The answer is....

In the last post, you were given this quiz.....

"Why am I making this face?"



A. I was just given a bite of a Wendy's Chocolate Frosty.

B. I was trying to sleep but was being pestered by Uncle Eric.

C. I just filled my entire diaper with a brown smelly substance.

And here is the answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watch this video....

Wednesday Edition - 12 weeks

Today I am a whomping 12 weeks old! That's three months... What all can happen in three months? Quite a bit in my little life! I've gained three pounds, so a pound a month. Hope that wasn't too vain of me...already concernced about my weight!

Here is a progress of my growth...

One Month

Two Months

Three Months

And now for the fun part...QUIZ TIME!!! Why am I making this funny face?


A. I was just given a bite of a Wendy's Chocolate Frosty.

B. I was trying to sleep but was being pestered by Uncle Eric.

C. I just filled my entire diaper with a brown smelly substance.

In the comment section leave your guess (click where it says 0 Comments - or hopefully soon it will say 1 Comments or 5 Comments), or if you can't figure out the comment section, email it to my mom. The video showing the answer will be posted in several days. Thanks Liam for this idea (I stole the quiz idea from Liam's blog!) I'm trying to promote people to leave comments...

What's in the news...

Gotta keep up with what's in the news! Okay, okay, so we are really checking out the ads for Hobby Lobby. But I'll pretend it's the news. I'm honing my reading skills...

I Rode a Bull!

I'm a true cowgirl!! To prove it, I rode a bull!! My family is all about the food... so to celebrate Uncle Eric coming to town, we headed over to Legends Shopping area to eat out at "Saddle Ranch Chop Shop" a western restuarant, bar, dance club type place. In the middle of the place they have one of the mechanical bulls and guess who showed everyone up on it? That's right, ME! Check out my technique, one arm in the arm and all.

Uncle Eric

GUESS WHAT?! I finally got to meet my Uncle Eric!!!! That's my mom's big brother and he lives in Denver, so I hadn't gotten to meet him yet. But he flew in town and we've been hanging out the past couple of days! I like him...he's been sneaking me food! I had a bite of cheese dip the other day. Mom found it on my burp rag and yelled at him. He claimed some dropped on my leg and he used my burp rag to wipe it up, but I'll tell you the truth here. He gave me a lick from his finger...and I liked it!! But don't tell my mom, she thinks it was still on my leg. Then Dad gave me a tiny bit of Chocolate Frosty from Wendy's!! I made a funny face, but only because it was so cold!! And then tonight a rib bone was brought to my lips...but I didn't understand how to suck on it.... I'll just stick to the bottle! And beleive it or not, Eric's taken his turns giving one to me!Eric's been pretty fun! That's what Uncle's are for! I wish he didn't live in Denver so I could enjoy his company more often... But today he wanted to go down to the Plaza with my mom and Cuzaunt Katee. That's okay, he didn't invite me. My feelings weren't hurt in the least. I'll survivie. Granted, I've never been to the Plaza and I've been very anxious to go there, but that's okay. He didn't invite me. My feelings weren't hurt in the least. I'll survive. I got to stay home and play with Grammy. And great things were brought home... the dogs got pastries from "Three Dog Bakery" and Grammy got Christopher Elbow chocolates....

Oscar the howling Boxer

In my home, there abides three people and two dogs... You all know I love my dogs! Well, when Grammy and Gramps come to visit, we get the addition of Peanut in our home as well! Small, medium and large (or should I say extra large for Turk?)
Well, after seeing some dogs "talk" on a television show "America's Funniest Video's" Grammy and Mom got Peanut to talk! She can say "I Wuv You!" before she goes into a howling fit. It's so funny it makes us all laugh until we are crying!! Peanut is a beagle by the way. Well, sometimes we can get Turk to howl, but Ophelia never makes any noises.... So my mom thought Boxers couldn't make noises other than growling or barking.

