New Bag of Tricks

I have got a whole bag of new tricks now!! I have now mastered the art of crawling. I am all over the place exploring everywhere I go. Not only that, but I can pull myself up to standing. I am standing up in my crib, on the side of my playbox, on the gate. I am seeing the world in a whole new way!! I am learning new stuff every day, especially this past week. I am starting to learn some of the sign language that Mom and Dad have been so diligently showing me. My Dad is so proud of me because this week, I finally got the idea of the "So Big" game. He says "So Big" and I raise my hands way up above my head and smile, then he claps for me and I clap too!! It is so fun!

I got to go to Rochester with my Mom this past weekend. She went out to a concert with Grandma and Aunt Lou Lou, so I got to stay with Aunt Jane, Aunt Amanda, and my cousins, Sarah, Karlie and Jenna. I got to show everyone all my new tricks! Aunt Jane and Aunt Amanda helped to put me to bed, which was a little weird for me because only Mom, Dad and Grandma have ever put me to bed. It was a little upseting at first, but Aunt Amanda picked me up to reassure me and rocked me to sleep.

I get to see her and Aunt Jane again on Thursday when I go to Syracuse for Thanksgiving. We are all going as a family, Mom, Dad, me and the doggies too! I will also get to see my Uncle Gary, Aunt Amy, Aunt Dottie, Scott and even Grandma Peterson will be there. I am really looking forward to my first Thanksgiving!!