Playing Hookey

Daddy stayed home with me on Tuesday so that I could fully recover from my ear infections. I woke up Tuesday feeling just fine but he didn't want to take any chances. My fever was gone but Daddy thought I felt a little warm so I got to hang out redneck style with no shirt on. Daddy and I played all day and rested. By the time Mommy came home from work I was jumping at the chance to go on a stroller walk. The antibiotics have kicked butt on my ear infections and I feel much, much better. To see all the pictures from my day with Daddy click here.

Love, V

Spring Surprise

On Monday I gave Mommy and Daddy a big surprise. I woke up full of sunshine and energy all raring to go to school. A few hours later my teacher Ms. Carol called Mommy and Daddy to tell them that I had a fever and was acting super tired. Mommy and Daddy rushed to come pick me up and take me to the doctor. Dr. Herrmann said I had two ear infections, a fever, a sore throat and my baby asthma was irritated by all that. Who knew?! I had such a fun weekend and didn't act sick at all. My doctor says I am a trooper for not complaining about being sick. She also said since I'm a big boy and walk into the office by myself I get a big boy sticker! Isn't it a cool lizard sticker?

Love, V

Slumber Party

Friends on Saturday night I had my first slumber party! My friend Millie came to play and stay for the whole night. Here parents were going to an evening wedding and instead of waking Millie up way past her bedtime they let her stay at our house. We had a lot of fun playing before dinner. Millie is just getting the hang of this walking thing so I let her play with my trucks and walk across the living room. She's a very nice friend because she doesn't steal toys out of my hands or take things that I want.

Millie and I took turns eating our dinner in the high chair. I even offered to share some of my chicken nuggets, carrots and blueberries with her.

After dinner was bath time and Mommy said it would be a very, very long time before I better think about bathing with a girl so I flew solo. Millie is so silly. She made me laugh the whole time I was in the tub... especially when she threw my shirt in the water. That just cracked us up! Click here to see all our pictures from Saturday night.

Mommy said we were the best babies on the block Saturday night because after getting in our pajamas we both fell asleep quickly. Mommy had Millie sleep in the spare bedroom because I am an early bird and Millie likes to sleep in. Once Millie woke up the next day, we shared some cereal. I showed her how much my Mommy likes it when I grind the cereal all over the table and sprinkle the powder on the dog.

Millie is so sweet that I kept trying to hug her and pat her head all weekend to show her what a good friend she is. On Sunday we got all dolled up because I was getting my picture taken. It was a really fun weekend and I was sad to see Millie go. Click here to see our Sunday pictures.

Love, V

Dr. Pepper

I am becoming quite the food pirate. Today Daddy was prepping vegetables for on the grill and I stole a whole bell pepper from him. It was so nice and crunchy and cold. I didn't want to let go of it. I ate as much as I could but it was very big. I even drug it outside on my swingset. Click here to see pictures of me starting my modeling career for the American Produce Association.

Love, V

Spring's The Thing

Spring is here and the weather is beautiful. Every evening Mommy and I have been swinging in the backyard and playing in my clubhouse. It was warm on Monday night so we came inside and enjoyed a popsicle. Nothing says nice weather better than swinging and slurping. If you're in the neighborhood our swingset is always ready and our freezer is always stocked. Click here to see all my popsicle pictures.

Love, V

I Heart Mommy

I hope you all did something nice for your Mommy yesterday because it was Mother's Day. I started off Mother's Day by being mean to Daddy. He was trying to get ready to eat breakfast and I stole the bagel right out of his hand. I ran down the hall eating it so he wouldn't catch me. He called me the bagel bandit

Daddy went to work all day so Mommy got to do what she does best on Mother's Day... be my Mommy! We played and ran errands all day. I helped my Mommy pick out a dress to wear to dinner. Here she is trying to smile and be patient while I'm trying to wiggle out of her arms.

We went to dinner at a place where they let you eat your food with little sticks. Daddy called them chopsticks but I didn't see them chop anything. They are very fun to eat with and even more fun to try to snatch out of Daddy's hand. Mommy wouldn't share her food with me because she said it was raw fish and would make me sick. I got very frustrated but I tried to behave since it was Mother's Day... I said I tried, I didn't say I succeeded.

Click here to see all of our Mother's Day photos... and to all the Mommies in my family and in my life, I love you very much.

Love,

V

Cha-cha-changes

This past week has brought a lot of change for a little boy like me. On Thursday I got another tooth on the top right side of my mouth. On Saturday I woke up with another tooth on the top left side of my mouth. That brings me to 6 teeth!! Steak here I come.

Saturday morning Daddy took me for this spiffy haircut. Mommy says I look so grown up... but it was time. I was sick of Daddy calling me a hippy and I was tired of always brushing the hair out of my eyes.

Love,

V

Rambling Man

Friends I have been on quite an adventure. I went down to Nannie and Poppies house last weekend. Mommy, Daddy and I drove down. It was much more fun this time because I like my new big boy car seat. In true Nannie fashion there were new toys waiting for me when I got there. She got me a little lawn mower. Daddy told me to practice a lot because I would be using the big boy version every week once I got older. What's that mean?

A new house meant new mischevious things to do. I was determined to show Nannie just all the fun things little babies can do. I wanted to show her that I can open doors and drawers and that I really, really like taking everything off a shelf and putting all that stuff on the floor. Thankfully Nannies are really patient. Look at what she let me do with her brand new cabinets.

I'm really rough now that I'm getting into everything. Mommy says I don't have baby legs any more I have little boy legs because they are full of bruises and scrapes because I am so lively. You can see all my battle scars in the pictures. As usual we took A LOT of pictures. Click here to see some pictures from our trip.

The trip was full of firsts. I had my first beer! Well not really it was root beer. Mommy, Daddy, Nannie, Aunt Ellen and I went to the Abita Brewery near Nannie's house. They make beer that Daddy really likes but they also make root beer. Mommy let me try it. Wow was she regretting that later. It's made with pure Louisiana cane syrup and I never had that much energy!! I could have run back to Georgia with all that sugar in my system. Click here to see all the pictures from our brewery tour. Thank goodness the beer at the tour is free because Daddy said he needed one after wrestling a wiggly hyper baby the whole time. I wonder who he was talking about? I was the only baby there.

Mommy decided to break her no sugar rule and let me have my first ice cream. I really, really like it! It was actually frozen custard but who's keeping track. I made everyone in the whole family share a spoonful of theirs with me. We did all that fun stuff and more before we even got to the main reason we were visiting... Jazz Fest!

I loved Jazz Fest. It was so full of interesting people and food and music. I saw some crazy things and heard some great Louisiana music. Mommy and Daddy said I was a very patient boy so they let me eat some mango freeze and a little alligator pie. Click here to see all our fest photos. We went two days in a row so that we could make the most of our time. Well I'm off friends to plan my next adventure.

Love,

V