A Face Only a Mother Could Love

Fish Face











Happy Face











Peekaboo!







One of my favorite things about my new camera is how close you can get and still be in focus!

Fun in the Park

We went to the park the other day looking for ducks to feed. We found a see saw first and Alison took a ride. She seemed to like it - more when Nick was sitting with her.












Yes - this was her sitting on it alone - she looks a little more apprehensive. But it's okay, she has her bear. (and these are the first pics taken with my new camera - I love it!)

Pig Tails and Pink Bears

Alison likes to hang out on the front stoop with her best bud bear. I'll be interested to see what she names her when she starts talking more. I only assume the bear is a she because of the pink pjs - but she takes that thing with her EVERYWHERE. I taught her the sign for bear and she is always asking for her.





I can't resist pigtails and tiny flip-flops, yep there's trusty ole bear.












This was mid-pattycake. She loves pattycake and "itsy-bitsy spider". I think people at the grocery store think I'm a little nutty pushing my cart and singing those rhymes.

Food Fun!

Here is the requisite "first time eating spaghetti" picture. I can't really get her to eat pasta, mac and cheese, anything. But this day she was sort of into it.














This was at breakfast and she was working on stacking her cup on her glass. She was really pleased with herself. I think she might be a future Cirque du Soleil artist.

Time for Daddy

Here she is chilling with dad and then trying on his boots. She fell over before I could get the picture - but they come up mid-thigh - nice go-go look!

New teeth, new words?

I don't know if her new teeth are prompting more speech but she has added several new words to her vocabulary. She now says "bye - bye" (in addition to the wave), cheese (pronounce 'chis'), baby, and this new one (see the video). I didn't even know she'd picked up on this.