Sesame Place Aug 2008

This summer we took a trip to this amazing place with a whole bunch of characters walking around that I recognize from TV. The place was called Sesame Place and I got to see Ernie, Bert, Elmo and Big Bird up close!!! It was so cool. We went swimming in Big Bird's Birdbath and flew on some airplanes. I had so much fun with Emmy, Jake and Giacomo. I hope we can go back again soon....

Summer 2008

This summer has been absolutely amazing and full of lots of fun things we did. I spent a LOT of time in the pool since I love the water so very much. Its a lot colder than the bath tub, when its so hot outside I really love it. I have my very own pool in our backyard that I play in all the time, but we also go to the 'big boy' pool in our neighborhood a lot, too. I know I am going to be a good swimmer when I am a little older, I can feel it. I am so good at kicking my feet and making lots of splashes. I even try to put my face in the water (but then I get scared so I pretend I dont I like it). Poppi comes over and takes me to the big boy pool and throws we up in the sky and I love love love it. It is so much fun to just be outside and run around. One of my favorite things to do in the backyard is hit the baseball with the bat (with my daddy's help). He's rally good at it, and I know I will be too. My other very best favorite thing to do is kick the ball (any ball I can find) all around - like I am playing every position on a soccer field. Everyone tells me I am so good at that, so maybe I'll play on a team when I am big boy. Barbara even helps me climb on the rock wall on my play set. Its really hard but one day I'll be able to do it all by myself.

Here are a few pictures of my summer experiences:

So freakin adorable...in that devilish way

This posting is out of order (chronilogically) but I had to show you this side of me - I was 10 months old in this pic and as they say, a picture's worth 1000 words:

My First Birthday

On June 19, I turned 1 year old. I started walking just before my birthday (mommy and daddy were so proud)!! It seems that everyone was so excited to celebrate my birthday because we had a bunch of different parties with lots and lots of balloons that I absolutely loved to play with. One was on my special day with just mommy, daddy, titi, emmy, uncle and nonni, another was with all my friends and the music lady (aka the friend party) and another was with all of mommy and daddy's family (aka the family party). At the music party, we sang all sorts of great songs by Music Together and play instruments real, real loud!!! We gathered in our basement and got to play and run around during the music part. It was so hot outside that day, but we still got to go out in the backyard and run around. I think I liked that part more than the adults!! At our family party, Uncle Tom, Aunt Betsy, Grandma and my cousins Brandon and Colin from Rochester were able to come and play.

Here are a few of my favorite pics from the celebrations.