I'm on the MOVE! Watch out! ;)

Well, I'm 54 weeks old now, but who's counting. Within this past week, I've really felt how powerful my body and brain have become! I've started to truly explore more of my world around me. (Which keeps Mommy on her toes!) Mommy has been talking about how much she loves watching me play alone with toys (something I have not been interested in doing, until now!) I love to take balls out of my ball-pit and roll them all over the house (I prefer the kitchen, where they roll the furthest!) Balls are so fun! But really, anything that rolls is just mind-bending!
(Looking for my ball that I lost under there hours before)

(Rolling the ball with my pups!)

(Rolling a tractor at the Children's Discovery Museum. I was there for my cousin Edyn's 6th birthday party!)

I'm walking around everything that I can hold onto! I'm not scared to walk, I just can't keep my balance for very long. My best performance comes when I am trying to walk to Daddy. (I want to show him that I am his big boy.) I've walked all the way across the room to him... 9 steps!

(At my friend Inez's 1st birthday party! It was puppy themed... hence my super cool Doberman ears!)

(Trying to walk)

(I prefer a stable object to hold onto...)

I've gotten to try my hand at crawling up some stairs! I first tried out Allison's (Mommy's friend) STEEP steps. Mommy was right there to help, so I wasn't too scared, but when I was 3/4 of the way up I looked back and decided that was where my adventure would end.

Saturday, Mommy let me try out our steps coming up from the basement. Actually, I started going up on my own when Mommy was putting Laundry in.... she immediately saw me (I can't get out of her view for long...) but she let me finish my climb! Climbing the stairs is a lot of fun!

Yesterday, I grabbed the remote off the coffee table and pushed the right bottom! The TV turned right on... just how I like it. ON! Mommy hopes it was just a coincidence... I guess she will just have to wait and see... :)

I'm really looking forward to Halloween! I'm being a puppy dog! Mommy and Daddy are going to take me to the Uptown Normal Trick or Treating if the weather isn't too cold.... or to Eastland Mall, if it is too cold outside! Either way I hear I will get lots of candy for being so cute! I've never had candy before... I do get to eat it right?!?

I LOVE TO EAT! Mommy and Daddy are amazed at how much I'm able to put down, now that I have more teeth! I will eat anything! There is nothing Mommy or Daddy has given me that I haven't devoured. They have been sharing their meals with me now that I am one, but I feel bad because Mommy has to ration her portions, because, as I mentioned, I can put away the food! For example, the other day for breakfast I had a 6 oz bottle of milk, ate my big bowl of oatmeal, followed by two helpings of cheerios, and some of Mommy's freshly baked cinnamon roll! Then, Daddy came upstairs and grabbed a cinnamon roll... I saw it and just HAD TO HAVE SOME! (I've noticed that if someone is eating in front of me... whether I'm hungry or not... I will beg for some, too!) Last week, Mommy and Daddy made two very large boneless-skinless chicken breasts. Mama shared hers with me. I ate 3/4 of it. Sorry Mommy and Daddy... I think you might just have to start making meals big enough for THREE!

Oh yeah, and my favorite word is still DADA! Ok... so it's basically my only word that I can say, but it's still my favorite! I love my DADADADADA! :)

Here's a great family picture... it makes me laugh because Mommy and Daddy both look ridiculous! You can see from my expression I could tell the picture was going to look like this...