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!

Do what I have to do, I guess

Mike thinks I'm crazy (what's new??) but I've been putting a winter hat on Autumn to feed her in the mornings. Hey, it makes sense! She's feeding herself her oatmeal and it can get a little messy. As part of breakfast, Autumn also gets fruit and a granola bar that she insists on dipping in my morning cuppa tea because she sees me do it sometimes...now that can get messy. She just forgets that she has hair or something, gets excited, and then smears oatmeal, fruit, and granola all in her hair. I got tired of keeping a fine toothed comb in the kitchen and combing the crud out of her hair before it dries there!

Good Times

Look what Mike got me for my birthday:

From september 2008

Nah, I'm just kidding. He really got me this (although he did get me the thermometer just not as a birfday gift). And before people start emailing him and chastising him (yes, this has happened), I did ask for it. Well, I also asked for flowers and copious amounts of chocolate but I will forgive because GUESS WHAT? Mike left the house to go to the zoo.

::faints::

Yes, my friends, Mike ventured forth into the sun just because I asked him to. And, because there were:



GOATS! lol...goats are kind of one of his things. Autumn didn't like them quite so much.


But that's okay cause it makes for a cute photo. We also got a family photo.


If you look closely, you can see my hand and shoe and Autumn's body. We set up our camera to take the photo on a timer and just as it flashed, this kid pounced in front of us and prepared to jump in the hole...but WE WERE THERE. So it didn't go so well.

That area was pretty neat though, we got to see a sea lion play. Three of them, actually. They were all very social and cute. Speaking of social and cute, we didn't get to see the otters. T_T I was sad.


We finally did get a good photo. A zoo employee saw me setting up my camera and offered to take this:


I am slightly embarrassed that Mike and I matched that day. It was purely unintentional.

Anyway, it was fun and THANK YOU MIKE for taking us.

Oh, if you want to see more photos from the trip, you can click here.

The Mommy Curse

Autumn doesn't talk much. Real talking, I mean. This is her entire repertoire of real (or just recognizable) words:

Heyyy/Heyyo
Wassat?? (whispered)
UH-ooooh
Mowwy
Meow
Arf

She does, however, jabber all. day. long. I'm guessing it is cosmic revenge for the talkative child I was (am). Here's another day in the life of autumn.

Birthdays and other stuffs

September is a big birthday month. Today is Nanny's and tomorrow is Ryan's. Later this month, my sister Valerie and I turn one year older. Crazy stuff!

Look what I made nanny. It's a pincushion!

From Projects

From Projects

And, while I am talking about Nanny, she, Boppa and my grandmother have been teaching me how to garden. I didn't kill much this year! haha...as a matter of fact, look at this:

From september 2008

Not bad! It looks even prettier today because the roses have bloomed some more. I am improving...last year I killed everything in that box but some phlox.

Oh, and tomorrow we are having a garage sale along with a couple other families. If you want, come buy stuff or just come visit! You can see miss monkey doing stuff like this:

From september 2008

WEARING HER MONKEY BACKPACK AND DRINKING SOME STARBUCKS GREEN TEA FRAP.