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April showers bring May flowers but I don't think that they meant "snow showers"!!  Can you believe that we are still having cold and snowy days?  I sure hope it stops soon.

Lots of fun things planned for this month.  Come back often to read all about them!

Grammy & Pap-pap came to visit me after my surgery and to help Mommy & Daddy out with some things around the house.  I was glad to see them.  They couldn't believe how fast I had bounced back from my operation.  I showed them my new bed and all of my cars, both new and old.  Pap-pap and I had a good time dancing.  He also let me pull on his goatee...baa!!  Pap is pretty funny.  He is always in charge of grocery shopping when he visits.  Daddy says that he always gains a few pounds during their stay!  HA HA!  You can be sure that the ice cream and donut supply will be in stock!  Grammy & me read books, colored, decorated for Easter and she got me some cool new clothes and PJ's.  My favorites are the ones with "gucks" on them!  On Saturday, I took them to Gymboree.  I had fun showing off all of my climbing skills.  Grammy liked watching me climb and go down the slides.

We had a nice visit and I can't wait to see them again at Easter.  Till then, I will be working on saying..."Grammy".  I already have "pap-pap" mastered!!

Gosh, can you believe that I am almost 2?  I am already beginning to show signs of independence.  Something I am thrilled about, but I'm not so sure what everyone else thinks.  I try to get away with some things but it doesn't go over too well around here.  Like, if I don't feel like moving.  I will just sit down, lay down, what ever makes it more difficult to be moved.  Throwing my sippy cup or food I don't want isn't happily accepted either?  Hmmm?  I did get out of my crib as you all know...but this sleeping in a new bed...ALL BY MYSELF... isn't as much fun as I thought it would be.  I love my new "carrr" bed, but I'm kind of nervous about the whole thing.  Daddy said I'm going to have to cry it out one of these nights.  I guess I'll have to update you all on how that is going.

My teeth, all four molars are still working their way through.  I guess you can say that I have a total or 11 teeth.  The bottom two are almost completely in and the top two have just started pushing in more this past week.  So, I've been chewing on everything!  Even Mommy and boy, she was NOT happy about that.  Sorry, Mommy.

Talking?  I am talking up a storm.  I am saying new words every day.  I think Mommy said I am over 50 different ones now.  Some are the same and mean different things.  For example "Bob Bue" is Bob the Builder, Sponge Bob Squarepants and Backpack.  "Beps" are either steps or grapes.  "Daddy" is either Daddy or doggie.  "guck" can mean truck, stuck or duck.  My newest words are "pizza", "geek" (cheek), "muck" (Uncle Mark or milk) and I've been working hard on "man-da" (Amanda).

Speaking of Amanda...she, Daddy and Mommy have been working hard on the mural for my play area in the basement.  Hopefully, Daddy will get all the pics of that up soon.  They aren't finished yet but will be before Easter.  I haven't even seen it yet but I hear it's pretty cool.  

I have a couple new videos that I like to watch.  One is Fisher Price's Little People Discovering Things That Go!  I got it with the cool fire truck that Grandpa & Grandma Proper got me for my operation.  I LOVE it!  I've watched it soo many times that the VCR doesn't work anymore!  I also got a new Baby Einstein DVD, World Animals that I really like to watch!  Mommy and Daddy don't seem to get as excited over them as I do!

Well, I better go.  It's going to be a busy month of growing and learning!
 

Last night was the first night that I slept all night long in my "big boy" bed without waking during the night.  I have been sleeping in it for about 2 weeks now.  Mommy and Daddy have quit coming in to help me settle down since the weekend.  So, it only took me a few days to get adjusted.  I like my bed but I wouldn't say it's my favorite thing in the world...well, not yet anyways.  I don't like to sleep under the covers or with my head on my pillow but I like them to be in there with me.  "Mr. Moo" and "bunkey" still keep me company.  I was waking up crying a lot and the last two days I have been pretty happy and will read a couple books before Mommy comes in to get me ready for the day.  Daddy had to take the changing table out of my room the other day because I climbed up on top of it...heehee!  I'm still fighting the nap and have been only sleeping for about an hour and a half.  Mommy hopes that I go back to my 2 1/2 or 3 hour naps soon but she has also accepted the fact that that may never happen again.
   

Today I had a follow-up with Dr. Hollowell.  It went really well.  I was just a little fussy but I soon realized that she wasn't doing anything to me that hurt.  She just squeezed my belly a little bit and looked at my incision.  She told Mommy that she longs for the day when she walks in the door and I won't say, "uh-oh".  I'm not sure that day will come any time soon....sorry Dr. Hollowell.

She is scheduling an ultrasound test for me at the end of this month.  We will keep you posted on how that turns out.

Me, Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, Pap-pap, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Atina and Nickoli went to Hershey Park.  This was Nickoli's first trip there.  He got to ride the Merry Go Round...a few times...he really liked it!  I wish he could have ridden more stuff with us but he is still too little.  Maybe next year.  The list of things I can ride get longer each time we go!  Tonight I rode the rocket ship with Daddy, drove the cars, rode on the Giant Wheel, the train, the busy bees (all by myself!) and played my first park game and video game!!  What fun we had!  I can't wait to go again.  Daddy and Mommy said that maybe we would get passes for the summer and go a lot!  I hope we do!

Today is Easter.  My whole family was here.  Grammy, Pap-pap, Uncle JG, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Atina, Nickoli, Aunt Susan and Uncle Allen.  Uncle Will didn't make it.  That was kind of a bummer...I haven't seen him in a long time.  Anyway, Nick and I had fun getting our baskets from the Easter bunny.  I got a couple cars, bubbles, an I Spy book and a crawl through tunnel!!  And of course, LOTS of candy!!  We visited and ate a yummy dinner.  Later Nickoli and I went outside and there were colored eggs everywhere.  The Easter Bunny must have dropped them.  I started to pick them up and open them...there were jelly beans inside!!  Yummy!  I LOVE jelly beans!!  I was running all over the place picking up eggs and stuffing my face full of beans.  I could hardly talk and all the grown-ups were pointing and laughing at me!  Nickoli had fun crawling around and following me.  I opened one egg and it had a dollar in it...well, you can't eat that...so, I gave it to Grandpa.

I was soo tired afterwards,  that I took a great nap.  Everyone headed home, except Grammy & Pap-pap.  They are staying for the week!  That will be fun!