Hide and seek

I made a new friend over at the Small's house...Ruby! She was just my size to play with.

King Kone!

After pumpkin picking, we went by King Kone for some ice cream! I only got to have a little taste of Mom's strawberry milkshake, which I thought was yummy!

Pumpkin picking

We spent a super sunny fall day out at Muscoot Farm in Westchester with my cousin Hunter, and Uncle Mark. There were pumpkins, animals, leaves and a farmers' market. Soo fun! It was my first real shot at walking around outside, and I pretty much nailed it, though I did have a run in with some scratchy weeds that roughed up my cheek.

Kickin' it in Katonah

I've gotten to spend some good play time with my cousin Zoe over at her house. Her mommy, Liz, is holding both of us in a very cool chair that spins!

Get up, stand up!

Not only have I improved my walking since we've been away, but I figured out how to stand up without pulling up on anything!

Going ape

Well, we sort of went ape. We checked out the baboons at the Prospect Park Zoo, and I thought they looked kind of weird...but not as weird as the real apes that were eating their poop at the Seattle Zoo.

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks

Granny J and I waited outside Romio's while Dad grabbed a slice.

Planes, trains and automobiles

My first ride on a subway completed my 24-hour transportation trifecta! I wasn't so sure about the train's speedy arrival into the station or the screeching of the wheels against the tracks, but Dad said it was OK.

Will the real Rowan Miller please stand up?

After we arrived at the Marriott in Brooklyn, I quickly discovered the closet door with the mirror from top to bottom, which I thought was way cool. These pictures were from the beginning of my LONG night, which earned me a sleep in the bed with Mommy and Daddy, which NEVER happens!

Walkin' man

Check me out...I can walk on my own! I'm getting steadier and steadier every day, but now and again I hit my bottom. That kiddo in the Charmin ads back in the day may have been on to something with the toilet paper in his diaper.

A stick me situation

Well, I was able to avoid shots at my nine-month visit, but doggone it, Dr. L. busted out the needles AGAIN at my 12-month visit! I hear there will be no shots next time though...yay. Of course I'll give you the info you are interested in...weight: 24lbs. 13oz. (90th percentile), length: 31-3/4 (95th percentile) and head: 48.4cm (95th percentile).

Birthday pictures!

Here they are! We had a great time decorating cupcakes, eating barbeque and seeing friends! The best part though, was listening to everyone singing happy birthday to me. I love music and I totally knew it was all about ME! Wheeee! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did!

Mommy and Daddy help me with the cake, which I didn't care too much about eating.

Ellie decorates a cupcake while Jacqueline runs by and Jack discovers the goodness of gummy bears!

Wow, all these people sure are tall!

Well, hello there Dianne!

Zoe popped by for a quick hello while Grandpa was holding me....

Here's the scene under the big top!

...and finally here's part of the spread. We had chili-rubbed ribs with espresso BBQ sauce, BBQ brisket, green beans in lemon dressing with walnuts and parmesean, cornbread, ruby applesauce and scallopped fennel and potatoes with gouda. The birthday cake was sour cream and banana with cream cheese frosting. Mmmmm...

One year and one century

Hey folks! I had a birthday today! I'm a whole bunch of days old...365 and one quarter to be exact. Can you believe it? I've survived Mom, who didn't even have much babysitting experience...and Dad, who is, well...a dude. Mom and Dad had a party for me and for our house since it turned 100 in the same year that I turned one. Grandpa was a huge help with finishing up the ribs on the grill and bringing an extra table and chairs...he also shot a bunch of video which we'll be posting soon along with some video of me WALKING that Mom took the other day! We had lots of good friends here to help me celebrate. Our buddies Jim and Amy made pictures and video for us, too, which was GREAT since Mom was so busy in the kitchen and didn't have time to pick up her camera. Stay tuned! Thanks again everybody for helping me celebrate!

Sleeping the day away

I had a super long nap the other day and Mommy and Daddy figured out that sometimes it might be best to wake me up. Soooooo, after not seeing me asleep for a very long time since I'm so good about putting myself to sleep in my own bed, Mommy snuck a few pictures before she woke me up from a deep slumber yesterday. Oh, by the way, I heard that my REM sleep can look a little freaky...cool! Just click on my picture to see me bigger!

Tabled issue

Mommy and Daddy had to buy a new highchair for me since I figured out how to make my old one back and forth. It scared them to see me do that and they would come running if I did it just after they stepped away to fill my sippy or something. Of course I thought their spaz outs were hilarious! Anyway, my new chair lets me sit right at the table, but it's not nearly as much fun since it isn't my own personal bucking bronco. The upside of the deal is my placemat tastes nearly as good as my food. Oh, and if you forgot, that's my nanny Christina helping me keep things organized.

Super baby!

I'm well on my way to becoming Superman with Daddy's help!

Scaling great heights

I am fascinated by the iPod, and I'm big enough now that I can actually touch the bottom of the sound dock if I stretch really, really tall. Note my ability to multi-task, as I have my raspberry teether in my mouth. Who needs hands to hold things when you have teeth? Anyway, I hope Mom and Dad don't get any ideas about moving the iPod up another shelf. What a bummer that would be...though it might be only another month before I could reach that since I'm growing so fast!

Bottoms up!

I've recently discovered that looking upside down is a hoot! Mommy looks so wacky upside down. Well, she is wacky anyway, but I think you know what I'm saying.

The more that you read...

... the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!

Story time with Daddy is the greatest. He has just the right size lap for me to fit in.

A ham I am

I'm starting to figure out that I'm the star of the show, the main attraction and the celebrity of the house...particularly once mom points that big lens my way. I don't want to disappoint her, so I throw her a bone now and again with one of my giggle fits.

Doggone it

Grandpa's dog, Lucky, loves to kiss my face, and I think he is the bees knees, but since I've gotten to be a fast mover, he looks like he might try to herd me occasionally. Just to be on the safe side, we had him wait in the hallway while I was getting my groove on with my Learn and Groove Musical Table. Hey, that might have been my first product plug. Can we get some ad revenue here, people? Anyway, I'll be so happy when I'm bigger and can hold my own with him a little better! He's fun!

A room without books is like a body without a soul

If you've been to our house, you know we have a lot of books! One of my favorite things to do lately is to pull up on the window seat in the living room where a bunch of my books are. I pull them down one by one and have either Mommy or Daddy read to me. Sometimes we make it through the whole book, but other times I get too excited about pulling up again and moving on to the next one! So much good reading, so little time!

The sultan of swing

Today Mommy took me to the local playfield to test out the baby swings. It was pretty cool to check out the kiddo on the swing next to me. He sure looked funny going back and forth. I'm sure I didn't look that silly! We found out that the play area is super cool. They even have a nice wading pool that will be perfect for me next summer!

Beach boy

Yesterday Mommy and Daddy took me to Alki Beach! I thought the sand was pretty neat, but I thought the water was WAY too cold. Daddy did a good job getting me all slathered with sun screen. It'll be so great when I'm big enough to get into building sand castles! As always, just click on my picture to see me bigger!

Target practice

I really have gotten the Cheerio thing down, but I had a little mishap today. Just click on my picture to see me bigger!