Smell my feet.

Well I ended up wearing the skeleton costume on Halloween. Dad tried to get some pictures with me and the pumpkin I made at school. (Along with this creepy skeleton-hiding motion-sensing headstone that totally freaks me out.) But this is about the best one we got.

Then Grandma and Grandpa came over and we went trick or treating. At first I didn't get what it was all about, but after a few houses I really got a kick out of knocking on the doors and yelling "trick treat!" Then they gave me stuff that I got to put in a bag. So that was cool too.

In other events, a few weeks ago (when we went to Wheeler Farm) my friend Jack's mom took some pictures of me. She's a really good photographer starting up her own business. You can check out the highlights at this link:

http://www.erin-beth.com/darkroom/share/?n=Andrea

Rock the Vote 2008

At long last, I've decided who I'm going to endorse for the election on Tuesday. (Well, sort of.)

In search of the Great Pumpkin

This month the baby group met at Wheeler Farm for our annual Halloween activity. We met in the pumpkin patch in search of some festive photo ops. But mostly I just wanted to check out all the pumpkins. I made a point of tapping on every one I could. We did manage to get a couple of good photos though. These two were taken by Juliet's dad Trent. (Juliet is the peacock).


It was a costume event, so I unveiled one of my potential costumes for this year. I really like my skeleton outfit. We might add some white face paint on Halloween. My dad's also pushing to get me a white hoodie to wear, so I'll look like the Cobra Kai dudes who beat up Daniel on Halloween in "The Karate Kid".

I also have a horse and a koala costume available that I borrowed from my buddy Everett. But I'm not too keen on putting those on.

After the fun and games with the pumpkins we took a stroll around the farm. I got to see some cows, horses, a couple of ponies, sheep, rabbits, a big stinky pig. And those were cool and all. But most of all, I liked all the old tractors and rusty farm equipment.

It was another fun morning with my friends.

Worst. Weekend. Ever.

So Friday morning I woke up and was breathing fast. Kind of like the last time I had to go to the hospital a couple of months ago.

Anyway, mom and dad tried the Albuterol but nothing really changed, so they called the doctor. He said to try the inhaler again and, if nothing changed, to take me to the ER. Sure enough, an hour later I was up at PCMC with that damn nebulizer in my face.

I was breathing about 68 breaths per minute and it didn't really go down much. So they ended up having me stay the night. That's when things really got annoying. Not only did they give me more nebulizer treatments, they also felt the need to stick oxygen tubes in my nose. At first that wasn't too big of a deal, because I could just rip them off. But then they used the industrial strength "stickers" (yeah right, I didn't see any cool cartoons on these stickers), which ended up ripping little patches of my cheeks when they took them off.

To make things worse, they said I wasn't drinking enough (well excuse me, I've got shortness of breath and tubes up my nose--sorry if I don't want to throw back a couple cold ones). So, what did they do? Gave me an IV, that's what. NOT COOL!

Anyway, after a crappy night's sleep, when they kept waking me up to shove that stinkin' misting dragon mask in my face, they finally took all the tubes out of me.

So Saturday, I watched some college football with mom and dad. Grandma and Grandpa stopped by to play. And, by around 6pm the doctors decided that I didn't have to spend another night in the hospital because I was doing so well.

OK, to tell you the truth, the nurses and doctors were really nice to me and helped me out a lot. And the weather was so bad, we weren't going to do anything fun last weekend anyway.

The doctor said that they pretty much would say I have asthma (virus induced), but they don't make that official diagnosis until I turn 2.

Well, even if I have asthma, at least I also got a new bike out of the deal! (Ha! Ha! Mom and dad bought the whole charade! Suckers.)

Don't call him a zero.

Last week my Aunt Megan sent out this video of me.

http://www.makemesuper.com/r.php?i=9_383b4-123851-m-Colin

I've pretty much wanted to watch it nonstop ever since. I especially like the part with the "lawnmower" and the part where they sing "Kaboom!". So check it out.

Touchdown!

OK, I'm logged on and I thought I'd give you a quick recap of the events of the last few weeks.

Saturday, I went with mom and dad to the Utah vs. Weber State football game. It was tons o' fun. Grandma and Grandpa Griffin were there and I had a great time with them. I mostly liked to make noise by banging on the seats, clap with the crowd, and point to the guys wearing "helmets." I also yelled a few "Go Utes!" here and there. Just before halftime I kind of had my fill of the excitement--it was past my bedtime--and let everyone know I was "all done." But it was a great time. I was still talking about the "game" today. Oh, and Utah won 37-21, and are now #15 in the polls.

Two weekends ago, I went to the zoo again. This time with my friends Juliet and Kenzo. Here is a picture of me and Juliet riding in the wagon, and Kenzo hanging out in the stroller. Usually I just like to push the wagon myself, but since Juliet was offering to ride with me, well, I couldn't pass that up.


After awhile, we all wanted to try walking together holding hands in a row. But that didn't last long. Why walk when you can ride in a sweet wagon?


I also got to play on the playground. They have a cool little tunnel that's fun to climb through.

It's September Already?!

Once again, it's been awhile since I posted. Sorry about that. With more than a month between posts, obviously a lot has happened. But I can't really remember it all. So I'll start with the activity this past weekend.


I met a bunch of my friends up at Silver Lake near Brighton on Sunday. It was fun. We all took a walk around the lake. I saw some ducks, some fish, a squirrel, and a few other critters that were running around.

Also, going back through the photos of the past month, here are a couple from the day I went to the zoo. A lot of people like to see the monkeys, or the tigers, or the elephants. And those things are cool. But my biggest thrills are the train and the carousel. I can't get enough!