Until she found Oscar. My mom happened upon this video of Oscar talking and howling and she cracked up laughing!!! She shared the video with me (to no response, what do I care?) but she wanted me to share it all with you! Remember....this is a video she found on You Tube, this is NOT Ophelia...

Meet Oscar!

Dedication

On Saturday, April 21, I was dedicated at church. A baby dedication is a public declaration of "giving" a child up to God. Commiting their life into God's hands, as a blessing and a thank you for the gift of life he gave us. From parents, it's a way of saying they will raise a child to come to know the Lord. From friends and family, it's a way of saying they will hold the parents accountable with raising their children in a God-fearing home. It's a wonderful event and I loved it because I got to have a party and I got loads of gifts!!! Thank you all for the wonderful clothes, ballet shoes, gold ring, Disney books, Princess Devotional!! My Grammy gave a big party, too, with a taco bar and ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery!!

When my mom and Grammy went to pick up the cake, they were quite upset... The cake decorator had misspelled my name "Daphine" instead of "Daphne". Everyone tries to pronouce my name "daf-uh-knee" instead of just "daf-knee" so then when they try to spell it, my name has been written many different ways. This is a problem my parents did not forsee when they chose it... They assumed it would be an easy name to say and spell, but it's always mis-pronouced and mis-spelled. Since the cake was spelled wrong, they had to try and take off the extra letter....and I think the fix looks great! You can hardly even tell...

Grandma and Grandpa both drove down all the way from Iowa, and I was so happy to see both of them! I woke up on a normal Saturday morning and not only had my Grammy and Gramps come to visit, but Grandma and Grandpa came too!! Grandpa and Buffy gave me a great yellow outfit with a matching blanket, as well as two big Disney books! Grandma gave me a beautiful red velvet box. It was my first ever velvet box, so I didn't know the secret of velvet boxes - FINE JEWELRY... She gave me my first of real jewelry - a beautiful yellow gold ring with three hearts on it. It's still a little big on me, but Grammy said she could tie a ribbon it and attach it to my wrist...

Before the church service at 6pm, Grammy held a big taco bar for me! Lots of friends and family came up to my house to celebrate with us! We ate tons of food...but we have LOTS left over...so if anyone is hungry this week, call my mom and she'll invite you over for Mexican.... Nate cracked me up...at one point he crammed four very large olives in his mouth at once! Devon grabbed the camera and captured his "chipmonk" cheeks!

After eating, I was pulled out of my warm dress and placed inside a long white dress that hung down way past the tips of my toes. But I will admit, I sure did look cute in it. Then we rushed off to church.

After the worship time, Pastor Fred called us up on stage and announced me to the church. I was sound asleep and I didn't even wake when he touched my arm. My parents were so nervous about me waking up and screaming, they even brought a bottle up on stage just in case! Ha! I showed them, I just slept the whole time! Pastor Fred announced that my name, Daphne Rae, means "Victorious!" and he referenced the scripture Isaiah 41:10, "So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Aren't we a beautiful family? And so my mother could remember the day, we took a group photo of our friends and family who had gathered to celebrate with us. Matt, Alison, Myles and Meyer had already slipped out, so they missed being in the photo with us. Back row, left to right: Gramps, Grant Kathy, Uncle John, Nate, Devon, Dan, Laura, Andrew, Charla and Ryan. Front row, left to right: Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, me and Grammy

After...Mom and Dad left me in the caring arms of my Grandma while they went to see "300". It was their first outing just the two of them since I was born, and I think Mom took it a little rough. Then again, she still dreads the days she has to go into the office and leave me with a sitter. But their date was great and everyone needs to go see "300" a great flick! To all the Acadamy voters reading my blog (becuase I know there are so many of them) remember this movie come next spring and Oscar voting time. "300" deserves some recognition for art direction and/or cinematography! Mom enjoyed the costumes, or should we say lack thereof... Nate and Devon saw the movie with them, and Devon enjoyed the costumes as well... Wonder if all those six packs were real or created like the backdrops? When I heard the actor who plays...er...played Paulo on "Lost" played Xerxes in "300" I wanted to go see it too, but Dad said I wasn't ready for all that blood and gore yet. Sure, I can help him play "Gears of War" on the Xbox 360, but I can't see this movie... Double standard if you ask me, but I guess they enjoyed their date night.

