Mid-June Photodump

Alice likes helping Mommy work at home!



Froggy-craw-scoot-boogie.



Playing peek-a-boo with Daddy.



Jaime found this handy "Toddler Tote" at Wal-Mart. Now she'll be easier to bring on the bus!



Lovin' the kitties is one of Alice's favorite pastimes.



Cutest outfit ever. Yay summer!



"Wait...what?"



"When I say 'FILE IT', I don't mean in 10 minutes Olesen, I mean RIGHT NOW!"



Makeshift walker.



Yeah. She's my daughter.

Alice Mae Desktop No 1

Ok. I got carried away. This is the first of (hopefully) many desktop wallpapers featuring our beloved Alice. Click on the picture to get the full size image and download that! Enjoy!

Old Family Photo

I found this old family photo while cleaning the attic this weekend. If any of you know anything about it, let me know...

Alice Mae in: "Skillz (June 07)'"

Alice has been doing a lot of new things lately. She knows a few sign language signs (milk, give, all done/gone) and we're trying to teach her some more (bath, sleep, etc...). She's really been communicating with those lately. It's pretty neat.

She also does "So Big!" just like her Elmo book.

And she's about a day or two away from full-on crawling. You'll see in the video, she scoots around pretty good, and she's pulled herself up to a standing position a few times now. Lucky for us, when she finds something on the ground, she usually hands it right over to us, instead of putting it in her mouth. That's good, since we have tons of cat-hair dust-bunnies that hide under any piece of furniture.

She's also learning to make some new sounds, and that's pretty cool. Is she building a vocabulary? You betcha!

All that said, let's GO TO THE VIDEO!

Alice Mae in: "Viva! Las Vegas'"

Long overdue video from our trip to Vegas last April. Enjoy!!

10 months!!

Alice is 10 months old!!

Alice started her 10 month celebration early by meeting up with mommy's friend Shanna for coffee on Friday. Alice loved Shanna. She usually doesn't let people she doesn't know hold her without a fight. Not only did she let Shanna hold her, but Alice also kept pulling off her socks and trying to stuff them in Shanna's mouth, a sure sign that she likes a person. Of course, mommy forgot her camera, so no pics of this. :(

Saturday we made the trek to Elk River to hang out with Grandma and Auntie Jenessa. Alice started the fun by puking up yogurt and cookies all over her shirt, and for some reason, we didn't have a change of clothes in the diaper bag. (??) So, mommy ran to Target and got her a new shirt and all was good. Alice did a lot of playing and eating and had a lot of fun.

Yesterday also was the first day that Alice did not take a nap at all. I guess maybe she was too excited because of the big day. By the time we got in the car to leave Grandma's there was a lot of crying and screaming because she was so tired. It only lasted about 5 minutes though, and then she was asleep.

Alice is getting pretty mobile. She isn't really crawling, but does this scooting thing that is close to crawling and gets the job done. We will work on getting video of this (and her doing So Big). Now, on to the pics!!

Alice in her adorable baby leggings. They remind mommy of Flashdance. I think daddy thinks they are kind of funny looking.


Peek-a-boo

Alice hanging out with Uncle Shad at Art-a-Whirl last weekend. Alice spent most of the day with Auntie Carrie and was super good all weekend.

Elmo!!

Scooting around and being silly

Our little sleeping plumber

Playing at Grandma's

Alice loved rocking herself in this chair. So much fun!

Baby Alice is...

SOOOOO BIG!


This is Alice's latest trick. She learned it from her favorite book "So Big," featuring Elmo from Sesame Street. Alice also now knows how to sign "milk" and she understands what the sign for "all gone" means. Yay! Communication!

Quick Pics

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I have been sick for over a week now and can't seem to kick this viral yuck I have.

Daddy reading Alice her favorite book before bed. Daddy, are you sick of reading that one yet?

Alice's new favorite thing is pouring the water out of her sippy cup and playing in it.

Sometimes she just pours the whole thing in her lap.

Alice is really into making funny faces lately. This is one of the best ones she makes. Silly girl

What's Up May?

Crawling? Not yet. Not quite, but close. Alice can push herself backwards just fine. She likes to think she can get up to stand too, but she falls on her head and cries. But, any day now, we'll have a little rugrat crawling all over the place, and that scares the hell out of us.

Also, I've heard some people complain when Alice "types" her picture quotes...as if it's not really her. WELL OF COURSE it's not her. She's 9 months old. I thought I'd entertain you people, but now you've spoiled it. ;)

Alice did write a few things for you all. Enjoy:

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And now, the pictures...


We have started an an early age to instill good table manners in our sweet little girl. Nice, huh?


See this? This is a little lady.


ROCKIN' OUT on the big old bass guitar.


Learning to crawl...but only backwards...and in a circle. (I drew in a line to show her path)


She needs a rear-view mirror.


Pushed herself under the futon. Yeah...she meant to do that.

9 month check-up

Alice had her 9 month appointment today. She weighs 16 lbs (tiny girl) and is 26.5 inches long. Her doctor wants to keep an eye on her weight, so we are going back in at 10 months just for a weigh-in.

No shots at this appointment, but she did have to get her finger pricked and squeezed to test her hemoglobin. She hated this a lot.

On to the photos!

Hanging out with daddy



Her adorable head tilt. Notice - still no teeth!

Alice has started getting into a crawling position, but can only go backwards, which usually makes her mad.

Totally 80's Alice

9 Months Old!!!

Alice is 9 Months old today!! That's as long as I was pregnant...crazy how quickly it has all gone.


Alice rocking her new "Fred Flintstone" 5 o'clock shadow made of beef and peas.

Playing with her favorite fishy toy in the bath.

No time to put on pants with all these fun toys to play with!

Kissy face


Let me out of this thing!! (she is really watching her new favorite show Jack's Big Music Show

Playing Catch Up #2

Busy week. Lon and I are both trying to get ready for the Craftstravaganza next Saturday. That, along with working, isn't leaving much time for blogging. But here are some quick pics

Last Saturday, we went to the park (by the coffee shop, hee hee) Even though she is a bit too small for the baby swing, she still enjoyed it.

Wheeeee!


These cool chimes play music when you hit them. I think mommy was way more impressed with them than Alice

Alice helping Mommy make dinner. I like this picture because I think there is a similar one of me when I was a baby with the funky 70's tile floor (our kitchen is a little outdated)

You want me to eat what?

Fine!