Stormy Weather (Well, Sort of...)

Today it rained. Well it sort of rained. In true Southern California fashion, it rained overnight and spritzed a bit this morning. I was prepared, though. Great-Grammy Mary bought me this awesome rain coat and I decided to wear it to daycare anyway.
Unfortunately, Mama couldn't get me to take my thumb out of my mouth long enough to take a decent photo. Oh, well.

The back is the best part. It has a cool fire truck on it. Neat! Maybe it will rain again soon and I can wear all my rain gear. If you remember, I have neato frog boots that I got for my birthday from Uncle Jon, Aunt Jenn and Cousin Jack, so I'm all set when it rains for real. A Southern California boy can dream, can't he?

Identical Cousins?

Hi! We had a great visit with Uncle Jon, Aunt Jenn and Cousin Jack at Mimi and Pop-Pop's house on Saturday. Great-Grammy was there, too! After our usual bath, which was extra splashy, we discovered that we had brought our matching jammies that Mimi gave us for Christmas. What a surprise! So we just had to take a few shots in our favorite chair. I can't believe how alike we look, can you? Enjoy!

New Year's Day...2010 Is Here!

On New Year's Day, we spent the day with Mimi. We watched the parade and ate lots of waffles. I ate a whole one all by myself! When I woke up from my nap, Cousin Jack was there! Cool! We watched a bit of Yo Gabba Gabba with Uncle Jon and Great-Grammy while sharing a fine beverage.
Then we relaxed on the big chair...

...and shared a cute cousin moment.

Then we played with our new laptop with Great-Grammy and had a wonderful homemade pot pie dinner. Thanks, Mimi! Boy, what a day!

I hope all of you made some great New Year's resolutions this year. Mine was to be less obsessed with stickers, which I promptly broke the next day. Oh, well, there's always next year. Have a great 2010, everyone! I know I will...

New Year's Eve Bash

Happy New Year! I got to ring in the new year in style this year. I got ready by brushing up on my sticker skills.
We were going to Mimi and Pop-Pop's house that evening to celebrate and I had to be sure I could handle the stickers. See Mimi has lots of stickers at her house and I've been a little bit obsessed with stickers. OK, a lot obsessed. I down right love them. I pull them out of books, off of sheets and just about anything with a sticker on it. I even pull off the sticker skeletons. Waste not, want not, right? Then I hold them in my thumb sucking hand (while sucking my thumb, of course) until they lose their stickiness. Then I wipe them off on my clothes. Then I get a new sticker and start all over again. I've been at it for a a while in this picture. My jammies are covered in stickers. Hee, hee!

Mimi was having a little party with some of her friends that evening. Pop-Pop was on a long fishing trip so we wanted to make sure Mimi had lots of company. So Mama, Dada and I went down to join in the fun and spend the night. When I got there, Great-Grammy and I played with this train. Choo, choo!

Then I called for Bobbee through her doggie door. I kept saying "Baabaa, Baabaa." Too cute, huh?

Then I decided to man the bar so I took a seat on the cooler for a while, until someone shooed me off because they wanted a soda. Rude!

I then passed the time coloring. Mimi got this big coloring book with jungle animals complete with, you guessed it, stickers! See, I told you there would be stickers. Good thing I practiced.

Then I decided to eat the blue crayon so my coloring adventure was done for the night. Awww!

Then it was getting close to my bedtime so I blew on a blower since I would be missing
midnight. These things are pretty fun!

Here's a cute little video of Mimi showing me how to do it. Thanks, Mimi!

Well, I sure enjoyed New Year's Eve. Hope you had a good one, too!

Christmas Day with the Dirstines

We spent Christmas day at Tutu and Sir's house (that's Dada's parents, you know). Aunt Nora and Aaron joined us for the fun. Here I am in my Christmas outfit. Am I adorable or what?
Before presents, I checked out Tutu's piano. It seems like I gravitate to the piano wherever I go. I'm noticing a pattern here...
I also decided to rearrange Tutu's decorations a bit. This reindeer goes here and that one goes here...

