Delay Due to Technical Difficulties

I hope you didn't think I had forgotten you. On the contrary, I tried to post a blog with these same pictures a week ago, and after all the uploading and all my cute comments, the Blogger website wouldn't publish the post and wouldn't save it....so I lost it all. I was a bit discouraged when all that hard work was lost, but I'm back...and ready to share a bit of life with you again!

The weather has been warming and Teddy & I are true outdoor buffs. We love to get out in the fresh air, whether going on walks with Daddy and the doggies, playing at the playgrounds or just hanging out in the backyard. Mom and Dad love being outside to, so we are gearing up with some new backpacks to enjoy some family hikes this summer. Here is Daddy and Teddy giving our new backpacks a trial run!


I like to try to help out outside. There is a lot of work to be done and Mom & Dad always seem to have a project they are working on. I was a really good shoveler this winter and thought I could carry that skill into the Spring, but apparently there isn't much to shovel off the driveway anymore. I did get some good shoveling in when Daddy & Papa Peters were working on cleaning up the former pool area a couple of weekends ago. There was lots of sand and rocks to get moved around, my skills sure came in handy then!


Speaking of skills, Teddy is acquiring some new ones. He is up on two legs a lot more now. He isn't quite walking on his own yet, but he stands up and cruises around on the furniture and will stand alone for a few seconds without realizing it. As soon as he realizes he isn't hanging on to something, down on his tush he goes. Here he is working on his spoon skills...

And for me, well, I am growing and learning a lot too. Most everyone seems to be quite amused lately at some of the things I say. My new favorite phrase is "I need...". I often say things like, "I need to drive the car", or "I need to go this way" (as I direct Mom from the backseat of the car), or "I need to go night-night".

Oh, and haircuts!! Last weekend, Daddy watched us on Saturday while Mom went to some leadership training for MOPS. He took us down to Barber Matt and we got our warm weather buzz cuts. We look like we are ready to enter boot camp!! Here is Teddy with his new do!

Okay, and I do have a video to share of Teddy pushing around our little cart to show off some of his new walking skills. This is where things went haywire when I tried to post this before, so hopefully this will upload nicely for you to enjoy!

Teddy Baseball Turns 1!!

Our little Teddy Baseball turned 1 year old on Sunday! We had a party to celebrate his first birthday on Saturday with family & friends. There are lots of photos to share, so I'll get right to it...

We had some good food at the party thanks to Billy Spaulding and the crew at Corning Catering! They always make us the yummiest meals! Teddy enjoyed his lunch with Great-Grandma and Grandpa Young!

Here is the Teddy Baseball birthday cake!!

Teddy sure did LOVE his cake!!

Auntie Tauheedah, my Mom's bestest college friend was here to visit us for the weekend. She lives in California now, but we love when she comes back to NY for a visit. She tried to get in on some of Teddy's cake and ended up with it on her nose!!

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to..."


All my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins were here to celebrate with us. Here is Uncle Johnny. Teddy had to do some work fixing his wheels.

Here is Uncle Joe. He has blue eyes just like Teddy's.

I helped open some of Teddy's gifts. I help play with them too! :-) Thanks everyone for the wonderful presents!

Sunday was Teddy's actually birthday and it was Easter too! We woke up and had to find our Easter baskets. Then there was church, lunch, naps...pretty much the same Sunday routine.

Have you seen my Easter basket?

Mom Mom and the Tedster

Here is me eating some lunch with my new Thomas Train Whistle!! TOOT TOOT!!

We decided to go out for Easter dinner. Here is Teddy and I all packed in the truck headed out for our meal. Now we both have our own baseball caps!!

Today, Grammie and Mom took Teddy and I to Sears to get our birthday photos taken. Here are some shots from our session. You can also see the new ones on the right hand side of our blog page...just look up to the right.

Yoo Hoo! Anyone there?

Hello? Anyone there? I figure you all might have given up on me and stopped checking the blog by now since it has been so long since I last wrote. Sorry about being "gone" for so long. It isn't that I haven't been doing fun things to share with you all, but more than Mom hasn't been taking any photos...and I know you all like to see new photos.

There isn't a lot of new, exciting news besides the fact that Teddy is now "upright". He has figured out how to pull himself up on things, and does a pretty good of staying up (unless I knock him down). This new mobility of his does create some difficulties for me though. Now he is easily getting into my toys, and is just in my way sometimes. It can be frustrating and I admit, I have taken to pushing and hitting him a bit. I'm learning that isn't a good approach though. I didn't quite get it at first, but after spending a lot of time standing in the corner in time-out over the last several weeks, it is finally sinking in. Perhaps some of this is why Mom hasn't had much time to take photos lately :-).

She did get a few photos this week of Teddy and I at the window. We were watching snow fall outside. Can you believe it? Just when I thought Spring was here...

