new shoes!

in the words of paolo nutini - "i put some new shoes on, and suddenly everything is right!"

hello again! so, we finally went shoe shopping for some "real" shoes (with a big, clunky sole, of course) to replace my nice soft "baby" shoes. and i really like them! they're a lot better for playing outside, climbing at the playground, and just walking in general. mommy says i still don't have to wear shoes when we run errands (if i won't be walking myself), but any time i'll be doing the walking, i now have some big boy shoes to do it in. :) yahoo! here's some pictures of the first time i walked in them... i like to navigate this tiny "step" in our garage because it's actually a step i can do by myself!

okay, enough shoe pictures for now. they're really not that exciting, but mommy thinks they're so cute because they're so little!! she wishes i would stay this size forever (but still learn to talk and potty train and all that)... :)

i guess the shoes are the big excitement around here (we don't get out much!). here i am sitting in a plastic bin (another one mom took to show how little i am still - she's holding on to my "little-ness" as long as she possibly can because she knows one day we're all going to wake up and i'll be taller than her!)...

here i am kissing the "baby" in a mirror on one of my toys (from aunt mandy!). that baby is so cute!

and here's me and daddy last saturday morning hanging out in our pj's... (note - fashionable recliner still for sale! priced to move!)

ooh - and here's my new jacket! normally we don't get this excited about new "stuff" (because it all gets drooled on anyway!) but mommy loved this jacket since - you guessed it - it's so little! i keep telling her i'm a big boy now, but she loves how i can wear big people things that are still in little people sizes. very fun. anyway, i think it's rained in austin about 4 times my whole life, so i don't foresee myself wearing this a bunch, but just in case we find outselves at a beach or something, i'll be ready. :)

i apologize for all these pictures of me not really doing anything very exciting. i think it was a combination of the hood and the angle of these photos and mommy made me put them up here because she keeps saying she could almost eat me and she wants people to see why...

okay, enough of that. :) one of my favorite games is still "peek-a-ben" and here i am playing it with daddy and mommy while hiding in my closet...

where's ben?

peek-a-ben!!

that provides several consecutive minutes of entertainment nearly every day!! and when we get bored being inside, we usually take a ride in my birthday wagon (from SELT - thank you!).

it's more fun than my stroller and allows me to really stretch out and relax - note my arm over the edge and foot up on the cup holder! (photo courtesy of daddy's phone.)

since it's been hot here this week, i got to wear shorts and a t-shirt for the first time in a really, really long time! mommy snapped these to fight off the urge to start munching on my arms and legs (whew - close call, though!).

okay, sorry if this blog wasn't as exciting as usual. things are really good and we're just enjoying being outside and having fun together. ooh - also, i can say "ball" and "look" now and am working on adding more words to my verbal repertoire (clearly i'm doing fine with my written words). :) hope everyone else is doing good too and i'll talk to you again soon! bye!