girl these days.  I like to go grocery shopping for all of my favorite foods.

                                   

I love to eat green beans, peas, oatmeal with bananas, broccoli, peaches, and lots of other stuff! 

                                   

My very favorite food is avocados. (It used to be sweet potatoes, but not anymore!) Here I am with avocados all over my face. Yummy!

Now that I am eight months old, I have lots and lots of hobbies, like:

- Playing with gadgets...

                                   

- Jumping in my jumperoo...

- Looking at stuff from an upside down perspective...

                                

- Playing peekaboo...

- And reenacting movies. Here I am doing "Weekend At Bernie's"...

                                   

Who knows? Maybe I'll be an actress someday! I do have quite the range. See?

I have learned so many new tricks this month!  Like this one:

I also learned to clap my hands:

Of course, learning tricks is really tiring, so sometimes I just like to chill out.

Or take a nap on Grandmom's lap.

                                 

All of this napping must be making my hair grow. It's getting really long and wild!

Sometimes, if I'm having a bad hair day, I just throw on a hat and head out the door.

Speaking of which, I've got places to go, so I'd better wrap this up. Check back soon for another month of adventures!

Love,
Estie

I Am Seven Months Old!

Lucky seven! Seven is Daddy's favorite number AND it's how many months old I am. Here are the highlights from my seven month photo shoot, which was also my Valentine's day photo shoot. (You know, for efficiency reasons.)

I am growing faster than ever and doing so many new things. This month, Mommy and I went to Itsy Bitsy time at the library. I got to play with the other babies and learn songs. We played with the bubbles, parachute, and even the maracas! I loved it and I am definitely going to try to get Mommy to take me again.

Here is a picture of me and Mommy all ready for class.

And here is a song that we learned at class. It makes me giggle!

Now that I am seven months old, I love music more than ever. Here is one of my favorite songs. Whenever it comes on, I stop what I am doing and smile.

Guess what? I learned to sit up this month! See?

Sometimes I get tired of sitting up, though. So I just fall over and someone is always there to catch me.

Oh, yeah. Daddy turned 30 this month! I think that means that he is 30 months old. Pretty old, huh? Here is a picture of Daddy with his birthday cake.

Here are some pictures of me hanging out with my friend, Daddy.

I love my Daddy! You know what else I love? Playing picnic! Mommy and I have a picnic every day, much to my delight.

What can I say? Life is a picnic!

Maybe once it gets warmer out we can have a real picnic outside. But for right now it is just too cold! Whenever I go outside, I have to bundle up like this:

Even though it is cold out, Mommy and I have still been able to get outside for a little bit to jog. We are hoping to run a few races together this summer, so we have to start training now. I love jogging because it means that I get to go fast! Plus, we usually listen to Disney music while we run. I think the neighbors really like that. Here I am cheering on Mommy while we jog:

That's all of my updates for now.  Check back next month for more of my adventures!

Love,
Estie