Two, two, two birthdays in one!

On Sunday, we went to grandma and grandpa's house to celebrate Zaide's NINETY FOURTH BIRTHDAY! That's, like, NINETY THREE years older than I am! Anyway, it was a wonderful party. I got to see cousin Brandon and also meet new cousin Tyler, who is so small I almost tried to eat him. Tyler is one seriously cute kid, with as much hair as his dad, which says a lot when your dad has a lot of hair (i.e. not like mine). :)

My new thing is walking around with items in my mouth. Mostly socks. I like how they feel on my teeth. But also cookies. This makes mommy worried I'm going to choke, so she tries to get me to sit down to eat, but that's for BABIES.

Then yesterday night after dinner mommy and daddy gave me my very own Cookie Monster cupcake to celebrate my turning 15 months old. I didn't even leave the thing on my tray long enough for mommy to get a cute picture, I just grabbed it stuffed it in my mouth so I could suck off all the frosting. Mmm, blue sprinkles. Mmm, chocolate fudge smile. So tasty. I love cake.

Another new development, as of yesterday, is that I am now sleeping at least the first half of the night on a big-boy bed, aka an air mattress on the floor in mommy and daddy's room. I used to get put in the evil horrible crib after I fell asleep at night, but kept waking up really mad (I mean, hello, I am used to the plush styling of the queen-size Kingsdown pillowtop) and mommy and daddy can't spend their whole night hanging out in the bedroom to make sure I don't roll off the bed. So, we're trying this. So far the experiment is working! Eventually we'll move the air mattress into my room and maybe at some point I'll spend the whole night there—only when I know mommy is ready, of course. ;)

Anyway, here are some pictures of my recent shenanigans!

Green eggs, no ham (aka aren't my table manners lovely?)

So I have this thing against broccoli. I hate the texture! Roasted, steamed, even mushed up—no go, sorry. So mommy got creative and decided to steam it, whirr it up in the mini Cuisinart and mix it with one of my favorite foods: scrambled eggs. Add a little dried minced onion for extra flavor and sprinkle with fresh Parmesan cheese when it comes out of the pan and mmmm...delicious. I love having breakfast at dinner. Mommy even served up an organic waffle to go with my green eggs. No ham was offered, though. Daddy then humiliated me by making me a hanky hat, like the kind that British people used to wear at the seaside back in the day.

Also included here are bonus pics of my post-nap bedhead (and double chins and recently discovered underbite), as well as a sequential series of me doing my new favorite thing, which is repeatedly getting into and out of my blue Step 2 push car that I got from cousin Jessica for my birthday. It is the BEST THING EVER. It's been too cold to go outside in it much lately so I do the best I can in the living room.

Hope you're all having a good 2008 so far!