I'm a star!

Nana and grandfather got me a singing bear and a star for Christmas! I named my star Cole Johnston after me! My star is in the big dipper (location: Ursa Major 8h 28m 28.94s, 60 deg 56' 33.28").

A Christmas Story

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope yours was just as exciting as ours. On Christmas Eve Eve I went to school all day and then mommy picked me up and brought me home to see lots and lots of fire trucks. It was just like my fireman book! There were hoses, flashing lights, and firemen, but no dog. We couldn't get into our house and that made me sad so we all went to sleep at Taylor's house. She has a crib and I've been there before, but it was kind of scary when I woke up at 3 am. Christmas Eve we got to go back home, but our nice neighbors don't have homes any more. Daddy wouldn't let me look because it was so messy. But I guess there was a hot fire and now they can't live there any more. It was all very sad, and to top it off the tv is broken so I can't watch Super Why.

There was also some good stuff. Aunt Ali, Uncle Dan, Ophelia, and Bosley came to sleep over. I learned all their names (well I already had Ali's down good). And my great uncle Bob came over for Christmas dinner. I got to open lots of neat presents. And daddy let me play with his remote control car. Mommy took lots of pictures with the new camera daddy got her. I wish I could show you some but the fire broke our computer too. I am at Grandma's house now writing this. I don't know when ours will be working, but I'll try to blog again soon.

Jingle bells, jingle bells!

Here's celebrating my first full day back at school. Mommy didn't think I was going to make it after I threw up my oatmeal, but that was just a minor setback. I sure hope I get to eat more than toast and bananas for Christmas. For now, a little music always makes me feel better.

Bring me my pail

Last night mommy and daddy took me to the Children's Clinic. I think they were particularly bothered by my exploding diaper that got all over me and my crib. So, I got weighed (-2 pounds), and they took my blood pressure and temperature (100.7). The doctor did not seem too worried about me. She gave me medicine to help me eat and a yummy blue popsicle. Mommy is very sad that I have lost my pot belly. Now I won't be able to dress up as a baby Santa.

Today I have been feeling much better. I ate some toast, part of a banana, and drank daddy's Powerade. It is the first food I've eaten since Wednesday! I also practiced using my new puke bucket the doctors gave me. I haven't had to use it yet, but I'm ready.

Hello, Doctor?

Can you please explain to me how I can have a fever for 6 days, have swollen and bleeding gums where my molars are coming in, hit my forehead and front teeth on a table (2 separate incidents), and now come down with a stomach virus complete with projectile vomiting? Its been a rough week. I couldn't enjoy eating any of my favorite foods and now I can't even keep water down. I thought people were supposed to gain 5 pounds during the holidays. I've already lost 1!

Happy Holidays

Are you done with your Christmas shopping? I hope so, because I love opening presents. Merry Christmas!

Body parts

Teeth!

I'm really good at saying and pointing to my body parts. Mommy took this picture when I was saying teeth. I can also say/point to my eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hand, knees, bellybutton, hair, back, toes, and butt. If you aren't sure where any of your body parts are, just ask me and I'll show you.

Slow blogging

I haven't had a chance to blog much lately. In case you didn't know, my computer access depends on mommy and apparently she's been too tired to bring me down to blog. I don't know why she is so tired, I'm the one who's had a fever for the past 3 days. Yet, I still want to update all my fans. Oh yeah, what is the best cure for a fever? Doritos! Thanks dad.

Lights!

This weekend mommy got out a big box full of scary tree parts. I couldn't dare touch the strange spiky branches, but now that she's added lights and made it into a tree its really very pretty. I love the lights. And daddy added big lights all outside the front door and garage. I got to go out in the snow and look at them. They told me that the decorations are for Christmas. I'm not sure what that is but it seems pretty good so far.

This morning I helped mommy decorate the tree with lots of shiny little things. Even though I was helping, apparently a lot of things that go on Christmas trees are "No's". I'm trying my best to stay away, but all the decorations are begging me to pull them off!

Coloring

I think I've finally figured out that crayons are not for eating.

Chilly

Mommy finally got me a winter coat, and just in time. This week it has been snowing! The last two days it has been so cold that I've decided that mittens are not such a bad idea after all.

Thanksgiving weekend

Mom, dad, Abby, and I spent a long weekend with Grandma and Grandpa. We got to celebrate Thanksgiving, where everyone sits at a big table and eats turkey and stuffing. No offense to the Grandpa but my favorite foods were definitely the corn and cranberry jelly. A lot of daddy's cousins came over and I showed off my amazing parroting skills. I learned to say Joey's name and I did my animal impressions. Probably the best was when Mark taught me to drink my water with a spoon!

While we were visiting, Grandma took mommy and me to a play place for kids. I got to throw lots of balls, climb on and in things, and bowl. Overall, I had tons of fun this weekend. I did lots of dancing with Grandma and Grandpa and gave them many, many kisses. And just to show them how much I love them I made sure to give them a taste of how I can be a whiny frustrated toddler. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!