Friday Night Cards

Ever feel like playing cards? Well, then, you should get to know Roy and Marion! Starting way back in the 80's or 90's of LAST CENTURY (something I can't even fathom - before 2000? Before blogs? Before High Definition Television? Before the Gulf Wa...er, never mind on that one. Before cell phones? Before Xbox 360? Yes, before all these items exsisted, I cannot fathom (and my mother hangs her head in shame remembering Cabbage Patch Kids, Garbage Pail Kids, My Little Pony, Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles, Batman...little does she know all these 80's toys are back right now!) Anyway...back to Roy and Marion. They raised three wonderful daughters and they taught them to love playing cards. These three daughters taught their friends to love playing cards...and that included my mother. So every Friday night teenagers from across Platte County would gather in their home and play cards until the wee hours of Saturday morning. This tradition still carries on today... despite the fact that two of the daughters don't live in Platte County anymore, the friends still come over to play. Well, and we've had to change venue. My mother would still occasion this sacred tradition on and off during her college years, then after marrying my daddy and moving back to PC, they both started attending. And now...I attend every Friday Night!

I love going to cards, because everyone plays with me too! Gabe plays with sick children everyday at Children's Mercy in the ER, so I think he loves when he gets to play with a well child like me occasionally...

And soon, he'll be playing with his own child!! Rach looks like she's showing both me off and her soon to be born son!! (oh, and in the above photo, it proves sometimes we stray from cards...here some of the guys are playing Risk...)FNC is also a great place to get to play with other kids!! Meyer's older brother's Max and Myles used to be the only kids there...but now we have Meyer, me, and Liam! Liam is eight months old (if I remember correctly) and here his mommy is showing him off!

Sometimes we get graced by the presence of Elaina or Jason, too. And when the other two daughters of Roy and Marion come into town, I get to play with Elijah or Jake! Luckily, Elijah is in town right now and here he is with his mommy Misty! Doesn't Elijah look like his daddy Ninny, I mean Shawn, in this photo?

My mother, God bless her, is a photo-taking-fool. Always seems like she has that camera in her hands... But she's a scrapbooker so she feels the need to always have the camera handy in case something might happen. But of course she didn't have it handy when her and I got in the car wreck... Don't know if we want to document that one on paper though. But like my Cuzant Katee said, this blog is the scrapbook of this century... Back on track, my mom loves to get snapshots while holding the camera out with her arm and blindly taking photos of herself and friends. Sometimes heads get cut off or even the sides of friend's faces...but it's a long standing tradition, since back in the days of film photography. (what's that?) So here she is with Misty, then with Rachel and myself... (and I don't look too happy in mine, looks like I am glaring at mom for taking YET ANOTHER photo of me!)

Pregnant Women Everywhere....

In recent months, I have noticed something... There are pregnant women running all over this Earth! Never before had I noticed it (maybe because I was hidden underneath my mother's skin) but suddenly it seems like there are women with babies or pregnant women around us at all times! Guess that's what happens in life, though? Friends all get married about the same time and now they are all having babies at the same time...

For example... My mom and Alison were pregant at the same time, due a week apart. I was supposed to be born first, but of course, Meyer was born a week before me... And this photo was taken a day before Meyer was born and a week before I was born! (they went out to eat at a Mexican restuarant for spicy food, hmm...did they want us born or what!?)

And then in the same fashion here are two of my parent's friends... Rachel and Misty! Aren't they cute? Rachel is having a little boy and due in July, while Misty is having a girl and due in June.

CSI is a rerun...

