Here I am hanging out with my Aunt Christine on New Years Eve. She is having another baby boy who is due in April. I can't wait to meet him! 
Here I am going for a ride on my Grandpa's wooden horse with Owen. Owen was able to move the horse back and forth for us so it was a lot of fun. 
This is my cousin Owen. He came to visit us for New Years Eve. He lives in Boston, MA. We built a snowman together when he was here and got a ride around on the sled too.
On Christmas Eve my mom's cousin, Kelly, comes into town to visit. She is from Columbus. I just love it when she visits because she brings her doggie Cohen. I loved watching him play with his little beaver toy he got for Christmas.
My Grandma Cootie LOVES Christmas. It is her favorite holiday. You can also see my Great Aunt Stephanie in the background. 
Here I am trying to drink some of that sparkly beverage my Grandma Cootie has. She wouldn't let me have any, but kept tricking me like she was going to give me a taste.
Here I am in my Christmas PJs by my the Cootie Christmas Tree! I am sitting on my mom's old rocking chair. It is great. I love making it move!
Here I am with my mom's cousin Kelly! It was great seeing her and spending time with her.
Today Grandma Cootie took me to downtown Cleveland to meet my mom for lunch. I was so excited to see her! I was then excited to see my cousin Susan, Great Aunt Sally, Great Uncle Bob, cousin Ryan AND cousin Alex! We all went to Mr. Kringle's Imaginarium. It was a lot of fun. Here you can see that I am wearing my inventor's jacket and name tag. I am building some new inventions here with different shaped blocks they provided for such important tasks. As you can see, I am trying to stop my mom from taking a picture since this inventing stuff is top secret information. You think she would know this being a patent paralegal and all!
Here we are being taught about different sounds. You know me...I just wanted to dance! Don't worry though...I did listen to the important information. It was all so exciting.
My cousin Susan and her two boys, Ryan and Alex, are designing thier inventions out of some foamy stuff. I wasn't sure what this tacky substance was so I tried putting it in my mouth to figure it all out. My mom and Grandma Cootie would not let me do this and took it away from me. 
Here I am with my Grandma Cootie at the inventatorium! It was SOOO much fun! Maybe next year we can spend more time and get to ride the train as well. Oh yes...and MORE COOKIES PLEASE!
Tonight we went to dinner with Uncle Matt and Aunt Jamie. We went to this place called MapleSide Farms. They had great food. I had some pot roast, carrots, mashed potatoes and homemade applesauce and breads. It was so delicious! While we were waiting for our food to arrive, my mom helped me practice walking on their main floor by the huge Christmas tree and fireplace. It was a lot of fun. I had some trouble on the ramp though. Here I am by their little christmas tree and my new kitty dress!
Instead of going shopping on Black Friday, my parents took me and my cousin, Megan, to the Cleveland Metroparks Rainforest. It was so much fun. Not too many people were there so we were able to take our time looking at all the nice animals.
Here is Megan and I by the waterfall at the front entrance! 
Afterwards, Megan came over for dinner and we relaxed together. It was a fun day together!
Today I turned 1 years old! We had a small party with a few of my friends and family. It was exciting. My Mom and Grandma Cootie made soups and sandwiches for everyone. Afterlunch, my dad gave me this tasty treat. The yellow inside part was okay, but the frosting was the best. I eventually licked all of it off! I can't wait for another birthday!
For my first Halloween we went over to my mom's friend's house, Janet. It was a lot of fun trick-or-treating with her kids Kyra, Riley and Jacob. I didn't really understand the whole trick-or-treat thing and why we went down the street stopping at each house to say hi, but my parent's sure were excited. They had a bag full of interesting little packages at the end of the night. My mom let me taste a sucker. I LOVE THEM!
Here I am with my Grandma Cootie after trick-or-treating. She stayed at the house to pass out candy to the other trick-or-treaters.
I was a beautiful flower for Halloween! I was glad that it kept me so warm since it was chilly out.
Tonight we had the GFF Halloween dinner and dance. It was a lot of fun. I loved seeing everyone in the costumes.
Here I am with my Godmother, Carol. She was The Cat In The Hat from Dr. Seuss. At first she scared me, because I didn't recognize her. Once I knew it was her I was okay.
Here I am dancing with my mom. It was fun standing on the stage so I could see everyone dance.
