Playdates, Parties, Pics, and ... Pee-Pee?

Playdates and Parties
My friends Grace and Jake came over to play one morning. Jake was still too little to do much, but Grace (who's just a couple weeks younger than me) and I had a grand time playing with my toys.

I definitely have the chihuahua disease -- I think I'm a much bigger doggie than I really am. Anytime we go to playplaces, I'm right there trying to follow my big sister!

Here I am at Hayden's birthday party tackling the gym equipment.

And climbing up anything that's in my path.

No fear!

We met up with Jacob just before the holiays truly hit to play one last time in 2010. It's here I discovered the joy of coins and sticking them into the little slots. Doesn't really matter what happens next; it's the drop that matters, right?

Right here, right?

Roller coaster with Daddy

I'm starting to stand on my own (first startied 12/9) but not really making any forward movement yet. I've taken 2 or 3 steps, but mostly I'm just checking out the view from way up here.

Cute and Funny Faces
Here are just some funny pictures from the month.

Ka-choo!

Messy food pic of the month: blackberries

Cutie-pie

When Daddy dresses me in the morning, he tries to find a coordinating hat and sees how long I'm willing to wear it ... at least long enough to show it off to Mommy and Claire!

This one (yes, for a newborn) makes my head look HUGE!

Oh, and the Pee-Pee? Well, Mommy was noticing that I would wake up in the morning with a dry diaper which was odd since that's 12 hours with no wetting plus the fact that I'm drinking pretty much all night. She was getting a little bit worried thinking maybe I'm dehydrated, but then she also noticed that within 30 minutes of wakng, I would have a HUGE wet diaper. Sooooo, she started putting me on the potty pretty quickly after waking and, voila!, pee-pee in the potty! Crazy, huh? She was definitely more impressed than I am, and it's not something we do everyday, plus even the littlest potty we have is a little big on me, but it's still kind of a cool trick.

I gotta be honest; I don't get what all the cheering is all about

Okay, so there are lots of other pictures in our December album if you want to check them out!