Some Parties! Including Thanksgiving

To make sure I don't sit on a bunch of photos for the next month, the following rounds out our November, which seemed to be all about parties, parties, parties!



Liora and her friend Ava enjoy some goldfish...she is now hooked on these. Thanks Ava :)

Liora (the owl) and her other PACE (my mom's group) baby friends. From left to right: Ava the poodle, Livi the lady bug, Robbie the clown, Ivan the penguin, and Cora the octopus.

A post birthday family photo, with Liora's favorite toy from the party, her #1 balloon.

At Andrew's Bar Mitzvah. Liora was the life of the party.

At Thanksgiving, with favorite older cousin Zachary. She would reach out for hugs from him!

Looking out the back door with cousins Devi and Caleb.

"What are you doing with my cup?!?"

Oh, so this is why Liora now has dents in her mattress! Kidding, kidding. The cousins had a great time bouncing around in the crib.

Cousins!

Siblings!

Enjoying dinner (notice, all adults without babies are enjoying dinner. Those with babies were probably running around somewhere).

Liora and I spent last Saturday at the botanical gardens and their annual train display. None of the photos turned out well, since I was there alone with. In this one, a reindeer bush lords over my baby threateningly (too bad none of the photos with her and the supreme court building made out of plants turned out).

And that brings us up to now! I'll post a few videos soon of her walking and playing with Mr. Zooks. xoxo

Happy Birthday Little One - Edition 2

So, I guess with all of the holiday planning (first Thanksgiving, now Christmas), I am VERY behind. Apologies.

Here are some photos and videos from Liora's first birthday celebration! She actually took her first steps at her birthday party (the broccoli helped with balance, I think?). She knows how to mark an occasion.

This is as icy as she got. Not too messy for her first cake.

She loved her mini-Stackhouse from Auntie Elizabeth and Uncle (and photographer extraordinaire) Jason.

And, since her birthday is so close to Halloween, she had to dress up! Thanks to Grandma Fay and her awesome hat, the owl was a big hit:

I think she was a little overwhelmed at being the center of attention at this moment (which is unusual for her).

What's better than a birth day? One that lasts longer than that, and into the next week. Packages arrived for Liora after her big day, much to her surprise and enjoyment.

The first was another panda to add to her collection, all the way from Israel! Thank you Hadasa and Araon; she loves to squish it, and it is in a place of honor in her room.

And, an awesome musical table from DeeDee! She loves it. She knew just what to do with the mallets.

I'll leave you with a video from the morning of her birthday...it's a cute one: