The OC

Here are photos that Auntie Wendy took while Mommy, Daddy, and I visited. We flew on a plane. Planes are big, much bigger than birdies. How do airplanes get up in the air? I can't even jump, yet those big hunks of metal can fly.

Anyway, I had lots of fun visiting Uncle Eric and Auntie Wendy. They live in a nice house. There is a water park down the street from them. I was a little scared at first of all the water splashing about, but once I saw Mommy, Auntie Wendy, and Daddy running through, I wasn't so nervous.

I went to the beach. The beach is a place where there is a lot of water and a lot of sand. Sand feels funny on my feet. I saw people standing on boards on the water. I saw kites. I saw birds.

I also saw my third cousin, Steven. He was just born. I know I met three cousins already so I don't know why he is called my third cousin. Steven slept a lot. I kissed him while he took a nap. I played in a bag while he slept.

Easter Egg Hunt

I went to the park by my house for an Easter Egg Hunt. Mommy and Daddy said I went last year, but I didn't remember, so Daddy showed me what to do. I first waited behind a pink ribbon until a man waved his arms and told us to go. Go where? I held my big duckie basket and Daddy started gathering little, shiny, colored eggs that were all over the ground. He put them in my basket. "That looks fun," I thought to myself so I did the same. I didn't have to venture far to find lots of eggs. I popped one in my mouth, but the shiny paper didn't taste that good. But, oh, the stuff inside the shiny wrapping was super yummy. I couldn't eat enough of them.

I saw many of my friends there, like Anna, Landon, and Noah. I also saw Marcie, the nice lady who used to sing songs at the Place Where All The Books Are when I was a Book Baby. Anna had the same Ducky Basket that I had. Grandma gave me that basket last year. Do you think that Grandma also gave one to Anna? I didn't even know they knew each other.

Here I am with Daddy and Mommy's friend Dan. He is visiting from Europe, which is on the other side of the world. I hear the world is round like a big ball, and I didn't think that something roundy has sides, but I'm only 16 months and have much to learn.



Anyway, Dan is nice. He plays peek-a-boo and lets me play in his car. This weekend we are all going to Dan's uncle's place in Washington. I can't wait!

Mommy's Sweater

Mommy knits a lot these days. I try knitting, but I can't get the sticks and the string to make anything except a mess. I always get tangled up. Mommy had been working on a pink and white colored knitting thing for a while; then one day she wore her knitting and it wasn't connected to any sticks. She says it's a sweater. Daddy took a picture of Mommy wearing her knitted sweater while holding me. I'm wearing my favorite PJs. They have little cars on them.

Valentine's Dinner

Here is a picture of Daddy and me at Burgerville. This is a place to get super yummy burgers. Mommy said that there was cow and pig in it, but I didn't see it. All I saw was ground beef and bacon. Maybe they hid under the hamburger patties. Dinner was yummy. I really like the fizzy water. It tickles my mouth.



For lunch, Mommy and I drove downtown and picked Daddy up from work. We drove up to the highest point in Portland and had a picnic overlooking all the land. Actually, all I could see were clouds, so I guess we were up in the sky. Daddy also gave me very pretty, baby-sized roses. They are orange. Mommy got one big, red rose. I didn't have any flowers to give to Daddy so I gave him a hug.

Brooklyn's birthday party

On Saturday, I went to Brooklyn's house. She had a birthday party. She is two years old, but she doesn't look a day over 23 months. I met Brooklyn way back when we were both Book Babies at the place where all the books are. I wasn't even four months at that point.

At Brookie's house, there were all sorts of fun toys. I played basketball, I played grocery shopping, and I sat with my other Book Baby friend Ally on a chair. Speaking of chairs, I took a chair home. Brooklyn gave away a lot of her toys she no longer plays with, and she was nice enough to give me this neat chair that looks like a dump truck. She even autographed it.



Brooklyn had a big cake and shared it with us after we all sang a song to her. There was some fire on the cake, but her mommy and daddy blew on the fire until it disappeared. Everyone clapped. I clapped too, but I don't know why. Maybe because clapping is fun.

Words I know

These are the words I know how to say:
1. up
2. Mama
3. Dada
4. open
5. hi
6. ducky
7. dog
8. bye-bye
9. ball
10. wahhh!!
11. goo-gee

These are the words I know how to sign:
1. milk
2. more
3. diaper change
4. sleep
5. pacifier
6. water
7. all done
8. chicken
9. bread
10. up
11. brush teeth
12. bath
13. banana
14. apple
15. yogurt
16. shoes
17. where
18. please
19. help
20. O's (cheerios)
21. book
22. yes
23. no
24. meat
25. butterfly
26. dog
27. eat
28. hungry
29. spaghetti
30. music/dance
31. hurt/pain
32. bubbles
33. cookies
34. phone
35. gesundheit
36. fish
37. socks
38. pizza
39. car

SuperYo

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Oh no! I've been unmasked. Now my true identity will be revealed!

