It's been too long

It's been awhile I know, so I won't say much. Nobody really reads anyway, they just want to see pictures :) Hope this finds you doing well!

Me and my cousins, Dylan & Chloe.


I was really, really sick last month and had to go the hospital. If you look closely, you'll see my cool hospital bracelet.


I can climb stairs all by myself now ;)


When I was sick, I didn't want to eat or drink anything. Mom tried giving me a popsicle to see if I'd like it and to keep me hydrated. It was very cold, and weird.


I don't think I'm liking this.


Just hanging out with my girls. This is my new cousin, Addison Marie by the way.


It's us again.



With the NCAA tourney right around the corner, I find it necessary to say, "Go Jayhawks!"


Aunt Kiwi...she's silly :)


Aunt Stephie...she likes to tease ;)


Chlo Chlo and I hangin' out. We're buds =)


I love this toy!

Holidays

I took some time off from writing for the holidays. I was busy! We traveled all over but it was fun. My first Christmas was more than I expected - I got soooo much stuff! Clothesn (I'm the best dressed ever for a couple months), toys (some really cool toys too), books and stuff. There's this one book that mommy likes so much she keeps reading it to me over and over and over and over. I like it, but I think mommy likes it way more than me! New Year's I tried to stay up and toot a horn to ring in the New Year, but it was way past my bedtime. I hung in there until 9:00. Here's some pictures from the holidays. Enjoy!

Blue eyes.

Mommy & Daddy's friends Veto and Michaela brought their puppy Dixie over. I liked her and she liked me. She licked me a lot :)

Daddy's girl.

Opening presents at Great Grandma Claussens, although you can't see there were lots of them!

Me & Grandpa.

This is one of the books I was telling you about earlier. I had to wait until she was done reading this before I opened any more presents....hmph.

Ew - this is a big present just for me!!

Pappo playing Santa, don't worry I know he's only a "helper" and not the REAL Santa ;)

Mommy & Daddy

Meema & Me in our "joggers"

Cousins (the little ones anyway) on the Peschka side at Great Grandma Rosie's.

Cousin Reagan & I. We gave kisses - I like her.

Aunt Karen & cousins A'Shonna and Cady.

Cousins Kim, Courtney and Darrin. Kim told me I'm going to have another cousin to play with....a girl too! She's pregnant - congratulations!

Just Me

Here I am playing in my basket. There's all sorts of good stuff in here.

Christmas Program

So there's a big holiday coming up that everyone is talking about called Christmas. Apparently it's a pretty big deal. In fact, it's such a big deal at my school, that we have a program about it. The bigger kids (the 2's, 3's, 4's & 5's) get to sing Christmas songs and perform on stage. They rang bells, dressed like reindeer and elves and danced little jigs. Since the kids my age are too little to sing, we get to do something different. Our parents dress us up in an outfit, write a little blurb about it and we get to walk the runway....just like a New York fashion show! I don't know why they think we'd like this better, I think it would be more fun to sing but I did what I was told. Dress up and walk (well, not really I was held by Ms Trina on stage.) Most of the other babies wore more casual or fun outfits, but I dressed up in my formal gown from my baptism. Mom wrote something like the following...

"Lainey is wearing a formal gown by the K.I.D collection. Dressed in a white satin gown with organza overlay and a pink sash and headband to boot, she wore this for her baptism and stole the show. With a button up back and no bloomers, this dress makes it easy for moms to change undergarments. Paired with white pair of stockings and cute little dress shoes, this dress is perfect for any formal occassion. Thanks Lainey!"

I was quite the cheeseball on stage. All the other babies were like "whatever, i don't want to be here, get me off stage," but not me. The audience ooooo'd and awed over me so ate it up. I smiled, giggled and loved being the center of attention :)

Here's me and my friends before the show. We had the red carpet roll out as we pulled up to the show in our stretch limo buggy!



Here's me and my buddy Thad. His mom dressed him up in formal clothes too, so it looks like were going to a dance together! Don't worry, he didn't put any moves on me!