Well, since CSI was a rerun tonight, I decided to do something more worthy with my time than watching television. So I came downstairs to gallivant on the internet. I wound up here on my blog and hence forth, a new post! The other day I was playing in my gym...and I discovered something new. On one of the arms of the uprights, there is this shiny circle object and when you look into it, there is this beautiful red head baby staring back at you! And you smile, she smiles! And when you cry, she cries! There is some sort of voodoo magic going on I think...that girl reads my mind because she will even lift an arm when I do! I wonder if I should name my new friend...

After getting tired of my new friend, I rolled over to my back and then played with the lion and giraffe hanging above me. When suddenly to my wondering eyes should appear, but Mom and her camera dear. Geez...

Baby Einstein

Three days a week, my mom works from home (tough, huh folks?) But I enjoy it because I get to stay at home with her! In the mornings sometimes I will nap and other times I will play in my gym. But by the afternoons my mom normally is pretty busy, so she'll put on a Baby Einstein video for me. And beleive it or not, I love to watch it! My eyes never leave the screen! We only have two of them so far...one about learning the words and sign language of items around the house and another of learning animals from around the world. Turk likes to watch that one with me, sometimes nearly attacking the TV screen. I'm smarter than him and know it's just a video and not really the animal. He thinks there is really a lion running towards him!

Here's a video of me watching Baby Einstein!

Daphne Show

Remember how back around Palm Sunday time I had a photo shoot by Miss Alison? (nod your head yes) Well, she created this slideshow for us all to view!! Just click on the link below, it might make you install a photodex installer. Just click yes and then you can view some of my glorious photos. Oh, and make sure to turn up your volume because she set it to a beautiful song!

http://www.alisondemski.com/slideshows/daphne.html

If you see a photo in there that you would like own a copy of, you can go to Miss Alison's webpage at www.alisondemski.com and get her contact information to order from her.

I'm a star!!!! It's the Daphne Show!

Wednesday Edition - 11 weeks

Can you beleive I am 11 weeks old today? Hard to imagine isn't it? Seems like time is moving so fast though...wasn't I just born about a week ago? Not 11! Today was an interesting day.... I have my first cold... It's not TOO bad and my mommy has some wonderful friends who have offered wonderful advice! Thanks ladies! But it did mean Mom was sticking that hideous bulb suction torture device up my nose every half hour or so... THANKS LADIES... No exclamation point that time. Mom told me it would be fun, but I caught the duplicitious nature in her voice. (there I go again with my precocious vocabulary!)

Tonight was fun though! Mom and Dad's friends Ryan and Charla came over for dinner. Charla is pregnant right now with another future boyfriend of mine. But I think I like Ryan!! All night I was smiling at him and I just couldn't stop! But he was enjoying all my smiles, so I just kept them coming... Then we all watched "Lost" together! After listening to Damon and Carlton's podcast on ABC.com, they hinted about the death of Charlie - comparing Boone's death in the 17th episode the first season to the possible death of Charlie in this 17th episode of the third season. And when we witnessed Charlie's death in the first few seconds of the show... Well, my eyes were aghast, but deep down I guessed it wasn't true. And of course, I was right. This show can be so inscrutable sometimes. So I just smiled at Ryan again. This is when I need another girl to be born so I can just prate along with her about all these boys in my life...

Speaking of girls.... I hope I am not jumping the gun and announcing something I shouldn't, but MISTY'S HAVING A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!! Too bad the family will be returning to the mission field of India after four months. But after she's born in June, I'll have a few months to play with her....

Boyfriends Abound

Move over Meyer!! He's got some competition for my attention! The past couple of days I have been surrounded by BOYS!!! I think I might be a little boy crazy.... But then again, most of mommy and daddy's friends have boys. There are very few girls out there for me to play with... And the two buns in the oven that we know being born this summer are both boys too! We find out tomorrow what our friend is having...a boy or a girl. I'm rooting for a girl because I need someone around to talk about all these boys with!! *crossing fingers and praying to God* Let Misty have a girl, let Misty have a girl, let Misty have a girl.