Mom and Dad think I have been saying a lot of cute and funny stuff lately. I do have quite an imagination! Sometimes it leads to fun, other times to mischief. Teddy is learning new things too. He makes lots of sounds, but we still haven't figured out if there have been officially "first words" yet. He does seem to point at things now and say "What's that?" One thing he has mastered is eating big people food. You better not even let him see food unless you are planning to share it with him. He has quite an appetite!!

We are busy preparing for a visit from my Auntie T (my Mom's best friend from college) and Teddy's big 1st birthday party on Saturday, Easter and his official birthday on Sunday....so we are sure to have lots of new photos and stories to share with you after the weekend!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Teddy was showing his Irish spirit today by wearing some green!

Speaking of green, the coming Spring season makes me think of green. Soon, the buds will be coming out on the trees and the browns and greys of winter will be transformed into the bright, new greens of Spring!! We have loved the warmer temperatures and are taking every opportunity we can to get outside. This weekend, Teddy and I both had a chance to help Daddy outside with some yard work.

Here is Teddy all ready to head out with Daddy.

He got to take his first tractor ride! Notice the ear protection that is really protecting his entire head. It was funny when he tried to smile...he looked like he was doing "Chubby Baby".

I helped Daddy change the oil on the tractor and take the first ride around the yard to make sure all was working well!!

TONS of FUN!!

I have tons of pictures to show you because I have had tons of fun this week!! Now that we are all healthy again, we were able to plan some fun activities with family and friends!

We started the week off by going to the National Strong Museum of Play in Rochester. My Grammie Peterson drove up with Mom, Teddy and I. We met Aunt Shel Shel, Cohen, Cooper and Gram Gram Peters there. It is a super fun place...all geared around PLAY! I'm really good at that, so it was a great place for me! I would have been happy with just a few of the many amazing things and areas to play with. It was a little overwhelming trying to enjoy them all in just a day!

One of my favorite spots, the big fishy tank! Here is me (left) and my cousin Cohen (right)watching the fish.

They have a mini-sized Wegman's there, and it even had a baby area for Teddy and Cooper to play in.

This was by far, my FAVORITE place in the whole museum. It was a HUGE train table!! There was a big train to ride, but I just wanted to play with these little trains.

My next favorite spot was the big helicopter. You could run up a ramp and into the cockpit and push the red button to make it sound like you were really flying. This was right next to the train table, so I spent some time with each adult as they just let me run from one back to the other

In one area, there was a sand box, but not with real sand. It was like a plastic sand. I had fun playing in here with my cousins and Teddy. We shoveled, pour, dug and sifted.

Back to the fish tank! We saw them quite often since they were out near the bathrooms and food court. Here is Gram Gram with Cooper.

Check this out!! Do you see me back there? I was behind this wall with all bubbles floating up. So COOL!!

I made other friends that day too. I don't know their names, but I wasn't shy about climbing into any toy with anybody!

Besides lunch, this is probably the only other time I sat down. It was to play with some building stuff with Gram Gram.

Near the end of our day, we went into a super fun room that had a great baby area for Teddy and Cooper. It had this really neat wall with different little doors you could peek through. Here is Teddy peeking through at Mom Mom with her camera.

See all the little windows!

Right before we left, I got to ride the Merry-go-round with Grammie Peterson. I was so tired by this time, I just kind of stared off into space. It almost lured me to sleep.

That was the start of our super fun week, but it didn't end there. On Tuesday, Mom's friend Brooke and her daughter, Ava came to visit. They stayed with us for a couple days. It was fun having another playmate in the house. Ava is about the same age as Teddy. I really liked having her here. It was fun to wake up and go see her.

On Wednesday, I decided to take Brooke and Ava to the PRC...another favorite spot of mine to play! Here is Brooke, Ava and Teddy over in the baby area, playing a little peek-a-boo.

Teddy had a grand-ol' time riding on a rocking horse.

Ava rode on one too!! Aren't they cute?!!

Even I rode on one!

Here is us all at home playing with the ball popper toy!

Ava did a good job of holding her own with us boys. She wasn't afraid to get a bit physical. Here she is telling Teddy to stay out of her area.

Ava even played helicopters with me! Her and I were best pals!

Ava is really cute and we look forward to a visit with her again!

Just Photos

Not much time to write right now, but I wanted to get up some new photos for you to enjoy. We are heading to Strong Museum tomorrow, so I will surely have some good photos and stories to share with you then!!

Spider Baby, Spider Baby, Does whatever a Spider Baby does...

Me and my firetruck

Hey Daddy, try on these new rattle glasses!

Rawr, the shark is going to get you!

Teddy, Cooper and the oh-so-famous doggie toy at Grandma & Grandpa Young's house. Every child and grandchild has played with and chewed on this toy for the last three decades.

More photos tomorrow!! Good Night!