Fun with the Grandparents!

We had a great time this weekend with Grandpa Ken and Grandma Carolyn! They drove right down to CT after flying in from their exotic Antigua vacation only a few hours earlier. It was a great chance for Alice to show off her crawling ability and her developing speech! She talked almost non-stop. We had a nice birthday breakfast with Grandma Carolyn on Sunday morning before Ken and Carolyn returned to VT for the week. We are looking forward to their return this weekend along with the Quinns!



The next two photos capture Alice's camera face (she lifts her head up so much you can almost see the top front teeth coming in). Anytime she sees the green light come on, she gets a silly grin on her face and sticks her chin out! It's hysterical and crazy how consistent she is with this reaction - she does it everytime! Hope these give you a sense of how ridiculous it looks...


It's exhausting to be this cute!

It's official! She's a crawler!

We had a very eventful weekend! Alice officially crawled on Friday night, moving forward several steps to reach the wood floor. It was VERY exciting as we had observed her attempting to crawl all week, but only achieving a backwards move to a sitting position. We wondered whether she would remember how she put her crawl moves together the next day, but she had no problem picking up where she left off. She is now on the move and quite difficult to keep up with. Check out the clip below!



We enjoyed a great Easter weekend with Chris and Sue. They were on Alice duty while I had my game and Reeves had his tennis match. It was a gorgeous day and Alice loved being outside in the BOB and playing with her taggies blanket. She was quite a trooper! I forgot my camera in the office all weekend so I have no pictures from easter but the easter bunny did visit (thanks to grandma sue)and Alice loved the easter egg she received!





Here are a few pictures from today. She is wearing an outfit courtesy of the Irvines (Caite is a junior on the lax team). She is so stylish - those are tapered jeans!!

Much Love to all!

10 months old TODAY!

We had a great visit from Aunt Kristi on Monday. She drove all the way up from Philly just to spend the afternoon and evening with us. It was great to see her and Alice loved the extra attention! Here is a nice shot of the happy pair!



Alice is 10 months-old today which is so hard to believe!! It doesn't seem possible that she is closing in on a year. We are reminded everyday just how much she is progressing with the new sounds she makes (dah-dah-dah and mah-mah-mah!) and by her mobility. She is on the cusp of crawling and depending on your definition she could be considered a crawler already! She can crawl several steps backwards and then gets herself into a sitting position. She has crawled forward only slightly (although I thought I caught her making 3 or 4 movements forward today). It's very exciting, although, I think Reeves wouldn't mind if she held off another month (until after the lacrosse season) before getting really proficient moving around the house!




She loves her texture book! She flips through it almost everyday!


She is on the move! WATCH OUT!!!