Our Little Gonzo

Hi People! I'm back!!

It's hard to believe it has been nearly a month since I've blogged.

I thought we hadn't done too much, just stay home, play and grow.

When Mommy put the pictures on the computer we saw that there were almost 300 pictures since we last blogged! Wow, I guess we HAVE done things! I won't show you all 300 pictures, just some of them. The next month is going to be a busy one, but I'll TRY to update a little more often that I did last month. Ready to see what we've done? Here we gooooooooo.....

I spent a lot of time just being silly.

I get REALLY excited when I see yellow school buses!

Playing with my toys has taken up a lot of my time.

As you can see, I do have a few toys to keep me occupied.

I've also been working on dressing myself.

I've got taking my pants off perfected and now I'm working on putting them back on.

It's hard not to get two legs in one hole! Tricky walking when that happens!

Socks...keeping them on my feet is a chore for Mommy! Sometimes I pull HER socks off and wear them!

Who needs pants when your socks come up to your diaper?

We said "good-bye" to an old friend. Yep, the box finally had to go.

It has been a favorite toy since I first got home from China.

Oh, the thought of throwing this great toy away is just too much!

We went to a parade of lights. We had a great spot to watch the parade...

We got there early.

I was ready to see my first parade!

This nice lady gave me my first pack of parade candy.

Cool! I think I'm going to like parades!

Mmmm! Candy!

Our great viewing spot quickly got overrun by other people who stood in front of us.

Daddy put me on his shoulders, then taller people stood in front of him. So finally I just sat on his head!

We've been working on cleaning up brush from the side yard.

Daddy had a pretty big fire going, didn't he?!

While Daddy was busy tending the fire, I checked the tires and made sure the car was ready for our trip.

We were getting ready to have our family picture taken.

Good thing Mommy decided to see if my shirt fit.

The sleeves were a LITTLE bit short and the shoulders a BIT tight.

Plan B!

Here we are. All three of us together in one picture!

After we got our pictures taken we went to see the Cleft team.

The doctors said that everything looks good, no problems, no food restrictions!

I'm good to go. They'll keep a close check on me, but I'm doing well!

Thanks for all the prayers.

Then we headed out for Delaware.

Daddy had to give a talk at the university out there, so Mommy and I rode along. While he was busy working, we drove out to the inter-coastal waterway to see if we could see any big boats. It was rainy and foggy, but we had a good time anyway.

Nope, no boats in these leaves.

I couldn't see the ship off in the distant fog,

but I had fun looking for it.

Hmmm, I wonder if there are any animals inside the hole in this tree.

I went to the ticket booth to buy a ticket for the train,

but nobody was there.

(New Castle - Frenchtown Railroad c.1832)

The streets were made of rocks.

Mommy said they are called "cobblestone".

Try as I might, I just couldn't pick up any of those rocks that were in the road.

Time to leave the hotel.

Gotta take the important things to the car!

On the way home we went to the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum.

They had toy trains and really big REAL trains.

I even got to sit in the conductor's chair

and wave at the people passing by.

Driving the train with Dad.

This shoveling coal is hard work!

"I've been workin' on the raaaaaaailrooooad..."

"...All the live-long day...."

After we left the railroad museum we headed up to Hershey.

I was sleeping when we arrived, but decided that since

Chocolate is so yummy I would wake up and check it all out!!

Mmmm! I'm glad I did!

We rode on these little cars on an animated tour of how they make chocolate bars.

So many souvenirs to choose from.

I think I'll take one of each!

We saw some really pretty scenery on the drive home.

You've heard the joke about the kid who licked his finger and stuck it into each piece of cake saying "Mine, mine, mine"... Well, this is MY method of claiming all the crackers. One bite out of each pretty much assures nobody else will eat them!