Where's the beef?!

I never had red meat until today and guess what! I love pastrami! Mommy and Daddy took me to Ben's for dinner. I love going to Ben's because I get to watch the fountain on the way in. Tonight it did a lot of fancy spouting. For dinner, I had about 1/3 of a matzoh ball, some pastrami, prunes and a sugar cookie. Then we watched the nerds at Barnes & Noble all dressed up to buy the last Harry Potter book. Daddy read my favorite book to me tonight (I Love You, Stinky Face) and another classic - The Monster at the End of this Book. Grover is so silly.

Oh yeah, I ate a big boy lunch today, too! I had a piece of turkey, a big bowl of rice and some peaches. Who needs baby food when you have 6 teeth?!

Tasty Delights!

It's all about food this week! But that's okay; I'm Italian and Jewish. I'm supposed to like food.

Rice is nice:






But I kvell for Carvel:








Mommy says to please ignore her googly eyes - she's just tired.

I don't care if her eyes are googly - I love my Mom so much that I love to watch her floss her teeth every night. Her teeth aren't even googly. Maybe she should floss her eyes, too.

My new face

I have a new face that I like to make when I eat. The sounds that go along with the face consist of a fast, heavy breathing/snort through my nose. Mommy thinks I'm a character.

Cousins are fun!

Today I had a lot of fun with Steven and Stephanie! I missed Dylan, but he's busy having fun at camp (lucky!). Anne invited Mommy and me over to swim and we had a great time. At first, the weather didn't look like it would cooperate, but it turned out to be a really nice day.

What a great day!

Today I did so many fun things. First, Mommy and Daddy surprised me with my very own sprinkle pool!







Truth be told, the spraying water was a little too much for me. When Daddy shut off the hose, I had a much better time.







After that, Mommy and I took a shower and then headed out to lunch with G.G. We went to her house after shopping for decorations for my birthday party. G.G. made Mommy an egg cream and gave me a cup and a straw to play with! She's so much fun.





I took a nap on the way home in the car and then we went to Granny and Grandpa's to BBQ. Check out all of the boys on the lawn!





I had fun jumping with Granny.



And after dinner, Granny and Grandpa made me laugh.

And the picture!

So what if I'm yelling and my face is covered in carrots? Mommy thinks I look great.

I'm 11 months old today!

Mommy wants to take my picture for my "My First Year" frame, but I'm not in the mood. Maybe I'll cooperate later, but for now:

I want to be nosy and see what Arlene is doing


And I'd rather practice standing for a while