I Love Mountains!

Mom and dad took me to the mountains to celebrate their first 5 years of being married! We all had so much fun and I was on my best behavior - in the car and at the cabin! We even went for my first long hike - over 6 miles! I passed out on the way down the mountain! I had no clue that hiking was so tiring!

We headed to the Shenandoah's. Dad rented a cabin, we cooked yummy food, hiked, played outside, and mom and dad said that they sat in the hot tub and drank some wine while I was sleeping. Mom and dad said I am too little for a hot tub, but I got to take a bath in a jacuzzi tub! I wasn't sure what the jets did, so I said "no-no", they kind of looked like outlets.

The drive out to the mountains was really fun and I did much better than on our drive to Charlottesville a few months ago - mom and dad learned how to time the drive better so that I was tired when it was time to leave! Last time they took me after a nap. I thought that was lame, so I screamed. I wanted to play. This time I wanted to sleep for a bit. On our way we saw some deer and bears.

Other than some squirrels, birds and some dogs (wo-wo's), we didn't see many other animals. That's okay though, it gives me something to look forward to next time. Here is one more pic, but you can CLICK HERE to see the rest! We had so much fun! I can't wait to go to the mountains again!

Who knew that Fall was so busy!

Wow! Mom and dad usually prep me for everything, but they forgot to tell me how busy Fall is! They kept telling me that in the Fall, leaves fall, but what they forgot to mention is all of the things that we would be doing (I hope that next Fall isn't SO busy)! We went apple picking, packed lots of boxes (although I prefer unpacking), moved to a new house, went to a Halloween Parade, explored new parks and our neighborhood, had tons of play-dates and even went to the mountains where we went on a 6 mile hike (I will write more about this trip later). I have even been learning how to master climbing up and down steps - our new house is 4 stories! Mom and dad said it was time to have a bigger house, that my toys took up a lot of space...I sure didn't notice! Oh well. I like my new room, mom and dad set it up right away and said that soon we will paint it and rehang my tree above my crib. I miss my tree. I am tired thinking about how busy Fall has been, I think I need a nap. So, here are some pics of me, mom and dad at the Halloween Parade in Del Ray. I will write more tomorrow about our trip to the mountains and soon mom says she will take some pics of the new house to post too...she says there are still too many boxes and clutter around. I don't mind, it's like a jungle gym! Oh well, mom says she knows best.

To check out the rest of our pics from the Del Ray Halloween Parade

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13 Months Old (almost)

I turn 13 months old next week. But, things are busy in my house. Everytime I take a nap things disappear off the wall and new, full cardboard boxes appear. I'm not sure what is happening, but it is crazy. If this keeps going on for a couple more weeks, nothing will be left but the furniture! The boxes will be everywhere!

Because of these boxes, Mom and Dad decided to take me out a few days early for my 13 month photo shoot. For some reason Dad was excited to go to this gazebo in the neighborhood. Evidently, they took me there nearly 1 year ago (I don't remember that photo shoot though - must have been sleeping). Take a look at the photos, you can see how much I've grown! I love walking now, so catch me if you can. Check out my 13 month photo shoot pics.

Peace Out,

Phin

Apple Picking is Fun

This morning, I got to go apple picking for the first time. I am 1, I can do cool things now. I love apples. I loving picking up stuff. It only made sense that I go apple picking. It turns out that my friend Max loves apples too. And he loves picking up (and throwing) stuff too. So I called him up on my little phone and said "Do you want to go out an play?" He said yes. So, he had his mom and dad drive, and I brought my mom, dad, and Elizabeth.

Here I am sampling the goods. My favorite part about apple picking - the many apples on the ground. There are so many I can pick up an apple, take a bite. Then pick up another one, take a bite. Then pick up another one, take a bite... You get the idea. I must have had bites from 20+ apples. Dad said I was feeding the bees and squirrels. I don't know what a squirrel is, but I'm glad to share.

After the picking, we had a picnic and went to play in the pumpkin bin - try doing this at the grocery store. Anyway, check out all of my picking photos here.

Peace Out,

Phin

1-Year Photo Shoot & Museum Day Celebration

You know I'm one.  Everyone knows I'm one.  I'm too cool not to know about.  To celebrate again Mom and Dad took me to museums last weekend.  As if a party was not enough.  I'm so cultural.  We went to the Kreeger Museum and the Hillwood.  Both were cool.  And mom and dad said I was well behaved (not a surprise).  Although they did not let me touch the Van Gogh's. 

Anyway, here are some great photos from our adventures, we even built a pillow fort.

Peace out,
Phin