Year one

Wow has it been a hole year already? It seems like only yesterday I was nearing my mommy and daddy for the first time.
I would have to say that it has been an exciting year. I got to do a lot of new things, well actually everything I got to do was new but that is besides the point.

You will be happy to know that my daddy's training is coming along real well, the 8 months that he had at home with me helped a lot. Right now we are working on him trying to get me changed while I move around. Don't tell him that I said this but he is not too good at it but he is getting better.
This year I met both mommy's and daddy's family. It is always fun when I get to see them.
I also have gotten to try lots of new foods my favorite one I think is turkey dinner, it is just so yummy I just can't get enough. I sure hope that we have it again soon.

I have also gotten to meet my two doggies. At first mommy and daddy were not too sure how they were going to react but now they are two of my bestest friends. Nanuk is funny, every day when daddy lets them in after work Nanuk comes running in the back door and runs into the living room looking for me only to come back into the kitchen and find me sitting in my chair. Every day I am in my chair in the same spot but she always runs past me. When she finds me she comes over and gives me a sniff and a kiss and I sometimes give her a little bit of my cookie.
Madison took a little longer to warm up to me. She was not too sure at first but now that I am eating regular food and she has learned that I tend to drop some she has become really friendly at meal times lol. Some times when she is cuddling with daddy on his chair and I come over she grumbles but daddy always tells her to stop and for me to not bug her. It is fun though and I know Madison is just playing around, and Madison even gives me kisses now.

I thought it was going to be scary when daddy went back I work and I had to go to a baby sitter but it has been lots of fun. I am on my second baby sitter, my first one had to move but I still get to see her. She was lots of fun. She has two boys and it was interesting watching them run around and play. Have you ever noticed how loud boys can be? Wow and I don't think that they ever stop. She also has two girls. They used to argue over who was going to help take care of me.
My new baby sitter has 4 boys. Ain't that just crazy? Her oldest is my best friend. I give him smiles when I see him and he gives me a hug when daddy picks me up. I don't get to see them too mug though cuz they go to school (what ever that is but it sounds like fun seeing as just about everyone seems to go there) so for most of the day it is just me and the sitter. She takes me for walks when the weather is good, and we go for car rides sometimes and maybe one day she will take me to her farm and I will get to see the animals.

Also this year I have gotten to try lots of new foods. Do you have any idea how many different ones there are? My daddy does a lot of the cooking, it is a good thing that he is kinda good at it, mommy cooks on her day off and she is good too. I haven't found too many foods that I don't like I seem to like them all. But I would have to say that turkey and ham are my favorite. Though after my birthday with mommy and daddy and then my birthday party I would have to say that birthday cake is up there too.
Mommy picked up a strawberry ice cream cake for my birthday. I wasn't sure what it was cuz it sure didn't look like strawberries but WOW was it ever good. About half way through my pice my hands were getting cold from it but it was just too yummy to stop eating.

This weekend we all went to grandmas house and mommy surprised me with a birthday party. Everyone was there, grandma and my other grandma and grandpa and my great grandma and great grandpa and my other great grandpa and my great aunt and my aunt Tracy and uncle Rob and their 3 girls and my aunt Teri and uncle Sid and aunt April and her tow kids and Jason and Nat and Wrigley. I think that is everyone, sorry if I missed anyone. They got me presents and aunt April brought cake, and guess what? I got a cake all to my self. It wasn't ice cream cake but it was still good. It was chocolate. They put it on my tray and I got to dig I. And did I ever. I used both hands and got most of it in my mouth then got some in my hair, behind my ear, in my ear, in my nose and all over my face, I think it was smart of mommy to take my shirt off first. The I only place I didn't get any was on my chair.
Well I hope you liked hearing about some of my first year. I sure hope the next year is as good.
I should be going now though. Mommy and daddy think I am in bed sleeping, don't tell them that I am up in their room using daddy's phone.
Talk to you later.

How is it going?

Hi every one. It has been a while but I have been busy.
Did you know that I am over 11 months old? Do you know what that means? Can you tell me cuz I don't know. Lol.
I am almost a hole year old. Mommy and daddy are going to have a party at grandmas house, it is going to be a couple of days after my birthday but that is ok cuz it means I get to see my family. And I also get to work on a few things that I am going to show them that I can do. I can't say too much here cuz it is a suprise but it may have something to do with standing. Hehe. Mommy also said I get to have cake all to myself. I can't wait. She said something about ice cream cake not too sure what that is but it sounds yummy.
I have been busy since my last post here. Playing with Nanuk and chasing Madison around the house, it lots of fun. Sometimes I wait for Madison to get up on daddy's lap and lay down then I go over and touch her paw. It is fun and I usually laugh when she grumbles at me then she sits up and leans way back so I can't reach her.
Nanuk is always fun to play with. I will go over to her when she is laying on the couch and pet her but it is lots of fun when daddy gets on the floor and starts getting her to grumbly talk, I always giggle at that. She will do it when daddy lets her in at supper time when we get back from the sitters. Nanuk will normally run past the kitchen table where I am sitting and go into the living room looking for me then come back into the kitchen and grumble at daddy cuz she doesn't know where I am then when she sees me she comes over and says hi.
Madison is even coming over to say hi to me now and she has even learned that I drop food when I eat so Madison has started laying down in the kitchen to wait with Nanuk until I am finished then they both clean up.

