Playing Catch-Up

Well, we're back from Vegas...taxes are paid...and we're both back to work on stuff for the Craftstravaganza Rogue Art and Craft Fair at the end of the month. So, let's play catch-up with some pics of Alice I know y'all have been dying for.


Fun times in the bathtub. Alice wore that rag on her head for a good five minutes. She's nutty.


Great Auntie Sue acts as a highchair at the Hunter Girl's Reunion in Detroit Lakes. Great Grandpa is in the background.


Sure the food was good...BUT HAVE YOU TRIED THIS PLATE??!!??


Alice loves bath-time, but wasn't sure what to think of the pool. I think in about a year we won't be able to keep her out of a pool.


Playtime in the hotel room.


Not sleeping on the car ride home. So what? That's how she rolls. :)


Open mouth, insert foot.


Her first plane ride. She slept the whole way to Vegas.


Dancing on Grandma's piano. Mom sure looks excited.


Pretty as can be in front of the fountains at Caesar's Palace.


Meeting a "real Italian" at Raos in Caesars.


Taking a bath in Grandma's sink. Pretty fun!


One of the few (non crying) moments in Granpa's lap. She warmed up to old "big bear" eventually.


She misses Grandma and Grandpa already!


Riding the tram at the Vegas airport. Heading home.


"Look at all the pretty lights!" Landing in Minneapolis.

Dinner at Raos

We went to Caesar's Palace for dinner last night. Here's a pic of Auntie Carrie, Me, Daddy and Mommy...all dressed up and ready to eat!

Mommy and I at the table. I got to try meatballs and pasta! Yummy.

And here I am with Grandma. A big Italian man came to visit, but we didn't get any good photos! Maybe I'll have to teach Daddy how to use his digital camera.

Vegas Diary 1

After a nice nap on the flight, and a tough night up until 3 a.m., Grandma and Grandpa built me a fun fort to play with my toys. Thanks! Here I am opening a gift from their neighbors Ron & Patty.

I even got to try on Grandpa's hat.

Then I showed Daddy how to play the piano. It's EASY!

Only in Vegas do you get Patio Dining. I had my dinner outside, with some neat mountains in the distance to look at, instead of Ickycat.

And here I am, after a Target shopping spree, with Grandma and Grandpa in their "courtyard." That's what people that live in Las Vegas call a patio. Aren't they crazy?

Bye bye!

8 MONTHS!

Wow! Four more months and Alice will have her first birthday! Yay!

I came home from work early today because I was feeling miserable. I had a headache that wouldn't go away, and a stomach ache that made me feel just sick. I don't think it's the same thing Carrie had, but after chilling out at home, and sleeping for a few hours on the couch, I felt a lot better.

Today was very warm, it got up to 80º in Minneapolis. So when I got up, I took Alice to the park, so Mommy could get a break.


Sitting in the grass.


Touching a tree.


Looking around the park.


I think Alice was trying to steer with the straps.

Big Update, by Alice Mae

After Mommy and Daddy invited themselves over to the Turman's for dinner, I got to play with all these strange toys and a little girl named Mae. Her toys tasted different than mine. So I cried.


Mommy made me sit in Daddy's big chair and she took a lot of pictures of me. This is the crazy sort of thing we do while Daddy dissapears for eight hours a day.


So, there.


I go a little nuts at dinner time, sometimes. How much orange mush can a little girl eat?


America's Next Top Baby


There's something about watching the Teletubbies that makes me want to recline, take off my socks and just chillax. I think it's the way Dipsy says "Uh-oh...," or maybe just Noo-Noo.


This is me getting ready for Summer. Enough of this 10-minute bundle-the-baby-up business. I wann run free in the front yard in my diaper, and kick-back in a kiddy-pool Daddy has yet to buy me.


Daddy makes me look like the "Michelin Baby."


Mommy and Daddy FINALLY realized I can do this by myself. Spoons are for babies.


America's Next Top Baby: Cycle 2


One of my favorite things is hanging out on the bed with the cats. If only it were one of their favorite things.


Mid-clap.


Elephant-tails are a tasty treat. I saw that on Iron Chef one night. Mmmmm.


Cutest picture ever.


I love hanging out with Mommy. It's fun to drive her crazy. She thinks it's fun too...see?

Bye bye!

She Got Skillz

Happy Saturday!

Aren't we cute?

Happy Friday!!

Alice spent the first half of Friday with her Auntie Joanna while Mommy went to work. Then she spent the rest of the day playing and refusing to take a nap.

Here she is eating her starfish

And her horse

Her new favorite face

Please mommy, no more pictures!

Happy Thursday!

Having fun playing with her barn


Scrunchy nose

Silly girl

Happy Wednesday

I spent the day with Alice. She was very good for most of the day, and sort of bad for a small portion of the day. Amazingly, she took a nap w/out any prompting at 2 p.m., and slept for an hour. She was hugging her pink bunny the whole time. This is Alice waking up:


Then we spent some time on the floor with Icky.

Happy Tuesday!

Alice with her new starfish toy. Thanks Amy Jo!!

Hanging out in the pack n play

Happy Monday

This little yellow ball is the best toy ever!!


A shot with slippers on for Grandpa

Looking out at all the snow with Daddy