Like most girls, I like Caribbean vacations...only problem is that I couldn't get away from my darn parents, who insisted that I was "too young" to go out on my own...here, daddy came and picked me up after he spotted me talking to these two cute toddlers that were visiting Puerto Rico from the Netherlands - and they were even going to invite me to their crib, if dad hadn't come to spoil the fun!

I gets my own seat when I fly...even though I know my parents scheme ('cause I heard them whispering about it)...basically, they want to fly all over the place before I am 2 years old because they don't have to pay for me...then, once I hit two, they are going to pull the ole' line "Oh, we don't need to take you anywhere Nizhoni, because you have already been so many places."

Here I am with my wonderful Aunt Eileen and Uncle Tom (just out of view)...we had this cool picnic lunch at the Miami airport, sitting right in the car and hoping the security guys would leave us alone. Luckily they did, and we got a chance to visit before returning into the airport to get our flight.

This lady seems to be confused when I tell her I am here to rent one of her cars. What, do I look too little to drive, too small to reach the pedals? Well, you should seen how her look changed when I pulled out the ole' credit cards and let her know just who she was talking to. Oh, and those hands around me are not to hold me up, but to hold me back, as I was getting pretty angry at this whole business of disrespect.

I am a little scared of the black, 4 legged thing next to me. Ok, I admit it is more jealousy than being scared - Hozhoon, our doggie, had just won the 5k Doggie Dash and Dawdle, teaming up with daddy to beat the other dogs and humans...but I didn't get to run!

Tinklin' the keys, working on the jazz song I wrote recently, "Breastmilk blues in A minor"

Me, Mickey, and Minnie...thanks to Elijah, my cousin-brother who gave me these friends!

I'm a little bunny, short and stout...and very cute!

My namesake...two beautiful roses in one picture!!!! (Thanks to our neighbor, Carmela, for giving us this wonderful plant!)

Here is am as a part of the Native Health Initiative table of events at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center...come on over and (1) draw a picture, (2) learn about NHI, (3) take some food, or (4) watch me coo, smile, frown, cry, drool, and burp. Oh, and that is Rose, one of our close friends here in ABQ, sitting with us.

I'm a Blue Bird Baby, all the way. I am getting a hoist into the air by my auntie, Shelly. However, when she and the others started to joke about how they were going to use me to make frybread, I looked at them sternly and said, "Hey, a joke is a joke, but lets not take this too far!"

This is me and my daddy dangerously close to the water in a beautiful park in San Diego, Balboa Park. We did not want to pay the high fees to get into the zoo, so we walked around and enjoyed the free elements of this wonderful place. And this park is a special place to my mommy and daddy, though they had never been here together until this day - cool, huh?

I LOVE LIFE!! I share the traits of my parents....to make others laugh and be silly!! Laugh with me people!

My first basketball experience, in daddy's arm, as we watched the University of New Mexico's Lobo team at their basketball opener. It was loud and everyone was saying,'look at that cute baby"....that was me, the all- star in section 15.