Moving

We're all moved into the new house... well at least all moved out of the old house. I've got a HUGE room now that I've already littered with toys. Eventually we'll get an internet connection so Mommy can post all the fun moving pictures and me dressed up for Halloween. "Trick or Treat!" Yummy candy!!

Demo

We've spent a lot of time at the new house destroying things. We've had the house two weeks and mananged to tear up all the carpet (it was UGLY), remove the paint from the stairs, tear down two closets and a wall, in the process of refinishing the hardwood floors upstairs and have no floors downstairs. Its been a busy couple of weeks.

Here's one of the closets, leftover furniture (that was REALLY HEAVY, but fun to climb on), and the original hardwood floors that were covered.



Daddy tore out the closet because it was poorly constructed out of aluminum struts. Here he's working on tearing down the wall as well. I tried really hard to keep up with the mess he was making... but he was just too fast!



Here's a picture of the outside of the house... which needs to be painted a new color... at some point.

Update

So... Mommy lost her charger for her camera battery - which means no pictures. But we do have lots of news. The thing that Mommy and Daddy are excited about is that we bought a house! Someday, we'll be moving... once they fix it up. Pictures will eventually follow (once we find that cord...)

The thing I'm excited about is that its the beginning of fall. To me that means that I get to jump in puddles!! I've managed to completely soak myself and a bit of Mommy's pants twice. It is SO much FUN!! Apparently, Mommy & Daddy should have invested in those rainboots. :-)

No More Monkeys

No more monkeys jumping on the bed... good thing I'm jumping on the couches. Here's me just goofing around.

Cali 7: Back again

Finally we made it back home after a great trip to California. Again, I was good on the 5+ hour flight across country. I passed out for about 2 hours and then happily watched Moo and Baby and then Baby Fishy (aka Finding Nemo).



Now I'm home with my Choo Choo backpack (Thomas the Train) and Dora bag (Thanks Auntie Mesu!) . I also know lots of new words including "Dancing Party", "b*t@%", "Grandpa", "Grandma", "Happy Birthday", and many many more. Thanks everyone in Cali for playing with me, teaching me, and well having fun. Hugs.

Cali 6b: The Wedding

The wedding was beautiful. For Northern California, or really anywhere, the weather was perfect. I was worried because Mommy cheaped out and didn't buy me a matching sweater for my dress, but no need.



The wedding started off well by providing bubbles. The bubbles were supposed to be for the end of the ceremony, but I couldn't wait and got all the kids blowing bubbles before the wedding. We all got to chase after the bubbles at the end of the wedding too.



The wedding was held in a Dahlia garden in my honor. The flowers were pretty and all, but I got lost in the garden; they were so BIG!



They even provided good munchies. Too bad Mommy & Daddy made me clean my hands before giving Auntie Ea a hug!




I ended up doing a pretty good job with my flower girl duties. I walked perfectly down the aisle (and here walking back down the aisle with Daddy).



But I decided that the petals the older girls threw really were messy and needed to be cleaned up. There were a lot of petals to put back into my basket.




After cleaning up, Daddy and G'pa Jim and I started the dancing early.




It was a great wedding. I hope I didn't screw it up too much by yelling "Auntie Ea" in the middle of the ceremony (twice).... he hee. Congrats Uncle Jesse and Auntie Ea!!

Cali 6a: Gorgeous

I don't know why I was so cranky. The weather was gorgeous...



Auntie Ea was gorgeous...



And I was of course gorgeous.

Cali 5: Going North

So I was great on the 5 hour flight from DC to LA. We were in business class so I had lots of room to play and watch Moo and Baby (that's what I call Monsters Inc.) I was not so good on the 1 hour flight from LA to San Fran. I think it was because I was afraid of the fog...



I was a little nervous about my flower girl duties as well.

Cali 4: Relaxation

After a crazy busy weekend, we relaxed for a while until we headed up north to see Daddy's family. We went back to the park and hung out in G'pa and G'ma's newly renovated backyard. Good work G'pa Ken!



I could play with bubbles for HOURS!!

Cali 2a: Family

On the second day of my trip to California, we went to hang out with all of Mom's crazy family at Auntie Jan's house. I already knew the Poehls family tradition of eating olives off of your fingers. However, there was much more to learn. I got to practice throwing balls and learned to roll them down couch cushions (and incidentally learned to tear apart furniture).






Cousin Caroline taught me basic survival skills: how to text and how to play music on a cell phone. Mommy & Daddy are thrilled.




And of course, we went swimming. I blew bubbles and nearly mastered the froggy kick.