Hi everybody. There's a lot going on in my life right now. Yesterday I went to Da-da's office parking lot to drive my car. Aunt Holly gave me the car for Christmas. I love the car. I sit on it and push the button and then I jolt forward, and that makes me laugh, so I do it again and again. I've been jolting all around the house for days. Now why did I have to go to the parking lot for driving yesterday? Well because da-da says no more driving in the house and because my backyard is so small my car doesn't fit back there, but there's also another reason, but I'll get to that in a minute. First take a look at me on my car....



So you are probably wondering why da-da says no more driving in the house...well there it is! See those scratches on the floor. When I crash into something and then push the button to make the car go it makes the wheels go round and round and for some reason those funny marks get on the hard wood floor. Da-da said to tell Aunt Holly thanks. So Thanks aunt holly. I don't know why da-da got so mad, because I think the scratches look neat. Ma-me made a video of me driving my car on the roof top parking lot, and a video of me and my new pet bird, but she's having trouble posting videos for some reason, so check back later for that.

After driving the car, I played a new game I made up. It's called the climb-over-the-curb game. The rules are you climb over the curb, and then when you get to the other side you stand up, walk back to the other side, the side you started on, and then you climb over the curb again, and you do this over and over. And if you get real good at it, you can move to another curb. The best part about the-over-the-curb-game is usually when you find a curb, there are lots of other curbs you can try out.

look at the beautiful sunset we saw from da-da's work rooftop. After driving and the-over-the-curb game we went home and while da-da cooked lobster and crab fettucini, i played put the bowl on your head game. Then the bowl became a hat and i wore it around the house until "baf" time. Oh and i have new tricks...turns out i'm very strong and can push my highchair and the bar stool all around the house. i'm very proud of myself. The other thing I do is I call da-da da-da, but I also call him EO. For some reason ma-me! calls him EO! So now when she yells EO! up the stairs, I'll join her and yell EO! up the stairs too.

Drummer Boy (19months)

Boy did I surprise Ma-me! today when she walked into the kitchen and caught me "unloading" the dishwasher (the dirty dishwasher). When I saw her looking at me, I smiled real big and showed her what I could do. I put all the knives and forks (the dirty knives and forks) in the knives and forks drawer. And then when I had all the knives and forks (the dirty knives and forks) in the drawer (with the clean ones) I shut the drawer. I'm just like Ma-me! I also can place a chia pet thingie that aunt holly gave me on a green plate the na-na gave me and walk around the house with it. I'm a very talented little fellow. I'm also a very sick little fellow. I have a very bad cold. So does ma-me! and da-da. We're all feeling bad. Right now I'm sitting in ma-ma's lap and tapping her nose and saying nose. See how smart I am. No pictures today. Ma-me is flying to New York today and has to get ready for work. but she got a new camera for Christmas so rest assured, new pictures will be posted soon. :)

Merry Christmas!

LOOK! It was Merry Christmas to me day! My own special Merry Christmas day today because ma-me! has to work during the holidays. See all my toys. I got so many I couldn't figure out which one to play with first!










This is what grandpapoo and nana got me....cooking stuff! Because I love to cook. It goes with my brand new kitchen that da-da still has to set up.











Remember how much fun I have with da-da playing the drums....

Well now I have my very own drum set! And check out my rocker do.

And look what aunt Holly gave me! Can you believe it! My very own car. A guy couldn't ask for more.

Wear your PJ's to school day

Today is wear your PJ's to school day, and that's exactly what I did, with my socks and sneaks. It's a special day today, because santa is going to visit me and all my friends at school and we're having a big party with singing and dancing and maybe even cookies! Oh, and I have two new teeth. That's why I'm chewing on the coat hangar.

Yummy

Wow, oranges taste good! And so does tomato soup. Look at me, I can feed myself with a spoon now. Sure, the soup gets all over me, and the floor, but mmm...it's so yummy. In fact, it's so good, I say, "MMMMMM" with every bite.

Playing with Auntie Holly

Buh-bye Layla, Buh-bye!

Playing with Layla

Playing in the leaves

TEXAS

Hello, everybody. I've been very busy these days. Ma-me, da-da, and I flew Texas last week to see my Great Grandpa, Na-na and grandpapoo. It was a very fun and exciting weekend. Here I am with my Great Grandpa George. My name is Cosmo George, so Grandpa George and I share the same name, and a fondnest for spaghetti pie, and taking an hour to eat the spaghetti pie. Spaghetti pie is soooo good. See Great Grandpa George letting me pet his deer. I really liked that dear. It didn't bite, like Ga-ga, and it didn't meow, either, even though I meowed at it. It was a very nice deer.

Look at me playing in the leaves. We don't have leaves where I live. We don't even have grass. All we have in California is cement and sand, so it was so much fun when Da-da raked the leaves in a pile and then showed me how to kick them around. It was also fun raking. And sweeping. I'm a really good sweeper.





Here I am taking a walk with da-da to see the chickens that aren't really chickens. They flew away before we could get too close.












