"Fiesty Alice"

Alice has taken on several nicknames in the last couple of months. She started out as "Fierce Alice" mainly because of her very red and angry fussy face. This was also referred to as the "angry gnome face." Here is a shot of this from a few weeks ago:
Recently, I would characterize her as "Fiesty Alice" as she continues to move and squirm with real gusto! In the picture sequence below you'll see her in her scratching/clawing phase. When fussy, she loves to grab and claw at the face/hair. You'll see a victimized father in this sequence...hysterical!
Another emerging activity for her is sucking on her hand. While she still refuses the pacifier, she has at least developed the hand sucking to soothe her during fussy moments. It's quite amusing to hold her and all of a sudden hear a lip smacking sound and realize she is basically trying to swallow her little fist. Here are a few examples below:
If you're concerned for us that most of her nicknames involve a description of her fussy behavior, you should be! She has certainly kept things interesting for her folks in these last couple of months and we are anticipating more of the same as she continues to grow!