Fun day in Carol Stream

This morning, instead of napping in my crib, I got plopped in the car and we drove until I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in a strange place. Mom and Dad called it "Carol Stream".

We went on this epic treck to support family friends the Ovitts, Mom-Jessa, Dad-Nathan, friend-Kiah, as they dedicated Kiah to God at their church. They go to a small church so I got to dance with Mom and Dad as they sang to God. Then I was dropped off in the dreaded nursery. It was very different from First Free, as I was the ONLY baby there (the aforementioned Kiah was busy being dedicated)! I had the teenage girls there eating out of my hand :). After the service we enjoyed a great potluck with the church to celebrate the special day.

Aside: Mom is still bad about not keeping a camera handy AT ALL TIMES, how many times do I need to remind her? It is a miracle she has any pictures of me ;)

These are a few of my favorite things...

Mom is getting all nostalgic now that I am 11 months old. So, she wanted to document a few of my favorite things at this age.

Me with my favorite stuffed animal "Da Bunny"

My favorite book

Pictures from Summer 07

Here are some photos from different activities in Summer 2007. Mom will be updating this album periodically.

4th of July, I like it!

Last year on the 4th of July, I was in mom's tummy. I would have come out sooner if I knew how fun it could be! We had a party at Grandma and Grandpa Bridges' without them (they were travelling and I missed them!). It was a lot of fun. I had a bunch of friends over, crawled around the yard, played with the water table, and overall had a blast. Then, the best part of the day happened. After a nap, I went to a parade! Not only did a I get to hang out with cool people, but I got to see innumerable fire trucks and floats. What fun! Thanks to all who partied down with me, I even stole a kiss from Charlotte Foster!

Waiting for the party to begin with Dad

Giving Charlotte some love


Mom's friend Jessa and my friend Kiah

At the parade with friends

The Zoo!

On Saturday I took my first trip to a zoo, although I was more interested in looking at the people than the animals. I went with mom, dad, and their friends Hunter and Christen. I had to pretend to be their child so the family could get in for free, but that wasn't so bad, because they are nice. After the zoo, we went to their house to play for a bit. I had a really fun time playing with the ValPak coupons. Mom and Dad didn't get any pictures of me, but I had all the coupons spread out in a nice even layer on the floor!

Mom and me by the elephant enclosure.

The whole family by the underwater dolphin viewing area.