Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Under the weather

Unfortunately, Alison is dealing with ear and upper respiratory infections. She isn't her usual self of course but we had a little bit of time last night where she seemed interested in playing until it was time for bed. Notice the mermaid pj's. Thought I would show them off b/c I think they are so cute. :)





Sunday, March 27, 2011

11 months!

Look at this big baby girl! Alison turned 11 months old today and we went out to the plaza to eat at ingredient. It was nice to meet up with my good friend, Megan, who was visiting from New York. She is awesome! Megs noticed how Alison is growing as well.
Alison has been fussy from stubborn teeth that seem to cause so much trouble but have not yet made any appearances! We took her to the pediatrician a while back because we thought something else might be wrong, but the doc just confirmed that she is getting teeth. So, we have been trying to do fun things to help the process not seem so frustrating. Alison crawls through the tunnel with ease. She even crawls through with toys and never leaves them inside. Maybe she likes to hold on to them, or maybe she wants to keep the path clear? If only I knew what she was thinking.


I tried to take so many good close up photos but Alison is closing her eyes now everytime the picture begins to take. Even after I turned the flash off, she still closed her eyes in anticipation I guess. So this one is okay, just squinting somewhat.
Some photos from earlier in the day....



We love our 11 month old!

Corrine's visit

Corrine visited to help celebrate Milo's first birthday. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of the big event. I don't know what I was thinking when I forgot my camera! But we enjoyed ourselves at Milo's first birthday party and then the next day we drove to Leavenworth for church and to visit Mom and Dad and Grammie a little bit more. We like to be silly and take face photos whenever we're together. We like to get Mom in on the action and then we figured it would be fun to get the group pics too. :)


Thursday, March 3, 2011

10 Months!

"Look, Mom. I can twist my tongue." (She can twist it like a curly macaroni and bite down. I guess she is a baby who likes to play with her tongue. Who knew it would be an interesting thing?)
Alison crawled in from the other room to try to find her Daddy.

Good thing Chuck is not into skinny jeans. This way Alison has something to grab on to.



Almost like she is going to dance.


Showing off her new balancing skills.


"Hi, Mom."


"I want the camera."


Happy 10 Month Day dear Alison! :)


As far as I can tell, Alison is enjoying being 10 months old. She is a master crawler and puller upper. She loves to test out her balance and only use one hand to hold on to something or no hands at all. Today I was preparing her food while she played with her toys on the kitchen floor. I turned away for a second and then looked back to find her pulled up on the cabinet door and heading to take the pans out of the cabinet. She is so active and exploring everything. She has an affinity to electronics like the remote, calculator and X-Box controller, etc. Chuck thinks she might have a nerdy side like him. She has waved bye-bye and clapped her hands. We are enjoying watching her grow and learn so much so quickly! She doesn't seem to have too much time to eat but we are sneaking in as much as possible of course. Still not much hair and no teeth but she is starting to look like such a big baby girl. She definitely keeps showing us her independence and her developing personality. We are enjoying every minute!