sunset

Did anyone else in P-town see the sunset the other night? Dalia was out doing her new favorite thing - walking up and down the street and into anyone's driveway we'll let her.

napping with daddy

So the other day I came home from teaching a yoga class around Dalia's naptime. I came in the back door but quickly noticed that her bedroom door was open yet it was silent in here - a phenomenon that never happens when she is awake. I walked into the living room and found this:

Our little girl

I just can't get over how big Dalia is getting. Not only is she evolving rapidly into a little girl, Mark commented tonight on how she seems to understand just about everything now. It's so weird after all this time with her that she suddenly is just part of the conversation now, as if she always knew everything. She will actually pose for pictures with me now and wants to immediately see the picture in the view finder. Isn't that funny how kids these days want to see the picture right away? What will they think when we tell them we had to wait at least an hour to get our pictures back from the Fotomat?

Jen, Amelia and robots

Robots not pictured, but they were both given and received as a belated birthday celebration for little Amelia who calls Dalia "beebee dalia" just like everyone else (such an interesting phenomenon - will she be baby dalia forever?). What a treat to visit with these two and a half (Zeke is getting bigger everyday, but there's still room for two little girls on Jen's lap. Unfortunately, Dalia coughed and sneezed on them for an hour with what we discovered later on was the start of a horrible cold.

Morning with her wild animals

One of Dalia's newest words is "DVD" (sounds like deedeedee) which she says while carrying the remote around. Many of you know that Dalia is in-love with this video we got from my mom's neighbor. It's a Baby Genius video of the San Diego Wild Animal Park and Zoo, set to classical music. I've decided it is her way of self-soothing and have embraced the DVD watching. Here she is in an uncommon supine position the morning after Turkey.

This first picture she seems to be saying, "uh, I'm clearly trying to watch my video, you wanna get that thing out of my face?" Interestingly, she has been posing with these very serious looks lately, but she couldn't be more smoochy, lovey, snuggly these days. The other morning we woke up and she pat her daddy and did the sign for love. She pats me all the time with hugs. It's the best gift.

Turkey day

Thanksgiving! What a great day. Mark had so much fun cooking and Dalia had so much fun running around in her decidedly Easterish dress. While she was totally uninterested in eating any of her thanksgiving dinner (except the roll) and most of it ended up on the floor, we all had a wonderful time. Thanks to Pops, Grammy, Thom and Steph for making our Thanksgiving the best yet, because of our little lady. Dalia even got a special treat to end the night, some pumpkin pie and bedtime stories with Pops.

Oh, and this morning, Dalia woke up and said very clearly, "I pooped!"

outside

We've been lucky to have a pretty dry and mild November, which has been great for our new little walker. She loves to walk around outside. I told Mark it's like herding a turtle. Here are a couple from a crisp day last week when Mommy got to rake the leaves and Daddy and Dalia went walking around the neighborhood.