lot going on

A lot has happened since the last time anything was written. The visit with your grama went really well. Of course you were a real mama's girl for the first few days of the visit, but you did make some special memories with grama. The night before she had to leave, you snuggled and loved on grama.

You are now cruising on all the furniture in the house. You can stand on your own for seconds at a time. You are eating everything that you can get into your mouth. You are now saying mama and dada. Your first tooth came in. You won your first trophy.

We have tickets to go back to Coffeyville in May to celebrate Aunt E's 21st birthday. Grandpa bought our ticket so we wouldn't miss E's big day. She thinks we'll have some big shindig, but we'll have to just see what happens. Seeing as how you still don't even come close to sleeping through the night without being fed, I don't see how anyone could babysit you for an evening. Nonetheless, I can't wait until everyone can see all the very fun things that you are doing now. You keep to so busy that I don't even know where the days, weeks, or even months go.

I should elaborate on the trophy winning. You were entered in a diaper derby. You had to race a little 7 month old boy by crawling 25 feet or so. Well you sure did it and won a trophy that is taller than you sitting up. You also won a package of diapers and wipes. I called everyone in the family, but you daddy was on a submarine and couldn't see the trophy for an entire week. He didn't even know for a week that you had said mama or that your first tooth had come in. Poor dad missed so much in just a weeks time. I don't think he would have left had he known what all would have gone on.

We just went to the Cherry Blossom Festival with Joy and Kayden and had a wonderful time. You and Kayden have so much fun together and you even goy your first sunburn. You were a hit with everyone that saw you and wore one of the many adorable outfits that your grama picked out for you.

I've been sending so many pictures to your aunts and grama and grandpa. I feel bad that we live so far away and they can't see how cool you really are. They will get to see soon enough.