Weekend at the Beach

Well, I know that everyone has been wondering what the Colleys are up to this weekend, right? Really, though, if anyone is wondering about our weekend it's probably a little more along the lines of, "I wonder what Autumn is up to this weekend?" I know how it is.

Well, wonder no longer:


We're at the beach! Mike's family invited us (Autumn, actually) to come along on fall break. It sounded a bit odd to go in October but the weather and water are really perfect.


This is Autumn's first time at the beach. I knew that she loves sand and hates the pool so I wasn't sure how all this was going to go down.


It went down sad. Ha! I have video of it for my mom and I'll probably post it here. In the photo above she's clinging to Mike like a monkey and whining. Here she is in a less panicky moment:


After we kept her in a water for a bit, Autumn spent the rest of our time at the beach playing with her Mama Lainey and Aunt Lindsay...


...while her cousin Tyler napped in the breeze with Aunt Lauren.


Mike and I threw a ball for a bit while he tried to convince me to actually swim and not wade (I don't much care for water, either) and then we wrapped up beach time with a walk. It was funny, any time the waves would get anywhere near her feet, Autumn would veer away whining. Poor kid!


More to come later!

Meow, Monkeh, Meow

Autumn's main form of communication these days is to meow with various inflections. ::sigh:: This isn't the cleanest video ever because I did it quickly and with a sliced open thumb (it was a bad morning T_T) but hopefully you will smile when you watch.

Ps, in the clips of us at the desk we are looking at the website stuffonmycat.com. And be sure to watch past the credits!

A Day in the Life of Autumn

I had a busy day Friday! I did a lot of exploring. I found out that there's a space under the bed!! And Molly likes to hide there! Mama also keeps her boxing gloves and stuff under there but I think she's going to have to move them because I like to drag them around.


I also played a bunch with Molly's scratching post. Did you know that it makes a really good hide and seek place?


We went outside and I got to stomp around on the golf course for a while. I love stomping on the grass.


I also like stomping on the golf cart path. Sometimes we have to move because people roll by. I like golf carts. The old men laugh because I say, "woooow" when they go by.


We ran a bunch of errands after I took a nap. Look! I have a big girl chair!


We went to the library. We also went to Target--do you like my new shoes?


Outside the library, there's a ramp that I like to walk up and down. Mama only let me walk about 12 times. I was sad when she made me get in the car and go home.


But there's fun stuff at home, too. I like to get mama's aikido and kali sticks. No matter where she puts them, I find them! Mama says it means I am going to be a martial artists but papa says it means I am a hiker.


While mama cooked, I played in the cabinets. I love cabinets.


Mama didn't take any more pictures after dinner because I fell asleep under papa's desk before 7:00. I was just so tired! So, here's a picture of me and papa from a year ago to wrap things up:

From October 2007

Bye-bye!