Ginger, the cat

I made my first cat friend, Ginger.  Ginger is very nice.  Here I am the first time that Ginger and I met.

Ginger is a country cat.  When we took his sister doggies for a walk through the fields, Ginger came too!

Every day I would look out the window waiting for Ginger to visit - "Ginger, where are you?"

Wow, a real live kitty

Mom, look, it's a kitty

Sure, Ginger, you can come inside.
Any time you want!  I'll just open
the door for you.

I'm nine months old!

This is what I look when I'm nine months old.  Pretty old, right?

Here's a close look at my chompers:
I have two bottom teeth and four top teeth!

lunch time in my full-sleeved, full protection bib

aunt shanny, I kept a little food from lunch for us for later

auntie shanny, prepare to be impressed
by my raspberry blowing skills

hmm, this sock seems to just keep stretching and not come off.
aunt shanny, can you please help me,
my mom said that we should always take my socks off.

Family visit

Today my Grandpa Brady and Aunties Shannon and Meghan arrived.

I was so excited to see them!

my auntie shannon, auntie meghan
and grandpa b arrived!

wow, so this is my cool auntie meme!

Gymboree

Nanna and I did Gymboree together.  Here are some snaps!

Just got a bit tired, time for a
horizontal breather!

what a fun time we had!

Grandpa e's birthday

I also got to celebrate my Grandpa E's birthday too!

Grandpa E had a special request for lemon cupcakes.  It took a lot of careful work - supervising my parents while they grated lemons.  But it was worth it because the cupcakes were super yummy and Grandpa E liked them.  

Here's Grandpa with the lemon cupcakes and the card
I made for him.  I chose special giraffe stickers for him
and star stickers (that somehow I got all over my shirt
when my mom and I were making the card so that's why there
a lot of stars on the envelope!)

grandpa and daddy give the cupcakes their seal of approval

in honor of the special cupcakes I made for my
grandpa and nanna, they got me a special cupcake
painting to hang in my room!  now I can get
cupcake inspiration without leaving my bed!

Nanna e's birthday

I got to celebrate Nanna E's birthday with her!

I made her a special card and showed all the special bits in it to her.  I also helped my mommy make birthday coconut cupcakes for nanna.

This was a special occasion,
I got to come downstairs after my bath for the party!

"Nanna, this part here is sparkly - it's part of the reason
I picked out this card for you."

"Yep, I drew that part for you and picked out
those lion stickers.  I also think I may have
some water from my bath still in my ear."

Snuggling with nanna

We went out for a long walk.  By the time we stopped for tea, I was ready for a snuggle!

Hanging with the guys

I got a hold of my dad's Boston College baseball cap. It's delicious!  (when you hang with the guys, that's the sort of thing you do)

My mom said wait til I try a Williams cap...

what a fun time grandpa and I are having

A doll crib

Here's a photo of me checking out my new doll crib - Mermaid and Bunny are on its maiden voyage.

A jaunt around mayfair

Today I went on a walk around Mayfair with my Nanna and Grandpa Essick. (In the photo, I am checking out a fabulous pigeon so wasn't able to look at the camera.)

On the square where we're standing is a beautiful gothic-style Jesuit church, called Immaculate Conception.

Music class with nanna and grandpa e

I brought my Nanna and Grandpa E to music class with me.  We had so much fun together. 

clapping with nanna

making some serious tunes with grandpa

Uncle Ry Ry

My Uncle Ry Ry came and visited me.

We had loads of fun together.  In the morning I would wake him up with my wake-up bells.  What I would do is go right next to his head and then shake my hand bells vigorously.  When he would wake up, I would keep ringing the bells because I knew how much he liked hearing me play them.

Here are some of my favorite photos from my uncle's visit.

getting to know uncle ry ry

uncle ry ry enjoying tea and a small snack

hello there

helping to rearrange my uncle's face

uncle ry ry even helped my mommy
clean up after I ate
(I'm a creative eater)

here we are on a bus adventure

enjoying the nice english weather
(that's me behind the rain cover on the stroller)

having a sweatshirt string snack
at the pub

daddy and uncle ry ry

my daddy and uncle ryan looking very manly
with the stroller and diaper bag

playtime

fun times at an indian restaurant

brothers telling stories

and laughing

talking about how uncle ry ry
bought a traditional shaving set that day
(and met a very snooty sales lady)

here's the shaving set

me in my red coat,
ready to hit the town

me trying to nonchalantly grab
uncle ry ry's watch
(I just want to chew on it a little bit)

the brothers tired of getting their photo taken

uncle ry ry's last morning with us,
I'm very sad

"oh, I'll see you soon at Christmas?"

then I'm happy again!

See you soon, Uncle Ry Ry!

Love,

Zibby