We just flew back from California and now we're safe and sound in good ole Bolingbrook. Can you believe we were in the desert and we came home to WAY hotter weather than in CA. Ugh! I am an expert flier now. I didn't cry when getting my diaper changed at the airport this time. I played with my toys for an hour on the plane. And then I slept the remaining 3 hour plane ride. Piece of cake. I must admit I was a bit exhausted from all of the excitement at the Burk house and playing with the Burk boys, so I was ready for a long nap.

I decided since it was daddy's first "outside of the womb" father's day that I would pick up a few new tricks while I was in California. Here is my latest checklist of things that I can do:

1- Clap my hands
2- I now have my first molar. Ouch! That was painful!
3- Feed myself with my hands.
4- No more formula. Whole milk please!
5- Drink out of a sippy cup sometimes. I still don't drink a lot, but mommy is happy I don't just chuck the cup at her anymore.
6- Say mama and actually direct it at my mama.
7- Ate scrambled eggs for the first time. Then almost threw up scrambled eggs for the first time. Yuck, who eats those things.
8- Got my first professional photo shoot (see my commentary about that below)
9- Sit forward facing in my car seat.

So, back to the photo shoot. Aiden got his 6 month photos taken and I got my 1 year photos taken while out in CA. Well the nutty camera lady has me sit on this blanket and then she starts making high pitched baby noises. At first I just glared at her. Then she kept going on and on so I finally started crying because the lady was nuts. Then she started tickling daddy with a feather duster. Daddy just glared at her (just like I did) and she told him he was supposed to laugh to make me laugh. Daddy and I thought she was nuts. Mommy and Daddy took me for a walk to calm me down and then try again. When we came back mommy explained that I am a serious baby and that it would be better if the camera lady was just quiet and let me play with some toys on my own. There weren't really many smiling pictures of me because you see I was busy contemplating each of the toys put in front of me. Mommy says at least the pictures show my personality!

Okay - gotta get to sleep and get readjusted to central standard time. Thank you to the Burk family for putting up with me and especially my parents all week. Trevor, sorry for destroying your play room!

Love,

Adam

So I was chilling in the car with Aiden and Trevor. Trevor screams and well hurt my ears. So I started to yell at him (some call it crying). Once I settled down, Aiden started crying and that got me yelling again. It was a vicious cycle that mom, dad, Mr. and Mrs. Burk got tired of after about 5 minutes.

Whateve,
AD

I'm getting excited because the P's keeping talking about our big trip to LA on Wednesday. Mommy & Daddy seem nervous about taking me on an airplane. I don't understand why. I love exploring new things. I'm sure the pilot won't mind if I come join him in the cock pit and press all of those buttons that light up. Mommy says no that I'll have to sit in my seat for 4 hours and be quiet. Oh PUH-lease...I'm sure as soon as everyone on the plane sees how cute I am they'll let me do whatever I want. Right? Oh well, either way I'm excited to get there and meet Trevor & Aiden. I get to look at their pictures all of the time so it will be interesting to see them in 3D.

I had a great time this weekend hanging out with the grandparents. Mom & Dad went out to a wedding on Saturday and left me to play with the GPs. Of course I got lots of attention, played all day, went to the park and read lots of books.

My big first birthday is coming up and I am looking forward to all of the presents I am going to get. Mom thinks I have enough toys because she can't see the living room floor anymore. I tell her you can always stack toys, so don't worry people keep 'em coming.

Night!

Adam

Yep, the youtube videos are all out of order. I emailed youtube since I believe it is there problem. Hopefully the issue will be resolved shortly!

A

Uncle Adam came by with dinner last night and they both folded their hands to pray and I folded my hands too and started talking with them. Uncle Adam and mommy were very impressed. So they did it again and I folded my hands again during the prayer with a big smile on my face. Daddy and mommy have been showing me how to pray for a long time now. I am very proud that I can do it now too.

Daddy is away at Idaho right now. I'm keeping mommy entertained for the time being. It's tough being the man of the house. Daddy said I'm supposed to mow the lawn...forget it!

Love,

Adam

This was a very busy weekend. Mom, Dad, Baby #2 and I all went to Indiana to visit the Will family and the Klemme family. Saturday morning mommy and I went for a long walk to Panera and Target. Then we went to the Will's house and I got to play with all of Nick and Ali's old toys. Those two crack me up. They made me laugh so hard and they were laughing because they thought my laugh sounded like a machine gun. I like my unique cough/laugh. Then we went to visit baby Taryn who is now 3 weeks old. She was boring because she was sleeping so I just went to go play with all of her toys while my mommy held her. I don't see why mommy and daddy want to have another one of those things...they just lay there, but mommy kept saying how cute she was and how I used to be that small (yeah right!).

I bit mommy a couple of times this weekend. She's the only one I bite. I crawl up to her with a big smile on my face, snuggle into her leg and get a mouthful of her calf. Mmm...tasty. I also go up to people's furniture and try to take a bit out of it. What? Is that not normal?

When we got home I was hanging out with daddy in the basement. Mommy was at the top of the stairs. I climbed up the whole staircase by myself to get to mommy (of course daddy was hovering over me the whole time...what a scaredy cat). Watch out world! I can get almost anywhere these days. I am almost one...

I'm exhausted from my long weekend.

Love,

Adam

Daddy and I hung out today after he was done with work. By the time mommy came home I was covered in squash and ready for a real meal. Daddy is trying to give me those yucky veggies but I wanted to eat what they were having for dinner. I ate a plate of spagetti and played with another plateful. By the end of the meal I was covered head to toe in squash and spagetti. After dinner we were going to go for a walk. I crawled over to the entry way and decided instead that I wanted to go upstairs. I climbed up 5 stairs all by myself while mommy and daddy stood behind me shaking their heads. I don't know what their problem was. These parents are awfully strange....

Adam

Well, I see daddy has made room on my website for "the little one." I am still not sure what it means to be a big brother but I hear I am going to find out very soon. I've added a few more accomplishments to my resume this past month. These accomplishments include:

1 - Breathe out through my nose and snarl
2 - Click my tongue
3 - Walk my shopping cart around the living room (including picking it up and moving it somewhere else and then walking it again)
4 - Eat chicken nuggets
5 - Eat mac n' cheese
6 - Squat
7 - Roll when I fall
8 - Went for my first bike ride with daddy
9 - Drink whole milk
10 - Say da-da (not just to daddy though..I also call my high chair, stroller and the floor da-da)
11 - Play Connect 4
12 - Swim in my wading pool

Okay, I'm too busy for this blog stuff. Gotta run!

Big A