Monterey Bay Aquarium

The best thing to do in Monterey when it is raining is go to the aquarium. Last time

it was really crowded and I was a lot littler so I was a little more reserved. This time I wasn't so timid and I ran around squealing "fishies" with delight. Everything there was a "fishie" to me, even if it really wasn't.

There were lots of birdies there too, which, as you know, I also love.

This time I stood under the wave glass with Daddy and I didn't cry.

I did try to hide in his neck though.

They have this new area called the "Splash Zone." It has lots of stuff for little kids to do. I really loved this fish tank with lots of colorful fish.

They have all of these interactive learning displays too. Here I am with Daddy learning how the penguins talk to each other.

And, we got to see them feeding the penguins. So neat! We tried and tried to pose in this clam shell, but I was just too distracted by all of the other fun stuff to do.

Can you believe that there is even a little playground and slide in the aquarium now?!?!?

Our last stop was the otters. They have sea otters and river otters there too. The river otters are fun to watch because they chase each other all over their home.

Play-doh

I've gotten to play with Playdoh a little bit before, but Mommy thought it might be a good inside thing for us to do this weekend while it was raining. She bought some fun toys to go with my playdoh and boy, did we ever keep ourselves busy.

Meeting Emma and Ava

Tonight we had a birthday party for my Great Grandpa Coyle in the convalescent hospital where he is getting rehab from his hip replacement surgery. We had pie and told him Happy Birthday! The best part was that I got to meet my new baby cousins.

I kept saying "baby" and pointing out their eyes, ears, mouth, nose, toes, etc. but I was more fascinated by the fishies in the fish tank.

Everyone else seemed to think the babies were better to look at than the fishies.

It's All About Fun...

...at Funworks! Even if you aren't even 2 yet :)
Mommy & Daddy wanted to find me something fun to do this weekend since we haven't gotten out of the house much because of the cold weather we have been having. So we decided to try Funworks. Mommy had been there a few time for birthday parties during her baby-sitting days, and she thought we might find something that I would like there. She was really right! There is a place inside called PlayZone and for only $1 per year old you can play for as long as you'd like. That means I got about an hours worth of fun for only $1. Can you believe that? My favorite thing was the ball pit. We must have spent about 80% of our time there. Mommy even got in there with me and made it so much more fun.

As you can see from the pictures that follow, I really had a blast!!!

We know it has been a long time since we posted anything new, but you haven't missed anything too exciting. We are going to try to go to Monterey for the weekend (both Mommy & Daddy have a few extra days of for President's) as long as it isn't too rainy, so we will surely have lots to share after that!

Daddy's Hat

How do I look?

Word List

Since Mommy can't keep up with all of the new words that I say, we are probably done updating the word list. I am starting to copy almost everything anyone says and say at least a couple of new words each day. It is just too much for my mom. So, bye bye word list!

New Cousins!

My Mommy's cousin Tonya just had twin baby girls. You can check them out here at their blog. We wish Aunt Tonya the best of luck with the new babies! I can't wait to meet my new cousins!

1st Haircut

Can you believe that I am almost two and I hadn't had a haircut yet? Well, I finally went for one today. At first I was a little bit squirmy, but then the lady gave me a sucker and then I sat perfectly still the entire time. We didn't take too many pictures because Daddy was getting his hair cut at the same time.
Here's what my hair looks like after my haircut. What do you think? Mommy says it looks so thick and healthy now. I guess that must be a good thing.

Although you can't see my hair in this picture, this one was just too cute to leave out.

SF Zoo

We have been trying to go to the zoo since the end of summer, but every time we planned a trip, something got in our way. So, today we made it! We went to the San Francisco Zoo and it was such a beautiful, sunny day! You will mostly see the backs of our heads in these pictures because we walked around and looked at animals all day.

Here I am trying to get a good look at some monkeys.
We spent a long time looking at the giraffes. They are so tall!

I kept running to Grandpa to be picked up because he is tall and gave me the best view!

Can you believe that Mommy let me hold a snake? Just kidding! This is just one of those fun picture posing things.

Even though I thouroughly enjoyed myself, I wasn't in the mood to smile for pictures. I guess I was too busy checking out all of the cool animals, making animals sounds at them, and trying to say all of their names.

Flamingos are funny!

One of the best parts of the SF Zoo is the Children's Zoo. They have a huge petting zoo and lots of kid sized things. Here I am trying out a mini tractor.

Looking at the ducks with Nana.
Have I mentioned that I love ducks? I wanted everyone else to pet the animals, but I was a little nervous about it. I loved "baa"ing at the sheep and goats though.

We had a great day. I am sure we will be visiting the zoo again soon!

Quacking with the Ducks at the Zoo

The Cottage

My babysitter Ann & her family gave me the Rose Petal Cottage for Christmas. I LOVE it. I drag everyone and everything in there to play. Here is some footage from the first day playing with the cottage. The first part of the video shows me dropping some books through the mail slot. Since I love the cottage soooo much I am sure you will be seeing more video me in the cottage soon!

"No, no, no!"

I must have heard this somewhere...

Too Cute

We went to the park for a little while to get out of the house today because we had to keep Mommy distracted from being depressed about having to go back to work tomorrow. Usually, I resist wearing a hat, but it was so cold that I willingly let them put one on me today. Look how cute I am playing on the stairs to the slide by myself.

And, another cute "Cheese" moment...

Shopping Cart

I have been so busy playing with all of my new toys that I have hardly had time to do anything else. Here is me with my new shopping cart. I also got a lot of food to play with in my kitchen and it is perfect to throw into the shopping cart. As you can imagine, I also throw lots of other things (kitty, binkies, etc.) into the cart and cruise around the house.

I have also been very cheeky around the camera lately. Anytime someone is taking my picture I grab someone else that I love and say "Cheese!" Mommy is not too happy that this picture is on the blog because it was still early in the morning before showers, but we had to tell you about this funny new thing I do.