On Sunday (my cousin Caleb's birthday!) Mom and I drove up to St. Joe to hang out with one of her best friends Aimee!! We had loads of fun there - with Selah who is a couple years older than me. But she was a blast, she kept bringing me toys to play with. I think she thought I was older than I am, because most of the toys she brought out for me are more for kids about 9 months older than me. Olivia...you needed to be there! They would have been perfect for you! I think Selah enjoyed having a girl around though...

Because she has two little brothers!!! Seth and Ethan are fraternal twins and it was the first time Mommy had met them. Ethan was fast asleep, so I didn't get to meet him. Later when he woke up, I was asleep! Go figure... Their daddy was saddened I had already claimed being the girlfriend of Meyer...he was rooting for one of his boys. But I haven't seen Meyer recently, so maybe Seth is moving in. After all, Aimee and Mom laid me down on the floor next to Seth and we got along great! Well, besides the fact he almost hit me. But I was invading his personal space and he said only Ethan can do that.

Later on, my mom took a whole family photo of the entire Krommendyk family!! Boy was that crazy! I tried to get everyone to look at me and smile, but I don't know if we ever got one photo of all 14 people (7 adults and 7 kids) looking at the camera. But at least we got a Krommendyk Sandwich Photo! Too bad I was sleeping through it! Seth is in the plaid carseat and Ethan is in the dark blue one. (right Aimee???)

Then the very next day, my parents had some friends over for dinner! Misty and Shawn are missionaries in India...Mom pulled up Google Earth for me and showed me how far away that place is. I wanted to go visit, but Dad said not yet. He doesn't think a 20 hour plane ride is in the works anytime soon for me. Maybe one day when I make my million dollars from winning Amazing Race. Anyway, Misty and Shawn are home on furlow right now because Misty is pregnant! *crossing fingers and praying to God* Let Misty have a girl, let Misty have a girl, let Misty have a girl. They already have a little boy named Elijah and he'll be two in July! He's got red hair like me!! Well, I almost have hair. And his is turning blonder as we speak. But we both almost have red hair! Eljiah enjoyed playing with me and my toys. His daddy claims Elijah and I are going to get married. So...first Meyer, then Seth and now Elijah. The boys are lining up for me!!

Prayers for Virginia Tech

Even though I am too young to comprehend death, I comprehend life. I comprehend love and compassion. My parents have already told me about God and Jesus... And I think we all need to join together to pray for the friends and family members of the 33 lost souls on the Virginia Tech campus. I saw a touching montage on the news about some of the deceased and my itty bitty heart went out to them. I may only be 3 months old, but I know when someone needs some heart felt love coming their way. So lets all join together and send thoughts and prayers out. An entire campus, community and nation needs our thoughts today and tomorrow and the day after that.

Smiling Mornings

Today is a good day. It's Tuesday, it's bible study day, it's my Grammy and Gramps 36th Wedding Anniversary! (PPSSSSTTT, that's your reminder Gramps if you are reading this!) But this morning was so wonderful... I woke up feeling quite rested, but I quickly realized that I was alone in the room. Where was everyone??? So I let out a little whimper and sure enough, within seconds I saw mom's figure fill the doorway walking towards me. I love her...so I smiled really big to show her. Which made her smile really big too. She changed my diaper and put me in a cute outfit my Grandma bought me, then she gave me a warm bottle. Oh those taste great!! I kept smiling at mom, and she kept looking at me with amazement in her eyes. Near the end of the bottle, she leaned down close to my head and whispered, "You are so beautiful, I love you." And I smiled and "coo"ed for her. I loved her reactions to my smiling, so I kept smiling for her the whole time she finished getting ready for work. It was a great morning with my mommy. Dad must already left for work, becuase I never once saw him...

