Happy Nine-Month Birthday

One of the nice things about being as young as I am (besides my carefree lifestyle and general pampering) is that I get to celebrate birthdays monthly. There was a time when Mom and Dad celebrated every week I was alive. Yes, every Monday was a milestone in those days.

Today, however, was a big month event. I'm 9 months old today, and Mom took me to the Portland Children's Museum to celebrate. I had lots of fun learning (ie - playing).



Here are some pictures from the week leading up to my big day...

Some kind folks in Philadelphia gave Dad a pass to many of the big Portland attractions. Saturday we used it to visit the World Forestry Center (trees are a big deal out here). Here I am concentrating very hard at driving a big tree harvester with Dad.



And here I am smoke jumping with Mom. We hit the target which is more than I can say for Dad - he ended up hanging in a tree somewhere.



We also went to the Classical Chinese Garden in Chinatown. It was quite beautiful, although I was totally uninterested in visiting the tea house. I preferred sitting by the pond with Mom.



To get around Portland, we took Tri-Met, i.e. public transportation. Dad was great at entertaining me while we waited for the bus...



A few Saturdays ago we went to something called Saturday Market. It's a big Farmer's Market in downtown Portland. There were lots of kids there for me to play with and lots of yummy food to sample. I had a great time. We came home with some potted herbs. I love to pick some with Mom to use in her cooking. I especially like cilantro because it goes in my (still) favorite food, guacomole.