Grandma O visit

Hi all,
Sorry I've been silent for so long. We've been busy and gone.

Grandma Obyc visited this week. We had a blast at the zoo and playing. Here are a few pics:

album of Grandma O visit 8/2007

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Week

Great week! Thanks to my walking skills, I’m able to get in a lot more trouble and experience many new firsts … including bumps and bruises.
Monday – got my first fat lip (a spill in the hallway)
Tuesday – got my first chin abrasion (a spill in the park)
Saturday – got a little bump on my forehead (a spill in my bedroom)
I truly feel like I’m becoming a little boy (instead of just being a baby). For the record, these spills were my fault – what can I say, I’m a bit of a daredevil.

Had a fun time w/ Uncle Ballinger. Too bad he had to split. (in the pics, look closely my Neosporin-covered bump.)

My vocabulary is growing, and Daddy just taught me a gesture that will be very important in coming months … touchdown!

In honor of mommy ...

I see the gators and I say Boooooooooooo!

Big props to Aunt Erika.
She hosted a sweet pizza party on Saturday, and I probably ate a bona-fide adult-size portion. Not only that, she let us take some leftovers so I could have a small snack on Sunday and piece for dinner on Monday. Nice.

JB

Jeff is coming to visit this week. Look at these cool photos from last week!

Joe McKnight (#4), Marc Tyler (#26) and two Clay Matthews (sr. and #46)

Bad habit and weekend

Ok, I have my first bad habit – calling daddy “Bill”.

Fun weekend. I spent most of it 1) running around the house (yes, I mean taking laps) 2) saying "uh oh", my favorite phrase, 3) roaring like a lion and 4) pleasing my parents by pointing on command to my nose, hair, ear, etc.

On Friday, Adriana took me to the zoo – I loved seeing the penguins and the lion, but my favorite part was the petting area. Thumbs up on everything except for the goose. Check the pics.

Sunday, we went to the new park in Golden Gate Park. It was cool to roam around, climb up the stairs, the zoom down the slide.

For dinner, mom made some pasta w/ marinara sauce. OMG – it was awesome. You would have been amazed at how much I ate.

Ask me “Como hace lion?” and I will tell you.

Zoo album

photos from Tahoe

Tahoe album 8/2007

Does it look like I like bbq?

Random updates

- jumping, but only in espanol. You say "jump" and I'll do nothing. You say "brinca" and I'll jump. I can't quite get off the ground yet, but I'm trying. :)
- copying you. You stretch your arms, I'll do it too.
- getting up on my own. (don't need to use a chair, couch, or anything else. I stand and go.)

Education. In a mere 25 months, I'll be going to pre-school. Luckily, I've already submitted my application at Pacific Primary pre-school in hopes of enrolling in Sept 2009!

Misc takes: Swordfish is yummo. We should eat more bbq. Dad makes a good vegetable medley in the wok.

Tahoe

Spent a fun weekend in Tahoe. Highlights included:

- Swimming! well, sort of swimming. I know how to kick and splash, but my big breakthrough was putting my head underwater. While I can't hold my breath or avoid drinking a little water, I was not crying or fussing when dunked. In fact, my parents would sit me on the ledge and I loved falling right in (knowing they would pull me right up.)
- seeing a deer sprint in front of our car
- roaming in a house that is not babyproofed.
- almost seeing a brown bear. Dad spotted it below our balcony but it left before I could get outside. very ironic that I was reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" the day before our Tahoe trip.

My newest accomplishment is repeating what I hear. One of my favorite phrases is "Uh oh"

Walking

No doubt about it, I’m walking. And I'm quite pleased about it.