Rye and Eddie

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween

... from a cute little Lady Bug!

She even wore the antenna and the wings all night!

and practiced putting things in her bag and taking them out...

This Halloween, we had the opportunity to take a little adventure to Washington, DC. We enjoyed visiting some of our friends from our time in DC.

We took Dave and Jane up on their offer to go Trick 'or Treating in their neighborhood. Ali caught on very quickly and held out her little candy bag, then innocently said "thank you" and "bye bye"... then on to the next house!

Hailey spent the weekend with her beagle friend Jamie -

Hailey's Halloween Outfit

Thursday, October 21, 2010

She's a Full-Fledged Toddler!

Our little baby girl is growing up. I tell everyone she's 1 1/2 years old (not 72 weeks or 18 months)! I look in the rear view mirror and no longer see a baby, but a little girl! It didn't happen overnight, but yet it took me by such surprise! There is no question that she's now considered a full-fledged toddler!

We want to cherish every one of these little accomplishments and enjoy this phase because, she's growing up so fast! I'm afraid to blink - she might be starting pre-school!

These are a few of the cute things she is doing now:

walking around in Mommy's high heels
climbing on the couch, into chairs by herself
she is really good at stacking blocks and building towers w/ her legos
likes books, turning the pages, and pointing out pictures
she walks fast/runs, walks up stairs w/ one hand on the rail, can kick/throw a ball
points to lots of body parts correctly: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, tounge, hair, toes, tummy, elbow, ...
scribbles w/ pencils, pens, crayons
feeds herself using fork/spoon, drinks from a cup
she is always pretending to talk on the phone; holding it up to her ear w/ no hands (like Mommy, i guess)
taking Hailey for a walk

laughing, cracking herself up
walking backwards
she is always gathering an arm full of things to carry into the other room
playing outside w/ sticks, rocks, leaves, acorns, dirt...
she helps me put the clothes in the dryer from the washer, then takes them out for me to fold - I'll take all the help I can get with laundry!
loves her babydolls
she's so sweet, and gives such good hugs and kisses to Mommy & Daddy

We are constantly amazed by Ali and her ability to do and say so many new things. She understands nearly everything you say to her, and is in the phase where she repeats nearly everything you say. She is building quite the vocabulary...
These are just a few of her words that came to mind: