Christmas 2009

Santa arrives



Aida attacks





Dinner occurs

Asparagus eaten

Cats loved:



Grampa reads:



Bonus backyard sledding ensues

For Teagan

Avocado madness

Sandy claws

She neither looked at him, nor would move close to him, yet she did not cry!

Rocker

Not quite enough hair for a good horn, but Elena styled her a great 'hawk

Does not like

Well hopefully she will like it soon, as we have 5 more months of snow weather.

Big Girl Walkin'

This is for Teta! She totally walks all over the place now!

Walks on film

After a week or two of walking between us, Aida can now get up unassisted and walk. It is her new favorite game.

More Walksy

Both Elena and I have independently claimed to see her take a step unassisted, but neither of us have any confirmation from either the camera nor the other one of us, so until then, more assisted walking videos...
Update, she successfully walked three steps between us tonight. I am not sure if she realized what she had done, but boom, she did it, no video confirmation yet, so in the meantime boring old assisted walking from a few days ago...

Clutching

If it is round, it is a ball and she demands it to hold. Ball. Ball. Ball. Even if it is a fruit or vegetable.

Mischief

Walksy

We are minutes away from autonomous walking infant machine




Currently we are satisfied by quasiautonomous cart pusheroid.

Oh so helpful

Gentle!

Feeding Winkie

Big Girl

We just got back from the park . . . Aida is clearly a big girl. She's bigger and taller than a 21 month old little boy, she is bigger than the two girls that were 15 and 16 months old, and I think she was even sized with the 2 year old! Wow!!! Go Aida.

She is starting to walk . . . mostly holding somebody's hands, but once in a while she's just holding one or barely holding on.

Puff Butt

Just after we got our floors refinished I put down Aida's alphabet mat. The toys seemed to follow shortly after. Then . . . the puffs. She opened the container and let 'em go! So, the picture is shiny floor and puff butt.

One year stats

As recalled by mommy brain:

31.25 inches tall
24.5 lbs. heavy
head circ. totally forgotten . . . but still big.

Orange Ball

Aida is very good at saying "ball" - everything round is "ball". Including all pumpkins, apples, avocados, brussel sprouts, etc.

Aida Pumpkin

Birthday Baby

She is one and has a dolly. Watch out world.

Birthday Stuff

Aida is 1 year old!!!

Aida had a full week of birthday excitement!
Teta and Geddo came to visit and we had a party!
I think she's sleeping it off this week!

She's very close to walking . . . aaaaagggghhh!
But for now she's still on the floor charging up
her jammies with static!

The snow pics are for daddy! Hope you're enjoying warmer weather!


Hah! I had the same picture as daddy, so I'll put up another!

Sunday Afternoon in Santa Fe

As usual click through for big

Flings, Stands, Ball-Crawl

Flings:



Protostanding:



Ball and Crawl:

Best Pics of the Cousins in Egypt

Aida Mosque Crawling



Oliver posing at the Library of Alexandria




Sophie grinning at the step pyramid with parents behind

We're baaaack!

We had a wonderful trip to Egypt! We visited family and introduced little Aida to big Aida! Lots more pictures on Flickr soon!

Happy bath baby

Just in the last week Aida finally has decided to enjoy bathtime. Before it was filled with the shaking and the screaming and the crying. Now it is filled with splashing and giggling and fun. What a relief!