Halloween and A Day at the Park

As many of you know, the bunny costume won out. So, I dressed up with all my friends at daycare and we went trick or treating. We were quite the sight. Here we are strolling around in our beloved buggy. I was excited to be out, but everyone else looks less than amuzed. I didn't want to miss anything! Last weekend mom, dad and I went to Loose Park. It was a really pretty day and the trees were bright and colorful. I saw these birds on a little pond there. These birds swim, that seems silly to me but they do. I thought birds were fliers, not swimmers? Now I'm confused. Here's a picture of those birds and trees. Mom and Dad played with this plastic circle called a frisbee. They tell me I'm too little to play, so I watched in my stroller while I chewed on my own circle thing ;) They were funny to watch. I don't think mom is as fast as dad...I wonder why? This weekend Mema and Pappo came up, but only for a little bit. They went on vacation to Las Vegas and stayed with us before they left for the airport. The next day Grandma came into town. We had fun playing! Here's a picture of Grandma and I watching the KU/Nebraska game at McFadden's. KU didn't win...darn Jayhawks :( One last thing. Here's a video of me and this new thing I found. While I was scooting around I bumped into this thingy and it made a funny noise. I noticed if I kept moving it, it continued that funny noise. I like it! Signing off .yjc lkcv,mcfgtifmvlkf8odldlb;;g (usually I just tell mom what I want to say, but that was me really typing!!)

I Got Baptised!

I had a very big day today...I got baptised! We went back to Beloit to Mema and Pappo's house this weekend and had lots to do. Saturday we took a family picture and I had to dress up in lots of other outfits for more pictures. I know I'm cute and all, but sometimes this picture thing can get overdone! I'll have mom send out an email when the pictures are available online. After pictures we went to a craft show and shopped downtown Beloit. I waited very patiently while Mommy tried on every pair of jeans in the store. Aunt Kelv and Uncle Karton came up later to hang out with me. I showed them lots of stuff. I dressed up in my halloween costume, I showed them how I crawl and I did my best at showing them new sounds I make ;) Grandma, Grandpa and Great Grandma Claussen came up and we all went to church for my big day. I did really good and never cried once! Not even when pastor took me from dad to put that holy water on my head ;) After I got wet, he held me up to the congretion for them to check me out. I had a few things I wanted to say after such a big event, so I grabbed the microphone off pastor's robe! He didn't let me say much but I sure tried! This week is Halloween...I can't wait for you all to see me in my bunny costume!

Me getting holy water on my head....sorry it's a little fuzzy.


I was a very good girl for pastor.


Me and my friend Maddy at school.

What did I do?

This is one of my teachers, Miss Trina.

Pappo and I taking a snooze.

Toofies, Mobility & Food

So I wanted to update you on a few exciting things. First and foremost, I want to thank those of you who offered your opinions on my halloween outfit. I have decided to go with the bunny. I tried it on last week and although it's a bit much, I do look pretty cute! Second, I wanted you to know that I'm getting these things called teeth. My two bottom toofies are almost all the way in and they really hurt. They keep me, mom and dad all up at night. I try to be tough but sometimes the pain is more than I can stand :( Third, I'm really starting to discover some independence! One day mom wasn't watching me and I really wanted my pacifer. She apparently didn't hear me, so I went to get it myself. It was a little out of my reach, so I started scooting forward. Once I got going I was doing the army crawl! It won't be long until mom and dad chase me everywhere :) Finally, I am eating more solid foods. I have about had it with rice cereal and oatmeal. I'm actually eating stuff with flavor now - sweet potatoes, applesauce, bananas, pears and squash. I really like my new foods.

Me waiting on mom to leave for school.


Mom's new haircut. No, she doesn't like it.


My favorite toy...paper!


Mom thinks I look cute in this towel and wanted a picture. I wanted to tell her "look it's cold after my bath and there's no time for pictures - get me dressed!"