las princesas

Over Thanksgiving we met up with Whelma and Jean and their daughters Sabrina and Sabine, who together taught Ale about the ways of princessorship...

leyendo libros

Big Mama and Ale enjoy story time...Ale particularly enjoys the books with lift-up flaps, which she has a tendency to rip off. This becomes a bit of a problem when this"hands-on" reading style is applied to library books.

Kapakahi hair

Ale shows off her tousled hair look, which usually arrives after a bout of the arm-flapping, lip razzing, smear-my-food-all-over-my-head routine...

Visit with Grandma and Grandpa Sigala

My dad and I take Ale out for a jaunt in the jog stroller. This has been one of the fantastic break-throughs of the past month, allowing me to get my exercise and Ale to usually doze off and get a nap as we saunter through the tree-lined avenues around Menlo Park.

My parents visited us in early November in our Menlo Park pad...here we pose in front of the Hausa cloth. At this stage Ale was cruising all over the place and getting ready for the launch towards walking...

Halloween!

Big Mama and little critter....

Ale and Big Daddy show off their costumes before heading out to party!

Cruising!

Ale has entered the cruising zone now and loves this more than crawling. She can pull to a standing position and move quickly around furniture and walls...

Crawling!

Ale started crawling for real about two weeks ago. At first her feet got awkwardly caught under her, making her look like a wounded dog hobbling across the floor. But now she's more proficient.

to be or not to be (full of milk)...that is the question

The boob has milk...

The boob has milk...not...

Yaaaay!! The boob has milk...

SQUEEZE!

Ninong Jonny, just married, demonstrates for Ale the proper position and technique for squeezing out...........razzberries!

Laying on of hands

Hey, what's this? It's smooth and shiny and plays Tom Paxton tunes...
Ale greets Fr. Peter at Jon and Cathy's wedding...

Mmmm.... a fresh cauldron of Bubba brew...

For the past several months, I have been steaming and blendering Ale's foods. This particular concoction is sweet potato, black beans, green beans, and chicken. She especially loves yams/sweet potato/squash/pumpkin. She readily gobbles this down, finishing two 4oz. servings a day, pre-aliquoted into little tupperwares, frozen, and thawed daily.