A girl after my own heart

I love watermelon. I have bequeathed that love to Alison. So much so that when the watermelon was all gone last night. . .

. . . she just had to finish off every last drop.

Taking an interest

Me: Alison, what are you reading?
AK: A book about kids!
Me: Oh!
(???? how did she know?)

Another yoga baby

This is what happens to your babies when you do pre-natal yoga. Never mind the yellow spit up stains on his outfit - this kid can do a mean down-dog!!

He's also learning to use a sippy cup. The concept of using the handles was lost on him. So he just bent down to get to the spout! He'll be a champion at Bobbing for Apples.

He got it!

How much is that baby in the mirror?

I needed Andrew to be busy for a minute the other day. I put him in front of the mirror. This is what happened.




It was VERY funny. He was completely entertained by sticking out his tongue and making faces. Later that night he was close enough to try and grab "that kid" in the mirror. I took all of these and was going to toss the ones I didn't like. But I love them all, and I love that his expression in each picture is so different. The mirror is my newest distraction for him when I am trying to get dressed or something.

Summer Fun

We went to the Lake on base for a family picnic hosted by Nick's work. Of course Alison wanted to spend the whole time on the swings. She is addicted. And she always wants to go "super high!" High is not good enough, you have to push her so there's some slack in the chains she's gone so high. It's a little tiring and hard to do with Andrew in the Bjorn. She and Nick spent some time on the little dock throwing rocks into the water. She has a thing for "wocks". She's got a collection. Or at least she would if I let her bring in every rock she ever picked up!

It was such a nice day yesterday I got the camera out to take some pictures. I love these two. Calm and serene and then Andrew attacks - Tickle time! Hilarious! I hope these two always have this much fun together. Alison's big sister rules are 1. Be nice and 2. Have fun. So far, so good.

Clearly someone is a mama's boy.

Okay, so maybe he likes Daddy too.

Daddy-Love

We had a little dog-pile daddy time the other day and I tried to get some pics. Unfortunately, Nick has a hard time keeping his eyes open for the camera. And so does Alison. Andrew seems to be the only one who can keep them open.

Andrew did really well in the bathtub the other night. He's really doing a great job sitting up on his own. He had his 6 month check up last week too. He's 2 inches and 2 ponds bigger than Alison was at 6 months. He's 16 lbs 2 oz and 27 inches long. And he didn't even cry when he got his shots!

I bought this hydrangea to put in the front of our boring unlandscaped house. It's really pretty and Alison's has dubbed them "her flowers". So we took a little Sunday best picture with them.

More videos

5 little monkeys


Alison 'reads' the baby faces book.


Trying to get Andrew to say dada.