a good excuse

Thom and Steph are gettin' married in a couple of weeks. We thought it was a good excuse to have some folks over and try out the baby at a party. We couldn't believe how social she was. She was babbling and squealing away the whole time. We should have done this sooner! Ah, but as you see from the photo before, the sun is shining now, which is yet another reason to celebrate with a party. It's worth noting (Anth and Jen) that Dalia enjoyed her plastic cup, though no singing was involved.

OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dalia sat in the grass for the first time yesterday. Holy goodness, thank god for the sun and warmth. She loved it until she felt the grass in her feet when she promptly screamed and began to cry - pout and all, of course.

bounce, bounce, bounce

Like I said, Mark was away this week so I didn't have time to post - hence the string of them today. This is the final post for the day. Two things: 1- we've noticed that when people are over and talking, particularly women, Dalia babbles more 2- she figured out that this jumparoo bounces and now she can't get enough of both. (Worth the mention: for those of you who have one of these gadgets you know that there is a weird bug on a long plastic chord. Well, she loves to suck on it so much that in the short time we've had this contraption she's worn the eyes off, which are no doubt painted in China, so I removed it and she has been looking for it ever since...smart, smart baby)

I love this video because she stops mid-bounce when she sees Zoey (Sorry, Stacey, you've made the cut).

Another installment of Dalia and Neva adventures

Poor Dalia was sleepy from Eleanor's birthday party, but that didn't stop her from hanging out with Neva, sad face and all. Are we mean to take these pictures of her thighs? Are they the cutest things you've ever seen? We had just changed her and I held her up without her pants on and we had to take a picture. It's amazing how distinct their personalities are now - Neva is so kicked back.

Eleanor's birthday

We are a little late posting this. Mark was out of town last week so Juli didn't have much time to do anything other than care for little Miss Activity. Here's a few shots from Eleanor's b-day party last weekend. We had such a great time at Dalia's first party.

camera love

So everyone knows Juli and her family love the camera. Might Dalia be one of them? She now loves having her picture taken and the light was nice the other day (I was also bored), so I did a photo shoot.

Photos just aren't enough

Dalia has two new skills: trying fingerfulls of food and SQUEALING. She is trying little bits of avocado and banana, and continuing to play with a bottle at dinnertime. For those of you who know Zoey, you know she responds to whistling. Well, when Dalia squeals she thinks she's calling for her. You can't hear Zoey's in this one, but she is now very close by all the time.