As I mentioned in my last short post, things are busy around here! Most recently I have been on a vacation to both the lake (twice) and Tulsa. Last weekend we had a visit from Uncle Jace and Aunt Randy. Uncle Jace helped Mommy paint cabinets in the kitchen while Aunt Randy kept me busy (or was it me keeping her busy?). In any case, I think I wore her out good!

I am continuing to say more and more words. I say a few phrases and like to sing songs upon request (as long as it is Mommy or Daddy doing the requesting). My favorite song to sing on my own is Twinkle,Twinkle/ABC's, which may as well be the same song since they are in the same tune, right?

In a little over two months I will turn TWO YEARS OLD! Can you believe it? I can, and if you ask my my age, I say "TWO" (and I've been saying that for several months).

Starting this week, Mommy started teaching and I started attending Mother's Day Out for the Summer. I enjoy getting to spend times with other kids and the teachers always write nice notes about me.

Well, I better go for now, I hope you enjoy these pictures and the video!

This is a nice picture, and yes, those are my shorts on my head:




Lounging at the lake with (Great) Uncle Harold:


Here is a kind of long video of me changing my baby's diaper, I hope you enjoy it!

Friends,

I had this video ready long ago, but life is busy! Here it is to tide you all over until I add more updates soon - me and my friend Jordyn playing dressup:

I am very excited to let all of you know that I now have my own puppy! As you can guess from the title, her name is Stella. Stella is a Beagle and we got her just before she turned 8 weeks old. She has very pretty colors and is a lot of fun to play with, even if she gets a little excited sometimes.

Stella has taken up a lot of our time the last few weeks and so I don't have a lot of extra things to talk about. Today I did go to the Doctor and checked out just fine. The Doctor said I was a short kid, but I think he was just being funny because I am in the 97% range for height. I had to get one shot, but I didn't even cry!

Within the last couple of weeks, I have started using the ending "k" sound, which has added a lot of words that I can say - fun words like YUCK and TRUCK! Sometimes I don't know a word, so I spout off 30 seconds of my own language instead. I also like to watch the trash truck and school buses go past my window each day.

Well, that is all for now, I hope you enjoy the videos and yet another presentation from "Old Timey Esther"

I've enjoyed my year quite well so far - it all began with some friends coming over to celebrate New Years with us (ok, I'll admit, I didn't QUITE make it to midnight).



I've also enjoyed other visitors this month: My friend Jordyn has visited a couple of times, and we had a lot of fun. Grandpa Mike also visited to help us build a fence (You know what that means? A new doggie for me soon!). I tried as best as I could to help him, but mostly I ended up falling over into the mud. Last week, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Jamie, and Camryn visited me. Camryn is getting around really well now so we were able to play quite a bit!







Today it was very cold outside. Daddy got to stay home from work and this afternoon, we even got to go outside and play in the snow. I didn't stay out for very long, but I enjoyed the time I had. I thought I would share my time outside with you in a video (Daddy had a lot of fun making the video). I hope that you enjoy it and I hope all is well with everyone.

Dear Friends,

Last I posted, it was October and since then, I have had two great holidays together with family. Just before the Holidays, I got my very first haircut!



At Thanksgiving, I spent a lot of time with Daddy's family, including Uncle Franklin, Aunt Tracy, and my cousins, Fischer and Garrison. It was great to get to see everyone. The weekend after Thanksgiving, I got to spend quite a bit of time with Mommy's family too! They came to hang at my house, so I didn't even have to get out!









Christmas was great as well. I spent several nights with Grandpa Mike and Grandma Lynn. I really enjoyed this because I also got to spend a lot of time with several dogs, which was a lot of fun. We visited all of Mommy's family in Tulsa and I enjoyed helping my cousin Camryn celebrate her first Christmas. As you can see, the Holidays have kept us very busy, but the gifts sure made it a lot of fun!







I hope that all of you had good holidays as well and I wish you a happy new year!