spaghetti dinner with saba

Over Memorial Day weekend, we had a spaghetti dinner with Saba! Liora loved slurping up the noodles. But she loves seeing her Saba even more.

Brunch with Auntie Elizabeth and Uncle Jason

Mommy used to see BFF Auntie Elizabeth every day at work. Now that she has a new job, we have to actually schedule time to get together. It's sad being at work without her, but at least we still have some fun times together on the weekends.

Auntie Elizabeth and Uncle Jason came over for brunch in May--bringing breakfast (how awesome is that!) and of course their professional cameras. Jason posted them online here, if you want to see the whole shoot or order some for yourself: http://jasonputsche.smugmug.com/Portraiture/Family/Alison-Adam-Liora-5-11/17288283_RsDqFg#1312337828_2q26gvX

Mommy's new haircut

The artist hard at work.

Making important phone calls with Auntie EP's phone.

Sad that all the food is gone.

Mini-Stackhouse is still a favorite--I swear we didn't take him out just for their visit. He goes with her almost everywhere. How sweet is that smile?



jibber jabber

I love this video. At three minutes+ it's rather long, but it shows you quintessential Liora--running around, having fun, jibber jabbering all the way. We're in the rental house, newly moved in (as evidenced by the Target purchases she goes through). And just so you know, I have no clue what she is talking about!

move = 2 new stuffed animals

By now, most of you know that last month we moved into a townhouse while our house is under renovation. The day of the move, mommy and Liora spent a lot of time away from the drama, running errands and getting settled in the new place. As daddy said, mommy must have felt a certain amount of guilt about the whole thing--moving our baby from the only home she's ever known, and also sending away her favorite furry companions (the cats are at DeeDee's for summer vacation; the rental doesn't allow animals). The evidence? That day mommy bought her two new stuffed animals.

Goodbye Dogwood Tree.

Meet Zebra (I didn't say we were good at naming these things).

And butterfly pillow (Adam, relaxing and perhaps going a little crazy after a hard day of moving).

crib animal attack take 2, at home sick with daddy

A while ago now, when we were still in our house, Liora came down with what we thought was a cold (turns out it was just 6 teeth coming in all at once; she always gets a slight fever when she's teething). Daddy was lucky enough to stay home with her and help her make it through the day. One fun activity: another crib animal attack, this time with more animals!

She also got in some good giraffe rocking.

Fish Lips

I think the title speaks for itself.

the cutest baby ever

Here are two sets of photos that we wanted to remember for posterity.

These two are memorable because she let Nina put her hair in a pony-tail. She will not let mommy do that.

And these two were captured for all time because she looks cute eating a banana.