Strawberry Fields Forever!

Yummy strawberries!

Check out the strawberry stains on my face!

I am fascinated by the goats here.

Today I went strawberry & raspberry picking with my mom and lots of aunties. They were responsible for picking the berries while I was responsible for acting cute and eating as fast as they were picking.

Humpty Dumpty

Check out my cute pig tails.

I really like this nursery rhyme. In fact, I now pick up the book of nursery rhymes, turn it to the page with Humpty Dumpty, hand it to my parents and sign "more". I do this repeatedly throughout the day. I even can recite parts of the rhyme, especially the part where Humpty Dumpty falls. I also try to fall when we get to that part in the rhyme.

Juice!

Mmmm, yogurt!

Today, I said, "Juice!" I now have about 30 words and signs. And, I am pretty much potty-trained. I am a baby genius!

I llike eating yogurt now. On the yogurt container there is a picture of a little girl who looks a lot like my friend Emma. I like to point to it and say, "Memma!"

Me & Mom at the zoo

Penguins!

I went to the zoo today and saw penguins, wolves, sea otters, a bear and tigers. I was amazing today because I was out all day without a diaper and I stayed dry all day. I was able to tell my parents when I needed to go potty . I am a big girl!

Music!

I am now singing a lot. I even like to use hand motions like opening and closing my hands to sing twinkle twinkle little star or make my fingers go itsy bitsy spider. I clap my hands at the right parts to the open shut them song and generally dance to all music I hear--even the theme song to All Things Considered on NPR.

Anja Loves Disco!

I'm dancing with a beach ball

Me and Emma dancing on the stage

Me and Nina

Today I went to Baby Loves Disco again! It was fun because my friend Emma (2 years old), Nina (5 months old), and Javier (14 months old) were there. I danced to songs like "I will Survive" and "Blister in the Sun". I love to dance!

My friend Memma

My friend Emma is 2 1/2 years old. I call her Memma. I also point out pictures of little girls and call them Memma. We have a lot of fun together. Today we went to the Pike Place Market and chased pigeons around a park. My mom calls it homeless park but we still had fun. I had my first major fall and skinned my knuckles. I got a lot of kisses from my great grandmother and grandmother for my cuts.

Happy anniversary!

4 generations together

Me and my great grandmother

My parents got married 7 years ago today. We celebrated by going to a park and playing on a swing. I didn't want to leave. Then we went to Ballard Locks with my grandmother, my great grandmother, great aunt, great uncle, uncle, aunt and my parents. I liked looking at all the fish that were swimming up the fish ladder. Then we had dinner and as usual, I got everyone's attention by doing cute things. It was a great way to celebrate my parents' marriage!

Turtle!

Today I said "turtle"!

Happy 13th month birthday to me!

Hooray for summer!

My cat wanted to play in the pool also

I'm camping in the backyard.

Today I turned 13th months corrected age. I have been walking and talking a lot. Basically, I've been a baby genius.

Today my mom took me swimming for the first time. I wasn't too sure about it at first but then my friend Imogen and her mom came so then I had a great time. We went up and down a slide, splashing into the pool.

On Sunday, my mom took out a little tub and filled it with water so I had a pool to play in the backyard. I immediately filled the tub with leaves, grass, and dirt and made a compost soup. It's fun to get dirty!

Happy 14th month birthday to me!

I am officially 14 months although if you adjust for my early entrance to the world, I am still only 12 months old until June 5th. I have been practicing walking with my parents and that has helped to build my confidence. They like to laugh that I look like a drunken sailor.

My grandmother (Ahma) is in town from Taiwan so she has been fixing lots of belly-filling foods for me. She is lucky I like to eat!