Here are some new pictures of Alyssa doing her favorite things. She can now push herself around on her train. It is so fun to watch her get on and off, somtimes she just finds it easier to fall to the side.


She still loves her walks, in fact, she was running to the mailbox with us and she took a bad spill and got a bloody nose.

Potty Training?

We decided to get Alyssa her potty a little early. We set it up yesterday and today she went poo poo in her potty. We know this is only the first of MANYsteps in potty training but we are so excited for her.
She is showing her success chart, she gets a sticker for going potty in the toilet, flushing, and washing her hands. She had so much fun with her new potty! That sounds strange doesn't it?

All Dressed Up!

Today I had an appointment with the doctor and the girls there just love Alyssa, so we got all dressed up. I had to take a picture she looked so cute in her new dress. Thanks Grandma!

Walking the dogs

Alyssa loves to take the dogs for walks. She lets us know she wants to go by bringing us our shoes or her shoes, or the dogs leashes. It is so cute!



She tries to open the front door but she is still a bit too short so when we open it for her she lets out a squeel of delight. It melts my heart, so we go for little walks several times a day even though it is hot! Oh btw, I know the shoes don't match but we got these the other day at WalMart and she loves them. She started running as soon as we put them on her little feet. I'm going back to get pink ones too.

Messy Messy Messy

One year olds are messy!

While Michael and I were working in the garden Alyssa played in the mud. She also helped us pull weeds and a few flowers as well.



She likes chocolate, just like her Mother.

One of her favorite past times is unpacking Moms purse. Since I wasn't watching what she was doing I had lipstick all over the bed and the carpet. Now I put the lipstick in a sipped compartment of the purse. FYI the lipstick came out with "Soilove" it is a laundry stain remover that has also worked on blueberry stains.

One morning in San Diego with Grandma, Alyssa climbed in bed with her to wake her up. Well anyone who knows Grandma knows there is always licorice around. Well she had fallen asleep before she could eat her licorice and Alyssa found it that morning and had a great breakfast. So the other day I was rumaging through the bag of snacks that we brought home and found them. Alyssa was eating lunch and I thought I could sneak it past her, not a chance. She remembered licorice and demanded that I share with her. Funny thing is when it was gone she continued to finish her peas and potatoes.

Look Who's Walking!

Yesterday was a big day for our family. Alyssa took her first steps as Michael and I set her up to walk to each other. We had to bribe her with puffs and ice chips but we were able to get five steps!



This morning she stood up on her own without holding on to anything.




Then she started walking without any help at all. She is so proud of herself, but not as proud as her parents.

Happy Birthday Alyssa

Nana and Tata gave Alyssa her first birthday party, she had so much fun! Her favorite part is when everyone sang to her. Her face lit up and she seemed to know that the night was all about her, but then again, everything is all about Alyssa.
Below are pictures of the party. She had fun hitting the pinata, opening presents and playing with her new toys.

Party!

ChuckE. Cheese

Nana took Alyssa and the family to ChuckE. Cheese for her birthday. The birthday girl loved the little rides and playing the games. For dinner all she ate was cantalope and jello from the salad bar since she is not a pizza fan. Thank you Nana.

1st Birthday Cake

There are so many pictures of this it was diffiult to choose which ones to post.


Alyssa started licking the frosting as I was spreading it on the cake. Nana let her get too close to the cake so she dipped her fingers in it.

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Soon the whole hand gets in there. I was only able to write the "H" in Happy.



This is when the real mess begins.




I had nothing to do with this disaster, I was frosting the other cake.



We were waiting for Tata to arrive so he could see what his grandchild did to the kitchen. In the meantime she continued to throw cake everywhere. Now when we see chocolate on the cupboards we smile and laugh at the memory.

Playing Frisbee

Nana takes Alyssa out to play frisbee with Fez. She gets to play with the hose and everyone gets soaked!

Bad Day

The day we left for El Centro I woke up thinking I needed to save all of my pictures onto the external hard drive. We had noticed some weird stuff happening on the computer the day before and so I wanted to make sure I had my pictures. Well too late. I wasn't able to get into the computer at all, the computer would automatically shut down as soon as I signed in. I lost everything since the end of February. I don't have the rest of the cabin pictures that I was scrapbooking, but at least I can get the pictures off the blog. So just to remind all of you, BACK UP YOUR FILES!