Visit from Papa

Grandpa came to visit me for about 4 days, and man do I love my grandpa! He teaches me all sorts of 'tricks' that mommy doesn't appreciate, but I just can hardly wait to see what he has up his sleeve when I see him. Playing toys with Grandpa is my favorite thing to do.

Grandpa taught me how to 'hit the deck' as he likes to call it while I was waiting for mommy to make my food. We thought it was SO funny to pound on the table and highchair while we were waiting for food. My mommy didn't seem to find it so funny. She especially doesn't care for the fact that I still do it even though Grandpa isn't visiting anymore.

Grandpa let me play in his car one day. I thought that was so cool, he even turned the radio on for me so I could jam out while I was pretending to drive. He's pretty picky about his car, so I felt special when he let me play in it.

One day Grandpa helped daddy trim trees in our yard. I obviously needed to help and see what was going on. My favorite part was jumping in the branches and leaves when they were done cutting.

On the day that Grandpa left, we enjoyed one last doughnut together. Every morning Grandpa would share his doughnut with me, and I loved it. Thanks for coming to visit Grandpa, I had a blast!

Week at the lake

Okay, so I know it's been awhile, and I've been a horrible blogger lately! My mommy just changed jobs, so that caused us to fall behind. Now that everything is all settled, we hope to send updates more often. Back in August we went to spend a few days with Grandpa and Grandma Ploeger and then out to Ottertail lake for a week with the Owens side of the family. I had a good time at the cabin, but I came down with the flu while I was there and was sick for most of the time which was a drag. Mommy and Daddy even had to take milk away from me because it was upsetting my tummy so much. I got to drink soy milk for 2 weeks and it was yummy. Here are a few pictures from my week!

I got to help Grandma snap beans. I didn't really understand the concept, and kept eating the raw green beans. Grandma thought I was so funny. I loved playing in the lake water!

I thought it was so fun and loved to splash!

I also enjoyed the sand. I even ate a little bit, but mommy didn't care for that too much. Oops, sorry mommy.

One night I got to help the grownups play beanbags. I didn't really like their rules, so I just kept picking the bags up and putting them in the hole.

There was plenty of playtime at the lake, my favorite thing to do was tackle daddy.

These are all my cousins on my daddy's side...Brady, Alison, me and Hunter. What a nice looking bunch, huh?

Uncle Jake kept taking me for rides on the floatie. I giggled every time because I thought it was so fun.

Every night mommy and daddy took me for a walk on the dock. I had very specific rules of holding their hands the entire time though. I guess the deep water is off limits at my age.

That's all for now! I promise to blog more often :)

Remembering Carrie

Saturday was a big day for me. Mommy, Daddy and I attended the "Carrie on 6K" memorial walk. Carrie used to watch me at daycare, but was in a car accident last December. I don't really remember her since I was so little, but mommy tells me that Carrie loved to play with me during the day. The walk was to help us remember her, and over 400 people showed up!

Mommy pushed me in the stroller and we walked with my friend Brady from daycare and his mommy. Here's us at the start of the race. Brady and I had already convinced my mommy to dig out the snacks :) You will notice that daddy isn't in the walking pictures. He was busy volunteering at the race, so he didn't walk with us. We saw him on one of the corners during the race though!

About a mile into the race, I started getting very crabby. Mommy didn't tell me that it would be 85 degrees, during my nap time, and boring! I made quite a scene for about 15 minutes, but finally passed out because I was so tired. I missed the rest of the race, but that's okay.

Here's mommy and me finishing up the race. We were all tired and much warmer than when we started! But, after 3.7 miles, we were done! I finally woke up from my nap too, and got to play with some other friends from daycare.

After the race, everyone got to take a balloon and release it up into the air for Carrie. The best part was that you got to write a message for Carrie to read. After seeing all these people show up to remember Carrie, I really wish I could have gotten to know her more. We miss you Carrie!