I also watched Tutu's animated Nutcracker Suite about 50 times. It plays all the songs from the ballet and has lots of moving parts. Don't worry, I mostly kept my hands to myself. I also made Tutu play all of her animated Christmas things over and over and over, especially the one with the snow people, until Aunt Nora said, "please, stop the madness." Hee, hee!

Then it was time for presents! Tutu and Sir got me this awesome new tricycle.

Here's a video of the big reveal...

I had to test drive it on the driveway. How do I look? I feel like a race car driver...

I also got this great big stuffed turtle. It's the perfect size to hug and lay on.

And Aunt Nora got me this neat turtle puppet and I also got this voice-changing microphone.

But my favorite gift was this dragon castle from Tutu and Sir. There are two knights and the castle makes thunder and lightning sounds and you can even grab anyone who dares approach the gates with the dragon. Cool!

Oooo, check this out...

Aunt Nora helped me to figure out all the castle's secrets, like this slide that lets you roll big boulders on trespassers. Cool!

Here's a quick photo of our family in front of Tutu and Sir's Christmas tree...

And here's one with me and my grandparents. We were being so silly...


Well, it was a wonderful two days with all of my family. Christmas is awesome! Thanks, again, everyone.

Stay tuned for New Year's Eve at Mimi's house...

Santa Came to My House!

Merry Christmas! Santa came, Santa came! He actually came to my house and even ate the cookies I made for him. Awesome! OK, so maybe he's not all that scary. Maybe next year I will sit on his lap. You never know...

Here I am when I first came down stairs on Christmas morning checking out the cool Noah's Ark Christmas tree that Santa brought for me. Wow, neat cow ornament. Moooo!

Santa also brought me this neat truck. It is a car hauler and has a car for the back and makes lots of truck sounds. I love it! Thanks, Santa!
I also got some more cool books. Will someone read this one to me?

Here's a quick video of me and Dada checking out a sticker book I got featuring my favorite Sesame Street character: Elmo, of course!

Wait, here's one more present from Mama and Dada...

Oooo, it's a farm block set. It has a farmer, a barn, a tractor plus a chicken, horse and pig. I was making all the animal sounds and driving the animals around all morning. Thanks, guys!

Stay tuned for more Christmas fun with the Dirstines...

Christmas Eve with the Livingstons

The big day finally arrived: Christmas Eve. As is our tradition, we spent the day with the Livingstons (that's Mama's side of the family). And our good friend Terry joined us, too. She's the one that took this great photo of our family.
The first present of the day was this awesome Cozy Coop. Jack and I are going to share it as it will stay at Mimi and Pop-Pop's house.

Here's Jack checking out our new car...

Then I took it for a spin...

Jack made sure to show me how all the buttons worked. Thanks, buddy!

While we were waiting for dinner, Jack and I played a bit of piano.

Here's a little video of our "concert." I think we are ready for some lessons, what do you think?

Then the present opening began. Our first gift was a neato Holiday Elmo. Jack and I both got one. He plays lots of songs and shakes.

Some more present opening. Cool, books!

Jack got this awesome Yo Gabba Gabba Key-tar. He let me try it out.

Here's Pop-Pop trying it out, too.

Wow, that is a LOT of presents! What a mess!

But everything we received was priceless. Here are some highlights: lots of puzzles from Uncle Jon, Aunt Jenn and Jack, lots of books and a cool Tag Junior from Mimi and Pop-Pop and a neat bag of presents from Great-Grammy and money, too! What a haul!

Here's a quick photo of our little family before getting ready for bed. Awww!

And no visit with Jack would be complete without some "cousin love."

Ouch, I bumped my head.

OK, had enough...

The night was finally over and after a quick bath and putting on my awesome Christmas jammies, I was ready to go home. One last hug from Great-Grammy...

And Mimi, Pop-Pop and Bobbee, too! Thanks, everyone, for all the great food, wonderful presents and lots and lots of love. We all had a great time! Gotta go home now and wait for Santa to come...