Mommy and daddy had to get me a new sitter cuz the one I had needed to move. I miss her but mommy said that when she gets settled in she will take me over there for a visit. I can't wait.
The new sitter I have is real nice. She has a few other kids of her own but they are all at school when I am there so it is just me and her. She also takes me out for walks during the day. And guess what they have. A POOL. I am not too sure what that it but if it is anything like the bathtub or water bowl I am there. Mommy said it was too cold for that yet though. What does mommy know? How does he know it is too cold? I am sure that I could go in it if she would let me, as long as no one tries to wash my hair I will be ok. Silly mommy it has been warmer her too so how can it be too cold? The sitter also said that some time she will take me to their farm so I can see all the cows and things can't wait for that one.

Well this one is taking a few days to write, see what happens daddy when you don't let me have your phone? How am I supposed to keep everyone up to fade if I can never blog? This is why I need my own phone. Hehehe.

Well yesterday was mommy's birthday. She took the day off so I had a mommy and daddy day also grandma and Teri came over on Friday while I was sleeping so I get a surprise when I woke up yesterday. And as if that was not good enough, we all went to Ottawa yesterday. We picked up a foster dog for aunt Nicole at the vet. Then we went to the parliament building and walked around. It was fun seeing all the people around there. Daddy pushed me in my stroller, it is so iChat fun when daddy does that. We went racing around everyone and doing circles around then. At one point just after the RCMP car drove past daddy and I BLASTED through a stop sign. Daddy said it was a good thing that we were on the wrong side of the road.
When we left there we went to meet aunt Nicole. I didn't know we were going to see her. And she had Simba with her. Mommy called him and he came running and jumped on her lap in the car then he came into the back seat with daddy and me. We were dropping off the foster dog at the doggie sitters where Nicole was keeping Simba for the day.
After we dropped off the dogs and has some lunch we went to the agricultural museum. I didn't know what that was before we got there but all I can say about it is that it's lots of fun. The first building we went in to had horses. Do you jibe how big they are? The one I saw there was bigger than I am even when mommy was holding. It was even bigger than daddy. But I was not scared of it and it was friendly. The other horses we saw were not as big as that one. Then we saw some alpacas and then some cows and baby cows. The one little cow was giving kisses through its gate, it kissed daddy's hand then mommy let it kiss my foot. But grandma couldn't get a picture of it.
When we were looking at the black and white cows grandma asked if she could get a picture of me beside one of the cows. Just before she got the picture the silly cow stuck its tongue out and tried to get me. Its a good thing daddy was watching cuz he was able to move my stroller out of the way but the cow just kept sticking it out further and trying to get me. Wow cows sure do have a long tongue. Grandma got a good picture of that one I think. There was another one that was trying to get a drink of water but it let it's water bucket get real full first then splashed its tongue around. It almost got me with the splashing and then it was getting the cow beside it with the water. That made me smile.
After that excitement we went to another barn and got to see where all the baby's are. We saw baby pigs. They are so small when they lay beside their mommy. Then we got to see the real small cows. Some of them we couldn't touch cuz they were only a couple of days old but some of them we could. There was another one there that was giving daddy kisses but then it would try to nibble on him. It got his pants and his jacket. Both daddy and I laughed at that.
Before we left there for the day we went into one last place. We got to learn all about honey bees. They are a lot friendlier than I thought and if you don't bug then than they won't bug you. Also with out then we would not have apples or strawberries or anything like that or even honey. Though I haven't had any honey yet mommy says I can have some after I turn one. I can't wait.
The last place we went into was the tractor museum. This was mine and daddy's favorite part. And I got to have fun that daddy didn't. There was a tractor there that you could drive, like a video game but you sit in an actual tractor and it moves. I went in it with aunt Nicole that is why daddy didn't do it with me. It was so much fun. I was smiling at everyone below me and steering and I even tried honking the horn. Mommy was saying that there was a lady watching who was surprised that I was as young as I am, she thought I was older. Daddy did get to take me on one that showed the difference between steel wheels and rubber wheels. That was lots of fun. The rubber wheels were ok but the steel ones were funny. They go bouncy bouncy, shaky shaky all over the place. It was a little harder to steer that one but I did. Aunt Nicole, aunt Teri and mommy made it hard though, they kept standing in front or the tractor taking pictures. And I think daddy needs to have a look at it, I think there is something wrong with the steering, I would turn the steering wheel and the tractor would not turn. Then I tried to honk the horn to get them to move out of the way and wouldn't you know it the horn doesn't work. I don't know who they have working on those tractors there but maybe they need my daddy to do it. Lol.
After all that we went out for supper then went home. Everyone was tired. I was not feeling good, I have a little cold, so I got to sleep with mommy and daddy.
Well if mommy's birthday was that much fun I can't wait for mine. I'll tell you all about it. Buy bye for now.

