SNOW is a four-letter word

We got 18 inches of snow overnight! Mommy took one look out the window this morning and said, "I'm not taking Naomi to Childtime today!" Daddy took one look and said, "I'm not walking to work in this mess!" So all three of us stayed home and had a grand time!

Daddy shoveled our sidewalk like a good neighbor.


Mommy tossed me (gently) into the snowbank. I enjoyed it immensely, so she did it over and over again.


I was so bundled up, I could hardly move.


Mommy and Daddy waited and waited for something called a "plow" to come by. It finally came by in the afternoon, and completely buried the opening of our freshly-dug out driveway. Daddy had some colorful words to say about that.

A close shave

This morning, I decided -- quite impulsively and inexplicably -- to punch out the clear plastic sheet covering the window in Mommy and Daddy's bedroom. Mommy called for Daddy to help her paste it back in place, and while they were thus occupied, I wandered into the bathroom. In his haste to assist Mommy, Daddy had left his razor on the edge of the sink -- how convenient! I proceeded to shave my jowls, just like Daddy does, and was doing a fine job when Mommy walked in. My goodness, she sure can scream loud! And her face went white. She relieved me of my razor post haste and scrutinized my face, but I had held the blades facing outward and thus escaped unscathed. Never a dull moment!

Daddy's home!

And boy, am I excited!

Flushed with pride.

Don't get too excited. I'm just tryin' it out.

Happy New Year!

Today, Mommy and Daddy and I hosted David, Darle, Barb and Danny for a New Year's Day brunch. Mommy took this photo about an hour before our guests arrived. She set the table all by herself, but reassures me that, "Someday, this will be your job." I can't wait!


Last night, Mommy and Daddy and I went to a New Year's Eve party at Viki's house. They dressed me up in this groovy new outfit Grammy Bern gave me for Christmas. I was quite the little hippy chick!
Speaking of Christmas, it was a great one! Grammy and Papa Bern came to visit and brought about 8 million presents with them (actually, they shipped them ahead of time). I also received gifts from Grandpa and Grandma Parr, my cousins, and all my aunts and uncles. Oh, and Santa brought a few, too.


Her are a few pics of me cuddling up with various and sundry loved ones over the holidays. Enjoy!

Wake-up call

Daddy made the mistake of handing me his cell phone to distract me while he was changing my diaper. Big mistake. I proceeded to punch numbers randomly and ended up calling Grammy, Aunt Cathy and my babysitter, Darle, at 6:00 in the morning. I also may have inadvertently placed a couple of calls to Antarctica, or New Zealand -- Daddy won't know 'til he gets the bill!

Something to talk about.

I'm now consistently calling Mommy "Mama", and Daddy "Dada", and Felice "Kitty".

I can also utter reasonable approximations of apple, water, hi, flower, mail and ball.

And although I haven't said so yet, I totally understand what hair, nose, hands, juice, sippy, book, bath, hat, coat, apple, shoes, socks, fingers and toes are.

Wait 'til Mommy and Daddy find out I also know what #*%&^@**! means! Won't they be surprised!