Happy belated birthday Victoria!

My cousin, Victoria, turned 2 last weekend. My mom and I went to Victoria's birthday party last weekend. We had a wonderful time and I got to see a lot of my mom's family that I had not seen in a long time. They were all amazed at how much I've grown. My cousin had a big Hawaiian pool party in celebration of her birthday.

Happy Birthday Victoria!

Having fun in the sun.

More fun in the sun.

One of her presents was "life-size" Dora and Diego. Diego and I hit it off right away so I quietly snuck out of the living room with my new friend to go show mom.

We had a lot of fun swimming the afternoon away. Our moms actually had to drag us out of the pool at 9 p.m. b/c we were having so much fun we didn't want to go inside.

Anyone who knows me knows what I love best...animals! Dogs are my favorite because it reminds me of my own dog, Duce, at home. Everywhere I seem to go I am always able to find an animal friend. This one just happened to live in the backyard of my cousin's house and still provided me lots of entertainment, even through the fence.

Little Victoria hanging out with me the next day.

My favorite part of staying at my Aunt Donna's...the 7 foot tall ESPN shoot/throw/kick game. It lights up and talks to you and the best part is that you are actually supposed to throw/kick things at it and all of the adults in the room are ok with it. It was a lot of fun.


When our parents asked if we had a good time together we both had to pause for a minute before shouting out "Well YES, of course we did!"

Pictured here is my mom's Aunt, Aunt Donna. She is Victoria's grandmother. I'm really happy that they are living in Wichita now because they have always lived out on the east coast and never close enough to drive to in a day. Now we can go visit more often and mom can get caught up on some family time.

Pictured here is my mom and me with my cousin Victoria and her mom, Stacey. Stacey is my mom's cousin and they are really close in age, just like Victoria and I. Now with all of us living closer we can hopefully spend some more time together. Thanks for the birthday party invite. We had a great time!

Playing catch with Grandpa Don

When my mom and I went back to my Grandpa Don's house a few weeks ago I kept myself very busy.

Grandpa Don and I attempted to play catch with a "big boy" ball and glove. It was pretty cool. I can't wait to get my very own some day.






I also learned how to shoot some pool on Grandpa Don's bumper pool table. Mom told me I was supposed to use a cue to shoot the balls into the pocket, but she wasn't comfortable letting me loose with a stick indoors and I found it much easier to do it the easy way.




When I actually get the balls to go where they're supposed to I let out my victory cry - I throw my hands up in the air and cry out "YES!"

This is Kansas Football!

My mom and dad took me to the open house for the Anderson Family Football Complex. It is the newest addition to the KU campus. It's serves as the central hub for the Kansas Football team and administration. It is amazing and will definitely set KU apart from other schools in persuading future recruits. We didn't take pictures of everything, but did capture enough to give you an idea of how serious Kansas Fans are about Kansas Football.


























Just one more great reason I'm proud to be a Kansas fan. Thanks mom and dad for getting me started in the right direction from the beginning!

Locks of Love

My mom, Aunt Julie and cousin Courtney have been growing their hair out really long in hopes to make a donation to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. It is a great organization and if you would like to learn more about it you can check it out at http://www.locksoflove.org/. So, a couple of weeks ago they went to Z's Cosmotology school, where my cousin Taylor works. All 3 of them had a lot cut off. My aunt and cousin were both able to donate 10 inches, the minimum length required. It was a great thing that they did and I was really proud of them. I was a little disappointed that my mom no longer has a long ponytail that I can grab ahold of...bummer. Anyways, they all look great with their new do's and Taylor did an excellent job on cutting my mom's hair. So, kudos to Tay and the others for doing what they can to help support a good cause.
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My Aunt Julie before....
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