I haven't quite figured out this walking thing, but I sure love to walk behind my walker. My parents don't let me play with this very often. Something about a crutch, but I am not sure what that means. Anyway, my mom and I had a pajama day today and she let me play with the walker for a little while. 
Today was the Third Annual Kuder Halloween Party. It was so cold, but I was sure glad I had this warm costume on. I wasn't sure what was happpening, but I had a bucket and people kept putting things in it. I didn't complain! One of the items was this fancy remote control. I loved it!
Here I am checking out my remote some more.
Here are my second cousins, Paige and Jennifer. They are carving their pumpkins for the lighting ceremony. It was so cold this year that we had to have the lighting ceremony inside the barn instead of by the fire pit outside. 
Here is my Grandma Cootie and Great Aunt Denise carving their pumpkins too. This is the best part of the annual event. 
Tonight my mom and dad took me to the Carlisle Halloween Fair. It was so much fun! We went with Mr. Joe, Miss Liz and Mayve. Mayve is one of my dear friends. There was a bubble machine that made so many bubbles all at once. I had my face painted as a cat at the face painting station and we watched a juggler juggle some shart knives. After all that, we went on the Halloween walk.
While on the walk we saw some scary skeletons and monsters. 
There was also a pond full of jack-o-lanterns!
...and more skeletons!
We also ran into my cousin Megan, Aunt Marcy, Grandma Menges and Grandpa Menges while we were there. That was a fun surprise!
Today I went to work with my mom for the day. I wasn't too sure about this adventure at first, but once I got used to my surroundings I had a good time. I really liked my mom's file cart. She took me for some rides around the office. I made sure to say hello to everyone as I passed by. 
Here I am checking out my mom's cart. Let's go for another ride! YEAH!
I really liked the copy room. We copied some papers together and I helped her mail out some letters.
Okay...so I made more of a mess than helped, but it was still a lot of fun anyway. 
All-in-all it was a good day. We took a walk down to Tower City to have lunch with my mom's cousin, Susan. It was great to see her and to get out of the office for a minute. When we came back I was so exhausted and decided to take a nap for a while. My mom was relieved about that...and so was everyone else in the Office. My mom's co-worker, Pamela, gave me this great new Care Bear. He is called "Superstar Bear" and my eyes just lit up when she handed him to me. Thank you so much Pamela...I love him like crazy. I can't wait to be able to spend another day with my mom at her work! 
I went to Dave and Busters with my mom and dad. There was a birthday party there for Chris who my mom works with. We were celebrating her 60th birthday! It was a lot of fun. My dad and I were being silly....like usual. He put this napkin on my head. Something about an Aunt Jemima...I don't know who that is, but I did think it was funny having this napkin on my head! After dinner we walked around this really noisy room. I didn't know what to make of it, but I liked all the lights flashing. I sat in front of this one machine that was really loud and had some music blasting from it. I just loved dancing to the music! It was a great time!
I went to the Winking Lizard tonight with my mom and dad. We had dinner there with some people from my mom's work. Here I am with my friend Adriana. My mom works with her dad, Britt! I really wanted to show Adriana my crawling skills, but we were confined to chairs and my highchair because my mom said the floor is nasty. It was SO frustrating, but I did pretty good sitting the whole time!
Here is Miss Kate with her new baby Xander. He is just under a month old. I thought it was funny seeing such a small baby. The babies at day care aren't that small. I didn't know what to think when I saw my mommy holding him though. 
Here I am with my cousin Megan. She turns 8 on October 6th and we went to Pump-It-Up for her birthday party. It was so much fun! They had all these big cushy bouncy houses to play in and a really big slide too! It was so much fun. 
Here we are going downt the big slide together. I thought it was hilarious! 
This past weekend we went camping at Grandpa and Grandma Cooties' property. It was a lot of fun. Here is my Aunt Christine with my cousin Owen. We found out that my Aunt Christine is going to have another baby. We are so excited about this. I can't wait to meet my new cousin in April!
My cousin Owen just loved Grandpa's tractor. He wouldn't keep his hands off of it. He did let me sit on there with him once (my mommy didn't have a chance to get a picture of that).
Here he is again!
Here I am with my Uncle Brian. He put that disgusting Patriots hat on my head. 