A long time.

Holy mackerel, it has been a long time since I wrote anything here. Sorry it has been so long. I have been busy learning new things and I haven't been able to get daddy's phone, but I got it today lol.

I don't know where to start. I guess I'll mention my second Christmas I had. It was after real Christmas. Mommy and daddy took me out to grandmas house and aunt April and my cousins came over and visited. They got me some more presents. And it was fun to see them. We also had a good supper, but I can't remember what it was.
The next day we went over to aunt Tracy's house and visited her and my other three cousins and my other grandma and grandpa. Also I got to meet my cousin samantha. I had lots of fun there and I had yet another Christmas. There I got a cool bouncing bike, I sit on it and the seat bounces up and down and it makes cool noises. Aunt Tracy also gave me a toy that her kids used, it has a handle and wheels so I can hold onto it and walk. I am really good at it but I don't k ow how to turn so I get stopped when I walk into the fish tank or the dog bed but it still is lots of fun. Grandma and grandpa also got me a motorized 4 wheeler, now that is cool. Daddy put it in the basement until I get bigger, both mommy and daddy said I can use it outside in the summer I can't wait!

I have been busy at the baby sitters too. I have lots of fun there. Some days there is SOOOO much going on that I forget to take a nap, but that's ok I take one when daddy takes me home. My sitter has a dog named Eve. She is black like Madison but not as big. One of my favorite things to do is feed her when I am having my lunch, I think it is one of her favorite things too. I don't get to feed the dogs at home, mommy and daddy don't let them at the table when we are eating which I think is unfair, so I always make sure that I drop food for them to get when I am finished hehehe. Don't tell mommy and daddy that I do that though, they think it is just me not getting the food to my mouth and dropping it by accident if they knew I did it on purpose they might get upset.

Oh yeah I almost forgot. There was one day that the sitter couldn't take me so I had to go to another sitter. Her name is Shannon and she has a little girl a little older than I am. We had SOOOO much fun. We played with her toys and played games. They also have not one but two Nanuk dogs. How lucky are they? Though their dogs are not as fluffy as my Nanuk is. And guess what I did, I fed them my lunch too. Hehehe I am such a stinker.

I am also moving around a lot more now too, and faster. No more belly crawling for my I am up on my hands and knees and zooming everywhere. And when I am not crawling around I am pulling myself up so that I can stand. There are so many cool things that are higher up did you know that? I like to rearrange the Xbox games and DVDs that are in my reach, and to see what mommy and daddy have on the coffee tables, though lately they have not been leaving anything on them.
One thing that I like to do is watch mommy or daddy take Madison and Nanuk out to the dog pen. I stand at the window a s giggle at them. Then they have to go around to the front door cuz I won't let them in the back door. I also laugh at Madison and Nanuk when they are just in the back yard.
Madison is getting better with me though I don't think she likes me moving around so much. My favorite thing to do to her is when she is cuddling with daddy in his chair I'll come over and stand up and touch her foot. A couple of times she grumbled at me but daddy was there to tell her not to. Then she sits up and leans way back into daddy to get as far away from me as she can. Once she does that I move away and do something else until she lays back down then I am right back trying to pet her again. She pretends that she doesn't like it but I know that she does, she will fake sniff me and give me a quick kiss instead.
Nanuk isn't as much fun to bug though. Even when she is chewing a moose bone on the couch I go over to her and she will just lay there while I pet her and do anything I want to and she doesn't even move. And don't worry mommy and daddy are always right there and they are teaching me how to be gentle with both Madison and Nanuk and both of them understand when sometimes I get a little too excited. Just yesterday I was trying to play with a toy with Nanuk, we were both on the floor and I was giving her one of my toys then taking it back. Later on after supper I even tried to share my bottle with her, she wouldn't take it but she did lick up the drops that fell on the floor.

The dogs haven't pulled me in my wagon too much, it is easier to do that when mommy and daddy both are there. But they did take me once. It was a lot of fun, I felt real special, I don't know too many other kids that get to have their dogs pull then in their wagon. Can you guess which one was the better puller? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't Nanuk. Daddy says that Nanuk is the laziest malamute ever. We unhooked Madison for a few minutes so she could go poopie and Nanuk started walking even slower than normal, if you saw her you would have thought she was pulling a lot of weight, not just me. And when Madison was hooked up Nanuks pull line was slack most of the time. She is such a funny dog.


I have a question for you, where did the green go? The white was nice at first but now it is boring and I miss my green. And what is with the cold? Did someone forget to turn the heat on? Tell them that I want the heat back on, I don't like this having to put my snow suit on every time I go outside. And I think Madison wants the warm back too. I think it was Nanuk who turned the heat off, and brought the white stuff, she likes to sleep out there for a long time.

Well I should go and have a nap so I will be awake when mommy gets home from work.
I'll try not to take so long next time I write something on here.
Talk to you later.

Brooke.