Thriving Alejandra

Standing is one of Ale's favorite activities these days, sure to elicit a beaming grin. Sometimes she refuses to sit back down by arching her back and locking her legs!

Evolution of a shake...

What's this?


Do I eat it?


Now I know what to do!!!

You can never have enough sun protection.

Alejandra is ready for the next Diego Rivera portrait...

talking in tongues

showing off her latest vocal sophistication...


babbling razzberries...

Crooning for the little lady...

Tocando flores...

Ale gets her face painted with the afternoon sunshine during a stroll through the community gardens with Big Mama, pausing along the way to greet all of her floriferous friends...

Ale takes a friend's car out for a test drive

It's incredible how Ale progressed within just a few weeks from frequent topples to confident sitting. She turned 6 months old yesterday and her ~18 pounds get noticed by the arms when carted around all day...

Squash!!! It's your favorite, Ale!

You can't fool me! This isn't breast milk and that's not a boob!

sharing a smile...

Amazing how a daughter's sparkling smile and infectious giggles can invigorate a father's tired eyes...

Lola brings out the giggles...

Miss Chattycakes makes an appearance

Alejandra speaks in many tongues...

Tito Kuya and Tita Gosha

the next generation of Ducut ladies...

Ariel shares her wit and wisdom with her youngest cousin, Alejandra, and sisters Heaven and Mona Lisa.


Ducut cousins come in small, medium, and large. Ale and Mona Lisa commiserate on the trials and tribulations of infant-hood and make grand plans to some day have flowing locks like Ariel.

Genetics... or Jeanettics???

Ále couldn't help but inherit the chubby cheeks & male-pattern-baldness traits. She'll probably have 'big hair' in no time, though...

Back to the Future...

...seems like Big Daddy's been too excited about taking Ále on her first hike for some time now...