No not THAT kind! Tooth #2! Alyssa now has a second tooth on the bottom. No more chewing on Mommy or Daddy's fingers!
She is walking with the help of furniture and windowsills (and Mommy and Daddy, of course)! She can get around pretty quickly if there is something she can grab onto, but she definitely prefers crawling. She really flies on all fours!
Last Friday, she started a couple of new things... waving and playing "Sooooo big!" We were out shopping with my Mom and Grandmother when a salewoman waved at her. She waved back! Not the kind of wave where you move your hand back and forth, but the kind where you move just your fingers. She does it constantly now! She has been having fun looking at herself in the mirror lately, and now she likes to wave at her reflection and say "Baba!" It is so cute to watch! My grandmother started "Sooooo big"... if you ask her who is "Soooo big," she'll raise her arms (or sometimes just an arm) over her head and sometimes even wave. It has been fun to see!
One last item... she's a climber! She has discovered that she can climb the first stair all by herself! She has only done it a couple of times, and each time she gets so nervous that she has to get right back down. The first time she tried to sit (and went right over backwards!) She is a little less cavalier about it now and just slides down on her stomach if she can. Ah, the ever- increasing level of terror in a house with a baby!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Congratulations!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
9 Months Old (and something’s peekin’!)
We have a tooth! Mike was kind enough to watch Alyssa all day on Saturday so I could scrapbook with some friends. So, of course that was the day the she was cranky all day from teething. She now has the top of her bottom left tooth peeking through her gums. She has done pretty well since then and I don't think it has really bothered her much. Yay!
Other milestones... She is now very mobile with the crawling, so the cabinets are babyproofed, the gates have been purchased, and the pack and play has emerged from the closet (so thankful Amy gave it to us!)
She is also pulling up to stand by herself every chance she gets. She'll pull up on a chair or the wall and yell until I look, then give me a huge grin. It's like she's saying "Look at me, Mommy! See what I can do!?!" So cute!
Pictures of the tooth will have to come later... it is currently too small to get a decent picture. Here are some pics of the recent activities, though!
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Other milestones... She is now very mobile with the crawling, so the cabinets are babyproofed, the gates have been purchased, and the pack and play has emerged from the closet (so thankful Amy gave it to us!)
She is also pulling up to stand by herself every chance she gets. She'll pull up on a chair or the wall and yell until I look, then give me a huge grin. It's like she's saying "Look at me, Mommy! See what I can do!?!" So cute!
Pictures of the tooth will have to come later... it is currently too small to get a decent picture. Here are some pics of the recent activities, though!
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
8 Months Old (and then some!)
Time for a baby update... Alyssa is doing something new every few days!
She has started crawling! She started by moving forward or backward several steps before deciding that she would rather just roll to her destination. It was pretty awkward for her, and so cute to watch! While she is testing out her skills, she occasionally pulls off some yoga poses... she does a mean downward dog! On Friday, she started for real. She is already able to cross the room with her new skill.
She has learned how to feed herself snacks. She LOVES Cheerios and Gerber snack puffs. She gets so excited when you put a bunch in front of her that she usually squeals and grabs some with each hand. It has been a real treat for Mike and I because we are able to eat in peace! We've even ventured out to eat and had great success. Yay for babies entertaining themselves!
Over the weekend, she has figured out how to pull herself up to her knees by holding the couch or the stairs. Mike said she even figured out how to pull herself into a sitting position! He found he crying yesterday morning at about 2:45 holding her blankie and sitting up. He thinks the poor baby had a nightmare or something :-(.
For a few weeks we have had a little babbler in the house. She started with bababa and mamama around Christmas. She has recently started with dadada and it hasn't been quiet since! She likes to shriek and squeal when she is tickled with herself (which is very often since she is so busy trying new things). Just yesterday she shrieked as we sped up to get on the highway... she has always liked high-speed driving, and now she can tell us so! We're not sure that anything she has "said" qualifies as her first word since it sounds mostly like babble and isn't really associated with anyone or anything. Thoughts, anyone?
I am sure there is something I am forgetting, but it will have to come later!
I never put these pictures anywhere except the photo gallery... Christmas Card photos! They are some of my favorites!
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She has started crawling! She started by moving forward or backward several steps before deciding that she would rather just roll to her destination. It was pretty awkward for her, and so cute to watch! While she is testing out her skills, she occasionally pulls off some yoga poses... she does a mean downward dog! On Friday, she started for real. She is already able to cross the room with her new skill.
She has learned how to feed herself snacks. She LOVES Cheerios and Gerber snack puffs. She gets so excited when you put a bunch in front of her that she usually squeals and grabs some with each hand. It has been a real treat for Mike and I because we are able to eat in peace! We've even ventured out to eat and had great success. Yay for babies entertaining themselves!
Over the weekend, she has figured out how to pull herself up to her knees by holding the couch or the stairs. Mike said she even figured out how to pull herself into a sitting position! He found he crying yesterday morning at about 2:45 holding her blankie and sitting up. He thinks the poor baby had a nightmare or something :-(.
For a few weeks we have had a little babbler in the house. She started with bababa and mamama around Christmas. She has recently started with dadada and it hasn't been quiet since! She likes to shriek and squeal when she is tickled with herself (which is very often since she is so busy trying new things). Just yesterday she shrieked as we sped up to get on the highway... she has always liked high-speed driving, and now she can tell us so! We're not sure that anything she has "said" qualifies as her first word since it sounds mostly like babble and isn't really associated with anyone or anything. Thoughts, anyone?
I am sure there is something I am forgetting, but it will have to come later!
I never put these pictures anywhere except the photo gallery... Christmas Card photos! They are some of my favorites!
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Baptism… a while ago!
Sorry, yet again, for our tardiness in posting! The Sunday BEFORE Christmas, Alyssa was Baptized at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest, NC. Most of the family was able to attend (we very much missed Aunt Allison, though, who was at work in Winterpark, Colorado)... great grandmother, grandparents and aunts and uncles on both sides! It was a very nice ceremony and she didn't make a peep (at least, until AFTER we sat back down!) She wore the dress that Tula made for Aunt Ashleigh's Baptism when she was a baby, and a sweater made by MY Great Grandmother! The Seam Team made her a beautiful quilt to remember her day, and Aunt Ashleigh and Uncle Jeff (the Godparents) were given cards to send her on her first 12 Baptism Birthdays. We had a really nice day!
Tula and Seanachai gave Alyssa her very first cross to commemorate the day, as well as a cute hat and purse set. Grammie and Grandpa Harke gave her an engraved picture frame. Aunt Ashleigh made her a beaded bracelet. The Schandert family gave her her first Bible and a sweet picture frame. As always, what a lucky little girl!
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Tula and Seanachai gave Alyssa her very first cross to commemorate the day, as well as a cute hat and purse set. Grammie and Grandpa Harke gave her an engraved picture frame. Aunt Ashleigh made her a beaded bracelet. The Schandert family gave her her first Bible and a sweet picture frame. As always, what a lucky little girl!
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Christmas with the Baby
We had a very busy Christmas... Mike's family came to Raleigh to see Alyssa's first Christmas for themselves. Mike's Dad Ron got to meet Alyssa for the first time! My parents hosted Christmas Eve dinner for both families (ham and shrimp cocktails and the BEST prime rib I have EVER had... way to go Dad!). We stayed at my parents Christmas Eve night so that we could do Christmas morning together. Add in other family dinners, a bit of work and a Baptism (more on that in another post), and you have a crazy, fun Christmas! Check out the photos!
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