Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Clearing the trail!

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My First Hiking Trip!

Mama and Dada have a special area that they always like to go hiking in. This was my first time! Here I am on the trail. I didn't need hiking boots (tho I have some to grow into) because Tiger helped me to hike.
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My Walking Stick


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when I was little

Hi! Here I am a few weeks ago when i was still little and didn't know how to walk all by myself yet. I had to use my chair as a walker then. Now I am big and don't need it anymore!

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13 months and soooooooo BIG!

Hi All!

Here I am with my doggie taking a rest from the busyness of moving! Mama says I need to tell you that I have lived in 3 states now in 13 months. What is a state? I don't know that word. What I do know is that there are lots of "tees"(ie trees) where I live now, which I really like, and that even tho I don't know what "state" is I do know lots of new words. I am getting bigger in lots of ways. Now that I am 13 months I can do pretty much anything!

Well, like I said, there are lots of tees where I am now. Mama says that we have real teees because we are in the North. They make me smile when I see them and I always point them out to Mama with a big smile on my face and say "tees".

I try out new words almost every day now. Some of the things I like to say are "taby" (Starby), and I can even tell him "pee" or "poopy" when we bring him outside. I say up or uppy when I want to be picked up and I say happy all the time, especially when I like something. I can also say baby, Ella, and bear and I can growl like a bear and make bear "claws" with my hands. Mama and dada think this is so funny!

Oh, and guess what else I can do?! I can walk all by myself now! I don't need to push around the wicker chair anymore. I am really good at it and can almost run too! And I can climb 3 flights of stairs only holding hands. I am getting so strong! I can even go hiking and climb on top of things and climb over fallen logs and rocks on the trail. And I can pick up lots of rocks and sticks and pine cones too! I can even pick up big heavy rocks but then Mama makes me put them down because she thinks I will drop them on my piggy-toes.

I even have "chores" that I do at home almost every day. Mama says to me "Helena, come here. Mama needs your help with the dishes now" and I come as fast as I can to the kitchen. This is so fun! I get to pull out all the silverware from the dishwasher 1 by 1 and hand them to Mama to put away!! I am such a good helper! Then before Mama has a chance to stop me I get the added bonus of playing in the water all dripped onto the dishwasher door!

Being 13 months old is so much fun, but I'm not sure about getting any bigger because I think I know how to do everything already!

Love U! ~ Helena Grace Posted by Picasa