I'm A Superhero

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This is my photo identification of my superhero status. I am an official Pink Robot Destroyer. Do you hear that, all you pink robots? Beware of the Mighty Yoshimi!

Happy New Year!!

It is now the year 2005. I was born in the year 2003. That was two years ago, but I'm only 1 year old. Funny how that works out. I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a long time. I've been pretty busy. I graduated from being a Baby to being a Toddler. I can walk really fast now, spin around in circles, say some words, and I know a lot of sign language (about 25 signs). I talk on the phone to Daddy, Uncle Eric, Ba-chan and Ji-chan. I no longer go to Book Babies at the place where all the books are. I go to a group called Tiny Tots. I feel little there because all the other Tots are bigger than me.

One small step for a baby

Tonight, right before dinner, I took my first steps without any help from Mommy or Daddy. Mommy and Daddy clapped and cheered for me. I clapped and cheered for myself. Once I master walking, then it's on to running. And once I conquer running, there will be no stopping me!

They should call Autumn "Fall" instead

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Lately I've been watching the leaves fall from the trees. I wonder why the leaves don't want to stay so high up in the air? You don't see as much when you lie on the ground. I know this for a fact because when Daddy puts me on his shoulders I can see all around. When I crawl on the floor I can't even tell if the pair of legs I see in front of me are Mommy's, Daddy's, or a stranger's.

This weekend we went for a walk and took many pictures of the leaves. I thought the leaves were green before, but they must have changed clothes because now they are red and yellow and orange and brown. Please look through my photo album of my leaves and trees.

Bundled Up

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This is me ready to explore the outside world. Mommy dresses me warmly because it is very chilly outside. I have these things that are like socks except they go on my hands. I don't have shoes for my hands though. Daddy puts my hat on and gives me a blanket once I have my seatbelt on in my stroller. I love the cold weather. It makes my face feel funny, especially when Daddy goes running with me. It's like the wind blows all the time.

Birthdays and Halloween celebrations

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I've been really busy lately, so I haven't had much time to blog. This past weekend I was down in California with my family celebrating birthdays, lots of birthdays. There was a party for Ji-Chan's 60th birthday. It was at Uncle Ed and Auntie Misa's house. Ji-chan was very surprised to see me. He was surprised to see everyone else too. There were a lot of people there. I didn't remember a lot of them even though Mommy said I met them before. And even though I just re-met them, I already forgot their names.

There was also a birthday celebration for me. I don't think these people realized that I just celebrated my birthday a few days before, or maybe I'm another year older already. I got a lot of presents. I really like the boxes and the paper. I also really like the red fuzzy toy that dances and sings.

My cousin Katie also celebrated her birthday. She turned 8 on Halloween. We went out to dinner and then went trick-or-treating. I was a karate girl. Mommy was a pink robot. Daddy was a citizen of the city, but he just wore the same clothes that he normally wears. Katie was a vampire. Kelly was a spiderweb ghost. They were very scary looking! But underneath their spooky costumes they were still the nice cousins they've always been. Madison was a pretty princess fairy (not fairy princess) and had a sparkly crown and magic wand.

I had never been trick-or-treating before. It's a funny thing. Daddy carries me up to the door of every house. My cousins ring the doorbell. Someone answers the door. Now, sometimes this person is dressed up as something spooky, sometimes this person is normal clothes, sometimes this person is in jammies. Anyway, we say "trick-or-treat!" and this person gives us candy. Then we say "thank you" and leave. We walk up to the next house and do the same thing all over again. We got a lot of candy. We even went to a haunted house and scary people jumped out at us and there was a lot of fog and spooky music playing. Mommy held me so I wasn't too scared.

Mommy and Daddy have eaten most of my candy. They tell me that they are "checking" it to make sure that it's not poisoned. One of these days when they aren't looking I'm going to get my hands on my candy.

I'm 1 year old

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Yesterday was my first birthday. I've been here for 1 whole year. That feels like a very long time. I've learned a lot of things though, like crawling, eating solid food, and sign language. There are also a lot of things that I was born knowing how to do, like crying, pooping, and sleeping. I do all these things very well.

