Introducing AV and "sweet ride"

Well, now that you know all about my trip to Wisconsin and have met some of my monkey relatives I thought you might want an update on my home life. First of all, this is my little monkey sister Avery, or AV as I like to call her. She is my best friend and future playmate. Right now her favorite thing to do is pull my hair.

Speaking of hair, check out this picture. I wonder where she gets that monkey hair from!!!!

Today was a big day for Avery. She learned to roll from her back to her belly. Maybe now she won't lay there and scream because she can't get her booty rolled all the way over. Good job Avery.

My daddy is driving my mommy's car to work this week. The highlight of my day is when we get to take "sweet ride" to Camilla's in the morning. I love to ride in "sweet ride." Mommy doesn't seem to be as happy about it as I am. In the afternoon, I get so excited when I can hear "sweet ride" coming down the road because I know my mommy is coming to pick me up and take me home. When I say I can hear it, I mean I can hear it. It is so loud I think half of the county knows when we are coming. Mommy gets embarrassed, but I think it is the best ride ever. I sit up really high and can see everything out the windows. Daddy says he is going to get collector plates for it next year...whatever that means.

Other than my ride in "sweet ride," today was an uneventful day. I spent a good 81/2 hours at Camilla's playing with my friends (I love it there), came home and got a Dora episode in and had some fruit snacks ("snacks"), played with my dolls a little bit, yelled at the dogs to "leave me alone," played with AV, made pan cakes with mom, took a bath, read my usual bed time books (see profile if you want to know my favs), and then down for a good 11 hours of sleep. Sounds like a long, busy day I know. I'm exhausted. I will introduce you to the rest of my family and share more stories later. Good Night! I can't wait for my next ride tomorrow morning.

My Trip to Wisconsin

Dad and I packed up and headed to Wisconsin for the week. It was a long ride, but I'm pretty sure I kept daddy entertained with my singing and fine storytelling skills. Here I am upon arrival.

I was so excited to get there and see everyone. I practiced saying their names all week - Grandma, Grandpa, T-Bone and of course my favorite Aunt Wacey (that's Lacey for those of you who don't understand toddler speak). Here we are....isn't she beautiful?

I needed to run around after being strapped in all day, so I convinced everyone to play outside. I had to show them my daddy's Big Truck.
Grandma heard that I've been helping Mommy with yard work at home, so she thought she would put me to work too - she bought me a cool shovel and rake.

I rode in the truck all day, chased Cosmo (he's Grandma and Grandpa's yellow lab), ate supper, I was ready for a bath and bedtime. Mommy and Daddy told me I had a strict itinerary while I was in Wisconsin - Auntie Lacey and I would be on the go from morning to night. Here I am after bath time, perhaps this crazy hair of mine earned me the nickname "Monkey". What do you think?

You think that's bad.....I have some sweet bed head in the AM.

Wednesday started out with a trip to Mommy and Auntie Lacey's favorite store...Target!! I love shopping, seriously, I clap my hands and yell shopping when I find out I'm going to be able to bust out the plastic. Speaking of plastic, Daddy gave Auntie Lacey his credit card and gave her a list of very important items: diapers, diaper rash cream (my bottom has been a little soar lately), and apple juice. Mommy and I told her she should buy a little something for herself on Daddy, but she took the high road and paid for her own things. My only problem with shopping is that I can't run around and touch things, I can only look at them from afar:(

Once we cleared out Target, we made a pit stop at Sevastopol High School to visit my Great Aunt Cindy. I thought I'd get a little taste of office life, it didn't seem so hard.

After we were done there, we went to Grandma Great's house. She and Great Aunt Kerry were there waiting to be dazzled by my intelligence and overall cuteness. We played for a while, had some lunch, and then we went up to my Grandpa's farm. I arrived and looked in amazement at Grandpa, I was so sure it was Daddy. Anyway, Grandpa took me to see his dogs...they are crazy. Fritz and Casper were sent to the bedroom, but Lucy stuck around to lick my face (she probably wanted to clean up the rest of the caramel Oreos Grandma gave me).


After Lucy was done licking my face, Grandpa Great took me to see the baby cows. I have the special ability to speak to baby cows, I said "MOOOOOO" and they answered me!

We went back to the cottage to take a nap. When I woke up we were looking out the window, and I saw a fox. I told everyone his name is Swiper and you have to tell him "Swiper, no Swiping!" Do you see Swiper the Fox?

Everyone came to Grandma and Grandpa Great's for supper that night. I had to do my best to help them finish their desserts. Then Grandpa tried to get my sippy cup open, I asked him if he needed the book Sippy Cups for Dummies, but he finally figured it out.

What a day! I was exhausted and I fell asleep on the way home.

Thursday we went to the YMCA with Auntie Brenda, Henry and Sophia. Auntie Brenda and Auntie Lacey went to workout while we played with a whole bunch of kids at the Y daycare. There were nice teachers there who read me books. After that we went swimming in this huge pool and we played with buckets and watering cans!

We worked up quite an appetite swimming, so we all went to McDonald's to eat. Henry, Sophia, and I formed a trio, and treated the entire restaurant to our rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Auntie Lacey wasn't a very good manager, she failed to bring the camera to document our debut.

The itinerary allowed for a five minute nap as we drove to Grandma and Grandpa Sawyer's house. I didn't eat enough at McDonald's so I shared a sandwich with Grandpa. Then he picked me up and put me on his lap where I announced "I go poop"! Even after going #2 on his lap, he gave me some delicious cookies!

I was kidding about the nap, Auntie Lacey took me back to Algoma, and I took a two hour nap. After that, I was ready to go. We got our jackets and sunglasses on and went outside to play!

Auntie Lacey's glasses were a little too big for me, I'll stick with the froggy glasses (which I later lost to the bison at the zoo, don't ask it's a long story)!

Friday morning, I was greeted by the Great White Hunter, my Daddy. Here we are with the big kill. Apparently, Daddy was a little ticked off that Auntie Lacey didn't get the whole bird in the picture. I don't know why he's complaining, she obviously captured the two most attractive people.

I didn't have enough swimming on Thursday, so I practiced in the tub Friday morning.

Auntie Brenda came to pick us up, and we headed to the zoo to meet Auntie Michelle, Auntie Cynde, Sydney and Brady. Here are a few snapshots from the zoo! Oh, don't tell anyone I said so, but I think there may be some members of the family who escaped from the zoo!

Sophia and I riding in style. Doesn't she look like a movie star?

Two little Addys!!! I finally meet my ancestors!

Here I am with my cousins, doesn't my butt look great in those pants? I also happen to have the cutest shoes, my Crocs!

They allowed us to get out of the wagon for some play time. Check it out, I caught some air when I went downt the slide. Then Auntie Lacey and I rode the purple dinosaur.

We topped off the day with Grandpa Sawyer feeding all of us some much deserved ice cream cake!

And finally....Saturday, time to go home and see Mommy, Avery, Legend and Kody. Don't get me wrong I missed them terribly, but I was so sad to say goodbye to everybody.

Here I am saying goodbye to T-Bone and Grandma - Grandpa ran from the picture, he had some crazy outfit on and his hair made him look like a monkey, I mean I am talking gorilla!

I have so many pictures to share from my trip, but I am so exhausted, I have to catch up on my beauty sleep. I'll try to post more later. Thanks for reading!