watching the vacume cleaner

Just thought it was cute, I was vacuming.. and I promise it's done often enough for Alivia to have seen it before... but she was very interested in what I was doing..she followed me into each room!

new toy chest

We got a new toy chest for Alivia and my cousin Jen and I put it together all by ourselves... well, Jen put it together and I held peices in place while she worked! Go Jen! She's the best... and it looks wonderful, doesn't it?

playing with my old fashioned dolls!

See what I mean! :)

I got out my old toys that I used to play with when I was a child....and here is Alivia playing with my cabbage patch doll. I think she'll enjoy playing with them even though they are old fashioned! So far, all she likes to do is play with the dolls hair..which for Alivia means eating and tugging on. Maybe I'll get a break from the tugging for a while.

Well, Alivia is 9 months old today and looks like she is finally getting a tooth!! Yay! I can see it barely coming through and you can definitely feel it. I'm so excited.... except I know it's painful for her. The last few nights she has had a little bit of a hard time getting to sleep at night. But, once she's asleep she's fine. Thank goodness for baby orajel.

Alivia and mommy... just hanging out.

Beautiful smile!!

bed head

I had to snap a shot of miss Alivia Kate after just waking up... she finally has enough hair that it's all messed up when she wakes up!! so cute.

A strategicallly placed duckie......

Bath time!

Alivia is finally starting to play during bath time and not just sit there so we went out and bought a bunch of fun bath toys. See how much fun she's having?

Cheering

Alivia has just learned how to clap her hands..... in this video she demonstrates her new abilitilies with Chelsea.. my little cousin that I take care of in the afternoons. And Alivia enjoyed the book while enjoying lunch!

Ok.... just for fun, 2 minutes to see Alivia getting ready to wind down for nap time.

She's in a good mood even when she's tired...

Alivia says "Hi everyone"!

Nap time!

This is Alivia settling in for a nap. She used to just lay down and quickly drift off to dream land. Not anymore! :) Now it's all about standing, crawling, and looking around her room before she gets worn out enough to plop down and close her eyes. She eventually falls asleep... I don't put her in her crib until I know she's good and tired so it's only about 15 minutes of playing around before she decides it's time to sleep. She must be a child that doesn't require much sleep during the day because she usually only takes 30-45 minute power naps anyway.

my favorite

I know I said the other one was my favorite, but now it's this one. Isn't this the cutest little girl ever? :)

standing up

Ahh.. she's almost there.just has to get her feet good and steady.

More of the same

These are more of the same pictures but a little bit lighter...

It's been a little while since I have had time to post anything on the blog.. Alivia sure has changed. Life is quite busy these days but we are looking forward to having a relaxing weekend when Grandfather visits. We are excited to see him....

It only took a matter of days after getting the crawling thing down to learn so much more. She is pulling herself up and even takes steps while holding a hand. She's growing up so fast but it's so much fun to watch her learn.

Here it is... Alivia crawling! Yay! It's fun to watch. She now can crawl all over the house and most of my day is runnig after her before she pulls something down on top of herself. Guess it's time to baby-proof.

Another cute one of her looking out the window.

This must be my newest favorite picture. It's amazing to see how observent Alivia is now.. she now notices that we have a window near all her toys and she loves to pull up on the window sill and look out... and of course put her cute little hand prints all over the glass. Don't worry dad, I'll clean it up before you get here!

She loves sticking out her tongue. Where did she learn that, I wonder?

Alivia wearing dad's baseball cap