Well, either no one checks this blog or no one thought of a funny caption for my contest. Not one caption has been submitted over comments or email. Hmmm... I have several posts to make, but had been waiting so that the funniest caption contest post would stay on top. Maybe that contest will go by the way side. I liked it though... Okay, I'll try it again in a bit and see if I get better responses second time around.

The Funniest Caption Contest #1

Here's the scoop...every so often, I will post a funny photo of myself and it's up to YOU to write a funny caption! Use the comment section to attempt to leave the funniest caption! If you can't figure out how to post a comment, then you can email your caption to my mommy (faith1998@hotmail.com) and she'll post them here for you!

Here's "The Funniest Caption Contest #1"

Ode to Ophelia

Ophelia, Ophelia... Not from Hamlet, but it is from another classic story by an American author. Harriet Breecher Stowe wrote a novel called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that changed the way America viewed slaves and the slave trade. A character in this book is named Ophelia, and my mother was reading this book when her and dad got a puppy... Her name was set as Reba by the breeders, and my folks had already agreed to name her Sedalia. But on the drive home from picking her up, somehow her name became Ophelia...

Now, I have a special bond with Ophelia. We're buddies. Not that Turk and I aren't buddies, but Ophelia and I have a special thing between us. Maybe because we are both girls. Whenever I get hungry or sleepy or wet, I tend to cry. If I am downstairs, the first to arrive on the scene is ALWAYS Ophelia. She will sit down in front of me and stare at me, sometimes tilting her head the cute way dogs do. I don't think she understands how to make me a bottle, otherwise I bet she would.

And while I am laying down in my play gym, Ophelia loves to lay down beside me and stare at me. Ophelia loves attention about as much as I do, and one way she tells you she wants attention is by placing a paw on you. Well, she does this to me a lot. I try my darnest to get my hands down and pet her, but stupid motor skills haven't developed that far yet. By this time, Ophelia is dying for my attention, so sometimes she will inch as close to me as possible, even wrapping paws around me!!

Don't worry though, my play gym is literally at my mother's feet while she is working on the computer (she works from home three times a week, so I don't have to go to daycare!) and mom's eyes are ever aware of how close Ophelia is getting to me. Once Turk tried to lay down beside me and Mom made him move, she said his motor skills are worse than mine and didn't trust his big paws next to my body. I don't blame her...his toenails are bigger than my whole finger!! His paw is bigger than my face!!!

But I love my dear Ophelia...here are some of my favorite photos of the dear soul...

(running in the snow)

(at the lake - no, she didn't jump, Gramps pushed her!)
(laying in front of the stove - her favorite place in the house!)
(putting her head outside the car window!)

(celebrating New Year's Eve)

Crunches

Even though the doctor told me I wasn't fat, I have decided that I want to do something about my little fat rolls. So...I've started to do crunches. I just started doing this in the last couple of days. My mom thinks I am trying to sit up, but really I'm doing crunches. If I am layed down on my back, I made a little grunting noise and then I "crunch" my stomach muscles to lean forward. I can get pretty far forward before my muscles give way and I fall back down again. Dad thinks I am trying to sit up too... And maybe one of these days I will actually sit up, I mean, I can hold up my head on my own now!

Easter Time #5

I think this is my last Easter post.... I love my family. Have I ever mentioned that? I wanted to show off some of my family photos from Easter. Because none of my grandparents live nearby, I only get to enjoy them around holidays and special weekend trips. So when I do see them, I try to savor the moments... Thankfully my mom likes to take photos, so whenever I miss anyone, I can look at photos!

Here are three family photos...one with me and Mommy (someone pointed out there aren't many of those, so we tried to take some on Easter), one of my immediate family, and a four generation photo with Mom, Grammy and Great Grandpa Vencil.

Easter Time #4

Easter continued...

