Walking!!

Here's some footage of Alice walking. She's still very wobbly and frankenstein-ish, but she's getting better and better by the day!

Halloweenie Fun

This year was definitely more fun in our little family on Halloween, as Alice was older and able to enjoy all the festivities. We went to our friends Liz and Matt's house in Amherst, which is the hot spot for Halloween in NH. Alice even got to trick-or-treat a little and scored some candy for mom and dad-- woohoo!

But the biggest treat of the day was that Alice started to take her FIRST STEPS. Totally out of the blue and unexpected. She's getting more and more brave each day. Video footage of our little walker coming soon!

Alice checking out the stars on Catherine's shirt

Alice and Me

Beware of the killer bee....

Yup, it's true... here comes Graham Baby #2!!!

Heartbeat was 150 bpm and all looks great!

ETA is April 2010 :)

One Year Old!!!

And the countdown is complete....

... to September 22, 2009:

(This was by far the hardest pic to take of her. Trying to get her to smile while all she wanted was to touch the camera and/or crumple the one year sign)

So hard to believe, but it's true... Alice is one year old!! Everyone tells you that it goes by fast, but you don't believe it until it actually happens to you with your own little one. Even though it's bittersweet that our little baby girl is now officially a toddler, we couldn't have asked for a sweeter, happier little girl.

We love you so, so, SO much!!

11 Months!

OK, this post is VERY late, but Alice turned 11 months on August 22nd. So now the countdown has begun until our little girl turned one!!

Some 11 month highlights include:

* She's pulling herself up on everything-- coffee tables, couches, chairs, even people! And she finally has begun to walk around while holding onto furniture. She's still very wobbly and doesn't have the greatest of balance, so we're not expecting a walker any time soon.

* Teething... well, this is more of a lowlight, since teething has meant some VERY tough nights in the Graham household. She has one lower tooth that has already popped through and some very bumpy, red gums that seem to promise many more teeth in the near future.

* Alice also has upgraded from her infant car seat to her new, fancy convertible car seat. So far, she seems to like riding in this much better!

* Talking!! Lots and lots of talking. Much of it is nonsense, but she definitely says "all done", "hi" "mama" and "dada." We also think she tried to say Elmo, though it comes out more like "Melmo."

So now we wait as the days tick down to September 22nd.......

10 months!

Our little Alice turned 10 months on July 22nd! Some milestones for this month include:

* She is now officially a crawler!! It seems like overnight she went from doing the Free Willy to cruising around all over the house. Her newfound freedom has opened a whole new world of discoveries, including air vents, door jams, and cabinet hinges.

* Along with the crawling came the need to pull herself up. She was able to pull herself to standing in her crib (and eat the side rail while doing so). So we had to drop her crib down a notch.

* She is becoming very vocal and starting to put sounds to objects, most notably "dada" to Eric and "mama" to me.

* We now also have an eating maniac. Alice has now tried both Indian and Mexican cuisine! She also loves having waffles, blueberries, chicken, yogurt, sliced turkey, sliced cheese and Graham crackers (of course!).

* And through all these milestones, she remains one VERY happy little girl.

Crawling!

After months and months of doing her "Free Willy," Alice has FINALLY begun to crawl! It's still a little stiff, but she's slowly getting the hang of it. Let the fun times begin!