Nana Jo & Grampa live where Smokey Bear was found. While I was there, we went to see his museum. I couldn't leave Capitan without getting a Smokey Bear outfit. In the words of Smokey, "Only YOU can prevent forest fires."
Mommy & Nana Jo were working hard on making pillows and curtains. I couldn't let them do all that work without my help. I had to help them straighten out the cording and tape measure. I know they appreciated my assistance.
I am home! While I was super glad to see my mommy & daddy at the airport on Monday, I had a great time in New Mexico with Nana Jo & Grampa. We did all kinds of fun things. I got to go meet all kinds of really nice people (some of them even knew mommy when she was younger). I even got to go see the goats at a real goat show. I'm not sure why the goats didn't answer back to me when I said "Ruff Ruff".
The pictures in the slide show below show a lot of my trip. Nana Jo & Grampa live in the mountains where it is cool so I got to spend a lot of time outside. They have a great deck that I could crawl around on.
So I'm home. I'm saying a lot more words and still working on walking. I've just decided it's a lot easier to just cruise around on my knees and leave the walking to everyone else. (Actually, mommy & daddy have figured me out...I'm just stubborn and will do it my way when I wanna do it.)
Before mommy left, she and I met up with Uncle Marc & Aunt Kathy for dinner. We also got to see daddy's old roommate Alan & his family. We ate at one of the best burger places in Lubbock...Spankeys. It is right across from Texas Tech so I started checking out the school to see if I'd like to go there one day. After we ate, mommy drove me through campus and pointed out all the buildings. It looks like I could have a lot of fun there one day.
Me & Uncle Marc
Aunt Kathy, Peyton, & Mrs. Jennifer
Macy & her daddy AlanThis is my cousin Emily. She's pretty cute. I'm learning how to play sweet with her. It's just so tempting to grab her little toes.
Finally, my time has come. I get to go on VACATION. That's right, I'm spending a whole 13 days with Nana Jo & Grampa. Mommy will be there for the first 4 days then it's just me & my grandparents. I tried to help mommy pack but it was more fun to play with daddy.
These are just a couple of new pictures I thought I'd post. Mommy thought she'd be really smart and put my spaghetti in a bowl that is supposed to be "throw proof". I proved her wrong. I was able to pick the bowl right up. There is no amount of suction that can keep me from doing what I want. I was sweet enough not to throw the bowl...I just threw the spaghetti that was in the bowl.
So I've been out of the blogging world for a couple of weeks. Mommy went to camp so daddy & I went to the lake to play. We fished a whole lot but didn't get any pictures.
While there, Nana discovered the best toy of all...my very own cell phone. It's just like a real cell phone. In fact, mommy tried to answer it at Nana's house when the phone rang. It's great....and cheap.....so we bought out the store (they're at Kroger for all of my friends whose mommies need to get them a phone). If this one gets lost, mommy has a stash of them so I won't miss a beat. After all, I love talking on the phone. Maybe one day I'll actually be able to say PHONE instead of MOAN (that's what I call it right now).
Today was a two bath day. This morning I was covered with chalk (& a little dirt) so mommy took me straight to the bath. This evening, we had spaghetti for dinner (need I say more??). 
Let's color!
"Hey mommy...thanks for putting my name on the patio, now I can't blame it on anyone else."
Maybe daddy will see the I Love You and not get upset.
Who would ever want to wash off this artwork?
My "daddy" pose.
Sitting up like a big guy.
My pose for the camera.
OK enough...down to play. I'll be back later.What a fun afternoon! I got to meet BOZ the Green Bear Next Door. It was so much fun. He came up to mommy's work so mommy brought me & daddy to see him. I danced and clapped and had so much fun watching BOZ. When we left, he even gave me a CD to listen to.