For my birthday, Daddy stayed home from work for the morning and played with me. Mommy made me a chocolate cupcake. Mommy and Daddy sang Happy Birthday to me. The cupcake had this white stick on it with this hot orange thing dancing on the tip. Mommy said not to touch it though because it will hurt. Anyway, Mommy and Daddy blew on the orange thing and it went away. The cupcake was pretty good, although I really liked the pasta I had beforehand. That's me in the picture with chocolate crumbs on my face. And if you think that's messy, you should have seen the floor!

After my little party, Mommy and I dropped Daddy off downtown at his work. Mommy and I went to see a movie. I don't think it was very good because we left before it ended. I was tired. I took a nap on the ride home.

Mommy went to her knitting class in the evening so I played with Daddy. What a lucky girl I am; I played with Daddy in the morning and at night! He told me he's very happy to be my Daddy. I said, "Ga!" which means, I'm happy to be his baby girl.

My photo shoot

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Here is one of my pictures from my photo shoot.

My weekend

Two nights ago Mommy and Daddy went out on a Date. I don't really know what a date is but for some reason they didn't take me along. Instead, Cassie came over to babysit me. I had fun playing with her, but then I wanted my Daddy and Mommy and they were no where to be found. I was sad, but Cassie tried really hard to cheer me up. I really liked when she held me and she squatted up and down. She told me the next day that her legs were sore from that. That's funny because my legs felt fine afterwards. I was beginning to think that Mommy and Daddy were never going to come home, but they did. I was upset at them for leaving me for so long. But I was also happy to see them again. I hope that Cassie is still my friend after all the crying I did in front of her.

Last night I went to a birthday party for Mommy and Daddy's friends' Martin and Tiana. I ate yummy food like cucumbers, spring rolls, bread, a bite of cookie. I tried drinking Daddy's beer. I played with this black, fuzzy doggie named Maverick. He is very big and I got a little nervous around him, but he was friendly. He even let me stick my finger in his nose, although I don't think he liked that very much. There were other people at the party that were more my size but they didn't want to play with me for very long. They all could run around on their feet and I haven't figured out how to do that yet without holding on to a sofa or table. I cramped their playing style since I only can crawl for the time being.

This morning Mommy and Daddy went running and pushed me in my stroller. The air was chilly so I dressed in long pants, a long sleeve shirt, a thick jacket, and had a warm, cozy hat on my head; I snuggled under my blue blankie. We stopped at a bakery for breakfast. I had some of Daddy's coffee cake and juice. It was very yummy.

Smile for the birdie

Today I had a photo shoot at JC Penney, commissioned by Bachan. I wore a brown tweed jumper with pink accents, white tights, and a new pair of pink cupcake shoes. I felt very grown-up in my sophisticated outfit. I wonder if people who saw me thought I looked older than Mommy or Daddy since they were not dressed up. The lady who took my picture was very nice and friendly. We played peek-a-boo. She said I was "cute as a button." Maybe she saw me yesterday when I wore my shirt that said the same thing on it. Mommy and Daddy had a hard time choosing from all the cute poses I did. My photo website will have my pictures from my photo shoot within a couple weeks.

Splish Splash

Usually I take my baths in the kitchen sink. Mommy and Daddy wash the dishes there, so I figured that's where everything gets washed. I couldn't figure out how Mommy and Daddy fit in the sink to wash themselves. They are too big. Last night, I found out that they clean themselves in the bathroom. Mommy let me take a bath in the big tub with her. I felt like a grown-up! There were all sorts of bubbly suds. I tried to eat them. Daddy put some suds on my head and on my face. He said I had a beard, but that's just silly because only boys have beards. Mommy taught me how to splash around in the water. Daddy gave me some toys to play with. It was a lot of fun. I hope that I can take more baths in the bathtub.

Busy as a bee

I saw lots of people this weekend. Last night Mommy, Daddy and I went shopping, but it wasn't like the usual stores we go to. This one was at a house, in the basement, which is a large grey room that is under the ground. There was a lot of yummy food and drinks, and fun music, and many people, and a few doggies. The doggies are big and furry and they scare me a little, but Mommy or Daddy holds me and I don't feel so scared. Mommy and Daddy bought clothes for running. I don't know why they don't wear onesies or feetie pajamas and ride around in a stroller like I do; it's so much easier than letting your feet touch the ground. Anyway, there were a lot of people I knew, and a lot of people I didn't know, and there were people that I think I should have known, but couldn't remember.

Today we went to a housewarming party at Phil and Christy's house. Phil works with Daddy in a big office building, but he lives down the street from us. I played with some bread; I ate some bread. I played with some leaves; I ate some leaves. I watched Mommy and Daddy play croquet. Then I got tired so we went home.