2010 - A busy year so far

Hey everyone,
Can you believe that we've already been through a month of 2010? I've been keeping very busy in this new year.
Let me tell you about it. I'll go from most recent to longer ago.
Mom and I have been trying to recover from a most exciting weekend. The whole family spent yesterday going to church and then entertaining friends at our house for a Super Bowl party and birthday party for my mom - she turned 29... again!
On Saturday we went to Longmont to have a babies (that's right, there are two of them) shower for our friends Dave and Lori and their little boys, Eli and Eddie. Eli and Eddie are still in the hospital, but are doing very well, so we wanted to make sure that their parents have all the essentials for when the boys get to come home.
Friday was Mom's actual birthday and Dad took the day off work and we all went to the zoo! I had a great time looking at the animals, but I tell you what, I'm just as interested in watching the other kiddos as watching the animals. Then we went out for some dinner, got some groceries and then we all went to church for Mom and Dad's volleyball game (they play in a church league and I get to play with Zoe and Koen while they play).
Two weeks ago, Mom's friend Val called and we set up a play date (for Mom and Val) at Copper Mountain for that night! We got there around 4:00pm on Monday, had some dinner, spent some time chatting, and after I went to bed, Mom and Val went in the hot tub for awhile. On Tuesday, we packed up and then went for a little snow shoe hike before having to head back home for my speech therapy appointment at 3:00pm. It was a quick trip, but I had a great time (although, I mostly slept while we were hiking).
Otherwise, everyday is made up of play time, walking practice, "Baby Signing Time" video and napping and the occasional visit from one of my therapists. I've really been working on the walking and it's been paying off - I can walk well with my walking toys and with only Mom and Dad's fingers to support me. I've started signing a few words like, banana, more, cracker, and baby just to name a few. I'm getting to be such a big girl!!
Here are the pictures from the a fore mentioned events:

Here we are at the beginning of our snowshoe hike: Mom wouldn't let me bring my toy walker, so she made me ride on her back.

I fell asleep and so when Mom bent over, I gave her a big hug.

Here I am practicing my walking while wearing my "killer boots"

Whoa!

Daddy, I don't mean to alarm you, but I believe there are cheetah's right behind us!

See the monkey swinging around behind us, he was very energetic.

I got a little worn out after awhile at the zoo, but this nap didn't last long, there were more animals and people to see.

I made pretty good friends with the komodo dragon once we established some ground rules, that he shouldn't eat me even though he could.

Here you can see my eczema and Mom just thought this was a cute photo.

The tiger was right up by the glass... those things are huge... his head was the size of my whole body (gross estimate, of course)!

Mommy has a big mouth, I think she was trying to roar like the lion behind us.

That's all for now! Thanks for visiting my blog. Til next time.
Love,
Lydia