Novermber

New Year!

I can't believe it's been so long since I added anything to this blog!
Well Aliya has grown up so much, she's not a baby anymore-she definitely a toddler, she tries to do things herself, throws tiny tantrums, and communicates with words and sign language.
As of right now she can say:
Mama
Daddy
Mat! (Bath)
Yah
Hi!
No or NoNo (especially when she starts doing something she knows she's not supposed to, but keeps doing it anyway she'll say it to herself)
Beary (her stuffed bear) but she says Beayyy because she can't say her R's yet
Puppy
Milk (kindof)

She signs "All done" "Pick me up" and "food" and she seems to understand just about everything I ask her and has opinions about all of it.

She loves being outside, and testing out the snow and she has a big bonk on her forehead from a slow motion fall off a curb during one of our outings to explore the church parking lot.

We took her sledding for the first time and Ryan (being the Californian that he is) fell on top of her and pushed her face into the snow for another owie...but she is such a happy and easy to please baby. She rarely complains, but she is also a little spoiled (Mama can't quite wean her yet)

 

We've started having church at 1pm which has been hard for all of us:

For Christmas we went to Dallas to spend time with the whole McAdam clan for a week, which afterwards we all decided was a bit too long :),  but we had a great time while we were there. The weather was warm (45 degrees) and we ate lots of good food and Aliya loved playing with her cousins and her uncles and Grandmama and Papa!

Outside of Babe's- Classic Southern comfort Food

Aliya loves dancing- especially to Olivia's record player!

Hanging out with her favorite McAdam Aunt

She was great on the plane (but we lost her pink boots)

Reed and Aliya conspiring to escape at Red Lobster