Welcome back to 2010

Dad deciDed to taKe january off from blogging but FebruaRy is herE now so I'm bacK!

Over the lAst month wE've had visiTors, dinner parTies and BirThdays..
lots of fun!

Uncle Blotto was in toWn for a wHile and would sTop by to play Mega blocks.

MOm, Dad and I went to tHe Aquarium, it used tO be a Pep Boys or a grocery sTore,

Octopus on IsLe 9..I had soMe fun and got tO see some sea horse, jelly fish and touCh a stingray.

I hAd a cool ZhuZhu pet that graNdma T had given me, Winnie thought is was cool too... so he killed.

Christmas tree 0 christmas tree

Christmas is here, Dad let us get a tree this year.

Saturday night after Dads bike race we went to the tree store for a Douglas fur.

MOm picked out a nice one, we got it trimmed up and took it home.

not sure what is up with Dad's face in these pics

Then we had to rush Dad to the airport so he could race his bike some more..in Portland.

Dad wrapped up the Utah series with a Win and 2nd overall in the series, then in Portland he won the final day of the USGP, putting an exclamation point on his series overall win.

Dad hits the big time while I live thug life!

Dad got some big time exposure today, In Velo News. Its the premier magazine for US cycling.
pretty nice write up from what Dad tells me.

I'm really into my tricycle these days. I ride it everywhere I can.
It was cold out yesterday so Dad made me some thumb-less mittens..

out of my socks..the guys at the bike shop said I looked like a burn victim.

You may be wondering if I'm walking yet, yes and no. I wobble around a good bit,

sometimes I revert to crawling, especially when I get tired

Snack time is sometimes fun time, as these videos show.

I'm into sharing,..with the dogs.

Thanks has been Given, Dad Wins USGP series! and Utah State Championship

It seems that winter is here, I've had snow in my backyard for a week now.

Dad and I are still getting out for rides though, sometimes in the Chariot but I prefer riding my own tricycle.

It is still Dad powered but at least I'm more involved in the riding of it.

Dad is going out of town again this weekend, this time to Portland, OR. for the final round of the US Grand Prix of Cyclocross. In New Jersey Dad scored enough points to win the series, Now he just needs to show his face on the final day to represent the jersey.Dad also became Utah State Championship a week ago.. this is his first state championship, he says we should be proud...so I guess we will be.

Cyclocross from M.C. Preman on Vimeo.

Thanksgiving was fun..
MOm thought it was going to be like this...




Instead we had friends over...Dad calls them stragglers, for a full family style meal.

A weeks worth of posts in picture form

Time really flys these days. Its already been a week since my last post and I've had so many adventures.

I think it was monday that Grandma, Dad and I went for a walk up mammary grove and around City Creek.

On Tuesday MOm, Grandma and I went to Thanks Giving Point to see some botanical garden.. I'm not overly amused by plants. There were some fish to look at and I generally like adventures as long as my diaper is clean and I'm not sleepy.

Later in the week we got on bikes for a Parade of Yards in our neighborhood. MOm wants to land scrape the font yard so we toured the neighbors yards to see who does it right and what not to do.

There are some interesting yards in our general area. One of our neighbors must be a landscape artist/handy man cause his yard is like a example of every technique he is capable of. Look closely at his yard its weird.
Another neighbor gives away fruit and Vegis, just don't take his table. On our journey we noticed this cool car, then we decided to get a coffee at the Coffee Garden with the hipsters.

Bath Time is still fun time

When I was little I liked my bath time, as i've gotten bigger I progressed from my little tub to the Big Boy claw foot tub.

In the last few months though, I haven't been enjoying my baths. While I did enjoy drinking the bath water, I mostly found bath time to be a nuisance.

The other day everything changed for me, I discovered splashing.. boy is that fun. I can sit in the tub till my toes shrivel up, just splashing away.

MOm rides Emigration

Yesterday we rode Emigration canyon, its only MOms second road ride but she's pretty strong. from the house its about 16miles to the top of the canyon.. just over 2hrs round trip for MOm..Dad says thats a good first time.

We ran into Uncle Dave and he took this snap of us at the top.

Swimming pools, bike rides and sales meetings

Its been a strange summer, lots of rain this month
Sunday we met up with Uncle Cole Sarah and little Mia for a pool party.. cottonwood heights pool is pretty nice, lots of shallows for me to float in.

Monday morning Dad and I took MOm for her first real road ride... we had borrowed bike a bike from Uncle dave so that MOm could see how she likes road bikes. MOm and Dad cut a few laps around sugarhouse park while i took a nap.. later that day we took Dad to the airport and shipped him off the Bellsports sales meeting.

Recycling, Swimming and such

This week MOm and I have been hitting the pool. I love the water, and snacks of course.

Sometimes I sort the recycling.

9month check up

I turned 9month the other day, so we scheduled a check up with Dr. Peter. I'm progressing like a natural baby, so thats good.



Yesterday MOm took me for a drag to the park to go swinging. It was her first time dragging the Chariot, she liked it.. you know I liked it.



Who needs toys when Dad's toys are so entertaining!

South for the weekend

We packed up in the Man's Van and headed to St. George for the weekend.. Dad needed to visit some accounts and since MOms parents live there, we get the double whammy, work and family time. It's always a crazy deal to pack up all my stuffs, all the dogs stuffs and Dad's work items.. not to mention MOm's bags and if Dad is lucky he can fit a few bikes and a change of under garments. To top it all off Dad likes to play work games. He'll say he needs to go to the bathroom or get a coffee, so we pull off the highway..MOm thinks were going to a gas station but instead we pull up to a bike shop.. Dad drops something off and we move on.. this generally make MOm sad and adds to our travel time..

Dad gets Diaper Money at State Crit!

Saturday morning Dad and I went down to Pioneer park to pick up Dad's race # and watch Uncle Dave Cole race.

While we were down there I met Uncle Dave Harward and we watched the ladies Cat 1-2 race.

Aunt Tiff won the race and became state champion!
Dad wasn't racing till 3pm so we went home so i could nap. Dad went to his crit and MOm took me to aunt Amanda's on her way to work...Dad scooped me up after his race and we went home so I could have dinner and take a bath.

Dad's Crit

Saturday was the Utah State Championship Crit, the winner of each race would be the State Champ for their respective categories and have the bragging rights that go with it. Dad was racing the final race of the day, Cat 1-2, 90minutes of pain on a one block circuit with 50 guys. The speeds are high, Dad's average speed was 27mph for the hour and a half.

The race started with many different teams sending guys off the front of the race trying to establish a break, a break is a group of guys that ride off the front of the race. 20minutes into the race Dad put in a hard attack(at least that what he tells me).

Dad was off the front for a lap, this pulled a few strong guys out of the pack and soon Dad was in a ten man break.

It took a about 40 minutes but the break lapped the field, so now With 30minutes left all Dad had to worry about were the 10guys he was in the break with..everyone else was a lap down. This was great for Dad cause suddenly he had teammates to draft off and keep him out of the wind..Dads team rallied around him, leading him around the last 2laps, driving it as hard as they could, the idea was to keep the pace fast so that no other teams could attack.Coming into the last corner the group started sprinting, Dad gave it his all and came up with a fine 3rd place! Nice job Dad! thanks to FFKR for the great team work!( thanks to Steven for the pics)

Diaper Money!