Baby, It's Cold Outside

So this is my winter coat that my granna and poppa gave me. It is so warm!!! Sometimes when I come in from outside, my feet are sweating!

Who cares if I look like the Michelin man. I'm toasty!

Chichko Alex and Tetka Marija sent me a Christmas card that sings "Holly Jolly Christmas." I just can't get enough!

Mommy and daddy can't figure out why the batteries haven't died on it yet. It keeps going and going and going and...

Happy New Year!!! or as they say here in Macedonia, Srekna Nova Godina

Santa Came to Town

PRESENTS!!!!


Christmas Cookies on Christmas Eve. I like this tradition!

This is my stocking that my granna and poppa sent me. It has my name on it! YAY!

I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it!

This is one of my new toys. WHAAHOO!!!

Granna made me a blanket. Isn't it pretty! Thank you for all you sent for me Granna and Poppa. I love you!

So happy! I hope you had a very happy Christmas too!

Merry Christmas!!!

Here is some food for thought for the pretty Christmas dress making people: Short sleeves??? Really??? Brrrr!!! Notice the red nose. I was freezing! But because I am such an angel and must be in order for Santa to bring me lots of fun stuff, I smiled and looked cute even though I was shivering in between shots.

Merry Christmas!!!

My New Trick

I have been trying to master this trick for a while, but today I FINALLY got it!! Check it out!

Football

These pictures are from Thanksgiving. Mommy has been a little slow getting things downloaded lately. Here I am playing football which evidently is just something Americans are supposed to do on Thanksgiving. So, I was a good American and daughter of an NC State alumnist and got out and tossed an NC State football around with my daddy.

More Pictures of My BIG Vacation

Here are some more pictures with my family in America. Sorry these are delayed. Mommy had forgotten her camera at grandma's house. As Poppa always says, "she'd lose her head if it wasn't attached."

We did Christmas in November and I got tons of great stuff!

I got a baby doll! YAY!!!

We also did a late birthday for me. I got even more toys and an Elmo phone. That's my granna and my cousin, Gabe.

And here I am with my Poppa after church on Sunday. Don't we look spiffy.

A Big Trip and Back Home Again

Mommy, daddy and I went on a big trip to... AMERICA!!! It was only two weeks, which is shorter than me, but we had such a good time visiting with family. I had so much fun and was spoiled rotten. Take a look at the pictures with my grandma, grandpa, and Uncle Kevin:
At the airport in Raleigh, NC

I was the center the whole two weeks. :)

Here is grandpa trying to feed me breakfast...keyword here being "trying."

This is my Uncle Kevin. He played the guitar for me so I could dance.

He is pretty smitten with me.

Here I am walking around Durham with grandpa and daddy. That night grandpa bought me ice cream. YUM! Did I mention I was spoiled the whole time? :0)

Grandma let me sit on the counter and watch her cook. I found scones. I think they are British. They eat all kinds of food in this country.

Yummy food and fun times with grandma.

And here I am back home in Macedonia playing with my new toys.

and wearing one of the MANY new outfits that grandma gave me.

Daddy dressed me again

Rock Out

Uncle Kevin sent me some music. Here I am jamming out to it. Yeah! Notice the facial expressions. If I could stand without holding onto the table, I would be playing my air guitar.

It's a Birthday Party

Mommy and daddy threw me a birthday party on Saturday night. It was so fun! Mommy and "Aunt" Amy made cupcakes for my party and about 25 of my friends came. YAY!

Pre-party

Some of my guests


Happy Birthday to me!


Family Picture

Here I am the next day opening some of my presents. I love my new winter hat! Sassy!

And I also got a swing! WOW! I LOVE it!

Go Kate Joy. It's Your Birthday! We're Gonna Party Like It's Your Birthday!

I"M ONE YEAR OLD TODAY!!!!
Here I am with my cake. I wasn't real sure what to do with it. Mommy and daddy kept telling me to dig in, but...well, my face says it all.

After about 5 minutes of just sitting there, I finally stuck my fingers in it and managed to get it all over my face and a little in my mouth. Yummy!!!

Ok, so tell me again, why I don't get to eat this deliciousness everyday?!

And here I am opening one of my presents. A puzzle--makes a good chew toy.

I also got a ball and mommy made me a scrapbook with pictures of me from my first year of life. I won't appreciate that until I'm a little older. Mommy's going to hold on to it until then.
Mommy and daddy are waiting until their "special" vacation to buy me more presents. Oh boy! I'll let you know what I get.
Happy Birthday to me. Now... what will I discover this next year??? The possibilities are endless!

A Remote and an Elephant

Here I am with my most favorite toy that mom very rarely lets me play with. The remote control. Mom tried to give me a remote that doesn't work anymore but I just wouldn't have it. I'm not s-t-u-p-i-d (I'm not allowed to say that word(0;). I want the real thing. The one that can turn the tv from more news of continual crashing of the stock market to Scooby Doo. Mommy has since hidden the remote from me, and I am on the lookout. "Remote, where are you?"

This is my giant elephant, Ella. She's as big as I am. I hear real life elephants are even bigger than this. Whoa! I think I'll wait awhile before trying to find one of those.

My Day on the Park Bench

Here is the view from the bench we were sitting on. Isn't it pretty?


I found a stick.