More Liana Talking Videos

We'd had a request of more talking videos, so here is a cute one:



And here is a short one of Liana playing with her sorting toy:

Halloween

We had a great month getting ready for Halloween this year and getting in the mood for fall. We went to Clayton Farms Pumpkin Patch:



After loading up on pumpkins, we brought them home and Liana got to empty her first pumkins:






And carve her first jack-o-lantern:


Then on the big night, we dressed her up in a homemade piggy outfit,



And went to our friends Kristen and Jerrold's house in Alameda,


Where Liana did her first trick-o-treating and got to eat lots of candy:


Here are the rest of the photos from October:

Liana (October 2009)

September

Liana has been having a great time this past month, wearing daddy's clothes:











eating at the beach:





riding on the train at the zoo:





playing with animals:









making funny faces:

















And finally, learning lots of new words:





Here are the rest of the pictures from September:

Liana (September 2009)

Fun with the laundry bin

Everything is going well here. Liana continues to amaze us with her growing vocabulary, catch phrases, and sentences. My favorite is "watch out!" as she comes running into a room. She also likes to talk about the "loud train" that we rode on at the zoo, say "no cars" when we cross the street, and yell "garba bus" (garbage truck or "bus") whenever she hears a large truck outside.

Here are a couple of videos of Liana finding new uses for her collapsable laundry bin.

A week away

I was gone all last week for a work conference, but it sounds like Liana, Heather, and Heather's mom Nova all had a great week. Before I left, we went to the farm where Nova got some great shots:





While I was gone, they did lots of playing at home with the stuffed animals,




a few walks around the neighborhood,


and lots of eating.


After all that activity, who wouldn't need a little time to just veg out?


Thanks Nova for the great pics!

Dizzy

Here's a cute video of Liana spinning in her pajamas till she gets pretty dizzy...



More pictures next week...

Party time

As parents of a toddler we are entering the birthday party circuit, which, like any other right of passage, is both fun and a little troubling. But Liana seems to have fun at the parties because it satisfies her balloon obsession. Speaking of balloons, here is a video from last month of Liana at Isabel's birthday party with lots of balloons:


Last weekend we went down to Monterey to see our friends Billy and Margaret and attend Loretta's birthday party. Unfortunately we didn't find out it was a pool party until we arrived! Luckily there was a spare diaper and towel, and so Liana jumped right it.


Once I told her the name of the water noodles, she remembered she was hungry:



This weekend we went to Children's Fairyland- Liana is still a little young to enjoy all it has to offer, but it was fun to check it out:



Thats all for this week. Here is the link to the August photo album:

Liana (August 2009)