That's my Great Grandpa George's tree. I think it might be the biggest tree I've ever seen. Next time you see my da-da, ask him what he saw in the tree. The thing he saw gave him nightmares. What gave me nightmares were the cows. There were so many of them! I didn't really care so much about the cows. Not as much as Da-da, who kept wanting to pull over on the side of the road and point them out. Me, I liked the deer on great grandpa's wall better. My na-na was really scared of that cow in the picture. She kept telling Da-da and me to get back in the car. She thought it was getting mad. It doesn't look so mad.



It was sad saying "buh-bye"to my Great Grandpa George, but we had to get back on the road drive back to Dallas. It was a really long drive for a guy like me. But once we got to Dallas things got better. When I saw the city lights I said, "Wow" just like I do when Ma-me turns on the Christmas tree.

Here is my cousin Layla. She's gotten so big. I like her this big because she's more fun to play with. I gave her rides in the walker by pushing her from behind, and while I pushed her around the living room I said buh-bye over and over. I also kissed and hugged her. A lot. I think Ma-me and Da-da got jealous. A lot. And then Aunt Holly gave me this really cool toy that I can talk into that makes my voice sound really funny. And REALLY loud. Da-da just loves that toy.

Look at me chasing after Layla. She's a fast runner in that contraption. I can't wait until she gets out of that thing and can run for real. I played the mommy monster game with her. Grandpapoo is a pretty good game player, too. We played the pull on my pants so I can't run away game. I loved that game. Grandpapoo took me on a walk. It was fun. I can't wait to go back to Texas to see my family and eat corn dogs and spaghetti pie.

On the phone - 18 months

Palm Springs

This weekend the family and I were on the road...

Here I am at an animal refuge in Palm Springs. Da-da loves birds. I don't know why. When I saw that bird sitting on a perch, I told it to "get down!" It didn't listen. So I kept telling it to "get down!" It still didn't listen, so I called it "Bad!"








Look, that's me in front of a really big cat. I called it "Gah-gah" because it kind of looked like my Gah-gah at home. I even meowed at it, but he didn't care about my meowing, or my banging on the glass window, so we moved on to the giraffes.

This is me and da-da on a walk, a very looonnng walk. My legs got too tired so I sat down in the sand so da-da would pick me up. Instead he put me in the stroller.

When we got home, I gave da-da and ma-me! a really big surprise. I ate an orange. It was so good. I really really like oranges. They make my lips pucker up like a blow fish, which makes Ma-me! and da-da laugh. The best part about eating oranges is you can lick them. A lot. Sometimes I bite them and that makes me pucker up even more.

Breakfast with Jess

This is my girl, Jess, the prettiest girl in town. This morning we had breakfast together. She's a real good eater, unlike me. She ate eggs, bacon, and toast. All I had was a bottle of milk.

And here are my future inlaws.... I think they like me.

This is a picture of the prettiest little beach bunny I've ever seen.

Here I am telling her I'm going to kiss her....

She laughed so hard when I tried to kiss her, I didn't get the kiss. Oh well, there's always next time...

My future wife

This is my future wife Jessica. She came over for dinner tonight. We had so much fun playing together. She has the blondest hair and bluest eyes I've ever seen. Isn't she pretty! After we played we ate pizza for dinner. Ma-me! couldn't believe how much I ate tonight. I was just trying to impress Jessica. After pizza we played some more. Here she is on my stairs. I taught her how to go up and down. She was really good at going up and down. In fact, she may have been better than me. Look at me trying be cool as I play hard to get. It didn't work.

Here we are on the steps. Up and down we went. I think she really liked my steps.

Here I am serenading her with a song. If I say A, Jessica will say B. She's pretty AND smart.

And here I am showing her my plastic green thingie. She really liked it. I think she liked me, too.

Here I am with her cool sippy cup. I liked it because it had a straw. Jessica is a real good sharer. Me, not so good. Notice I've taken off my pants. I'm trying to impress her with my strong muscular thighs. Tomorrow I'm going to meet Jessica for breakfast on the beach. I can't wait.

CRAZY SANTA

Ma-me! was wrong, Santa didn't come on a firetruck, he came escorted by police, lots and lots of police. The best part was when the police yelled out really loud, SANTA'S COMING, and all the kids came running outside and there were so many lights, and so many kids and everyone yelled Santa's coming, Santa's coming, and I ran so fast and yelled along with all my neighbors. I had no idea I even had so many neighbors. Especially ones under two feet tall. It was all so very exciting. The running and yelling and lights was even more exciting than Santa himself. Da-da kept saying he was excited to see his tax dollars at work...whatever that means

Look, there's me and Santa! I didn't tell him what I wanted for Christmas because I didn't really like him very much. His big white beard scared me. Though, I did like the neighbors dog. He licked me all over my face.

LIGHTING THE CHRISTMAS TREE

This is my be-U-tiful tree. When Ma-me! lights it at night, I always say, "Wow!" because it's just so pretty. Ma-me! and I decorated last night. It was fun. Every time Ma-me! put an ornament on the tree, I took it off. That's why we only have half of a decorated tree. Yesterday I learned a new phrase, my first sentence. I'm just like Ma-me! I say, "get down!" whenever Ga-ga jumps on the TV. I also say it when Ga-ga is not on the TV. To tell you the truth, I just like saying it all the time. Tonight Santa is going to visit me. He's coming to town on a big red firetruck and he's going to make a quick stop on my street! I can't wait.