These photos are from Ali's baptism party on July 18 and Mom and Ben's visit...which I am just now getting around to posting...wow, what a slacker! We are so happy that Mom and Ben were able to make the trip all the way down here to visit us, and we had a great time with them here!

Mom holding Ali in her fancy new dress...doesn't she look great?

Both "Mama Nelly" and Ali..all dressed up to party!

Cheers!

On the left is Nelly's sister Nancy and on the right is Martha.

Lots of dancing that night!

Spending the day in downtown Cuenca.

Out to lunch at our favorite Colombian restaurant.

We went out to Ingapirca on one of the days that Mom and Ben were here...a very cool site and a great place to spend the day!

6 months with Ali!

Ali's finger still her best friend...



She's all ready! We have the habit of sitting Ali up in her stroller wherever we are in the house and she just watches us...very attentively!

Rolling around on the bed! Ali can totally turn around by herself now, but she does get stuck every now and need some help.

Out on the town! We were out with Ben and Mom in downtown Cuenca and I had Ali in her Bjorn.

These next photos are from a picnic that we took with mom. I think mom must have been the photographer that day because she is not in any of the photos!

Look at that hat...Ali is all set for the sun!

...and we ended our picnic with a little "cuchi", or roast pork.

Ali has discovered her toes! This is a 2 or 3 minute video of Ali rolling around on the bed playing with her toes.

Real food...with mixed reactions! We have started Ali on "solid" food, and so far she loves grapes, pears, bananas, and sweet potatoes, and has some mixed feelings about apples and her cereal.

Ali sings! Wow, the noises that this girl makes! She has discovered her voice and now she just loves to talk!