Goodbye 2013

Everyone made a big deal out of something they kept calling New Years. What I've gathered from discussions is that we say goodbye to the last year and make promises (resolutions?  I'm assuming these words are related) that will probably be broken three days in. Anyway, I feel that I should resolve to write more on my blog so that you, dear readers, have more to see of me!

My mom and I returned home after a two week trip to Illinois!  We had FUN!!  I got to play with my cousins and learn lots of fun tricks from them!

I can't wait until I'm old enough to do this...

One of my favorite things about visiting Illinois is getting to see Ranger. You see, Ranger is still a puppy. When I was just a little baby my parents gave me soft food, but poor Puppy Ranger has to eat HARD pieces of dog food!!  I couldn't believe this when I found out after trying a piece myself. I decided it was necessary to help him...so I dropped his food in his water to help soften it up. I think he appreciated it. 

My good friend, Addison, came to play!  Usually when I see Addison my mom says stuff like "I wish we lived closer together!"  I'm not sure why she says this, because what I wish is that I could play with Addison more often! 

We celebrated Christmas while we were in Illinois. I got to see almost all of my Illinois family!  I had such a good time visiting and playing with my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents (even including my great great grandpa!). Mom didn't get any pictures of the Christmas festivities, though, so you'll have to settle for some cute pictures of me instead. 

At home I got to continue celebrating Christmas!  Mom and Dad thought I would like to play with a tree, so they bought me one!  I was so happy to see it when I woke up from a nap!

I've spent a lot of time playing with my new toys. 

(And apparently very little time actually wearing pants it seems from these pictures...)

I also got to play with Dad's new toy. Mom wondered out loud, again, why she bothers to buy me any toys. I wondered why she buys me boring toys and her and Dad all the fun toys!

2013 was a wonderful year!  I'm glad I documented it through my blog. While Mom and Dad were going though the blog remembering all of my cute moments, they realized that I haven't done a good enough job about posting frequently!  So I promise to do better. Here's to a new year with enough cuteness to last a lifetime!