In my last post, I talked about the traditional meal my family has....well, with so many people it takes a big table! Even with our table extended all the way out, we needed to add a folding table at the end. I know in the future this will be the "kid" table, but right now I am the only kid, so adults got to sit at the folding table right now. This photo doesn't look like there is a lot of food, but my goodness...we had enough to feed about ten more people! Even thought it's Wednesday, there are STILL leftovers in the fridge! Hahaha! That's my family for you though...

During the feast, I was passed around the table a little bit to Aunty Leah and then to Grandma. They had to get in all the time with me as they could before heading back North to Iowa!!

After dinner.....comes DESSERT!!! Now...my family loves dessert as much as they love Cashew Chicken! We had a Key Lime Cheesecake, a Chocolate Trifle and a Mock Eclairs! I don't think there is any leftovers of these....... Hahahaha! I think Grammy and Katee were pretty darn excited about the Trifle....

to be continued.....

Easter Time #3

EASTER MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!! How wonderful is Easter? So wonderful! And how blessed are we to know that Easter means we are redeemed. Jesus died on the cross for me and then he rose again, for me! I feel so blessed to wake up in a warm bed with a roof over my head and family that loves me. And when I woke up on Easter Sunday, I smelled the wonderful aroma of freshly baked cinnamon rolls that mom let rise all night long........ YUMMMY......

Granted, I didn't get to eat any; I had the world famous Enfamil bottle. But those cinnamon rolls sure look good! Grandma, Aunty Leah, mom and dad sure did dig right into them! After eating, Grandma and Mom scurried around the kitchen for several hours preparing the traditional Easter Sunday feast - Springfield-style Cashew Chicken. Yes, you read that right. Not leg of lamb or pork roast or ham or turkey.... Springfield-style Cashew Chicken! I guess it's a family tradition to make this... Grammy stole the real recipe from a restaurant years ago and it's a family favorite. But because it takes practically hours to make enough for everyone, it's a meal that only gets made on special occasions. And this isn't your ordinary cashew chicken you get at the run of the mill Chinese place down the street (well, unless you are the side of the family who live near Springfield!). This is a breaded chicken nugget piece, fried to perfection in just the right seasonings on top of a bed of marvelous fried rice. Poured over the top is a brown oyster sauce, then sprinkled with green onions and cashews. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!! And as usual...we always make enough for about six families!

I have to stop talking about food now....otherwise I will want some. And I'm not allowed to have added rice in my milk for another two months.... *sigh*

So Easter morning....I had a VERY LARGE Easter basket laid out across the living room floor!! Actually, three Easter baskets... Two from Grandma and one from Grammy! Mom just added a few things she had bought me. Check out all my goodies!!!!!

And I'm sporting my lovely Easter dress that my Great Aunt Lou Anne bought for me! But as you can see in the photo, I have a wonderful talent of kicking off my socks. I don't like to have socks on, becuase I have a magical way of making them disappear when the grown ups aren't looking! I can even make shoes over the socks disappear... Seth, Ethan, Meyer, Clayton and Olivia (my fellow baby readers) let me know if you need to know the secret...

Another wonderful thing about Easter is all the family coming together! Not only had Grammy, Gramps, Grandma and Aunty Leah come to visit for the weekend, but Great Grandpa Vencil and Great Grandma Zelpha came for dinner. So did Grant Kathy, Great Uncle John, and Cuzaunt Katee. Ethan is celebrating spring break in New York City (he got to visit the "King of Queens" house!!!! Not fair! I should have been a stowaway in his bag!) While Kathy, Grammy, Grandma and Mom were putting the finishing touches on dinner, I got to hang out with Vencil and Zelpha in the living room. See, I'm wearing my new hat that has bunny ears!! People tend to think I am the cutest baby ever when I wear these, so I wear them often...

Have I ever mentioned my mom is wacko? Well, she is. She has this crazy tradition of holding the camera out at arm's length and taking a photo of herself with people. I am a bit mad at her for not doing it with me yet, but that's probably for the best, as I still need to be supported by BOTH hands. Anyway, here's mom and Katee...

to be continued....