Beep Beep!

Here I am taking cousin Beckham for a spin on his new wheels on Christmas Eve at Grandma Ottele's house.

A Pony for Christmas!

Santa brought me a bouncy horse!

Doggie Hat

Check out my new hat! Yup, that's me inside that bundle...brrr!

Hey...that's me!

Grammie wore me on her shirt for Christmas (it was a present that Grampie made!). Grammie had to wear a sling on her arm because she broke her arm on Christmas Eve on the icy sidewalk!

Still Snowing...

A week later, and it's still snowing out! Chino likes the snow mountains that Mark made with the tractor while he was trying to clear the driveway.

Crazy Horse

Dozer LOVES the snow...

Two Step

Brrr! More snow! Dozer and Chino love romping around in it (separately), but the rest of the animals aren't quite sure what to do with it. I'd love to go out to play, but Mom says that it's too cold for babies. Dad went to work today, but he's coming home early before the roads get any worse. We've got 10-12 inches of fluffy snow here now...maybe I can go sledding in the pasture this weekend!

Mom was very excited to see me take two steps all by myself a few days ago. I think I still need to work on my balance and it will be awhile before I'm walking for real, but it's a start!

Sad day at the Ranch...

Toonces, one of the founding members of the Ranch, was put to sleep this morning. She was our first goat, our friendliest goat, and will always be remembered as our favorite goat. Toonces will definitely be missed!

First Snow!

Brrr...we had a few inches of snow that stuck around last weekend! I got to play outside for a few minutes - Dad pulled me around on a sled while Chino raced us. I kept tipping over backwards, so Mom had to ride with me. The snow wasn't quite sticky enough for us to build any snowmen. I didn't stay outside very long since my nose started turning red like Rudolph's.

GG turned 80!

Last weekend we went to Grandma Ottele's house for a fun party - Great Grandma Webber turned 80 years old. I had fun visiting with everyone and playing with Riley and Beckham. Mom was very excited because let go of the couch and stood by myself for the first time!

Beer Me

Dad says that I have good taste...

Photo Shoot

On November 30th, we went to a cool photo studio where Mom practiced taking pictures with fancy lights and backgrounds. I was a very good model, and Grammie came along to help keep me from jumping off of the table during the shoot. My favorite thing was the fake snow that they sprinkled on me for the "winter" pictures. I also posed in Mom's wedding dress...Grammie used a giant fake rat that she found in the prop room to make me look at the camera and smile.

I really wanted to eat the bead curtain and couldn't stop stuffing it into my mouth.

Santa came to Snohomish!

Thanksgiving

We went to Grammie and Grampie's house in Anacortes for Thanksgiving. I ate lots of grown-up food, including turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatos, rolls, sweet potatos with marshmallows, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and ice cream - all cut into baby-sized bites of course! I wore my Christmas jammies so that I could pose for Grammie's annual card. On the TV, I saw Santa waving to me from the Macy's Parade...I hope he brings me lots of fun presents since I've been a (mostly) good baby!

Apple Cup

On November 22nd, we went to cousin Riley's house to watch the Apple Cup football game. Riley shared his bouncy horse and baseball bat with me, but did not like me playing with his tricycle.

Grandmas can't resist chubby cheeks...

Face Painting

Here's what happens when Dad lets me play with ballpoint pens...

Nine Month Check-Up

Grandma Ottele went with me to my 9-month check-up on November 7th since Mom was still on lifting restrictions from her surgery. I weighed in at 21lb 14oz and was 28 3/4 inches long. I used to be in the 99% for weight, but now I'm only 92% (as compared to other baby girls). I guess that I'm burned off some of that milk with all of the crawling I'm doing now!