Chill

Alana has an imaginary friend named Allegia (no, we don't know where the name came from either). One day, I was taking the kids out on some errands and Alana told me that Allegia was sitting in the passenger seat next to me. I asked, "Oh, really?" and she answered, "Yeah, because she just wanted to chill out with you."

Alana's first skis

Alana now has her own skis! It was so cute watching her try on the boots and of course, she insisted that she wanted the pink skis. *LOL*

Wiggly Worm

I don't remember Alana being quite as wiggly as Alexander is. It is so hard to change his diaper most days!

I Love Mochi!

Alana absolutely loves mochi, a sweet rice flour confection that you roll in crushed peanuts and sugar. In fact she loves it so much that she came up with a cheer...

Me, me, me, me
I love mochi!

Timmmbbbeeerrrr!

In the past month, Alexander has learned how to crawl and has progressed straight through to cruising. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite mastered standing up by himself yet though. He'll be standing up, holding onto a chair, and then forget to hold on anymore. His bum will wobble a little bit but he won't think to sit down. Suddenly, it will be like someone called "Timmmbbbeeerrrr!" and he'll just tip over with a thud. I'm sure this is not unique to him but Alana was always more cautious and didn't let go until she was much more steady on her feet.

Alexander kisses

Alexander has taken to blowing air kisses (smacking his lips) and waving bye-bye at everybody.

Your own cocoa

Alana was out skiing with Tommy, Jo & Keith last week on a very cold and windy day. After taking a long arduous run down from the top of the mountain, they made their way inside for some french fries and hot cocoa. As they were munching away, Alana asked Keith if they could go up for another run. Keith said he was too tired and it was time to head back home. Alana thought about that for a few moments and then said, "Maybe if we get you your own french fries and hot cocoa you would be not so tired."

Pancake

Alana asked us today what was under our skin. We answered: our muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves... She said, "Oh. Is that what makes us not a pancake?"

Alexander Update - 8 mos

Alexander is scooting well, and playing peek-a-boo by himself. He has discovered ice cream and o-wa pops (taro-flavored popsicles), which he LOVES!

A knuckle by any other name

So Alana can be very descriptive when trying to explain something. She hurt a knuckle the other day, and didn't know what to call it. She was mid-sentence when she realized she didn't know the word, so she plowed on and called it her "finger-knee".