Happy Holidays!

I want YOU to look at this blog!

Hey everybody! It’s been a while since I’ve sat down to write in my blog, but I’ve been really busy lately. Since we last spoke, I’ve graduated from sweet potatoes to oatmeal, rice cereal, bananas, peas, carrots, pears, and avocadoes! So far, I would say that my favorite food is pears, but I love carrots too!  Needless to say, I am now Sam’s new best friend, thanks to a little-known secret that Corgis also love carrots! I always make sure to throw a few mushy globs on the ground for him to “clean up”.

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So I went down to Springfield for Thanksgiving to visit dad’s side of the family. I had a great time visiting with everybody.  We hung out for a couple days and had a few good photo ops:

This is me with my great-great-grandma Pat. We got to hang out for the first time.

And this is me with four other generations of Mulrooney: dad, grandpa, great grandma, and great-great-grandma.

After Thanksgiving we came home so dad could go back to work. He must love going to work because he does it all the time! While he was gone, mom and I worked on my next important developmental milestone: CRAWLING.

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Mom and dad have a bet on when I will crawl. Mom wins if I crawl BEFORE Christmas, and dad wins if I crawl AFTER Christmas. As of today, it looks like mom is winning, but we’ll have to see. Right now, I can pretty much “scoot” to wherever I need to go (I have a pretty tight schedule to keep}, but dad is quick to point out that does NOT count as crawling.

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Speaking of Christmas, I got to visit Santa for the first time.  I wasn't too sure about him as you can see.  However, I tried to act very sweet to show him that I have been a good girl all 1/2 year.  Also, we got a Christmas tree that is just my size! 

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Here are a few other pictures we’ve taken over the last several weeks. I feel very vain posting all these photos of myself, but mom has assured me it’s what the people want. I hope everybody is wrapping up their work for the year and looking forward to a relaxing holiday. I will be in Ouray with Lewlew and Pappie, while mom and dad “hit the slopes”. Whatever that means.

Rocking out! 

Charlie Watts eat your heart out! 

It's coooooold outside! 

Sam and I love our Christmas tree!

Oh yeah, I'm bearing weight on my legs.  Now if I could only figure out my feet and this balance thing...

I'm now interested in things that aren't my toys.  Like these boxes.

Me and Uncle Shaney Pooh

Me and my great grandpa

Soooo much to tell

Oh my its been a long time guys!!!  So much to report too...

  #1.  I am sitting and getting pretty dang good at it if I do say so myself. 

Sitting a few weeks ago.  I'm even better now!

  #2.  I went on a train.  I loved seeing the sights outside of the window and enjoyed all of the interesting company.  I fell asleep in mom's arms to wake up in...

On the Blue Line to Ohare.  Smellllllly

  #3.  an airport!  I went to an airport and flew on a small plane to Memphis.  I fell asleep in mom's arms and met Lew Lew.  Then we got in...

On the plane

  #4.  a car!  With a brand new car seat!  Thanks Lew Lew and Pappie!  We drove to Rosedale and had such a good time that we extended our trip.  I went to visit my Uncle John, Uncle David, and Aunt Andrea.  We went to eat, went to see some big gardens in Oxford, and went to the Ole Lewis house where Mom lived in college and a little afterward.  I got to see lots of people and saw some of those people once a day!  Lets see...It was Halloween while I was there.  We saw Mom's first baby Chloe.  We ate at Uncle John's old restaurant, the Blue Levee.  Hmmm...what else, we went shopping and played dress up in my new clothes and some of Mom's old baby clothes.  See all pictures below.  

In the car!  I see Rosedale first!

With my Lew Lew

and again

Talking to Memaw

Chloe!!!!  Mom's first baby bear.

Grandmama feeding me

With Aunt Bobbie

Playing dress up with Lew Lew

and again

and again

eating with the Uncles

Where is my plate???

With my Pappie, he's so silly

Trick or Treating at Grandmama's

With Lew Lew at Woodson Ridge Farms

Trick or Treating

and after

#5.  Dad and Sam picked us up from the airport and I was soooooo happy to see them both! 

With my daddy and Sam

I love my buddy and missed him so!

#6.  I ate real food!  I loved the sweet potatoes at first but now they make me gag.  On to avacado....

It's no big deal, just eating my sweet tators

mmmmm

#7.  My new buddy was born!  Welcome Nila Sydney Compton! 


Here are some videos:
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Weekend of Comptons, Pumpkins, restaurants, and other fun stuff!

Last weekend we had a shower for our friends Tim and Lara.  Lots of people came over and it was fun for a while.  I got to play with my friend Phoebe who was trying to teach my how to crawl.  I’m not quite there yet, still working on the sitting thing.  I am close to sitting though.

Almost everyone at the shower

Mom, Lara, and Rainbow (co-host and Phoebe's mom)

Playing, or watching, Phoebe

New thing to eat- toes. MMMMMM

MMMMMMMM

Sunday we went to pick out pumpkins at the pumpkin patch with Tim and Lara.  We went for a long drive out of the city to a place that resembles Mississippi, only with corn everywhere, no cotton.  I helped Daddy pick out the best pumpkin there.  

Look at all of these pumpkins! 

What is that?

And what is that smell???

Looking for the perfect pumpkin with dad

That's it!

Yay!  My first pumpkin!

This is awesome!

Group shot with the Comptons

 We also visited the new restaurant, 2 Sparrows.  Our friend Steve helped create it.  I didn't get to eat anything though.  Soon, soon.  

Enjoy your foie gras poptart, I'll eat my rings.

Me and Steve

And here are some random pictures of me thoughout the week:

Where will I go?

Playing dress up with mom

I love my stander!  Too bad mom and dad limit my time in it!  I'll get them back when I'm mobile.

My pumpkin made it home.

And here is a video of mom making me laugh!  More videos to come.  Hopefully this works!