Baby Got Back....FatBack that is!

While in North Carolina, mama and I both tried for the first time...FATBACK! That's right, the FAT, of the BACK, of a PIG.

Hapa Birthday to me - part trois

The next day was just another continuation of my birthday party. I spent my morning chatting with Tony before he left for Myrtle Beach.



Grandpa and I watching papa make chocolate meringue pie.




Great Aunt Janice and Great Uncle Lynwood came by too!


Great Uncle Lynwood and I were "horsing" around.


Also, another friend of the family Pat, came by as well. She gave me a flashlight! She was right, babies do find strange things interesting!


More presents!!!




Playing "Pee Paa", southern for "Peek-a-boo".


We took the balloons outside to take some pictures, but since the grass would pop all the balloons, we just kept them in the pack-n-play.


Then we were all pooped! I'll be doing this all over again next weekend, having a San Francisco 1st Birthday party! Can't wait!

Hapa Birthday to me - part deux

So many people came to see me while I was in North Carolina! And since it happened to be my birthday, we had some people over to celebrate! Mama and grandma made me a vegan cake (I'm allergic to dairy), grandpa grilled, and papa made me a birthday sign!



Grandma scripting icing on the cake. She's a pro!




Hanging out with Great Uncle Dallas.


Grandpa grilling while sporting one of the party hats mama made.


Tony Brock and I were sharing stories. Tony was papa's college professor.


Silly Tony!


Here's Cheryl looking pretty! Cheryl used to be papa's 1st grade teacher!


Great Uncle Dallas trying to be serious.


Great Aunt Sheila and their grandson Owen or maybe it's Isaac...he's a twin, and I'm still trying to figure out which one is which.


Getting ready for my cake!


Everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to me!


King for a day!


Having a laugh!


Opening presents is always exciting!


Agh! They both have 3 blue balloons, which makes it even more difficult to figure out which one is Owen and which one is Isaac!


My 1st birthday family pic!


Later that evening, friends of the family, James and Charlotte came to see me! They showed us their plans for their new home renovation...but of course, making noises with it rolled up just to entertain me.

North Carolina Love

We decided it would be best if we went to North Carolina after Geoff and Amber's wedding since we were already on the east coast. Uncle Duncan and his girlfriend Tina also came to visit!






Cheryl also came over, she lives just down the street.



Grandma and me trying to beat the heat.



Having deep conversations with Grandpa.


Then I decided to stand on his head!



Went to go visit Grandma's work, and of course we figured out which one was her work space.



I met Karen, who was teaching me all about accounting.



The next day, Shirley and Jo came to visit me too! I love having people visit me! It's so much fun!

Introducing the Halbers!

Couple weeks ago, we went to New Hampshire for the wedding of Geoff and Amber! They had it in a small town in Peterborough. It sure was really lovely! First time for all three of us visiting NH too! We stayed at The Inn at Crotched Mountain, which was so relaxing, and a great treat was that Aaron and Drew were staying there too! We definitely wished we could have stayed there longer!

I slept between mama and papa.


Relaxing outside with papa and checking out the view.




Dancing with mama. Oh, and I must tell you, our room had a door that opened to this view!




Here's beautiful Amber with papa and me!


Geoff, papa and me...I think something caught my attention...maybe a squirrel.


Now, this is the angle I'm used to.


Met new friends, Vance and Mylinh. They already want to come babysit me! But they don't know how much I will exhaust them...even if they were to tag-team it!


Dancing with Scott is so much fun!


Then I was pooped, mama held me while I slept the rest of the night.