over a month late...

so, i've been meaning to update this ol' blog for a while now. i've been jotting down alana's milestones and cute stuff she's doing for months now, so here i go getting it on here.

okay, i'll start with her stats from her 1 year dr. appt...she's 29 1/4 in. tall & almost 16 lbs. yes, i know...she's a little one. but, this last month she's been eating really good and her clothes are fitting tighter so i bet that she's closer to 17 lbs. now.

alright...now, i know i'm gonna forget some of the words she says, but here are a few off the top of my head: mama, dada, nana (banana), mema (for nema/derek's mom), papa, sissy (sounds more like yissy), jojo (our friends daughter's nickname), bird (she loves to look at the birds while we're eating outside at chipotle), mum mum (little baby snacks), ball, shoe (after i get her dressed, she looks at her closet and says "shoe", sounds more like you), dog, bubba (her dog's name), down (when she wants down....or up), bite (when she wants a bite of something we're eating), bubble, milk (as she points to my chest ;), bye, kaia & leia. oh, and cheeto (her favorite junk food...hey, we only give her the baked ones!) VIDEO coming soon.

some other stuff alana can do is dance. she LOVES to dance, ANY kind of tune she hears, she stops everything and shakes her little hips...even when the printer is printing, she finds a nice little beat to that too. haha. she knows a little sign language...she can sign "more", "please" & "done". she will give real kisses if you ask her (if she's in the mood) and she'll blow kisses, she loves to clap & wave hi & bye, she loves to stack blocks up & do that little "ah ah ah"/indian thing where she claps her mouth (does that make sense?), points to her eyes, nose, mouth, ear (sometimes), hands, feet, teeth if i ask where they are, she LOVES to go to the park and swing, she also loves taking baths SO much that when she hears the water filling up in the tub she excitedly chants "bath bath bath" & i started taking alana to a fun place called Little Gym...she loves all the stuff to play on there but her favorite is when they blow bubbles at the end of the class. oh, and 1 more adorable thing... she loves is story time i take her to once a week...she's starting to learn the hand motions to the songs. her favorite song is "Oh Mr. Sun"...she'll hold her hands over her head to symbolize a sun and point when the song says "all the little children are asking you, please come out so we can play w/you" and she really likes "5 little monkey's jumping on the bed", she always points to her head when it says, "1 fell off & bumped his head".

anyways, that's all for now...i know there's more, but i'm beyond tired and delirious. i have a few videos to post...so, check back soon!

yep...some more "1 year pics"...

Alana's 1!!!

more to come...

alana's 1st birthday!!!

she's a natural...

leia's in pre-k!

my little soccer star...

kaia's first day in 1st grade!

here's kaia and her teacher, mrs. McCoy at back to school night last week...
and kaia next to her desk...that's right, no more tables, now they get desks!
here are all the girls & daddy this morning before the first day of school started...
playing with sis...
and here she is this morning before the first day of school started...
lining up...
check out that look on her face...so excited! :)

"pine cone-ing"...aka:looking for pine cones :)

just a little glimpse of how a day at the beach with alana looks...

last beach trip of the summer...

there's no stopping her now...

here's alana taking a few steps (11 months)...of course right after i took this video and put the camera away, she took like 10 steps! haha!! :)

alana 11 months old!

i really, really, really CANNOT believe that this baby will be 1 next month! better start party planning!!!

Idyllwild, CA camping trip...

last weekend we went camping with derek's parents, grandma & kim & her family. it was a lot of fun but...i've said it before and i'll say it again, i'm a 1 night camping kinda girl. i enjoy all of the activities, sleeping in a tent is nice (especially when all 3 kids actually sleep well...i guess 2 out of 3 isn't too bad) and it's nice getting away to nice fresh mountain air. i'm just always totally done by day 2...ready to get home to my shower and my big bed. so, that's what we did...met them up there saturday afternoon, stayed the night and came back sunday. the girls had a blast. here are some pics of the stuff we did up there in Idyllwild...
we went to the cute little town and walked around, got some shave ice...
alana's first time having shave ice...yep, she loved it! duh.
got a cute pic of leia checking out a monarch butterfly...
having some hot cocoa...
getting nice and dirty!
on our way to see the mama and baby horse..they ALL loved the horses, including naner's...
they loved this little 6 month old horse...darcy! so sweet.
she was very well fed by the time they were done! :)
here's kim & caleb with mama & baby horsey's...
gotta get a family pic...
they loved collecting stuff...like these huge pine cones and kaia and leia both had a big cup full of acorns... that kept 'em busy for a while :)
whoa...that's a tall tree! ;)
had to go to the pool for a bath...i mean dip before we left. haha!

thanks kim for taking this group pic...
and 1 last shot at a scenic lookout on the way back down the mountain!

it was a great weekend!